1 (edited by Lego_Sliders 2022-10-17 00:00:36)

Topic: Sliders Playsets and Minifigures

Hello fans of lego Sliders. This thread will be used for playsets and minifigures. The other thread, 'Team-ups!!!' will be used for brickheads, and other projects. Future projects include the vortex and Quinn's L.A.B.

Here are some postcards from 2015:
https://i.ibb.co/mytyMQn/lego-sliders-jpg.png

https://i.ibb.co/CHRm94b/lego-sliders2.png

Extended family:
https://i.ibb.co/g6pqddV/extended-family.png

Introducing: Rembrandt the Artist/ Wade the Ninja/ Faaaaabulous Arturo / Notorious Q-I-N:
https://i.ibb.co/0K421B9/sliders-photo.png

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this is incredible.  have you sent this to jerry on instagram and twitter?

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Thanks. I have not sent it to any of the stars due to me fighting a social media addiction.

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Wow, interesting, thank you for sharing this smile

Have you seen our recent project Brick Sliders which promoted my Virtual Season 6 of Sliders? smile It was discussed here >> https://sliders.tv/bboard/viewtopic.php?id=386

You can read my Virtual Season 6 and see a lot o photos with Brick Sliders here: http://www.sliders.pl/season6.php

Social media (we keep posting new brick photos from seasons 1-5):

https://twitter.com/SlidersPL
https://www.facebook.com/SlidersPL
https://www.instagram.com/sliderspl/

and creator of Brick Sliders - Agata ( https://twitter.com/BrickLadyAgata ) designed a special Sliders set for Lego Ideas smile You can vote here >> https://ideas.lego.com/projects/6ad0e06 … d973ec6b0d

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It is amazing that Sliders fans are putting the quantum quartet in action. You, Cez, LadyAgata, Dyland(2014) from bricks in motion(Temporal Flux started the first lego thread here) and myself. The brick builders are out there, keeping the spirit of Sliders alive.
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I have seen some of yours and LadyAgata's work. It's good, but there is so much, i'll have to take a 2nd look, maybe even a 3rd look...

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I asked in the 'Team-Ups!!! thread which characters needed some love. RussianCabbie_Lotteryfan had a request for certain characters. Most were done as brickheads in the Team-Ups!!! thread. There was one that was not finished... until now.
From the season two episode Into the Mystic, the character of the Fortune teller!

https://i.ibb.co/wd5qB1x/Mystic.jpg

The table on the left has headache-curing herbs, a crystal ball and a black candle. The table on the right has the fortune teller reading the tarot cards. Can you guess which symbol represents each slider?

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it's all incredible

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RussianCabbie_Lotteryfan wrote:

it's all incredible

The best is yet to come!

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Welcome to Vortexvember!

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The Vortex. A staple of every sliders episode, it's time the vortex got it's due!

Vortex 1.0 (includes Wade Welles and Professor Arturo minifigures)
https://i.ibb.co/p08gfSg/sliders-vortex-wall.jpg

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Vortex 1.0 with tunnel:

https://i.ibb.co/Sw9qMMm/sliders-vortex-tunnel.jpg

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Lego_Sliders wrote:

Vortex 1.0 with tunnel:

https://i.ibb.co/Sw9qMMm/sliders-vortex-tunnel.jpg

Wow, great idea for a vortex big_smile

Here you can see how Brick Lady Agata created brick vortex big_smile >> https://sliders.tv/bboard/viewtopic.php … 289#p12289

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Cez wrote:
Lego_Sliders wrote:

Vortex 1.0 with tunnel:

https://i.ibb.co/Sw9qMMm/sliders-vortex-tunnel.jpg

Wow, great idea for a vortex big_smile

It was ok for a starting vortex, I know I can do better. And I will.

Cez wrote:

Here you can see how Brick Lady Agata created brick vortex big_smile >> https://sliders.tv/bboard/viewtopic.php … 289#p12289

I applaud her creativity in turning a drill piece into a vortex. I personally wanted a vortex that could be a play feature of a sliders set. Will I succeed?

