Congrats on a WELL deserved MOTD! Sorry that I said you never got it in the Smack Thread of the 2013 MOCathlon. I just didn't know until I checked about 30 seconds ago. Forgive me!

Thanks Ian, great to hear from a MOTD champ like you. ;)

Gah, the images would be down. Well, I know how "cool" this is from viewing it previously, so without further ado, belated congrats on MOTD Luke. :)

Haha, thanks Sarge.

Yeah, not quite the same, but hey, still MOTD. Maybe the system will give us rainchecks... ;)

Well, I'll take what I can get...

Thanks chief, the scorpion just has better camouflage today. ;)

Yay! MOTD when the photos aren't work - Bitter Sweet. I know how you feel it happened to me yesterday.

Yay, imageless. Woo-hoo.

Congrats on MOTD! Too bad I can't see the pics, but I remember this one. Awesome!

This Moc is very cool! The Scorpion is fantastic!

Wow! Great scorpion!

awesome! really like the Scorpion and your snow tech!!!

So it was YOU that was the cause of the awesome MOCs! Shame shame... :P

Awesome! That scorpion is well done and looks really cool in transparent bricks. Very nice landscape too. And thanks for your comment! I left a reply for you at my build :-)

This is a sweet build! The idea of a giant scorpion made of ice is killer!

Amazing scorpion. Especially considering the fact that you only used 1x2 and 1x1 plates to build it.

Animals were never something I could tackle. Congradulations on the scorpion. The figures could have gotten a bit more attention though. -Ben

Awesome scorpion!

HOLY CRAP!!!!!

Beautiful, at first I didn't see the scorpion because it blended into the white background, however, lovely work on it.

Awesome. The scorpion is amazing, and so is the cliff!

It's awesome!

Awesome Job! The scorpion is fantastic! 5/5 ~Brandon

Great creation, everything is excellent, the minifigures, the landscape, and the gigantic scorpion. Hope your minifigures win the fight!

This is very "cool"! Nice work.

If you like D&D you'll love Diablo III. That's a cool MOC!

Great!

Superb scorpion!

Brilliant, Luke! The landscape is very well done. Very convincingly winter. The depiction of a struggle has been executed perfectly, but what steals the show here is obviously the scorpion. A stroke of pure genius to build it out of trans-clear and the forming is so well done that you don't need a description to know what it is. Fantastic!

Great landscape and scorpion!

Haha, thanks!

Try taking your ninja hood off. ;) Thanks!

You must be a professional ice sculptor!

It took a couple of seconds before I saw the scorpion in the first pic, hehe. My eyes are failing me. Very nice!

wow

Thanks everyone, I never imagined that this would be so popular!

I built it sideways, there're less noticeable cracks between pieces that way.

Yay! 100 likes!

Dude, I cannot even BEGIN to imagin how you got so many clear bricks, mate!

Did you put flat tiles all over the floor of the MOC or did you build sideways with 1 by's?

Wow, that's a great MOC, the scorpion is outstanding, really effective!

Woah! I never even saw it at first! Looks like I'm scorpion meat NOOOO!.....

Epic! Or should I say "cool"? Haha...ha....ha...

Cool!!

Freaking good!!

What a great piece of sculpture! I'm glad you've included the alternate photos, as I was really having trouble seeing the scorpion.

Very nice! The scorpion is very scary! and the cliff is great!

Wow. There are not many other words to describe my reaction when I first found the scorpion. The revealing pictures were just more icing on the cake. Clever idea with an effective execution.

You are a genius.

This is amazing! I love those cliffs and the scorpion looks wonderful too! Figs are great as well 5/5!! Now if your heros only had a flamethrower...

Amazing !>....well done

Brilliant work! That is awesome!

Wooow ! Excellent !!!

This is brilliant! The landscape is perfect! Nice job with the rockwork! The scorpion looks amazing:) Well done!

No sympathy! I'm slightly disappointed, and all these series eight minifigures are getting in the way too..... ;)

Nice work, even if it's hard to see it. Haha I guess that's a tactical advantage for him!

Does everyone have to tell a joke about it's temperature? ;)

Haha, that would be nice!

Thanks, you and El Barto think along the same lines!

Well, having 600 trans clear plates arrive was pretty big inspiration. ;) Then all Sean Kenney's animal MOCs inspired me to make an animal, and I had just finished reading a D&D book that mentioned a giant scorpion from the elemental plane of ice. While I was building it I also looked at a couple of real scorpions preserved in acrylic that I got from Cuba a few years back.

The scorpion is incredible, the adventure team also looks pretty good to

I sent you a message on flickr about our possible project.

Heck man, this creation is hot! Or cool, actually :P

Awesome! What would they give for a hair dryer!

Is it cool to call this cool? (The joke worked better in my head, but then again, the inside of my head is a strange place.) Anyway, you have come a long way so far; no need to say more.

Amazing scorpion design! The landscape isn't badd too. What did you use for inspiration?

Wow, great work!

Beautiful!

Of course the build is top notch, but hats off here Luke on the idea, super creative and original. Absolutley killer!

At first glance, I couldn't see the scorpion. It is a pretty impressive build. All those clear tiles.

that thing looks sick! I couldn't even see it at first!

Awesome!

Wow! How did you make that Scorpion! It is so cool! plus that has a lot of clear plates!

Very cool

Very cool

As long as you're in a large group, I get the feeling that a scorpion this size could consume a few people without slowing down...

