GREEBLES!!! Its huge! Love it!!!

Your Venator is what got me obsessed with building my own. Please check mine out. It is based o the “Primus” Venator & my mods were inspired by your Giant Venator. If only I had the Money, the Space, & the Time to make one like yours. It is sooo... COOL!!! ;) I am trying to recover some of the cost of building mine by selling a 2nd one with my own LDD building instructions and all the pieces or with the directions and mostly assembled in sections. If you know of anyone that would be interested please let me know. My e-mail: bobkos13@comcast.net - Cell# 720-530-8003

Salut...100% LEGO, c'est marqué partout, même sur la vidéo YOUTUBE, où il y a aussi sa taille.

The improvements look great...can it be improved? Did you put a metal structure inside now or is it all lego...We're still trying to find people like you who want to expose their moc at Geekopolis next year in Paris. One more thing. Looks clear to me that you cannot make these instructions for free. Found free instructions for a baby venetor 112cm long... Anyway I still consider this as the best moc I've ever seen.

All I can say is "Sail into the dark"; you know what I mean. Friggin awesome. Adam TG

It's big and awesome!

This is so cool it's.....it's.....it's just.....(clutches heart) UGH! Can't breathe.....Over-exposure to Awesomeness.....help.

WOAH that's alot of bricks!

Wow this is incredible...and you're building an even bigger one!

Hands down the coolest lego creation I have ever seen, and I've seen them all. Although Verszegi's idea, I think this is a slight improvement, especially the slanted landing bay door, a lot of the trimming, and most importantly a few thousand more pieces and minus the glue and steel frame. Fan freakin tastic. Oh, man, if you can manage getting the instructs made, (a monumental task on its own), I would love to buy a copy. And thankyou for the wonderful build. I've been excited about it since I found it.

You have changed the way people look at star wars and lego. If those instructions are free sign me up.

It's so beautiful, so huge, it's great!

You made one bricklink store very, very happy.

A-ma-zing! I feel like I should comment on the accuracy of the MOC, but I feel like the quality of the build just supercedes any kind of resemblance to the original spaceship. SO BIG! I'm curious as to how you keep that thing from falling to pieces. The greebling is top-notch, second to none on this site. The fact that it can only be rated a 5 seems unfair. Great work!

That's just, I don't even know what to call it! I'm speechless! If I could rate higher than five, I would! Amazing job :D

That is just insane!What would this cost!Im speechless!

Wow! Awesome Venator:) I can't stop smiling at your build - truly stunning work:)

They work with LEGO bricks since a long time to promote CATIA V5 and V6 to their customers. They made this in 2009 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr1o2wzm7Sg Resolution was too bad to help me in my creation. They gave me the high-res version at the end to help me to check and control my work.

Thats quite a bit more than I expected, but not more than some of my friends have spent on their hobbies. I might be able to save it up in half a decade. Erik Varszegi's model left quite an impression on me when I first saw pictures of it 6 years ago, so 5 years to get a chance to own it myself is not that unreasonable when I think about it. All the hard work has already been done by you after all. It's also incredible that the makers of the Rafale fighter jet might be doing the instructions for this ship. Really says something about the complexity of the model.

Hi !...At the moment, (because it is frequently improved and present, now, a strengthened superstructure and an improved color scheme), it costs about 10.000,00€... For the instructions, I'm still waiting for an agreement with DASSAULT SYSTEMES.

How much do you estimate it cost you to build this incredible spaceship? I saw that you mentioned that instructions could be released in about a years time. I am really wondering how many years it would take me to be able to afford a model such as this one.

I can't remember if I commented on this, but it deserves all the double it gets, so here it is: Epic! I'm still baffle at the engines, I'm in awe that they hold up without any metal sub structure. And the attention to detail is spectacular, so many excellent greeblies and details all around.

it certainly take me a little time to build it, it is gonna be extremely huge and accurate !...

Unbelievably huge and accurate!

Simply awe-inspiring, a beautiful build! Can't wait to see your X-Wing!

Hi, a lot of people are waiting for these instructions. DASSAULT SYSTEMES works hard on it. But the situation is not as simple as I expected before. We (me and DS) must find an agreement, equal for both sides. DS told me they need several months to achieve this project, may be one year. At first, I wanted these instructions free for everybody, but DS doesn't want to work for peanuts. We must find this agreement...and it will take time.

Hello, don't know why but my previous post was deleted. I was wondering, are you going to sell the instructions once they are available ? This model looks amazing, I'm speechless ...

