Thought I’d try my hand at a mecha utilizing some of the curved window pieces I like to use. The original idea was for a mecha on a much smaller scale, but with the geared pieces it had to get a little larger. By the time I added all the brick, poor red mecha was having some difficultly staying pose-able.

Front on Pose with Sword and Shield

Everyone knows that all mecha need swords. Despite all the high tech, it still boils down to basic swordsmanship. You can see Red Mecha’s “zapper” (as Cael calls it) laying useless to the side.

Side view with Sword and Shield

You can kind of see the little “kabuto” hat/helmet I was trying to give this guy to match the little “mustache” on the front glazing. You can also see the serrations on the sword.

Side view of Shield and Sword

Rear view with wings closed and angled

Originally, I wasn’t going to add wings but thought they would look alright. They add a lot of unnecessary weight, however, and so I had to drop the rotating engine pieces I wanted to add.

Wings partially opened

You can see the “sneaker-ish” shoes with wing-a-lings. You can also see the mecha’s back. The wings don’t look too bad considering they were an afterthought.

Wings fully extended

I also wanted to add a bit more to allow the wings to flip up horizontally, but again, the weight.

Rear with opened hatch

Access to the red mecha, the “back” hinges up. Unfortunately, you can’t see the interiors too well, I need a better lens for close-ups.

Clenched fist and Raised Zapper

Red Mecha holding the zapper with clenched fist. I supposed you could also equip the shield in combination.

Red Mecha with Zapper

The bits with the grey vents is supposed to be a magazine. Any longer and it would have made the zapper even more unwieldy.

Point blank zapper

Side view of Red Mecha with Zapper

Red Mecha ready to lift off

Or ready for a hug, I suppose.

Standing Red Mecha

You can see the “hands” pretty good here. They actually grip things fairly well.

Red Mecha’s Weaponry

Red Mecha’s Weaponry

I actually wanted to do a long rifle as well, but it would have been too long and difficult to pose.

Extra Photos

Just completed another MOC that I’ve been working on for quite a while. As usual, it seems like I’m always short of the pieces I really need and so, you’ll probably notice a few spots where this is the case.

The idea behind this MOC was to use the spiral step stairs and also create stairs leading down to a lower level like a lot of older brick and stone buildings. I also wanted to incorporate some “basement” windows. The sidewalk for this MOC starts off three bricks off the baseplate so if it were to be connected, one would need to grade up to this MOC. If I had enough LEGOs, I would certainly do so.

The Lower Floor, Basement or Cellar Store

There should probably be some sort of railing near the cavity where the stairs go down. Also, the angled bricks were not quite long enough to prevent that gap you can see there.

View from corner of bottom level

Front view of bottom level

Side view of bottom level

Angled view of bottom level

I though I would do something different with the grates in this MOC. Ideally, I would have used the dark grey “headlight slot” bricks to fit in with the bottom colors. Also, if I had silver “fence” pieces to use for the grating it would look nicer.

Top down side view of bottom level

It would have been nice to have a cleaner break with the flat tiles at the top of the stairs.

Angled view of bottom level

Angled top down view of bottom level

Back view of bottom level

There is a “hidden wall” section leading to this tunnel that the rat is occupying, you can’t see it very well in the other pictures. It is behind the counter.

Angled side view of bottom level

That’s it for the bottom level. The idea was a kind of basement level store, separated from the rest of the building. The stairs were a tighter fit than I had anticipated. I was constrained by the average sidewalk widths of the LEGO Creator sidewalks.

The First Floor

The original idea was to split the first floor into either two residences or two stores, but there just wasn’t enough space to do that. The back stairs eat up far more space than is necessary, but part of that was due to the basement floor stairs.

Angled view of first floor

The balcony turned out nicer than I thought as well as the rounded glass piece, although it does look a little wonky.

Front view of the first floor

Side view of the first floor

The little statuary portions didn’t quite work out the way I wanted, it’s a little too plain.

Top down front view of first floor

Not as much space here as I would have liked, but it still works.

Top down side view of first floor

Side view of first floor

Hinges for the wall leading to the “kitchen/dining” area. Of course, the hinges would have to go or be inset when lining it up with other sets.

Side view of first floor with opened wall

You can see parts of the kitchen here. You can also see how those stairs make it difficult to access this portion, thus the hinges.

Side angled view of first floor with opened wall

The rest of the “kitchen/dining” area with the stove and refrigerator. Originally, I wanted to put a full sized dining table in there, but there just wasn’t room.

The Second Floor

The second floor is the “living” area, it’s a more reasonable height as well. I went for a lot of different elements for the facade, some statuary and detailing. I did have enough grey frogs, but they are not all shown. I think the kids harvested them from the walls and I never located them afterwards.

Angled view of second floor

The statuary portions just barely fit into their cavities and they hide some of the necessary bridging and messy bits necessary to make the angles work. The little gold bits above the doors were originally going to be housings for some kind of canopy, but I gave up on trying to work it out.

Front view of second floor

Side view of second floor

You can see I had to move the grey frogs around to take the photos.

Top down view of second floor

Top down angled view of second floor

The TV actually rotates around for different “viewing angles”. It still looks pretty sparse.

Top down angled back view of second floor

Those square things behind the couch are supposed to be “pictures” of some sort. The little grey drawers under the windows were necessary as I didn’t have enough grey 1×2 flat plates to finish the tiling.

The Third Floor

This is the “bedroom” space. This level was the most difficult level to finish off for a variety of reasons. The angled front with the lions were not easy to finish, they constantly broke off and required some complicated bridging to make work. Also, because of the height and the way I build, it was very difficult to lay the tile in the “walk-in closet”. If I knew how I was going to finish it off, I would have laid the tile before it got so tall or closed in.

Angled front view of third floor

I think the lion and window combination worked out well over the statuary portions.

Front view of third floor

Side view of third floor

Angled front view close up of third floor

The middle portion under the window is actually sitting loose and not tied in to the floor at all, it has to slide in just right to hold it still.

Top down side view of third floor

The angled portion is rather messy, but necessary for the roof to fit right.

Top down front view of third floor

You can see how I ran out of 1×2’s in the right color, but it isn’t too noticeable (unless I point it out). The grey rod is there to hold the roof trap door in place which comes down into “walk-in closet”. Probably would have been better to turn that into a bathroom now that I think about it.

Angled top down front view of third floor

Most beds have a cat in it, my wife can attest to this fact of life. The bed seems larger than most, but it fits.

Top down front view of third floor

The Rooftop Level

Rooftops are usually pretty boring. I tried to do something different with the rooftop here, but had to abandon it…not enough pieces in the right colors…or patience.

Angled front view with rooftop

Doesn’t look too bad from this angle, the sloped crenelations help.

Front view with rooftop level

Side view with rooftop

Angled top down view with rooftop

Angled top down front view with rooftop

Originally, I was going to extend the dark grey portions back further onto the rooftop but the angles made that too difficult. Not to mention lack of pieces in the right colors.

Angled back view with rooftop

Boring back and side view, but it is intended to have buildings flush against both sides. It also gives a sense of scale for the height.

All the Levels

All the levels removed and side by side, and a promise kept. Once finished, the kids get to play with it. I figure it will be disassembled at some point anyway.