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Skalk, that's a commercially available kit, now.

Yeah, my GF got it for me for my birthday! pretty badass kit eh? Your boy would LOVE one of these for Christmas!
http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Volkswagen-T1-Camper-Van-10220

You can "help" him with it of course

Of course, we have to add SOME realism to this legendary piece of automobile history..

The most-common way this vehicle was seen on the roads

and at State Park Campgrounds

lol.... looks lovley! and what he now needs is a smoke^^

the best thing tho is the window drapes....very cool looking!

but tell you something... that van is way too tidy

Epic! Like the way its a rockstar playmobile person

Lego amazes me with their stuff like that every time I see it. When I was younger, I had to make do with the basic pieces and imagination. Made a tower 3 ft high with the set at day school.

lol... yeah i was a brickhead all my life... my wife is always a bit annoyed and amused how i can identify most parts of lego...and know what it is usually used for and what you can creativitly do with it^^ it is a skill that will never get any rents paid but well^^ makes me feel proud about it^^

Hhehehe! did you know that Max Von Sydow worked at Legoland,,,,as the giant monster threatening lego-city!

??? is that a joke that escapes me or what? lol....like von sydow, smashes^^

It was in an interview, his first job so many years ago, before fame, he would wear a rubber monster suit, (Godzilla or Gorgo like) and threaten the Legoland.

like hannibal smith so frequently did?



lol where do you know such things from? by the way i really like max von sydow... he was wonderful in so many charcters...

Viktor von Domm wrote:but tell you something... that van is way too tidy

Yes! I vote for weathering the lego van!

Some men are baptists, some men are catholic, my Dad was a Ford man. I morally cannot, will not deface a Lego. I am sorry my friends, this is something my consciousness will never let me do. Any other toy on earth is fair game for my x-acto and brush, but not a sacred, Holy Lego.

edit: Besides, like a good whiskey, time makes it better. It will eventually get a coating of my special patented shelf dust weathering powder.

Vik, I know lots of things! I read it in an interview in the magazine that supported the4 movie "The Blackhole"


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I agree with Dsteingass, legos are meant to retain their shiny plasticy look!

lol...yeah you mentioned that special formula^^

but you do realise you are publically showing your weakest spot to all the world to see? what would some evil villian do with that knowledge? huh? better think of some counter action at once^^


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by the way... i really like fresh new lego bricks... they have these sharp cutting edges... hands up everybody who can remember stepping barefooted on some legos and enjoying those sharp edges^^ anyone?^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:lol...yeah you mentioned that special formula^^

but you do realise you are publically showing your weakest spot to all the world to see? what would some evil villian do with that knowledge? huh? better think of some counter action at once^^


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by the way... i really like fresh new lego bricks... they have these sharp cutting edges... hands up everybody who can remember stepping barefooted on some legos and enjoying those sharp edges^^ anyone?^^

I have stepped on them in my bare feet as a kid, did not like it at all, I would then throw the offending piece against the wall hard.

Stepping barefooted on Lego in the dark teaches you to say bad words.

HAHA Vik, do I see a blackmail case brewing against me? "give me the rivets or I CUT this minifig's throat live on the internet!"

This is my final word on the subject of the movie "The Black Hole".

That model would make some GREAT bitz for Necromunda terrain!

*ducks*

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:I'm going to show that to my son, he's a Lego enthusiast and will really like what you have done here.

Actually, you could give him that set for Christmas. It's a Lego exclusive. The problem about those premium Lego sets is that I want to build them, but have no interest in them afterwards. I'd really like to build the Lego Death Star [3,803 pieces, $399.99], but then what? Did succumb and buy a Medieval Market Village, but that was was only 1,601 pieces and $99.99.

@Briancj: That's great! Did you make that?

that black hole starship is by no means built from lego? or is it??? even if it is overused in the web: awsome!

lol dstein...yeah... that would work i guess...but i could get away with just threatning to cut a lego to pieces for getting what i want^^ a lifestream with say a harry potter mini....(er...i think this might be a not too threatening threat as he might deserve it even in lego version^^)

at shaso... yeah... me and about everyone i know would have done so too^^ and swear like anything too^^

Ancestral Hamster wrote:Actually, you could give him that set for Christmas. It's a Lego exclusive. The problem about those premium Lego sets is that I want to build them, but have no interest in them afterwards. I'd really like to build the Lego Death Star [3,803 pieces, $399.99], but then what? Did succumb and buy a Medieval Market Village, but that was was only 1,601 pieces and $99.99.

