ChiefLUG presents the oMICROn Weekend, a CSF Micro Fanboy contest entry dedicated to the original Omicron Weekend by KeithLUG.
About this creation
Over a period of four weeks in January 2008, the band of four intrepid builders (me, Andrew Lee, Gary McIntire, and Scotty Whitesell) known as ChiefLUG began a massive undertaking: rebuild the world famous Omicron Weekend in microscale for the Micro Fanboy Contest on Classic-Space.com Forums. To be honest, so much work went into this and so much time spent on it that it's impossible to give credit to any one person for much of the layout because we all had a hand in its development from start to finish, but there are some instances when one or two builders were primarily responsible for some element of the display and I've credited such contributions underneath a few photos. That said, I hope you enjoy our group effort:
The ultimate goal of any fanboy micro is to fool the viewer into thinking he or she is looking at a thumbnail of the real thing.
Top View: You never saw the original from this angle! ;)
This
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huge!
We built at about 1/4 scale. You might find some compromises and a bit of fudging here and there, but we generally calculated things out to 25% of the original Weekend.
It was very important to us that we include all the great details that made the original the Best In Show winner at BrickCon 07 in Seattle.
Gary (aka MrGSnot) is the main man responsible for the underground. His attention to elements like recessed wall detailing and curved tracks made this area shine, when it easily could have been something we blew off completely.
The Wheel was my biggest contribution, which is fitting since Ryan Rubino is the original creator.
Gary again came through with an amazing rendition of the lighthouse.
Wheel detail.
The boats are Scotty's creations, while the hovercraft are Andrew's.
The ominous front guard tower and gate of the facility.
Tanks!
Habitat modules and prison facility.
Credit here goes to Andrew for the medship and the landing pad, and the red hangar bay evolved from Scotty's hands to mine and ultimately polished off by Andrew.
CAV Scout VTOL flying over the Adminztrazum.
The two CAVs (left Scotty's, right Andrew's) atop the WALHEIM landing pad.
You can find more photos in my Flickr gallery here; please feel free to add me as a contact and you can start noting and commenting on photos! Or, if you prefer the basic Brickshelf layout, my full gallery can be found there, as well as in Andrew Lee's Brickshelf and Flickr galleries. And again, the original Weekend can be seen here in Ryan Rubino's Flickr gallery, or searching on Flickr for the tags "Omicron Weekend" will give you results from many people's photos from Northwest Brickcon 2007, where the display won Best in Show.
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March 5, 2011 |
Simple Amaizing !!! Wow !!! This Is A Huge Piece Of Art ..... |
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June 20, 2009 |
:o WOW! |
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June 20, 2009 |
Dude that is so awesome. IM ABOUT TO EXPLODE |
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April 9, 2009 |
Awesome!!! the two vtols look like the halo hawk and hornet from halo wars |
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January 6, 2009 |
Well you fooled me. |
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December 2, 2008 |
i love the helicopter thing buzzing around 5/5 |
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December 2, 2008 |
Whoa... Now THAT, is amazing. No wonder it got MOTD. ~ James :O |
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December 2, 2008 |
AMAZING. and also, to what GIOVANNI said...THATS WHAT SHE SAID |
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December 2, 2008 |
Whoa, Man! THat must've been hard and annoying but fun to make. Congrats on MOTD |
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December 2, 2008 |
I remenber how the original blew me off my chair...This blows less harder but more acurate! well done and congrats on MOCotd! |
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December 2, 2008 |
love the cav's plz send intructions to detcordchris@yahoo.com i realy need them to build my base |
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December 2, 2008 |
It looks awesome! Loads of great details. Congrats on MOC of the day!~ECTF |
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December 2, 2008 |
thta is amazing!!!!! what is the wheel thing though? |
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December 2, 2008 |
Awesome work man.... this is the micro base of lego dreams- truly special. I love the hangar the most. |
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December 2, 2008 |
wow... i dont know what this is from.... buts its SICK. man i wish i had Micro-Skillz. |
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December 2, 2008 |
12O'clock! right on the dot! I am first to congratulate you on MOTD! nice one! |
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November 12, 2008 |
Omicron weekend PWNS!!!!! |
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September 1, 2008 |
FFUUCCKK!!!!!!!! That's huge! |
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June 30, 2008 |
Wow! That looks great! I love the med ship, the CAVs, the little yellow cart things, and how you connected some things. This thing is just brilliant! |
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June 22, 2008 |
You call that micro?!??! Oh wait...it is. Great work! |
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June 18, 2008 |
amazing! just like keiths. i make fanboy minis too, but of brian kescenovitz mechs. |
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May 7, 2008 |
I became aware that my mouth had begun to gape seconds after viewing your pictures... and seconds after my head hit the screen from looking too closely. AMAZING. |
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April 2, 2008 |
Simply amazing! Just like all of your other mocs. You captured the exact detail that Keith Goldman imagined. Incredible |
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February 8, 2008 |
Play on words with the name... clever. Attention to detail of the original... inspiring. Pictures of the ring portion... more than the original. Underground detail... Stangely... exciting? OK enough of that. This thing is awe inspiring. A true work of art. I can't wait to see what you come up with next. thanks for sharing it with us. ~ Chris. |
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February 2, 2008 |
You can tell you did good when the thumbnail for this and the real one are interchangable, which is the impression I got. Anyways, this is simply awesome. Like the real thing, it's hyper detailed down to the last stud. The wheels on the mini fork lift are just awesome, and lighthouse rules. |
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February 1, 2008 |
Amazing micro ChiefLUG!! You guys chose a really ambitious project and really followed through with it! |
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February 1, 2008 |
A Micro-masterpiece! The quality of the entries has been unbelievable, and IMHO, this is the best of them all. No small feat to be certain!!! Fantastic! |
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February 1, 2008 |
I like Scotty's CAV better. |
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February 1, 2008 |
No, he coulden't settle on the ring or the transport ship or the lighthouse, he just had to go and do it all and show all us MOCer's how it's done... Nice job, the dtail is fantastical, and it looks like the real thing. Good luck with the contest. |
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February 1, 2008 |
I just saw this in the latest folders on Brickshelf, noticed you were the one who built it, and came looking for it here on MOCpages. I guess I should really get in on this Flickr stuff, huh? :-P Anyway, awesome job. I enjoyed every detail of this mini almost as much as I savored every detail of the original Omicron Weekend. I wonder if you built it purely because of the perfect play with words: oMICROn? Heheh. Anyway, awesome. |
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February 1, 2008 |
OMFG THAT THING IS SOOOOOOOOO AWESOME!!!! THAT MUST OF TAKEN FOREVER TO BUILD... I WISH I HAD THAT MUCH LEGO...Ummm this may sound weird but could you review my R2-D2?
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