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Here we see Vortex 1.0 being used to jump from one world and landing on another world.
https://i.ibb.co/NmHG7Zv/sliders-vortex-wall2.jpg
picture url

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Vortex 2..0 / version A (inspired by a lego star wars set)
https://i.ibb.co/G0bSySn/vortex2A.jpg

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Incredible!  So much creativity with this stuff.

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RussianCabbie_Lotteryfan wrote:

Incredible!  So much creativity with this stuff.

Glad you like it. I might do a bonus feature on the pieces I used for creating vortex 1.0, 2.0, 3.0.

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Vortex 2.0 / version B
https://i.ibb.co/gRhLw6d/vortex2B.jpg
Which one do you like? Vortex 1.0 or vortex 2.0?

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Side-by-side comparison.
https://i.ibb.co/y4BLs3R/vortex-2-0.jpg

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I like the one on the right

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Cool. Glad that you like it, and stay tuned to this thread, because there is more to come!

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http://nofilmschool.com/sites/default/files/styles/article_wide/public/mpaa_preview1.jpg?itok=PDD7QtD3

Start the countdown! Vortex 3.0 - is coming to a dimension near you!

https://i.ibb.co/DQq755r/quinn-behind-vortex.jpg

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“What if you could find brand new worlds, right here on Earth, where anything is possible? Same planet, different dimension. I’ve found the gateway!”

https://i.ibb.co/SRtcdD4/preview-vortex-quinns-l-a-b-light.jpg

Just when you thought the teaser was over, here comes a new teaser: Quinn's L.A.B.!

Hang on sliderino's! There's more Vortex 3.0 goodness to come!

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Lego_Sliders wrote:

“What if you could find brand new worlds, right here on Earth, where anything is possible? Same planet, different dimension. I’ve found the gateway!”

https://i.ibb.co/SRtcdD4/preview-vortex-quinns-l-a-b-light.jpg

Just when you thought the teaser was over, here comes a new teaser: Quinn's L.A.B.!

Hang on sliderino's! There's more Vortex 3.0 goodness to come!

So cool.  Jerry would get a kick out of this.

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Cez wrote:
Lego_Sliders wrote:

Vortex 1.0 with tunnel:

https://i.ibb.co/Sw9qMMm/sliders-vortex-tunnel.jpg

Wow, great idea for a vortex big_smile

Here you can see how Brick Lady Agata created brick vortex big_smile >> https://sliders.tv/bboard/viewtopic.php … 289#p12289

This one is amazing! I love it!

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(I take requests, just ask RussianCabbie_Lotteryfan's.)

Because YOU demanded it! The Dominion Hotel!

Original color:
https://i.ibb.co/r21c3X5/domhotel-black.jpg

Metallic blue (why not?)
https://i.ibb.co/XCYcSBH/domhotel-2.jpg

(Taking a little detour from Vortexvember.) There will be more Vortex 3.0 to come in Vortexember!

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That's awesome!   Can you do the inside of the hotel, at the hotel bar?  With Quinn, the Professor, Wade and Remmy at the bar being served by Elston Diggs?

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Making the minifigures, isn't that hard, but the bar/inside of the hotel was created somewhere in 2015, it's probably among my other lego creations. I'll look into it after finishing the sets/figures for season 1 and 2. Rembrandt me in a few months.

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Lego_Sliders wrote:

Making the minifigures, isn't that hard, but the bar/inside of the hotel was created somewhere in 2015, it's probably among my other lego creations. I'll look into it after finishing the sets/figures for season 1 and 2. Rembrandt me in a few months.

Looking forward to it!

But take your time!

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As promised, more vortex 3.0 goodness:

-The adventure continues!-
https://i.ibb.co/Csmv19v/adventure-begins2.jpg

Notes:
-I really like how the timer came out.

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So much fun!

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My favorite ride at universliders studios:
https://i.ibb.co/grFH0w9/sliders-vortex-3.jpg

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Frontal/side view of V3.0 and how it fits into a lego wall:
https://i.ibb.co/f2jSGTT/sliders-vortex-original-light.jpg

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great stuff

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More? Did you say more? It's going to get a lot more colorful from here on out. Might even do the Timeslide vortex from issues #32, #50-56, and #78 of the sliders ongoing comic book series.

