“The drums of conflict are my beating heart.”
“The fire of conquest rages through my veins.”
“Strong, young lungs breathe in air laden with enemies turned into ashes.”
“It is here that I thrive.”
“I have toppled nations.”
“I have slain kings.”
“I have murdered legends.”
“My name has been feared by warriors… and cursed by widows.”
- General Grievous
Author's Notes
Boy was this a pain. Building Grievous as a large scale MOC has been a dream of mine for several years. I always had reasons why it wouldn’t work, lack of tan pieces, not knowing how to build his arms, weight and balance issues, etc. over time I unknowingly found solutions to these problems, and in late August of this year, I realized it was possible, and possibility alone was enough to convince me to try.
The first manor of business was understanding scale. The head mold Lego produced is large. It forced me to build Grievous at close to 1/6th scale. With that in mind, I began to work on a skeleton. Without tan pieces, all I could really do was work on the legs, and torso. Unfortunately, early to mid September found me just waiting for shipments of tan pieces to arrive. Once they did, it was time for true pain.
Designing the armor of the torso and arms proved to be difficult. Getting the right shape, right angles, and right size all the while keeping them as minimal as possible was the name of the game. The game sucked.
Somehow, the cloak turned out to be one of the easiest parts of this MOC. There’s not much to say about it except that I had to redo the lightsaber pockets a few times.
And now for the worst part of all, posing. This MOC is incredibly finicky. Every limb has a hard time staying in place, and when you have six limbs and an articulated waist, that becomes a massive annoyance. It led to ore than a couple pictures turning out worse than I had hoped. There were times when I only had a few seconds to get a picture before things started to droop.
This MOC was and is many things, and despite all the hard times it put me through, what I accomplished is very satisfying. An accurate scale, the most advanced spitting arms I’ve made, great visual matching, and over 50 hours invested. I am confident in saying this is the best General Grievous MOC I’ve seen.
