The body, which was quite a challenge to build, consists of five separate panels attached to a central studless skeleton. Which pretty much means that a larger model would have to use an entirely different body. The elements that would be extremely hard to re-create at larger scale include the eye, the hole for the eye, entire legs – even the curved slopes the major part of the body is built with don’t come in larger size. If the turret was to be made bigger, I would have to use several pieces instead of each single one used here, and it would pretty much ruin the look of the model. This is because almost every Lego piece used for its body has no larger counterpart. I was able to achieve the look I wanted using a variety of uncommon parts, and because of the parts it couldn’t be any bigger. It was quite a challenge, as the original turret is egg-shaped. The size of the turret was determined by my decision to equip it with a studful, possibly accurate body.
The legs turned out too weak and the body of the turret turned out too small to house all the necessary mechanics – it was just 7 studs wide. Among other things, I was trying to make the turret stand on its own legs and I wanted it to have Lego cannons inside it, with ability to extend and fire. I had a very ambitious plans for this construction, and I’ve spent a lot of time trying to realize them in vain. As you probably know, there are many Lego models of the famous Portal sentry turret and other “characters” from the game, especially after the release of Portal 2, but they are usually just that – models, with zero functionality. I was halfway through the Portal 2 game when this idea came to me. Weight: 0.788 kg (together with the launcher) Datasheet:ĭimensions: length 26 studs / width 18 studs / height 36 studs Features two motors and two sensors and is computerized with the Lego WeDo software. A model of a sentry turret from the Portal game.
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