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onlunarseas @onlunarseas.bsky.social · 3h

Yeah, it'd probably be a fun exercise! I like working from smaller sketches like these occasionally because of how much you get to invent. Same goes for turning something complex into a smaller, abstract thing. Someday I'll have time to learn Blender... right? 🥲

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onlunarseas @onlunarseas.bsky.social · 9h

Hm, yeah, not too far off, mostly just needs the left arm.

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James_R_Millar @jamesrmillar.bsky.social · 9h

#Mechatober2025 no 6 - Experimental. And it's a bone-armoured monowheel-tank.

I have to admit, I got a bit stuck on what would actually make something -look- experimental. Best I could come up with was something that looked so obviously destined to fail it could never be more than an experiment.

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onlunarseas @onlunarseas.bsky.social · 10h

02 Mercenary: I love using sand green for mercenaries. I was aiming for more of a classic BattleTech vibe here, in part because MechWarrior II: Mercenaries was such a formative influence on my obsession with mecha. #LEGO #Mechatober2025 #Mechatober

Front and back renders of a LEGO mecha in sand green armor with twin autocannons (or are they lasers?) on each hand.

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onlunarseas @onlunarseas.bsky.social · 11h

01 Recon: Alright, gonna try to catch up on #Mechatober after all. Aiming for smaller, cheaper builds than I usually do, not part of my Morningstar setting but hopefully with some consistency. Starting off with this chicken-legged recon mecha. #LEGO #Mechatober2025

Front and back renders of a LEGO mecha in tan armor with an autocannon and some kind of advanced sensor system.

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onlunarseas @onlunarseas.bsky.social · 11h

I actually did make one of your ships once—I was commissioned to design a build of the Roland-class Experimental Scout as part of the Kickstarter for An Infinity of Ships! But I'd love to make more of these, just so absorbed in my own setting lately.

Render of a LEGO spaceship based on Rob Turpin's art of the Roland-class experimental scout from An Infinity of Ships.

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onlunarseas @onlunarseas.bsky.social · 11h

I should make every single one of these in LEGO as an exercise. I bet I'd learn a lot of new techniques to apply to my own stuff later.

Rob Turpin 🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️ @thisnorthernboy.bsky.social · 22h

Ship Shapes…

#Spaceship #SciFi #Illustration

A page of rough, monochrome, spaceship sketches.

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onlunarseas @onlunarseas.bsky.social · 1d

Hm, so there's a Mechatober now, with prompts? Not sure if or how that differs from Mechtober. Do I dare pursue another daily build thing right after (Space)shiptember? Especially seeing as how I'd want to catch up. Wish I'd heard of this earlier. Decisions, decisions...

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onlunarseas @onlunarseas.bsky.social · 1d

Weird, Overwatch had that bug, too. And it cropped up in TF2 after the first few patches. There's gotta be one programmer who keeps moving from company to company, bringing that bug along to each new game.

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onlunarseas @onlunarseas.bsky.social · 1d

Like the Khuraltans, Zero Point employs a corvette-sized assault transport for boarding actions. A point defense turret provides firepower on the approach, and its elite complement of genetically- and cybernetically-enhanced marines is capable of disrupting or even capturing larger ships. #LEGO

Front and back renders of a LEGO spaceship on a flight stand. The ship has angular red armor over a black structure, and a small dorsal turret.

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onlunarseas @onlunarseas.bsky.social · 2d

This shredder drone was inspired by Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector. The idea of an autonomous spaceship drifting stealthily through space was chilling, and felt just right for Zero Point. It's armed with a swarm projector, launching numerous small drones that tear easily into slower ships. #LEGO

Front and back renders of a tiny LEGO spaceship on a flight stand. The ship has angular red armor over a black structure, and a small ventral turret.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 2d

It's PHYSICS FOR CATS publication day!! Luna has her copy: do you? www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2

A black cat sits on a wicker basket reading the book PHYSICS FOR CATS by Tom Gauld... Ok, so she's not really reading it. She's not even quite looking at it to be completely honest. But it is possible to imagine that she is reading and thoroughly enjoying it.

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onlunarseas @onlunarseas.bsky.social · 3d

I'm mostly satisfied with my latest attempts at the Zero Point fleet, so here's a look at them. Like all their spaceships, this corvette is considerably smaller than its EDSC and Khuraltan counterparts. But superior defensive measures, sensors, and fire control make it surprisingly lethal. #LEGO

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onlunarseas @onlunarseas.bsky.social · 4d

Working on more spaceships for Zero Point, one of the largest corporations in Morningstar with its own private army and navy. I continue to go through so many WIPs for this faction. Here are some older attempts that didn't make the cut. But I think I'm getting close to a suitable fleet now. #LEGO

Render of a bunch of LEGO spaceships with intimidatingly sharp and angled armor in black and red. I made these in Oct/Nov 2024 but didn't like them enough to use them.

