Republic space station

Here is my mini space station for this months GB. My main inspiration was Cloud City, the round shape made it a challenge, so I went for that look. I also wanted to keep it very Republic like, so I went with the white and dark red color for the main colors and some bleys, and trans blue to break it up a bit.









I'm not used to building at miniscale, so C@C is welcome.

I love it. Pretty cool. I am not sure about the amount of dark red used but it sure is an excellent build.

It looks good, but it just doesn't have a space station feel to me. I dunno why, but nice shaping!

Wow, very nice build, the only thing it's missing are some big turrets!

At first sight, I thought this was a rebuild of the LEGO Mary-Go-Round. Mostly because of the colors.
So I think I have to agree with eclipse, there's a bit too much dark red.

Troopa Daisy wrote:Wow, very nice build, the only thing it's missing are some big turrets!

YEAH!!

But other that that, miniature mastery Knight! I love the shape and those cruisers too.

This is the best mini-scale I've ever seen.

I'm not lying here my mouth was literally hanging open when I saw this Knight, as usual amazing job on this.

I had a idea to build something like Rooks MOC before he posted it. The I changed my mind to something round. Then you post something like this. No I have another idea. Who is going to steel it now.

Very nice build knight. It seams like it to much together. Add more things sticking out, and cannons.

I take back the "too much red" comment. After reviewing the flickr I noticed that the red on top and on bottom are miniscale ships.

bl*c wrote:At first sight, I thought this was a rebuild of the LEGO Mary-Go-Round. Mostly because of the colors.
So I think I have to agree with eclipse, there's a bit too much dark red.

Troopa Daisy wrote:Wow, very nice build, the only thing it's missing are some big turrets!

YEAH!!

But other that that, miniature mastery Knight! I love the shape and those cruisers too.

Thanks, and BTW the de-levered levers are cannons. The plates can't support anything bigger.

Green Tee wrote:This is the best mini-scale I've ever seen.

Thanks, I'll have to build more mini scale soon!

LazerBlade wrote:I had a idea to build something like Rooks MOC before he posted it. The I changed my mind to something round. Then you post something like this. No I have another idea. Who is going to steel it now.

Very nice build knight. It seams like it to much together. Add more things sticking out, and cannons.

As I said above the de-levered levers are cannons, and anything else would cause issues. Good luck with you entry, and might it be a floating box?

eclipsegrafx wrote:I take back the "too much red" comment. After reviewing the flickr I noticed that the red on top and on bottom are miniscale ships.

Thanks, I was worried about the color issue, because from the start I knew I wanted dark red ships, and dark red on the station. I didn't know how it would balance out, but I'm glad you think it works!

@-Thanks for the great comments everyone!

Knight wrote:

bl*c wrote:At first sight, I thought this was a rebuild of the LEGO Mary-Go-Round. Mostly because of the colors.
So I think I have to agree with eclipse, there's a bit too much dark red.

Troopa Daisy wrote:Wow, very nice build, the only thing it's missing are some big turrets!

YEAH!!

But other that that, miniature mastery Knight! I love the shape and those cruisers too.

Thanks, and BTW the de-levered levers are cannons. The plates can't support anything bigger.

I was thinking about this and I wondered if it would work if you used a stud and then a neck bracket and then put an optional stud and have a binoculars on top of it I think that would make a pretty good turret.

Troopa Daisy wrote:

Knight wrote:

bl*c wrote:At first sight, I thought this was a rebuild of the LEGO Mary-Go-Round. Mostly because of the colors.
So I think I have to agree with eclipse, there's a bit too much dark red.
YEAH!!

But other that that, miniature mastery Knight! I love the shape and those cruisers too.

Thanks, and BTW the de-levered levers are cannons. The plates can't support anything bigger.

I was thinking about this and I wondered if it would work if you used a stud and then a neck bracket and then put an optional stud and have a binoculars on top of it I think that would make a pretty good turret.

Great idea, but I tried other options that were similar, and the bottom plates collapsed, due to them being connected upside down.

Very nice!

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Amazing job Knight, I love the mini-scale cruisers compared to it.

Where's the planet blowy-upy laser?

I'm going to be honest here, and say that this does not look like a space station at all. The big gaps between the white parts on top really take away the flow. Right now it just looks like a big floating ball. I would say add an extension to the bottom that comes down a bit. Overall it looks good, but it is just not a space station.


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I have to agree also. I was trying to explain the same thing, but I did not want to say such a thing to my fellow knight. But it just does not quite seam like a space station.

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Tac wrote:Where's the planet blowy-upy laser?

Umm, the big tip thingy at the bottom.

Cobra wrote:I'm going to be honest here, and say that this does not look like a space station at all. The big gaps between the white parts on top really take away the flow. Right now it just looks like a big floating ball. I would say add an extension to the bottom that comes down a bit. Overall it looks good, but it is just not a space station.


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"That's no moon, it's a space station", since the Death Star was the first space station ever in SW, why would a round floating ball not be a space station?

@-Thanks for the great comments everyone!

Knight wrote:

"That's no moon, it's a space station", since the Death Star was the first space station ever in SW, why would a round floating ball not be a space station?

That's why I don't think the Death Star looks like a space station. Just a big floating ball. Now this does look good, Knight, but not like a space station in my opinion. Try making it more like this.

^That looks like a floating tower, sooo, yeah. I prefer floating dishes and balls as space stations.

Cobra wrote:

Knight wrote:

"That's no moon, it's a space station", since the Death Star was the first space station ever in SW, why would a round floating ball not be a space station?

That's why I don't think the Death Star looks like a space station. Just a big floating ball. Now this does look good, Knight, but not like a space station in my opinion. Try making it more like this.

Thanks, and I know it's SW, but when I think of a SW space station, I think round, and floating ball.

bl*c wrote:^That looks like a floating tower, sooo, yeah. I prefer floating dishes and balls as space stations.

Me too.

@-Thanks for the great comments everyone!

The shape is really interesting, and I love how a Republic cruiser can dock with it.

Wow, just....wow. This thing is absolutely amazing knight! Did you partially base it on the Kaliida Shoals Med centre? Anyway, this thing is simply breath taking. MOC of the month so far IMO, anyone else agree?

droidbait wrote:Wow, just....wow. This thing is absolutely amazing knight! Did you partially base it on the Kaliida Shoals Med centre? Anyway, this thing is simply breath taking. MOC of the month so far IMO, anyone else agree?

After looking it up, there are a lot of similarities. It wasn't a refrence I used, but it looks as if it could have been.

@-Thanks for the great comments everyone!

Knight wrote:

droidbait wrote:Wow, just....wow. This thing is absolutely amazing knight! Did you partially base it on the Kaliida Shoals Med centre? Anyway, this thing is simply breath taking. MOC of the month so far IMO, anyone else agree?

After looking it up, there are a lot of similarities. It wasn't a refrence I used, but it looks as if it could have been.

@-Thanks for the great comments everyone!

Ah, I just wondered as it was the first thing that came to my mind when I saw it.