Battle Sub Suzunami

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The idea of this project came from playing a mobile game and it was just a random game with a submarine as the boss at the end of the level. Then I thought would it be possible for me to design modular tiles that would form a submarine. After days of fiddling with the OpenLOCK tiles I was finally confident that it was doable. It was quite fun and very challenging at the same time! I know this isn’t the first of its kind but its something totally new to me. I’ve done spaceships and terrains in the past I thought why not combine both! Designing the initial “frame” of the submarine took a long time. First I had to come up with the overall shape. Followed by separating the pieces into smaller tiles before integrating with the OpenLOCK system. Once that was done I was able to finally focus more on the actual design of the submarine both inside and out. As you can see I did not design the submarine based on traditional / modern submarines but rather more scifi / sleek style (what a surprise!). I wanted something sleek but at the same time with a bit of a bulkiness or wide stance like the Sea Shadow. And why this name? Suzunami was actually a Yugumo-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy as well as Takanami-class destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. The word suzunami means “breaking wave”, which is exactly what I imagine my submarine would do, breaking / cutting through waves. This is how I envision the submarine being used in different games: assault from sea to some key locationssubmarine being hijacked, mission is to regain control over itrecover important intel, VIP or cargo from the submarineIf all goes well with this project, I have plans for introducing more ships in the future. The base set consists of over 100 pieces in the following sections: floor tiles side wall tiles inner wall / door tiles side to top tiles top tiles (regular and medium size) side mid slanted tiles front slanted tiles front / rear tiles decorative tiles non tile decorative pieces Bonus pieces: inner walls style B top tiles for recon mode missile pods deployed at 45 degree angle and retracted top tiles alternate 180 degree front screens left + center + right wall tiles combined to form one giant screen top tile with turrets side missile pods side wall tile Note: there will be pieces that you simply need to “mirror” using your favorite slicer like CURA or 3D Builder. For example there will be a left piece, you simply use the “mirror” feature to get the equivalent right piece.