That is the beauty of Lego, once the set gets boring you have all those parts to build your own creation an infinate number of times! Parts collection takes a lifetime. If you want the Medival Market Village, you'd better order it, it will probably be discontinued as a set shortly. When these premium artisan sets are discontinued, the aftermarket price skyrockets

Just steamed through all 28 pages of this awesome thread, I think it's the first time I've actually wanted to buy someone else's work!
I can't think of a single micro critique to make anywhere. I used to love Necromunda (still got it all in boxes).


Just dug out the old box, from high shelf; inside were the two books, that terrain leaflet, the original building tiles + bulkheads, dice, counters, a couple of line of sight rulers, a set of the 'Outlanders' expansion buildings + bulkheads, and five extra untouched bulkhead sprues!
Total of 64 bulkheads. I put it all back in the box and walked away . . .

Ash 1 wrote:Just steamed through all 28 pages of this awesome thread, I think it's the first time I've actually wanted to buy someone else's work!
I can't think of a single micro critique to make anywhere. I used to love Necromunda (still got it all in boxes).


Just dug out the old box, from high shelf; inside were the two books, that terrain leaflet, the original building tiles + bulkheads, dice, counters, a couple of line of sight rulers, a set of the 'Outlanders' expansion buildings + bulkheads, and five extra untouched bulkhead sprues!
Total of 64 bulkheads. I put it all back in the box and walked away . . .

+1
just went through the entire thread start to finish and, well as i PM'd you've rekindled my project.
i know exactly where my old plasticard is and i've even found some online sites for more in the uk (http://www.antenocitisworkshop.com/) also some railway modelling companies who sell the sheets damned cheap.
expect to see some pics posted soon i've got itchy modelling fingers.

@ Ash- I am huge fan of your work man, this love means a lot from you! FRESH BULKHEADS!! OMG, (I would love to have some sprues of those! I want to re-build the Imperial Firebase too, but between this project and cutting up others for my other projects, my once abundant supply of bulkheads is sadly diminishing.

@Melonfish I can't wait to see your stuff! If you start a thread, please post a link here. I am horrible for missing people's threads when I intend to check them out.

It is the old MPC model kit of the Cygnus, and it is currently hanging from my ceiling.

cool thing mate... and somehow i didn´t knew other peeps were into the dark hole movie too.... it is a classical tale but somehow i thought it was so burried under dust that it isn´t widely known anymore... i only ever saw it once on TV looooong ago...

Imperial firebase . . . Would that be one of these:

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r89/Ash-1_photos/misc/ImperialFirebase.jpg

I flogged this one on eBay a while back, went for about £17 + p&p

Nice find!

dsteingass wrote:That is the beauty of Lego, once the set gets boring you have all those parts to build your own creation an infinate number of times! Parts collection takes a lifetime. If you want the Medival Market Village, you'd better order it, it will probably be discontinued as a set shortly. When these premium artisan sets are discontinued, the aftermarket price skyrockets

Point. I regret not buying more of the Samurai series way back when. However, with my getting back into miniatures gaming I've spent a lot on supplies and figures, so I can't really add new Lego purchases on top of that.

As for the Medieval Market Village, I bought it immediately after it came out. It was a long running pet peeve of mine that the Castle series didn't have enough peasants, or a place for them to live, so I just had get the MMV!

Speaking of dedicated Lego builders: Lego Battleship Yamato

BTW, dsteingass, once you've finished reconstructing the box set terrain, will you make custom pieces to personalize the layout? I thought it would be nice to have some obviously industrial pieces like a blast furnace or a crane as objectives. They would also have special rules.

The Yamato is very impressive, My nicest is a lego jawa sandcrawler or small scale star destroyer. The wife and family often buy me legos at christmas b/c they don't know enough about me to buy my primary hobby interests. I like that VW kit too. I just got all my legos from the early 80s out of storage, and cleaned them so that they would be ready when my little boy gets old enough to play with them.