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How did you aquire all of those pieces? are they mostly from sets or did you custom order large quantities of pieces? It looks like a lot of possibly "set-specific" pieces in it.

how did you manage to make the underside w/o any thing thats not lego hinges? magnets?

Outstanding

Dassault Systems, is this not some airplane industry? Anyhow I can imagine that this will be a huge building instruction, and hope they will succeed. Wish you all the best with your next projects.

Hello Paul, I've created the "physical" model . the goal was to build it 100% LEGO. My task is now complete. People from DASSAULT SYSTEMES will now work on full instructions book, their task is to create a virtual model too. I have provided all documents related to construction. Unfortunately, I can not intervene in their process of developing plans. I just know they work very hard on it. This maybe take a long time, because the instructions is almost 15 to 20 times more important than the 10179 UCS Millennium Falcon's instructions book. We have other exciting projects in progress. Always the same process, I build and the people at DS make virtual model and instructions. I'm now working on a huge super-UCS X-wing fighter...

Can't stop looking at it. Best version ever made. Is the FX guy making progress with his instructions...?

WOW Now lego. pls make a UCS of this :D

What A Monster of a ship that is!0_0

This is amazing found this on Gizmodo. You mentioned that your friend is making an instruction booklet?? Have a rough ETA?

Wow, this is insane!

Wow. This is obviously very well done.

Insane! Did you erase your WIP posts or something, I'm pretty sure I commented on this before? Great work!

Beautiful bit of work. A lot of time and effort must have gone into the build.

Totally awesome, but I want more close-ups: the Bridge, the ventral docking bay, more engine shots, etc. It looks very, very good, and I don't want to miss a single detail!

im awed, that is amasing , epic, massive, detailed, great, awe inspiring, magnicicent, beast,one-of-a-kind, superior, the best moc ive ever seen!great job

L'image "en situation" lui rend vraiment un bel hommage. Encore bravo !

très joli boulot sur photoshop! Superbe! Encore une fois, vive les froggies! =)

Thanks for the reply. Good work with the ensigns, had not thought so far. Without glue is of course best, but can you move it without breaking it. That is always the matter.

Looked at all the picture on your brickshelf and it gives a closer look at this great construction 1. Does it have a metal support structure or is it the technic parts that carry everything. 2. The red and yellow pattern seems to made of tiles that are not lego? But it looks great. 3. Did you use only light bluish gray and dark bluish gray or did you use the old grays as well. Good idea of using dark colors for the back of the ship. Engines rating 5*****!

Hi, 100% genuine LEGO parts, no glue, no steel frame...100% LEGO. FOR THE INSIGNS ON THE UPPER PANELS, tan and dark red bricks are intelligently mounted sides to the top...

Looked at all the picture on your brickshelf and it gives a closer look at this great construction 1. Does it have a metal support structure or is it the technic parts that carry everything. 2. The red and yellow pattern seems to made of tiles that are not lego? But it looks great. 3. Did you use only light bluish gray and dark bluish gray or did you use the old grays as well. Good idea of using dark colors for the back of the ship. Making a building instruction is truly madness, but I wish this guy all the best.

Told you before, makes me think about the Varzegi or Benidict version, but taking a second closer look I must confess that your version is even better. The side gates are just stunning and there's even more details. And if it is true that someone is trying to make a building instruction...then be sure that I'm a buyer for it. Congratulations c'est une superbe creation et la photo est très bien faite.

Concerning the D9 mech : Hope your's will be even better than this : http://www.flickr.com/photos/67495216@N06/6150843493

Is it possible to show us the inside of the ship ? thats the part i would like to see !

Boy is that thing beautiful

W-O-W!!!! Simply one of the best creations ever made! Truly inspirational and stunning! The details are just magnificent! --Blast--

"I did this ship ONLY by myself, this only means that there is actually a friend of mine who is working building a complete instructions book.." Yeah i know you made and build it, but the instruction book that your friend is making, does he put it on the internet? Because that would be very very cool, then i also could made on!

Kelso's sweating now! Brilliant creation!

I did this ship ONLY by myself, this only means that there is actually a friend of mine who is working building a complete instructions book...

"(main picture of my VENATOR created by Special_fx who is actually working on the instructions book...thanks to him and good luck.)" Does that mean that there are instructions how you build this awesome ship?!

