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The Military Police

Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 12:19 am
by Commander Evil
Gee, it's been a long time since I've been on here.

Anyways, recently I've been getting back into Lego, but due to the current state of my collection (crated and stowed after a move to the distant mountains) I've been unable to put anything new together with actual bricks.

Instead, I've been amusing myself with the Lego Digital Designer, so I'm gonna throw myself upon the mercy of the court, and hope you guys accept screenshots from that in lieu of actual MOC's. I do plan on uploading some photos of what units I can dig out or build anew, so consider these Rendered MOC's to be more of a rendition of my "dream" army, compared to what I have and can do right now.

but boy oh boy, once I get a job and start making some money

Anyways, format is overview picture, gallery link, then description. Just to keep it nit-and-tiddy.

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UNITS:
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http://www.nottarga.com/commanderevil/d ... ego/Gadfly

First up, we have the Gadfly Heavy Gunship. With two giant engines, missile pods, and a bunch of guns strapped on, this baby could take on just about anything, in and out of atmosphere. It serves as a multirole fighter and ground support craft. I also made a little ground crew for it, including a loaderbot (Expect to see that robot re-used, but with different arms), an ammo trolley, and one of those guys who waves those light batons around. Not much else to say about this, other than pity the poor bastard who gets in between a Loaderbot and its duty. Those claws aren't just made for liftin'.

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http://www.nottarga.com/commanderevil/d ... otbreakers

Next up, we have two Riotbreaker Squads, with their APC's.

These guys would be considered the first line of defense for the military police. Armed with Riot Batons, Blaster Carbines (they're inside the APC, you can see them in one of the open-door pictures), and Riot Shields, these guys are the first line of defense for the Military Police. They travel in squads of Four Breakers, one Officer (Armed with a shotgun and Command/Control Pack), and with a squad of Manhacks to scout ahead for them. If you've played Half Life 2, you know what Manhacks are. If you didn't, Manhacks are flying buzzsaw robots.

As for the APC's, they're mainly intended to ram down barriers and get the Riotbreakers to where they're needed most, with only a cupola-mounted Autogun to defend them. To compensate for lack of weaponry, they're more armored than most other APC's, with the added bonus of letting them ram into the sides of buildings without doing more than scratching paint.

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http://www.nottarga.com/commanderevil/d ... go/AUTOPAT

These are Autonomous Patrol Units, or AUTOPATs for short. They're basically just an armored Robotic Police Car. They're programmed to chase down speeding non-police vehicles, and if properly equipped, to shred any that won't stop with gunfire. Their AI's also tend to enjoy hit-and-run tactics in the most literal manner, often going out of their way to hit pedestrians, enemy soldiers, or anything that looks softer than the police car. Gallery has some pictures of the interior as well so you can see the robot.

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HEROES:
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General Daniel Hiller, Chief of the Civil Arm of the Military Police. (The cops and Riot Troops)

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He's basically the clear-cut archtype of the Bitter Police Chief. He's also a trained gunslinger, and can dual-wield revolvers because of it. He resents the Martial Arm of the Military Police because while he leads the Cannon Fodder Riot Troops and Plainclothes Officers to their mass-deaths, the big bad Military Supersoldiers bag all the glory for just running over protestors with tanks, or burning out slums with flamethrowers.

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Detective Bailey

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Even in the grim, dark, fascist police state-controlled future, there are Detectives, and Detective Elijah Bailey is one of the best. Although he usually sells his services to the people of the City, occasionally he's called in to help the Civil Arm of the Military Police. He's an old friend of General Hiller, both having served together back in the days before the City became a Police State. They now have a sort of friendly rivalry going.

Detective Bailey is armed with an old 1911 Pistol, and a Steel Lighter. He can use it to either smoke his cigarettes to look more awesome, or wave in the face of people he's interrogating.

I'd like to get him a Trenchcoat to go over the Indiana Jones getup, we'll see what I can come up with I guess.

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The General
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Not much personal information is known about The General, as he's commonly known. He's in charge of the Martial Arm of the Military Police, and looks down on the other branches, seeing as his men are called in to handle problems too big for the Civil Branch. What he lacks in special weaponry, he makes up for in stealth and theatrics, often appearing out of nowhere in the midst of a raging battle to deliver a vital blow, then disappearing with a flourish of his cape, a flashbang grenade, and maniacal laughter distorted through his Vocorder Mask.

He's armed with a standard Blaster Carbine, Flashbang Grenades that stun all units around him for one turn, and a stealth camo-cape that allows him to creep around undetected, at the cost of his action for that turn.

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Anyways, I'll go digging through my crates tomorrow and see if I can rustle up some of my older units, and take some decent pictures of them.

I'll also start working on their backstory, since it's pretty bland so far:

Big Bad Police State. With robots. Yee-haw.

Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 12:54 am
by Hoboman
I would love to see these APCs built. So I hope you do find a job and make the money. :wink:

Nice designs :D

Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 3:31 am
by The Shadowscythe
Niiiiice - I always love to see LDD stoof on here . . . I especially love the design of the gunship, I wish to download and make vicious love too it. :shock:

:lol:

Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 8:53 am
by BFenix
That gunship and APCs look fantastic! Please do show us more pics, I think the gunship has a sweet rear! :)

Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 10:33 am
by Lt. Krus
BFenix wrote:That gunship and APCs look fantastic! Please do show us more pics, I think the gunship has a sweet rear! :)

Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 12:17 pm
by mr.duckie
those are awesome! i would love to see these IRl, but it would probably cost a fortune to get that over LDD.

Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 1:46 pm
by Commander Evil
BFenix wrote:That gunship and APCs look fantastic! Please do show us more pics, I think the gunship has a sweet rear! :)
Just say what you want closeups of, and I can snag some shots and upload them to the gallery.

Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 6:57 pm
by Commander Evil
Double Post, I updated the main page with three new Heroes.

Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 7:01 pm
by BFenix
Commander Evil wrote:
BFenix wrote:That gunship and APCs look fantastic! Please do show us more pics, I think the gunship has a sweet rear! :)
Just say what you want closeups of, and I can snag some shots and upload them to the gallery.
Closeups of the minifigs, zoomed photos of the apcs and rear shots of the gunship. Thx for the time, also, nice bunch of characters

Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 10:00 pm
by Commander Evil

Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 7:17 am
by Warhead
Those are very nice designs, the gunship most of all. Now go forth and earn some dosh so we may drool in torment, jealously amazed by your army.

Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 11:29 pm
by Theblackdog
The Gadfly and APCs are pure win, although the latter could use a few more guns.

Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 7:22 pm
by Commander Evil
Another bout of inactivity, but look, an update!

Added the AUTOPAT Robotic Patrol Car.

Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 2:43 am
by Zahru II
Great stuff. I also demand a how-to of that trenchcoat. Pretty please?

Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 9:18 am
by OREMAWESOME1234
I just made an APC yesterday, then I just felt just ashamed of myself when I saw your design, Nice Build!