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Hey everyone! I received my Pick-A-Brick order with the remaining pieces needed to build the cockpit module!

It turns out that the design is sturdy and didn't need any real modifications at all, other than changing the orientation of some of the pieces present. I've also tested it out with a Blacktron pilot too and I'm pretty happy with the results.

With that being said, instructions for this module have been made available over on Rebrickable if anyone is interested in building it for themselves!

I'm currently waiting on the pieces for the body to arrive from Bricklink (Pick-A-Brick took a little bit longer than I would've liked, even if all the pieces were brand new, so I've decided to use a mix of new and used parts for the body). Next week is the ETA for the last of those orders to get here, if anyone is curious.

Once I have test-built the body module design and made any adjustments that may be required, I'll release the instructions for that separately (I find it also helps for parts cost dividing the parts inventories for both modules -- Plus, if someone wants to build their own cockpit or body modules to go with either of my module designs, then they have the freedom to go ahead and do so without having to figure out what parts belong specifically to which module in the Rebrickable parts inventory).

Hey everyone! As the title suggests, I've finally completed this bad boy!

I made a few alterations to the body, such as widening the opening top panel to call back a little bit more to the original set which used those large corner wall pieces. I also found that keeping the top the same width along the entire body made the Alienator look like a big sausage and I wasn't too happy with that lol. I also brought the rear engines forward 2 studs, as I felt like the engines sat too far back in my last update post.

As for the foot design, I took inspiration from the official Alienator alt. build for the Icons Renegade set. I also wanted to make the feet long enough to support the full weight of the cockpit and rear engines because I think this model may be rather top-heavy.

As I mentioned in my last post, I've included an interior with Icons Renegade console prints, and a couple of tools that reference the original Alienator set. The original laser gun/flashlight piece is no longer in production, and I just built the Icons Galaxy Explorer yesterday which gave me the idea to make the gun/flashlight build for this MOC like the ones included in that set. I know the original Alienator used yellow pieces for the tools, but LEGO only ever made the robot arm piece in yellow once, so I figured black would be the next best colour for this modernized update (plus, it goes with the black metal detector and rocket launcher camera included in the Renegade set).

As an added bonus, I built the original set in Studio to compare the size and aesthetics of the two models.