[STAR WARS] XW-ST (Ugly)

[Skafte]

Do y'all remember the "Ugly" contest a couple years back? This is how quick I am. I saw the contest announced, something like "Combine two or more SW vehicles in a wierd way", and I got an idea. Then the rules were clear on the matter that they could only be ships or starfighters or whatever it was. I ignored this and built anyway, but of course never submitted anything. Now, I'm trying to display all my SW sets, so I finally took a few shots of my ugly before taking it apart:

XW-ST

An Ewok was taking a stroll in his Endor forest a few years after the time of fake fireworks and digitally thrown in Hayden Christensens. He found a crashed X-wing and thought about an abandoned AT-ST he had seen just a mile away. He got all his friends to take both vehicles apart, and he then rearranged them into a perfect hybrid: a walker that could fly! Unfortunately it was no good. There was no fuel left anywhere, the wings got caught in trees and the thing was too heavy in the front so it had to be chained to the ground at the back. But he had a fun time building it.


Never got the speed it needed to take flight


Well, if it's chained down, it won't go anywhere...

Edit: Sorry again, Don, they looked fine on the preview. And man, you're quick!

[Jake]

This is hilarious, I love it, I really do! Of course, it'd look even better in a foresty dio...

[Solo]

You know in poorly done video games, when two vehicles overlap accidentally? This is exactly like that, but in physical form. I'm seriously astonished by how well defined the split is, it's unnaturally sharp even for LEGO. I find this hysterical. I typically complain when seeing official sets only slightly modified in appearance for a MOC, but here it just makes it more perfect. I like this way more than I should but I don't regret admitting it.

[Firespray]

I love this so much Great job on the split, like Solo said, it really does look it's overlapping.

[Teekay]

Don's absolutely right. This is really funny.

[epsilon-72]

Looks like some sort of horible battlefield accident, "Whoops! Had the silly thing in reverse..."

[Gold_2]

I second, third, or fourth what was already said. What a unique little build.

[JPCJedi]

...in poorly done video games, when two vehicles overlap accidentally? This is exactly like that....

Ha! Yeah, it's hilarious. The chains seal the deal.

[Veers]

Where was this when the ugly contest came around? I would have voted for it!
This thing is absolutely hilarious. The transition is so instant and well done. Good work!

[Joedward]

This an hilarious MOC, truly inspired, and just so well excecuted.
A brilliant combination that makes me laugh. Nice work

[Ewok In Disguise]

Incredible transition! And the chains are to keep the thing from toppling over, right? Or is it just for the sake of awesomeness?

[lordjacobi]

thats funny now you need to make a ARC-spider droid.

[Jedd the Jedi]

Heh, that's hilarious and very well-built! It looks as if the AT-ST was trying to eat the X-Wing and got it stuck in his throat. Well done.

[Skafte]

Thanks for all the comments! Now I can finally take them apart...

The chains are neccesary, otherwise the thing will collapse. I first put it in the middle of the baseplate, but then the back part of the plate bent upwards, pulled by the chains.

[SuperDave]

Never got the speed it needed to take flight

Not even with a running start?

[Skafte]

No, too many trees on Endor...

[Rook]

Well done, just doesn't make any sense.

[Zekk]

That is great. As previously stated, it looks exactly like in a video game when two ships overlap/get stuck inside the other due to glitch.