User blog:Darth Tragedus/LEGO IDEAS: Subnautica

Had some fun ideas while messing with the Lego Digital Designer. Being a huge fan of Subnautica, I decided to create a line of Subnautica LEGO sets and I set to work creating my first project:  The Reaper Leviathan Attack!! Features a three-foot-long, fully posable Reaper Leviathan with closable mandibles and jaws, a fully posable and to-scale PRAWN exosuit with the player included and also features an opening hatch just like in the game, a storage compartment, and fully functioning arms, as well as a buildable Sand Shark and two sand dunes which include wreckage from the Aurora (this is supposed to represent the Crash Zone and the player's first encounter with the Reaper Leviathan).

Here's a link to the project on the LEGO Ideas page: https://ideas.lego.com/projects/1328ee4b-dd74-4a81-a0bc-df54275de6fd

If you like LEGO and if you love Subnautica like me, and if you want this to be an actual set in stores, please support and share with your friends! I'm currently working on several of these sets, which include a buildable Sea Dragon, a to-scale Cyclops in which you can dock your PRAWN or Seamoth, a fully-fledged Subnautica underwater base, as well as the survivors of the Degasi!

A few photos:



UPDATE:  I just finished my second set yesterday and it is now LIVE on LEGO Ideas:  the Survivors of the Degasi! It depicts the seabase of Paul and Bart Torgal and Marguerit Maida in the Jelly Shroom Caves, which is one of my favorite biomes of Subnautica. This took a loooong time to make (a few hours a day for a couple weeks) to get everything just right, but it was worth the effort!

I decided to make this set a "flashback" scene - as the player, we only see the Degasi Jelly Shroom base when it's derelict and abandoned, but this set shows off the base in its prime. Also, we never actually see the characters of Paul, Bart, or Marguerit, so the figures in this set are my interpretation of what these characters might have looked like.

The set features the four-and-a-half foot long seabase just as depicted in Subnautica (painstakingly recreated in LDD), with two Multipurpose Rooms that actually open, glass and regular compartments, an Observatory which one can open and place a figure into, and functioning Hatches that also open; Marguerit Maida's battle-PRAWN suit, equipped with a Propulsion Cannon arm and a Torpedo arm, whose hatch can open to seat a figure inside; two Crabsnakes, which can curl up and hide inside the large Jelly Shroom which is also included; two Oculus and two Eyeyes and various pink glowing flora that exist in the caves.

The two Multipurpose Rooms are hinged so they can be opened up into two halves each:  the first Multipurpose Room contains a desk for Paul Torgal, a cabinet for storing PDAs, and a bed (which splits into two smaller beds when the room is opened); the second Multipurpose Room has a removable Modification Station (which opens up!) a Lab Counter (with lab equipment and a Jack's Septic Tank on top), a Water Filtration Machine, and a display for Maida's diving suit and weapons.

Each minifigure comes with two outfits - one for when working inside the base and one for underwater exploration. Paul comes with a Habitat Builder, Bart (who is cybernetically enhanced) comes with a special hairpiece and a Scanner; and Maida (who I decided on a black and purple color scheme) comes with a spear and a transfuser gun.

Again, please check this set out on my LEGO Ideas page and hit that support button! Here are some photos of the set:



Link to the page:  https://ideas.lego.com/projects/bb794afe-da16-4be0-a2b6-94208eeadf82

UPDATE: Survivors of the Degasi just reached 100 supporters on LEGO Ideas!! Overwhelmed by all the support that it's getting. Now we need 900 more! My next project is THE LOST RIVER (primarily the Bones Field plus the Ghost Leviathan) so stay tuned for that!

UPDATE 2:  Life is beginning to start after a languid summer, and school for me begins in less than a week. It's been a great few months full of Lego designing but the time I'm going to have for my upcoming projects will be drastically reduced. For now, the Lost River set is kind of on hold - who knew giant monster skulls could be so hard to make into Lego?? But I have been working on another project, which will be the Safe Shallows and the player's first "section" of the game. The set will include a highly detailed Lifepod 5, a basic Seamoth, the Mobile Vehicle Bay, terrain pieces from the Safe Shallows, and lots of fauna and flora and collectible items (plus the all-important player himself). Stay tuned for that set as it is around 80% done and I will post pictures here as soon as it's finished.