Quite an original idea. Excellent!

Very nice! Loving the scorpion! --Blast--

Hey, thanks for adding those extra pics. It really shows how the Scorpion is put together. Makes it scarier, too! Run!!!! Of course you don't need to be faster than the Scorpion, just those other guys you're with ; )

Great scorpion, and the rocks are also very realistic!

awesome!

Which is why I shall hold no sympathy for you. ;)

You never know, stay tuned over the summer... ;)

Yeah, they haven't and I'm really sad, and really jealous of you, but then again, we do get the CMFS earlier than you ;)

The whole thing is very good. The ice scorpion is just.... wow.

Impressive job! With all those clear pieces, I wouldn't be surprised if we see more "invisible" creatures from you in the future :)

About 10-13 dollars, I think. The 1x1s were 2 or 2.5 cents each and the 1x2s were two cents each.

Thanks for the background swap. That's what im talking about. Now you can see everything. Really great job. He looks deadly.

very good! i like the cliff! just out of curiosity, how much did all those translucent pieces cost?

It's great if you need a large number of pieces, and generally you can find some pretty good deals. And about the tail, I'll never un-see that now that you've brought it up!

Awesome. Maybe I should start using brick link...hmmm. oh and on the last picture the scorpion's tail looks like a swan's or goose's head.

Oooh, very nice!

cool - you added the photos! and again i have to say wow.... i always thought about building an scorpion, but never in this class of beauty !

Yeah, I actually delayed building this until I could have a rearing horse. I hear they haven't come out in Britain yet, right?

I just added a couple of pictures of the scorpion itself on a blue background, thanks!

Nice idea, and I see you have some of the new LOTRs sets!

Nice idea, and I see you have some of the new LOTRs sets!

Awesome. You have to put him on a dark grey rocky area so it shows better, the white ground takes away the details of the scorpion. Almost making it invisible. It is to fantastic to not be the focal point of your moc. Great job love Icewind Dale type builds. ~cheers

Awesome! I just picked up a bunch of those clear pieces too- can't wait to start using them! :) 5/5

Awesome build! :D Neat idea for the scorpion.

Wow. That is really creative! Haven't seen anything like it. Wish I had all those transparent plates. -LB Senior

Very nice!

thats a really nice stealth effect you made here, brilliant,

I can hardly see that thing!But if I could I'm sure I would say it's awsome! ~Raven~

More likely he'll be melted into a river or cut into windows, but you never know. ;)

Excellent idea and design. My Scorpion only needed 97 parts, I wonder why ;) Ice spider next?

Thank you, I tried to use differently sized layers to give it a more organic shape.

It's astounding how many great effects you've packed into here. I'm also amazed at the shaping of the scorpion with such minimal selection of clear pieces. Great work!

I knew I forgot something! I might try to take a picture or two of just the scorpion, and post them later today. Thanks!

I look forward to seeing your next MOCs! Interesting idea for the storyline, and I do plan on creating many more D&D MOCs so I'd be up for whatever you have in mind.

That thing is awesome, Dude! Just need some eye-level pics; I'd like a better look at it. Would make a great SyFy Channel movie of the week, too. Well done!

That's beautiful. After Brickworld, I will begin making more Forgotten Realms stuff. Maybe we should pick or even create a storyline and make some builds to follow it.

Excellent job curving the scorpion! The cliff is my favorite thing though, I love rock working with legos. :) Keep it up! God BLess ~ David.

That scorpion is awesome! I also like the cliff.

Wow, this is great! It makes me want to make some sort of ice-creature out of my multitudinous transparent 1x2s.

Who knows, anything's possible in the Forgotten Realms!

Thanks! Maybe Drizzt and Bruenor will have to come help out the party... ;)

Impossibly cool! (he he). This looks like something out of "Game of Thrones". I love the terrain, and the team of adventurers. But that Ice Scorpion is awesome! I think it looks like a magic thing though. Like a spell being cast by a wizard. I guess this is because the scorp’ is clear and looks like he is made of vapor or something. Again, very neat! Thanks for joining The Final Countdown. Hope you see something there that challenges you. We will need your talents if we want to escape Neugarten alive!

Very cool Luke! I can totally picture this in Icewind Dale or the Bloodstone Lands as I'm reading an R.A. Salvatore novel!

Thanks, I'll keep this in mind!

Awesome scorpion

Excellent work. What's good: -The cliff face. -The mounds of snow -The scorpion What could be improved: -Maybe add more colours to the scorpion, he is quite hard to see. -Some areas seem empty. Why not add a frozen river. -Or the scorpion bursting out of something like the ground or a river.

Lol, i was staring at the photo trying to find the scorpion for a few seconds. Good job!

This is a really cool creation ! Amazign job !

Wow, great job! Amazing detail!

nice job

Haha, so true!

Love this. I looked at it first and thought that's a sparse landscape, where's the scorpion, and then I saw it. You've opened some doors to great invisible MOC work; I'm thinking shield devices, superhero powers, etc., etc.. The real winner if this takes off is I suspect the Bricklink sellers.

Thanks for the advice! I'll see about editing in another background later today for one or two photos.

freaky awesome man! maybe you could post a photo before an colored (blue/green) backround, to see it a little bit better... ?

that's just a caaraaazy build! in a good way! Great job on this!

What a scorpion! I think that cliff is a great attachment and the snotwork is great!