OMG!!!!If I'm correct,I saw this in the Lego SW Visual Dictionary,u'v got me druling over this thing!!!!!Awesome,Awesome,Awesome!!!!Excellent work!

Wow what scale is it? I thought I saw this in the movie. Excellent work recreating this beast.

Wow what scale is it? I thought I saw this in the movie. Excellent work recreating this beast.

Either this is your job, or you have no job.

WOW!!!!!

Ben why would he do instructions this thing would take FOREVER to make instructions.

Beautiful build, about how long did it take for you to build it?

Oh la bête !!! Bravo le Froggie ! J'ai vu la vidéo aussi sur Youtube. Les mots n'existent pas pour qualifier ce travail, c'est le meilleur vaisseau SW sur Mocpages, de loin. M'autoriserais-tu à le voir en vrai ?

woow,awesome.This is a very good moc !

Wow, I'm speechless: this is the best Venator I've ever seen. I look at it and imediately I start picturing the battle over coruscant... Awesome job with the side entries fo rhte fighters (btw how many pieces did you use in this project?)

Wow its cool, but it would have been nice if you showed us the inside of the ship !

You doing instructions? =P

No, at minifigs scale, it should measure 32 meters !... and it is not a toy !...It is a E.Varszegi's VENATOR replica originally built in 2005 for STAR WARS CELEBRATION 3, and there was no minifigs in the original model...

Minifigs inside?

Excellent that's so big, how many does it takes you to build That?

It's so big! And so detailed and beautiful!

et moi, je suis ravi d'en être, des froggies !...

J'ai été ravi de voir ta video sur le venator, en me baladant sur le net! Il déboite! tous ces détails! Ravis que tu sois des froggies' - Jerome

Amazing !!!..... truly amazing.....

of course !...

6 x 16 are only used for the internal structure, please read my comments. wings are made with 4 x 8 plates, 8 x 8, 6 x 8, and some 4 x 4 and 6 x 10, but 70% are 4 x 8...

I blog for Wired magazine's GeekDad blog and would like to put up a post about this. Can I get your permission to re-use some of your photos? You can message me here: roy.wood@gmail.com

Where or how can you buy that huge platform from Lego??? Is it a special order? or it consist of multiple 16x32 flat pieces?

Oh WoW! So the wing of the ship are made of multiple 6X16? Sorry I got too excited when I was typing that question. How do you cut the boards to shape it like the real copy? Any tools you might want to recommend? Many thanks! ^_^

I used only small plate, the biggest ones are used for the internal structure and they are 6 x 16... I don't understand your question...

Where or how can you buy the huge plating of the ship? The only available pieces I can find from lego online is around 15" x 15"

That's huge!!! Even the table seems too small for it...just make sure it doesn't fall off...that would be a DISASTER!! ;)

Ok Sylvain Very detailed, nicely build. Reminds me of the ones Thomas Benedikt and Erik Varzegi made, but it is still a wonderfull job. I wish I could make one of my own. Keep on building ou en français Tu as fait un très beau travail, avec encore plus de détails que les autres. félicitations.

I'm sorry to say this but it's 1,000/1,000

ouaiiis !!!! ben y a pus qu'a en faire des vagues !!! MOUHAHAHAHAAAAA !!!!!

C'est clair, ils ne font pas de vagues les Froggies, mais ils sont BONS!

Y a pas a dire, ils déchirent les froggies!(ne faillissons pas à notre réputation de chauvins! :-P)

Tu as tout simplement reussi ton pari !!!! et tu as fait un mega vaisseaux qui tue !!! il est trop beau et stp est ce que on purrait venir le voir en vrai un de ces 4 ????? alleeeeez steuplé ??!!!!

OUTSTANDING TRULY AMAZING!!!!!

OUTSTANDING TRULY AMAZING!!!!!

OUTSTANDING TRULY AMAZING!!!!!

OUTSTANDING TRULY AMAZING!!!!!

Wow that is just amazing and it looks huge, great job here!!! :D

Those engines are pure win

This is incredible. One of the best I've seen

totally stunning. Unbelievable!! I spent half an hour watching the pics. Thanks for the measures and numbers: makes us realize the work you went through (and what a work!!). Could you make a little fighter to put aside (if the scale allows it, of course)? Good luck for moving the beast... lol

Simplement grandiose, à mon avis le meilleur (et de loin) vaisseau SW sur MOCPages. Je peux venir le voir à Paris ? A moins que tu veuilles le descendre à Cannes... ;-) "... le jeune Kelso a mal, très mal..."

