RRChief Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Hey guys, I'm here to present my newest MOC, it's still a WIP as I wanted to ask you all for your views and recommendations before I begin work on the real thing. Basically, Project Terranova is meant to be the Rock Raiders' main HQ building from which they co-ordinate all their mining operations from. The building consists of five main parts, the four outer squares and the big rectangle base. Two of the outer squares each house a Guardian-class defense tower from my Guardian Outpost MOC (consisting of a laser cannon and sonic emitter dish) for base protection. The other two outer squares each house a power pylon unit to supply power to the base. The main part of the building is where all operations and communications are handled. The building will be built on the 32 x 48 RR HQ baseplate. Some parts are missing (e.g. the laser cannon) as LDD does not have them. What I'm worried about is that it might look a bit too similar to my Guardian Outpost MOC, making it lose a bit of its uniqueness. Also, I don't really know what else to add to the building to give it more interactive features. I wanted to add a control tower to the top of it, but now I'm thinking of building something like a huge laser cannon instead. Could you guys give me your views on it? Does the appearance look okay? And what would you recommend I change/remove or features that I should add to it? Thanks! Side view Side view 2 Front view STUDZ and PeabodySam 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STUDZ Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Wait, is the whole thing MOBILE? I mean, that would be good in open spaces and large caverns and stuff, but in most caves? Wouldn't really work. Regardless, great looking so far! RRChief 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRChief Posted July 8, 2013 Author Share Posted July 8, 2013 Nah, it isn't mobile but if would be awesome if it was . It appears to be floating because I hid the supports underneath, didn't want it to look funny in the pictures. Don't worry, this building is meant to be built in large caverns as it's supposed to be the main command centre on Planet U, monitoring and co-ordinating operations in the other smaller bases scattered around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDoctor Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 If you put the big Exo Force treads under the whole thing it could be mobile. Also, for a land based main HQ, it looks a bit small compared to the LMS Explorer and what it's for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRChief Posted July 9, 2013 Author Share Posted July 9, 2013 If you put the big Exo Force treads under the whole thing it could be mobile. Also, for a land based main HQ, it looks a bit small compared to the LMS Explorer and what it's for. I guess you have a point on it being a bit small, but then again I don't have much space left to work with since it is going to be built on the RR HQ baseplate. Actually, I wanted it to be something like a alternate version of the #4990 RR HQ set, giving it a more fortress like appearance instead. Unfortunately, I'm a bit stumped on what features I should add to it, which is what I think you feel to be lacking. That's why I wanted to ask you guys for your views and recommendations in order to make it better and more interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcom Isst Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Wait, is the whole thing MOBILE? If it moves, I'd imagine that it would be something like... well... Jimbob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbob Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Wait, is the whole thing MOBILE? If it moves, I'd imagine that it would be something like... well... Let's scale that up a little... This is an epic MOC, I'd love to see the final product. Right now I can't think of suggestions for extra bits though. Is it just me or does the main body look a little like Ogel's Mountain Fortress? Alcom Isst 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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