If I remember right, Gold Leader was shot down by Darth Vader on his first attack run on the Death Star. And Turbo is absolutely right – they pretty much all died. He must not think too highly of Tortoise’s odds of success.
First off, my apologies for the late post – I completely forgot today isn’t Saturday.
Anyway – this strip shows the Cave Racer from enough angles that I think you can see it qualifies (mostly) under the guidelines established elsewhere in the LEGO world.
An interesting side note – the background is actually a heavily-processed photo of a grove of aspen trees. I just liked how it looked kind of like the bright blurred backgrounds of animes.
Here you get the first real look at my cave racer design. You can see it’s got the “ribbed-for-pleasure” bits on top. You’ll see the 1×1 trans-orange round bits in subsequent strips, as well as the spear and wrench for hovering (although after much searching I realized none of my “new” style wrenches are in the house, so I had to settle for a “classic” style wrench). The engines sit below the wings. Again, these notes are primarily for the LEGO junkies among my fans who I know will be looking for those parts. Coming up in the next five or six strips will be some of the most effects-heavy panels I’ve done in a couple of years.
Vaya con Dios, El Tortuga! He’s going to need it…
Yep, you’re about to see my own … *ahem* Science Guy’s take on the current Cave Racer phenomenon blasting through the LEGO community. Don’t worry – there will be some excellent shots in subsequent strips. It had been quite awhile since Slick made one of his patented idioticisms so I figured it was high time for another.
“I know.” – Science Guy is as modest as ever. But you have to admit, it meeting him was your first experience with the S-Team, you might actually want to think about joining up too.