Tachyomatic Combine
Here's the Tachyomatic Combine! I took much inspiration from awesome art by Weiyi Qin before going my own way. The name is a riff on an item from the game Returnal.
Included below (↓) are some work-in-progress breakdown shots and a series on design evolution. These are also captured in presentation material for a talk at the 2021 Paredes de Coura LEGO convention.
2021
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