The concept is simple: recreate a vehicle from Star Wars in steampunk style.

To give you a sample of this idea, take a look at these two existing examples from a couple talented FOLs out there: click-idy-click! Same source ship, two fantastic an unique interpretations. Both are very obviously steampunk style but you still know exactly what ship from Star Wars was the inspiration. That is your task.

The Rules:

      •Stick to core vehicles... the icons people will know. Don't get too obscure or it loses it's effect. People should be able to recognize what it's based on, but you need to have a source image to compare it to anyways. Use your gut here because we don't want every person asking "is this ok, is that ok..." You'll know if it fits and if you doubt it, use something else.
      •Make it minifig scale, a new and original design, and only use official elements. No existing MOCs, rehashes of something you've seen but with brown parts instead of gray, and no custom stickers or modified parts please. Those are pretty standard contest rules.
      •That's it! Simple!


To Enter:

      Post a single 640x480 picture to represent your MOC in this thread, an image (up to 640x480) of the source vehicle, and provide a link to your discussion thread or gallery where you can have as many images of your MOC as you want. stick to that format or your entry might get overlooked.


Judging:

      We, the evil biased moderators, will narrow the field down based on bribes and favoritism, then pick a random one for the winner, and in the end keep the prizes for ourselves. (I'm kidding of course, we'll base it on how well the models fit the contest, the quality of the MOC and presentation, balance of Steampunk and Star Wars style, so on an so forth... - then we will present the forum at large with a poll to decide the top three winners).


Prizes:

      1st place: a brand new AT-AP Walker set.
      2nd place: a brand new Hailfire & Spider Droid set.
      3rd place: a still relatively new AT-ST Walker set.
      4th Place: A Rebel Scout Speeder set
      5th Place: An Imperial Dropship set

(We figured those are the steampunkish official Star Wars sets... so they make the best prises here Wink)

The contest will run from January 1st until January 31st (ending at 11:38 pm, PST) and judging will follow in the beginning of February. No Submissions until January 20th. Starting on the 20th, you have until the 31st to submit your build. (Obviously, a limit of one entry per member.) Ask your questions in here, but once the entries are submitted the thread will get trimmed down so it's easier to see the contestants for the judging portion.

...Go!

1/12/08 Update! Based on the popularity of the contest thus far, we're going to add a couple of prizes to this!