Mobile Base: Inspiration Failure

Post by **Funky Weasel** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 6:07 pm

I have had two cracks at trying to build a large True BlackTRON Legion base vehicle for my friends to gang up on in an upcoming game, partially inspired by the P.A.R.V, a creation I know that I can never match in terms of skill or wallet.

The first was an attempt a doughnut on wheels designed to roll over damaged vehicles and repair them. I soon realised this would be pointless as Brikwars is all about vehicles blowing up - with four players we usually only get about 3 turns in before we declare a winner so opportunity would be limited anyway. I also found I did not have enough black and yellow parts to even build one level.

Fortunately I managed some sweet ebaying to get over a baseplate's worth of 4x? and 6x? black flats and x50 6x1 bricks, and a handful of other useful bricks for an amazingly good bargain and resolved to try again.

The second attempt was to be a two-levelled vehicle with the second level being a balcony/throne room overlooking the ground floor. It ended up being a box with wheels and some nice sliding sci-fi hatch doors. I made some nice gunner seats but they did not help break up the square monotony that Typhon had become. Basically it was still an effing box on wheels. Most frustrating.

Whilst I only have basic blocks and few fancy components I am certain I have enough bricks to make something impressive. The options I am considering now are:

1. Super-sized Battle Bus (easiest but most pedestrian),

2. Corvette based off your standard sci-fi Generic Human Flying Fist Brick (most challenging, would need to come up with a good design to avoid another outbreak of boxitus), or

3. a nice long floating battle barge (middle of the road, not inspiring but easiest to add details and weapons to).

Any ideas or suggestions to get over a lack of inspiration, and/orwhat could work as a large scale creation carrying around 20-30 crew?

Post by **Natalya** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 6:50 pm

The solution to your dilemma is simple.

Build a giant space helicopter.

Post by **lrdofbricks** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 6:53 pm

el contrare

build the urban assult vehicle off of stripes.

Post by **jifel** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 7:21 pm

NatalyaAF wrote:The solution to your dilemma is simple.

Build a giant space helicopter.

Natalya is almost correct. It should be a hovercraft.

jifel

Post by **Natalya** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 5:41 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM3W9Zu-Poc

Post by **Tzan** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 3:56 pm

Thanks for the video I had seen that episode, but totally forgot. Nice one.

Post by **Cpt. Zipps** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 5:15 pm

I built a mobile base once. it was built around this huge-ass size 15 howitzer. it had 2 machine guns, a chaingun, an AA gun, a tank cannon, two snipers, room for a squad of 5.

It had a crew of 15.

It was built off of the treads of that orange exo-force tank, I'm going to try and find some pictures now.

You should build something like that.

Post by **Cpt. Zipps** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 5:16 pm

I built a mobile base once. it was built around this huge-ass size 15 howitzer. it had 2 machine guns, a chaingun, an AA gun, a tank cannon, two snipers, room for a squad of 5.

It had a crew of 15.

It was built off of the treads of that orange exo-force tank, I'm going to try and find some pictures now.

You should build something like that.

Post by **Cpt. Zipps** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 5:16 pm

I built a mobile base once. it was built around this huge-ass size 15 howitzer. it had 2 machine guns, a chaingun, an AA gun, a tank cannon, two snipers, room for a squad of 5.

It had a crew of 15.

It was built off of the treads of that orange exo-force tank, I'm going to try and find some pictures now.

You should build something like that.

Post by **Funky Weasel** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 6:13 pm

No tank treads beyond the tiny ones, sadly. Fortunately I have been inspired by both the above responses and Terminator: Salvation which I have just seen. I will probably be making a hovering vehicle loosely based off the standard sci-fi Generic Human Flying Fist Brick. Elements I hope to include:

1. plenty of balconies for repelling boarding parties and enemy sappers; This is most important to me because Brikwars is about minifigs dismantling other minifigs.

2. anti-vehicle armaments: a rail cannon (roughly 6", fnarr fnarr), some baby nukes (Size 3"-4" missiles) - explosions are a close second;

3. anti-infantry turrets - as many as I can build out of parts up to weapon allowance after the anti-vehicle parts;

4. deployables: Tiny Tank and Terminator: Salvation have taught me dropping a load of smaller robots off a carrier can be full of win.

Structurally it will probably be in 3 parts - central segment containing troops and turrets with a small command tower on top; front segment with the main rail gun and half the baby nukes; rear segment with deployables and the rest of the baby nukes. If I have the parts left I hope to make a landing-bay for 3 single-man interceptors (mmm, WaspTRONs), otherwise I will make the top of rear segment into a landing strip - aircraft carrier style.

This is sounding highly ambitious, there's a very good chance I will have to triage some of the above ambitions. Fortunately I have at least a fortnight to put this bad boy together.

Post by **jifel** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 8:11 pm

Good lucko. Get some terminators for added win. Even better, outfit it to fire Plantary Assault troopers pods.

jifel

Post by **metal squid** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 10:22 pm

NatalyaAF wrote:The solution to your dilemma is simple.

Build a giant space helicopter.

isn't that the solution to everything?!

Post by **Tuefish** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 5:24 am

It must be a FLARECRAFT!!!

ANOTHER LINK!!!

Post by **james+burgundy** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 11:44 am

can i build big base?