AT-AT is a monster machine in the Star Wars universe, but it is freaking cumbersome and slow, and faces threat from relatively tiny, cable-towing Snowspeeders. however, that doesn’t make it any less cool and it won’t stop LEGO builder Markus1984 from recreating it in LEGO, in steampunk guise, which completely blow our mind. just look at the towering twin chimney ‘spewing’ out LEGO ‘smoke’. ok. maybe the steam engine that goes under the hood will make it worst and give it near zero chance in surviving on Hoth, but chances are the Snowspeeders are also coal-powered, so that kind of levels the playing field, doesn’t it? nah. that’s not happening. it is just a LEGO masterpiece which Markus1984 used to enter the Steam Wars competition.
the competition has five rounds. the first involves reimagining a canon Starfighter into a minifig scale steampunk fighter and on with the Speederbikes, Landspeeders and such, and now, on the third round, it is time to get AT-AT into its steam suit. the real challenge of this round is getting a steampunk LEGO AT-AT in just seven days and for that short one week, Markus1984 has incorporated a serious number of details that defines a steampunk machine. though in may not be of any practical sense in a ‘real’ Star Wars‘ battle of Hoth scenario, Markus1984’s rendition is nevertheless awe-inspiring. just look at it and also note the badass Gatling guns up at the chin of the AT-AT. slow it might be, but the Gatling guns will take care of those pesky Snowspeeders anyways.
via Geekologie via Technabob