Render of a LEGO spaceship with intimidatingly sharp and angled red armor. This was a redesign attempted in December 2024, rejected when I couldn't make smaller ships that matched.

Render of two more LEGO spaceships with intimidatingly sharp and angled red armor. Part of the same December 2024 redesign, these are torpedo and railgun variants.

Render of another LEGO spaceship with intimidatingly sharp and angled red armor. Part of the same December 2024 redesign, this one is an assault carrier with a split prow protecting a hangar and catapult launchers for mecha and smaller spacecraft.

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Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social · 4d

Mileships outtake

Digital painting, a flock of flying ships at sunset. Or sunrise

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onlunarseas @onlunarseas.bsky.social · 9d

Very excited about this little cutie. Glad to see it's becoming a thing after all.

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onlunarseas @onlunarseas.bsky.social · 10d

With Spaceshiptember over I had a nice, restful day, and finally got back to Silksong. But I also took time for a pleasant walk. It's autumn, chilly, and rainy—just how I like it. #bloomscrolling

Photo of a pink rose amidst leaves, all covered in raindrops.

Photo of two yellow roses amidst leaves, all covered in raindrops.

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onlunarseas @onlunarseas.bsky.social · 11d

Thanks! That was one of the inspirations flitting about my head, I think. I probably should have tried to add something like the blue sections on the Arwing, to bulk out the fuselage a bit. Maybe I'll return to this one someday.

onlunarseas @onlunarseas.bsky.social · 11d

Here's a proper wrap-up of my #LEGO builds for #Spaceshiptember2025. Not included are numerous variants, recolors, and a whole lot of early or failed attempts. Thanks to @papapandamonium.bsky.social for the prompts, and thanks to everyone else who participated and inspired me. #Shiptember #SST25

Render of most, but not quite all, of my LEGO builds for Spaceshiptember 2025. Thirty days of spaceships (and stations) at various scales, in a wide range of colors and styles, including a few scenes and bits designed for stop-motion animations. Over $575 worth of over 5100 parts, in case you ever wonder why I mostly build digitally.

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onlunarseas @onlunarseas.bsky.social · 11d

Day 30: Finale! I thought about just collecting all the builds I've made this month into a single render, but that seemed boring. So instead I made a variable-wing transport. Also thought about animating it but too tired—Spaceshiptember is a marathon! 😤 #LEGO #Shiptember #Spaceshiptember2025 #SST25

Render of a LEGO spaceship on a flightstand. The design has four bright pink wings and a white and medium azure fuselage, and is featured transforming between three options: wings closed, open, or swept back.

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onlunarseas @onlunarseas.bsky.social · 12d

Day 29: Drones. Tried a bunch of ideas on a day when I had too little time. But I'm very pleased with what I finally came up with. Zero Point uses this stealthy fighter-scale drone for both site security patrols and CAS; missiles are concealed within. #LEGO #Shiptember #Spaceshiptember2025 #SST25

Front and back renders of a LEGO spaceship on a flight stand. The ship is a drone with a very sleek and angular design coming to a sharp point, with small winglets near the aft. It features a hinged cannon under its nose, but no other weapons are visible.

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James_R_Millar @jamesrmillar.bsky.social · 12d

More shiptember. Bit of a fighter, more than a ship, so... fightember?

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Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social · 13d

Another Mileships outtake

Digital painting, a flying tugboat, blues and yellows

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Rob Turpin 🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️ @thisnorthernboy.bsky.social · 12d

Some more #Shiptember action. Here's The Foundry, a Fast Picket, built by Chalmer & Hoyer.

#Illustration #Spaceship

A digital illustration of a spaceship. Twin hulls join at a single large engine at the back, in front of which there's an enclosed spherical cockpit.

#Shiptember

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onlunarseas @onlunarseas.bsky.social · 13d

Day 28: Exploration. I started this for day 24, but it wasn't really capturing "test flight". So I put it aside, with just the hab ring and engines done, and finished it today. This was a fun one-off, not part of my setting or to any particular scale. #LEGO #Shiptember #Spaceshiptember2025 #SST25

Front and back renders of a LEGO spaceship on a flightstand. A more realistic design than my usual fare, very linear except from a rotatable habitat ring, and mostly in white apart from a few black or gold bits. There's also a lot more surface detail than I normally feature, intended to suggest a particularly large ship with an emphasis on function over form.

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