Lego Serenity 3.5

POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 19:41
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CHRISISALL

Sunday, June 6, 2010 11:21 PM (P)

Sonisall & I just finished it! We had a tweaking fit.

The laughing Chrisisall

PENGUIN

Sunday, June 6, 2010 11:25 PM (P)

Nice job!!

King of the Mythical Land that is Iowa

CHRISISALL

Sunday, June 6, 2010 11:35 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Penguin:
Nice job!!

Thanks!
It's just 8 & 1/4 inches long- selecting just the right pieces was essential.
I've seen, like, a 3 foot Serenity on a site that used hundreds & hundreds of pieces (ours is a mere 98 or so). Of course it was a bit more precise.
Yeah, but try to PLAY with it, ha ha ha!!!

The laughing Chrisisall

CHRISISALL

Sunday, June 6, 2010 11:54 PM (P)

this is micro serenity 1.2 i made it alone with limited parts. it has 53 pcs, it's 3&3/4 inches and was the best i could do.

sonisall

The laughing Sonisall

THESOMNAMBULIST

Monday, June 7, 2010 12:07 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:

Sonisall & I just finished it! We had a tweaking fit.

Ha,ha!! That's awesome!!! Lego is so versatile! Nice going you two.

Cartoons - http://cirqusartsandmusic.blogspot.com

CHRISISALL

Monday, June 7, 2010 12:19 AM (P)

Thanks!
Got any Serenity cartoons or anything of your own to share here, Som?

The laughing Chrisisall

THESOMNAMBULIST

Monday, June 7, 2010 12:40 AM (P)

hmmm. Well I got the old cartoons I started doing of the crew, but I must admit to being somewhat remise at finishing them off. I believe I still have Simon, Book and River to do. The others presently reside in the blue sun room or here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8262014@N04
I'll see what I can do in the next few weeks.

Cartoons - http://cirqusartsandmusic.blogspot.com

PEULSAR5

Monday, June 7, 2010 1:31 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:

Sonisall & I just finished it! We had a tweaking fit.

The laughing Chrisisall

VERY SHINY!! Nice job

LWAVES

Monday, June 7, 2010 1:06 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:
hmmm. Well I got the old cartoons I started doing of the crew, but I must admit to being somewhat remise at finishing them off. I believe I still have Simon, Book and River to do. The others presently reside in the blue sun room or here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8262014@N04
I'll see what I can do in the next few weeks.

Cartoons - http://cirqusartsandmusic.blogspot.com

Those are some impressive cartoons. I especially like the style of the iso buildings, they have a nice level of detail without being overcrowded.
Good stuff and I wish I could draw like that (I know - practice, practice, practice). My stuff gets limited to DVD/Bluray covers, photomanipulations and converting photoshop art into vector drawings (my latest buzz).

I would love to see more of your work if you don't mind or have it hosted anywhere.

"The greatest invention ever is not the wheel. It's the second wheel." - Rich Hall

LWAVES

Monday, June 7, 2010 1:14 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:

this is micro serenity 1.2 i made it alone with limited parts. it has 53 pcs, it's 3&3/4 inches and was the best i could do.

sonisall

The laughing Sonisall

Nicely done there Sonisall. The smaller 'micro' objects can often be harder to do than the larger pieces.
If it's not too much effort would you mind doing a parts list/instructions for both Serenity's?
I understand it's probably too much work but it can't hurt to ask.

Also do you guys know about www.ldraw.org (for the lego parts library) and www.lm-software.com (for the design software)
I find this free software works together great and can be easier to chop and change designs before building it out of real pieces.

"The greatest invention ever is not the wheel. It's the second wheel." - Rich Hall

THESOMNAMBULIST

Monday, June 7, 2010 1:50 PM (P)

Originally posted by lwaves:

Quote:
Those are some impressive cartoons. I especially like the style of the iso buildings, they have a nice level of detail without being overcrowded.
Good stuff and I wish I could draw like that (I know - practice, practice, practice). My stuff gets limited to DVD/Bluray covers, photomanipulations and converting photoshop art into vector drawings (my latest buzz).

I would love to see more of your work if you don't mind or have it hosted anywhere.

Thanks Lwaves - I hope to do more Iso buildings. There are a few newer pieces below amongst some that you would have already seen on the Flickr site. I have a showreel up on the blog and animation that shows some different stuff. See what you think. Right now I have a deal going with a stock image library so I may have to take alot of the stuff down so if you do want to have a look then now is the best time as I'm not sure how long I can keep them on the site.

And in refererence to your drawings, yes practice practice

sorry to say it too, but it's true, and there is nothing wrong with honing your craft with photoshop. It all helps. I would be happy to see what you have on show too Lwaves.

Cartoons:
http://cirqusartsandmusic.blogspot.com

Graphics:
http://cirqusdesigngraphics.blogspot.com

Music:
http://www.cirqus.eclipse.co.uk/loreman/loreman.html

Cheers and thanks for those lego links.

Cartoons - http://cirqusartsandmusic.blogspot.com

ZEEK

Monday, June 7, 2010 2:16 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:

Sonisall & I just finished it! We had a tweaking fit.

That's awesome. I want a kit! You should sell kits for these on ebay or something.

ASORTAFAIRYTALE

Monday, June 7, 2010 2:35 PM (P)

Love it!
This makes me want to get some legos.

