Flying Saucer [WIP, need help]

[Bricko]

Before anything else, I must confess: The design is not 100% mine. I took the disc plate angles from another MOC i found on google. (also the cockpit consoles, but that is minor)
I would also like to note that the work here is still in progress. I will add cosmetic details as well as new colors.

more pics:

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Space cruising:

Landing gear deployed:

Tractor beam/levitation device:

(yea it a propulsion device and a weapon, deal with it.)

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Now, I got the following thought: The gunner currently controls the tractor beam... and that's it. I feel like i can place another weapon. The question is, what weapon?
I thought about the following options:


Red Alert style Laser Beam: In Red alert 2 Yuri's revenge, they had a flying saucer unit with a laser cannon that charged around the craft, and was shot in the desired direction, from the edge of the disc.
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(the ray is comming from the edge of the disc, not the middle of it)

honestly this is my favorite pick, but i have no idea how to mimic that: I can't have a gun barrel because theoretically it should be able to shoot from any point on the edge of the disc.


Side Cannons: Cannons that will be mounted from the top of the disc, the sides, or the bottom.

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I don't really dig this one because it makes the craft look like it is not spinning.


Death-star-like cannon: Add barrels from the end of the tractor beam disc, which will shoot beams to the center of the ship, and from there to the unlucky enemy.

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Another good solution, also pretty simple to build.


Mars Attacks! bottom cannon: replace the tractor beam with a robotic arm which in it's end a cannon will be placed.

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Also simple to implement. But I don't like the fact ill need to forget the tractor beam. (and also, this is the weapon the creation i sorta copied had)


I would love to hear your opinion about the subject!


Bonus Content: "Mars Attacks!": "We come in peace"




So, what do you think?

[stubby]

For the lasers, you can just treat the circular edge of the ship as the charge-up barrel. I didn't play enough Red Alert 2 to remember the saucers, so I'm picturing it like this:



This means that any damage to the edge of the ship will destroy the laser capability though.

[Bricko]

For the lasers, you can just treat the circular edge of the ship as the charge-up barrel. I didn't play enough Red Alert 2 to remember the saucers, so I'm picturing it like this:



This means that any damage to the edge of the ship will destroy the laser capability though.

That is exactly what I meant! It is true such mechanism is fragile, but so as any other aircraft in brikwars. but the million dollar question is: how do I represent such weapon with lego.. there are no barrels.

[RedRover]

Translucent plates?

[Bricko]

Translucent plates?

tried that, wasn't very happy with the outcome (you can see it's remains with the transparent pieces between the discs. but I guess its could work.

anyways, here's the death star attempt:

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[stubby]

You can just say the sloping edge plates themselves are the barrel. Every point around the circular edge is a possible firing point.