u/Vondrr

▲ 30 r/submarines+3 crossposts

Astute Class submarine (1:200)

To go along with the Vanguard Class i posted last week, i decided to take a crack at an astute class again but at 1:~200 (20.2in/51.4cm long). There are likely better techniques i could use to bring down the price but they are for someone more talented than me.

I dont plan on doing another sub for a while, atleast at this scale, they are quite big and too expensive for my purse.

As always, instructions will be updated once the set has actually been made and tested :D I hope you all enjoy it regardless

u/UtopianShot — 8 hours ago

Guide to our sister Lego communities on Reddit

Heyooo, so I have noticed people are surprised some of our other sister Lego communities exist (that I'm in charge of) when I cross post some milestone we achieve with them. Therefore, I've decided to make a short and easy guide that I might pin for a few days so that you may decide if any of the communities interest you.

Please know that I have worked HARD on every single one of these, by bringing people from Flickr and other subreddits to post there, adjusting the themes, colors, etc. to ensure every community has its own identity, and I am trying to run MOC of the Month competitions in most of them. It's a lot of work and it would make me incredibly happy if you considered joining them.

Here they are:

  • r/LegoMechs - arguably the most lively of my communities with incredible mech/mecha/exoskeleton builds. And sometimes even Transformers :D I saw potential in this community and it was up for grabs as it was dead for years before I took over
  • r/LegoWarhammer - another dead community before I took over. There are some awesome builds from the 40k universe and sometimes even the fantasy incarnation of Warhammer. Probably the most niche of my communities that people were telling me wouldn't be successful. But nope, it has daily new MOCs posted and some cool people!
  • r/LegoWarMachines - fully created by me, daily military MOCs. This one was created because Reddit somehow had no dedicated community for military builds. I don't understand that either, really
  • r/LegoScienceFiction - also created by me, everything that's not spaceships or mechs fits there, but we actually don't shy away from both either. Very hard to promote, it's not as lively as the communities above, but I am trying to change that
  • r/LegoTabletop - yes, there are people using Lego to play their tabletop games, or people who fully create tabletop games in Lego. Pretty cool stuff!

I also own r/LegoSmartBrick, but Lego doesn't seem to be pushing the Smart Play System anywhere right now and it's not available in the majority of the world, so... this one is not taking off any time soon. r/legohorror is also fully mine, I saw potential in it too, but it hasn't really started rolling just yet.

Next to all these, I have recently joined the mod teams of r/LegoSpace where I'm managing the MOC of the Month competitions, and also r/Minilego and r/legotechnic, all of which don't need any more introductions I think. But I got big plans with the mini Lego one, which is a build style I have liked since forever.

All in all, I love Lego as you might have noticed, so if you like any of the above subreddit suggestions, please join them and, hopefully, even post your builds there.

See ya soon!

Edit: I almost forgot that I should also mention r/spaceships - a non-Lego community that I was recently put in charge of because the original mods couldn't really support it anymore. Just throwing it out there because we are in the Lego Spaceships community... :D

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u/Vondrr — 2 days ago

5 THOUSAND MEMBERS and counting!!! Let me take this opportunity to ask you all - what changes, updates or quality of life things would you like to see on r/LegoMechs?

Also, I am pretty sure we are now the biggest Lego Mechs community on the internet. Just saying :)))

u/Vondrr — 3 days ago
▲ 468 r/firefly+1 crossposts

r/spaceships Weekly Watch: Firefly E11 - "Trash" & E12 - "The Messsage"

Another 2 episodes of our Firefly rewatch are here!

"Firefly E11 - "Trash"

  • Saffron returns to offer the crew a mission but not everyone is willing to trust her again.

Firefly E12 - "The Message"

  • A dying request from an old army buddy turns treacherous for Mal, Zoë, and the rest of the crew.

Where to Watch?

  • Hulu/Disney+ in the US (and other regions)
  • Or you can use JustWatch to find out where else to watch it or purchase it in your region

Discuss both episodes - what you liked or disliked, what you'd change, etc. - below!

u/Vondrr — 4 days ago

Slowly but surely getting back on track with r/Minilego! And btw, when we choose the winner of May's build challenge, you can look forward to a cool collaboration with another Lego subreddit for the June build challenge!

u/Vondrr — 4 days ago
▲ 1.0k r/spaceships+2 crossposts

Midi-scale Freighter with some industrial flare.

One of a few ships that can slip into the maintenance ring

u/PGBrickbuilder — 3 days ago

What’s a sci-fi concept that almost never gets represented in Lego builds, but could make for an incredible MOC if someone tackled it properly?

u/Vondrr — 5 days ago

What’s a military vehicle feature that sounds simple in theory but becomes a complete nightmare to engineer in Lego?

u/Vondrr — 5 days ago

Which Warhammer 40k vehicle becomes more recognizable when simplified into LEGO form, and which loses all identity?

u/Vondrr — 5 days ago
▲ 598 r/Minilego

What’s the most "illegal looking" connection or part usage you’ve used in a tiny build that ended up working perfectly? Pictures are welcome!

u/Vondrr — 5 days ago

What are your best tips and tricks for Technic building in Studio 2.0?

u/Vondrr — 5 days ago

What’s the most elegant tabletop rule you’ve ever seen? Something simple enough to explain in 30 seconds but deep enough to build a whole game around?

u/Vondrr — 5 days ago
▲ 153 r/LegoMechs

What’s the most convincing way to give a Lego mech a sense of "weight" without massively increasing its size?

u/Vondrr — 5 days ago

What’s a piece you originally ignored for spaceship building that later became one of your favorites, and what changed your mind?

u/Vondrr — 5 days ago

What’s the best example of a spaceship design that looks completely impractical at first, but actually makes more sense the longer you think about it?

u/Vondrr — 5 days ago