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Tell me how you really feel about season three of Sliders.
https://i.ibb.co/tBHyMRS/Quinn-poo-light.jpg
My inspiration:
https://earthprime.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/sliders-publicity-photos/a165.jpg
(I have made this face many times while watching season three)

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ha, hilarious!

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Enjoy RCLF. You put season three into my head and now i'm looking through a terrabyte drive for a hotel bar that may or may not exist.

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Here is the vortex from season four and five:
https://i.ibb.co/Pw9FWqM/sliders-vortex-4.jpg

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Lego_Sliders wrote:

Enjoy RCLF. You put season three into my head and now i'm looking through a terrabyte drive for a hotel bar that may or may not exist.

Joy!

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Lego_Sliders wrote:

Here is the vortex from season four and five:
https://i.ibb.co/Pw9FWqM/sliders-vortex-4.jpg

Ha!

The Universal Set vortex..

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RussianCabbie_Lotteryfan wrote:
Lego_Sliders wrote:

Enjoy RCLF. You put season three into my head and now i'm looking through a terrabyte drive for a hotel bar that may or may not exist.

Joy!

What if you could find different types of alcohol right here on earth? Same bar, different bottles!
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RussianCabbie_Lotteryfan wrote:

Ha!

The Universal Set vortex..

I will never understand why they added a 'green' swirl to the vortex in seasons four and five. The vortex was always made of 'cold' colors (blue, silver, gray). If you wanted a green vortex, you should just create one...

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The monkey men are finished. Working on LSC vortex.

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Season two 'Invasion' Kromaggs.
I like how the vortex is glowing and the glow being reflected on the minifigures.
https://i.ibb.co/bHNppmB/kromagg-fig-vortex.jpg
The uniform on the right was seen in Invasion and inkworks card set. I picked a different uniform for the kromagg on the left, signifying different ranks of the kromagg dynasty.

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Lego_Sliders wrote:

I will never understand why they added a 'green' swirl to the vortex in seasons four and five. The vortex was always made of 'cold' colors (blue, silver, gray). If you wanted a green vortex, you should just create one...

It looks to me like the Season 4 vortex was a victim of shrinkflation.

The Season 1 vortex had flowing lines of energy that indicated the specific direction of the vortex and had a transparency at the edges that required blending into and warping the image of the surroundings. The silver glow effect required multiple layers of composition and animation for both the perimeter of the vortex and the internal body as well as rendering the vortex at different angles. The Season 1 vortex was effectively a rippling hole in the skin of reality, often resembling a bubble that was partially bursting to allow entry.

The Season 2 vortex, however, reduced the transparency ripple at the perimeter severely while the silver light was now filled in with blue. This appeared to be, in some ways, a cost or time saving measure. It was no longer necessary to blend the vortex into the shot with lens distortion effects because the transparency was reduced and the interior of the vortex was now filled with blue light rather than a transparent silver. The Season 2 vortex was less an aberration in reality and more a doorway to wonder.

The Season 3 vortex benefitted from a higher special effects allocation: the animation of the water-whirlpool effect of the vortex was far more intricate and detailed than the first two seasons. The silver colour of Season 1 was restored and and a thin level of transparent edge distortion. Also, the lines of energy charging into the vortex took on a more nebulous but varied and denser; it looked less like straight lines and more like flowing water.

So what happened with the Season 4 vortex? Like the Season 2 vortex, they simplified it. They simplified the perimeter: the transparent edge effect was only present on specific shots, so there was now no effort to blend the vortex into the surrounding shot.

They simplified the body of the animation: rather than lines of energy or a mass of flowing water, it was now a rotating spiral of cloudy energy composed of grainy dots, an effect that, if nothing else, was captured well by the grainy format of the 16mm film of the Sci-Fi Channel years.

And with so little animation and a vaguely defined body texture and no transparency blending, the vortex in silver-blue would have just looked like a blurry coin or a puddle on the video, so to fill in an otherwise blank void, they made it a hypersaturated blue and green designed to contrast against the shots because they no longer had the time, money or inclination to blend and coordinate the vortex to match the shots.

It's rather sad because the vortex is a vital part of SLIDERS' iconography: the timer, the basement, the wise Professor, the funny soul singer, the sweet shorthaired girl, the flannel clad boy genius, and the rippling, glowing tear in reality that is a gateway to adventure. But by Season 4, the gateway looked less like a tunnel and more like somebody spilled blueberry Gatorade on the lens.

