Awesome Instructions!

Post by **501stCadians** » Sat May 23, 2009 3:24 pm

http://www.saber-scorpion.com/shop/instructions.php
After motoring around on SSLF,i found these. For a measly 7 bucks, you can get the instructions to the Scorpion Tank from Halo! I might get it and improve on. He also has ATVs and Ghosts,making for excellent quickwars.

Post by **james+burgundy** » Sat May 23, 2009 3:44 pm

don't really like the models look sort of second rate

Post by **IVhorseman** » Sat May 23, 2009 4:37 pm

Yeah, I agree. These are... kindof poopy looking.

Post by **Theblackdog** » Sat May 23, 2009 4:46 pm

The sad thing is Saber-Scorpion has a bunch of dimmies who follow him around like he's the god of LEGO. I used to be one of them, and looking back the point at which I became a good builder was the point that I realized Saber-Scorpion wasn't all that great.

Post by **ROU Big Stick** » Sat May 23, 2009 5:44 pm

Theblackdog wrote:The sad thing is Saber-Scorpion has a bunch of dimmies who follow him around like he's the god of LEGO. I used to be one of them, and looking back the point at which I became a good builder was the point that I realized Saber-Scorpion wasn't all that great.

He's a veritable fountain of unintentional comedy, though, so in that sense, he's fantastic. Hard to mock, though, because he's clearly embraced a level of ridiculousness I can barely fathom.

Post by **Theblackdog** » Sat May 23, 2009 6:23 pm

Actually the whole "writing a 400-page novel about his own exploits as a genetically-engineered space ninja" thing is pretty easy to mock. Although I will always have to give him credit with bringing an end to my dark ages, he also limits a lot of builders' potential because they try to emulate him all the time instead of looking to Classic-Space or another higher-quality forum for inspiration (CoughBrikwarsCough)

Post by **ROU Big Stick** » Sat May 23, 2009 7:43 pm

Theblackdog wrote:Actually the whole "writing a 400-page novel about his own exploits as a genetically-engineered space ninja" thing is pretty easy to mock.

I was sadly (happily? It's hard to tell) unaware of that up until you mentioned it. Then I looked.

I made it a paragraph before fleeing in terror - it was like a madman trying to fist-fuck a steaming turd the size of an Astarte ham into my eye. I'm going to go ritually cleanse myself with a copy of Strunk and White's The Elements of Style.

Post by **Cpl. Halan** » Sat May 23, 2009 9:29 pm

personally I think he's really good but he did bring out the Lego builder in me(I was building tiny jeeps, not anything bigger, besides, if it hadn't been for him I would never have discovered this forum)

Post by **Pvt Expendable** » Sat May 23, 2009 9:37 pm

say didnt somebody on this forum a long time ago talka bout selling custom lego thingy's,....

could this be that brain child?

Post by **Dr. X** » Sat May 23, 2009 11:36 pm

If you ignore his legions of idiot fans, and his strange fictional universe, he's actually a pretty cool guy. His style of building is just much more old fashioned than we're used to seeing from the big players. He might get better if he built more often, and looked at other people's stuff more often, but I think he's still in college and has a huge workload. He has a made a few totally awesome things though, like these:

Post by **MasterEcabob** » Sun May 24, 2009 12:10 am

Dr. X wrote:If you ignore his legions of idiot fans, and his strange fictional universe, he's actually a pretty cool guy. His style of building is just much more old fashioned than we're used to seeing from the big players. He might get better if he built more often, and looked at other people's stuff more often, but I think he's still in college and has a huge workload.

Saber-Scorpion is a pretty cool guy, eh builds LEGOs and doesn't afraid of anything.

Post by **IVhorseman** » Sun May 24, 2009 1:07 am

Well yeah, I build generally in the old style as well, but these model designs he's selling are... bad.

These models are pretty damn good though.

Post by **tahthing** » Sun May 24, 2009 5:25 am

his mongoose is better than most I've seen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qbWaKiB ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4XZ75aj ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqtdG0Ps ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytM7MxGE ... re=related
and last but very much the worst and crappyist design
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9-cPXhn ... re=related

Post by **Theblackdog** » Sun May 24, 2009 7:11 am

Problem is, if you take good photos, build passably good creations, and have a unique backstory which is well-written by a 10-year-old's standards, you too can become the most undeservedly revered builder on Mocpages. I've seen it happen at least 3 times now. Saber-Scorpion is a good builder, but like I said he limits a lot of people who try to emulate him rather than push themselves toward higher goals. Trust me, there are much better people out there.

Also: He only entered college fairly recently -- for most of the time when he was actively building stuff, he was a high school student, and he still managed to build less frequently than JF, Commander Fed, or any of the other "famous" builders.

Post by **pesgores** » Mon May 25, 2009 5:58 am

I need instructions for tanks, but he doesn't have any.