You probably notice a few gaps here and there, especially around the mouth. This is so that I can have a bit of mobility for certain parts. The fins and legs are completely pose able, the mouth can close all the way, and I can even adjust the eyes to some degree to make it look up or down.

The tongue is held on with a normal plate connection, no technic rods or anything to secure it.


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The head is roughly as big as a human head. In fact, I can take off the upper face above the mouth and use it as a mask...

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In honor of Episode I being re-released in theaters today, I decided to finally take some good pictures of my Opee Sea Killer and Gungan Tribubble Bongo submarine.

The fish was originally completed in January 2007, the submarine a few months earlier. I had started on the fish first, almost 6 months prior, but I had gotten as far as the legs in back and then shelved it until winter. After I finished the submarine, I went back to work on the fish. Very little has changed since then - the tail on the submarine got an upgrade sometime in 2009, but that was it.

The fish and sub are both, roughly, minifig scale (in the approximate 1-foot to 1-stud ratio). After I had finished the sub, I then knew how big to make the fish to match.

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Since both of these are swimming through water (use your imagination), I felt the need to make stands to raise them up a bit. The stand for the submarine was an afterthought - I simply needed to make sure that it was raised up to approximately mouth height for the fish. Then I put an octopus on it to show that it's underwater - otherwise who would know?

The stands for the fish took a bit more consideration, and had to be among the first things built. The supports actually go almost all the way to the 'spine) of the fish, and then the sides hang down from that.
The support is strong enough that I can carry the fish by holding just one or the other strut. I plated it with dark blue so that it could 'blend in' whenever I was doing a full scene.

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I feel that the best single part of this creation is the scales. It took many attempts before I finally got it right (or as right as I wanted it to be). The trick is that in order for it to look like scales, it had to be a uniform pattern, even as it diminished and tapered towards the tail. Otherwise it would just be a shaped blob of red.


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