CHRISISALL

Monday, June 7, 2010 7:29 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by lwaves:
Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:

this is micro serenity 1.2 i made it alone with limited parts. it has 53 pcs, it's 3&3/4 inches and was the best i could do.

sonisall

The laughing Sonisall

Nicely done there Sonisall. The smaller 'micro' objects can often be harder to do than the larger pieces.
If it's not too much effort would you mind doing a parts list/instructions for both Serenity's?
I understand it's probably too much work but it can't hurt to ask.

Also do you guys know about www.ldraw.org (for the lego parts library) and www.lm-software.com (for the design software)
I find this free software works together great and can be easier to chop and change designs before building it out of real pieces.

THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i can do a parts list/ insructions for the micro

The Excited Sonisall

CHRISISALL

Monday, June 7, 2010 7:59 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by lwaves:

If it's not too much effort would you mind doing a parts list/instructions for both Serenity's?

I'm Lego-parts-name-challenged, for my part I just grabbed & tested pieces. If it's any help, I know the parts came from multiple helicopter & airplane Lego sets from Target, plus a Ninja Turtle one, I think.

The laughing Chrisisall

BROWNCOAT1

Monday, June 7, 2010 8:04 PM (P)

Nice work guys! Makes me wish I had some Legos to try my own hand at making a Serenity.

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CHRISISALL

Monday, June 7, 2010 9:23 PM (P)

here are the parts:
15 studs

7 2x1 flats

3 1x1 slants

3 2x1 vents

2 2x2 caps

4 4x1 flats

2 3x1 flats

1 2x2+2x2 corner

2 2x2 flats

2 2x1+2x2 corners

1 2x2 cylinders

1 2x2 cone

2 2x2 double flats

2 1x1 cones

2 double stud connectors

1 2x1 single studs

i will post instructions next

The laughing sonisall

LWAVES

Monday, June 7, 2010 10:06 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:

here are the parts:
15 studs

The laughing sonisall

Wow, thanks very much for the effort. This is why Browncoats are always such decent folks, always willing to be helpful.
Thanks again.

"The greatest invention ever is not the wheel. It's the second wheel." - Rich Hall

CHRISISALL

Monday, June 7, 2010 11:06 PM (P)

so, we make this in five groups and it will all be in pictures GOOD LUCK
first, group 1

now group 2

group 3

group 4

group 5

and now, the final assembly

The laughing sonisall

CHRISISALL

Monday, June 7, 2010 11:34 PM (P)

My little Browncoat work for an hour on that^.

I couldn't even put the bigger one back together that fast if I took it apart!

The proud Dad Chrisisall

LWAVES

Tuesday, June 8, 2010 11:15 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
My little Browncoat work for an hour on that^.

I couldn't even put the bigger one back together that fast if I took it apart!

The proud Dad Chrisisall

You should be very proud it was really fantastic of him to do that.
Hopefully these pics will show up here. It's my first time trying pics so here goes.

If this worked you can see what I created from Sonisall's instructions. It's not perfect as there are some clashes around the main engine, parts don't line on right on the side thrusters and because a couple of parts couldn't be found within the program I had to modify the neck and cargo bay area.

Hope you like it and thanks Sonisall for all your work. It was a great help. All credit for the virtual model should go to him as he did all the hard work.

"The greatest invention ever is not the wheel. It's the second wheel." - Rich Hall

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, June 8, 2010 11:26 AM (P)

wh-
oh-
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!!!-
sssswwwweeeeeeeeetttt!!!!!!!!!!!!
sonisall

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, June 8, 2010 11:49 AM (P)

Quote:

Hope you like it and thanks Sonisall for all your work. It was a great help. All credit for the virtual model should go to him as he did all the hard work.

THANKS!!!
i didn't think anyone would try it and it looks just like if not better than the real thing.

I'm glad you tried it because i didn't think the instructions would work!
thanks again!
AWESOME!!!

ps you get 70% credit

The laughing sonisall

BORIS

Tuesday, June 8, 2010 2:39 PM (P)

That is uber mega cool....now can you tell me how to make my own light Sabre? coz you obviously have the required know how :-).

BROWNCOAT1

Tuesday, June 8, 2010 6:35 PM (P)

Thanks for the pics of the parts and their number, and the walk through on assembly Chris. You are a browncoat amongst browncoats!

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Richmond, VA & surrounding area Firefly Fans:

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http://76thbattalion.proboards.com

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, June 8, 2010 7:28 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by BrownCoat1:
Thanks for the pics of the parts and their number, and the walk through on assembly Chris. You are a browncoat amongst browncoats!

Hey- not me!

My Sonisall.

The laughing Chrisisall

LWAVES

Tuesday, June 8, 2010 8:53 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by boris:
That is uber mega cool....now can you tell me how to make my own light Sabre? coz you obviously have the required know how :-).

You should try

www.brickshelf.com

It's a gallery of Lego creations - occassionally with instructions.
They have some pics of life-sized lightsabers made from Lego but not much. Might give you a starting point.

"The greatest invention ever is not the wheel. It's the second wheel." - Rich Hall

MAIII

Tuesday, June 15, 2010 7:41 PM (P)

I bought a kit from this guy years ago. he doesn't sell the kits anymore but has great instructions and parts lists for folks.

http://www.reasonablyclever.com/lego/serenity/index.htm

he even has a Reaverized version.