Bonjour Jay, il faut compter environ 8000€, et j'avais des remises importantes, il y a beaucoup de pièces assez rares...que j'ai du commander aux US et en grnades quantités. Le problème sur ce vaisseau, outre le fait que tout a été mis en oeuvre pour faire ch... un éventuel copieur, est que chaque pièce doit être commandée en quantités astronomiques !... Exemple : il compte environ 1700 bricks 2 x 6 et environ 1400 bricks technic 1 x 14 et 1 x 16...sans compter les cheeses achetés par containers !...

ok, I will add some picts in a near future.

Wow, this is just so amazing! I love all the details and the size!

3 and half months...

yes.

Looks brilliant, but more detail photos would have been nice...

Brilliant and amazing. Full of nice details. Congratulation!

that is huge! amazing!

That is, by far, the most awesome thing I have ever seen.

This is just amazing... Great job!

the best ship i have ever seen!

As I see, I have only one question: How long did it take to build this amazing thing?

Now this, is good. Amazing how you managed to SNOT just about the whole thing. Are the greebles symettrical on both sides?

look realy inpressive and soo much details ,,,,,awesome ,,,,and is realy big great ,,,,,bravo

HOLY CRAP!!!!! it is awesome mind looking at this http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/286584

You work fast! This is one of the best moc greebling jobs ever! You have done this in amazing detail! Really, really awesome!! Could you add some underside pictures?

C'est fantastique... est très, très grand! Excellent travail!

flippin" amazin'

Combien il a bien pu te couter? Pardonne ma curiosité!

Tu déchire, mec, et ton vaisseau aussi!

Best Venator ever.

on the youtube trailer, DASSAULT SYSTEMES only reproduced the "skin"...It could be the same but I preferred to create my own thrusters and greebs, I also added minor cosmetic details... I also added some extra details to improve accuracy.

Wow. That it probably the smallest you can have it (maybe) to where it still retains all the details of the real ship. If you are building a Separatist Frigate (I can't think of the name) next, then good luck! I hope to see more soon! - KP

absolutely NOT A minifig scale. At minifig scale, it should measure about 30 meters !... it is a 1/466 scale model.

thats awesome, probably the best creation ive seen on this site

What can I say? This is a masterpiece of a SHIP.

Stunningly beautiful! It would be a star attraction at a Legoland exhibit. I'm glad you didn't feel the compulsion to tile over the whole thing. Did you delete your earlier progress photos? I was interested in going back and looking at some of your construction techniques.

** speechless ** Amazing!

Holy creep that's great and big. All those details, angels and SNOT are just amazing. Looks totally the real deal from the movies. Is it the same as You can find on Youtube? Belongs in a Lego museeum with other great constructions. 5/5 from a jaw dropping fan!!

Wow... This rivals Mark Kelso's Invisible Hand! What scale is it, 1:24, 1:2, etc.? Or in other words, is it minifig scale?

Even though there are a decent amount of large-sized Venator creations out there, your model still shines with its consistently accurate details! Can't wait to see your latest creations!

I have watched this phenomenal build progress with growing excitement as it get bigger and more detailed with every update. Seeing it done, I stand in awe. This is being bookmarked as a personal favorite, and I congratulate you on managing to construct such a monumental creation. Beyond excellent work.

very good!

weight : 82 kg. parts : 43230. lengh : 2,44 meters. height : 0,64 meter. wingspan : 1,18 meter.

je prévois 90 centimètres de haut. Je fais surtout des gros modèles, les petits modèles servent à imaginer et valider la construction des futurs gros modèles, comme le tank MAMMOTH et le rover PALADIN...

:O how many bricks ?

this is one of the best(if not the best) ships on mocpages! it is absolutely incredible!

Excellent isn't even enough to describe this! If I could, I'd give it an infinity out of 5. The detail in this is just superb. It's better, IMO, than Thomas Benedict's, and that's sayin sumthin!

Tres bien fait, c'est absolument fantastique

Absolument fantastique ! Le gros plan sur le hangar est splendide aussi, magnifiquement détaillé ! Je suis allé voir tes futurs projets, et je dois dire que j'ai vraiment hâte de voir le mecha de District 9. En termes de taille, ce sera à peu près comment comparé à celui de Brian K. ?

Wow, just wow...

woaw une superbe replique j'aimerais bien le voir en vrai!il comporte combien de pcs?