I am a Gatorade Zero person myself.

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@ireactions
What is your opinion on the lego vortex's that I created? Do they match up?
I'm more a bourbon and coffee man myself. I am now inspired to make an amber vortex.

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I really like all the vortexes. I don't think they *match* exactly, but I also don't feel they should or that they can. You are attempting to recreate a special effect that was created on a 90s videotape effects suite. This effect had colour gradients and animation and transparencies, but Lego is generally in solid colours and still blocks, so it's necessary to adapt the vortex to this other medium.

Vortex 1.0 looks like the Season 3 vortex with the water-puddle effect. The blue-green shade isn't quite a match for the silver of Season 3, but the richer colour is  better suited to lego. Vortex 2.0 is intriguing as the vortex about to open, but it looks a bit like a machine rather than an energy construct.

Vortex 3.0 looks like a very good match for the Season 1 vortex: it's a bubble, it's translucent at the edges. The inner blue effect is gentle and not quite a match for the white-blue transparency of the Season 1 vortex, but it's the right choice for Lego.    

Vortex 4.0 looks good, unlike the onscreen Season 4 vortex. The Season 4 vortex looked like a blob that didn't give a strong impression of a tunnel whereas your vortex shape provides a tunnel effect. The green of Season 4 is missing, but given Lego's limitations, that makes sense.

I don't really recognize the yellow core of the Kromagg vortex, but the red perimeter is very appealing.

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Thanks for the feedback. I looked at Lady Agata's vortex, and wanted a portal or vortex that had 'action features' in a lego set. So I began experimenting, and that is what you see here; the results of my experiments. Anti-gravity it's not, but as  RussianCabbie_Lotteryfan has said, Quinn would love it.

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Here is something to keep you warm on this co-co-cold day:
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With thirty seconds until the vortex closes, will Quinn Mallory help Logan St. Clare fix her timer?
https://i.ibb.co/4syH6xQ/v3-0-logan-showdown.jpg

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Last vortex pic for now. I want to focus on the playsets / that extras section breaking down what pieces and techniques I used. Maybe some other characters re-imagined for season 3 like: Bennish? Pavel? Gomez Calhoun? Those are the ones off the top of my head. What characters do you want to see make an appearance in season 3?
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These vortex's were based off ireactions feedback.
Don't stare at the white part directly, you may see spots in fron of your eyes.
https://i.ibb.co/0CzJrzL/white-gray-vortex-2.jpg

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Extras section:
I. Pieces used in construction of Vortex 3.0 (ID of piece: Description)
   1. 65617: Brick, Round Corner 3 x 3 x 1 without Studs
   2. 68325: Brick, Round 4 x 4 with Recessed Center and Hole
   3. 18674: Tile, Round 2 x 2 with Open Stud
   4. 15535: Tile, Round 2 x 2 with Hole
   5. 4032: Plate, Round 2 x 2 with Axle Hole
- You can enter the ID no. at bricklink.com to see a picture of what the piece looks like.
- Some pieces may not come in the colors that I used.

II. The software I use is Studio 2.0
You can get it from here: https://www.bricklink.com/v3/studio/download.page

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great stuff

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Updated extra's with software I use. Looking forward to seeing all the great things the SLIDERS community will create!

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What accessories would you like to see in Quinns L.A.B.?

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Shroedinger

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HAHAH!
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I cannot believe you dissed Bopper like that.

And the fish.

And the toy dinosaur.

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You know, I wonder if there's any way to explain why Quinn's cat wasn't in "Post Traumatic Slide Syndrome" with no mention from Quinn.

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I have two answers:
- With all the pets being introduced, it would be hard to keep track of what world Quinn had what pet on.
- I would not be surprised if the writers introduced new pets as a running gag in seasons one and two.

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Hello friends. A quick update on Quinn's L.A.B.: It is still being worked on, right now I am working on the accessories, Quinn's chair, recording equipment, tv, figuring out how to get the skis placed, fixing the stairs, among other things. I am hoping to finish the first part of the L.A.B. soon.
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WOW. Over 1,000 views! Thanks for the support!

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Cool!