Blockcade 9 – Run the Gauntlet

Another of the most instantly recognisable machines from the classical era – Gauntlet. This was a monster cab and it’s a big build…

I was preparing a complicated Elf Shot Food joke, but I don’t have a Legolas mini-fig, you’ll have to imagine it.

Start with a standard 2×4 block

Add a 1×2 block

And a 2×4 plate

Repeat on the other side with another 2×4 block and 1×2 block to create a bridge

Add two 2×3 blocks to create the base for the control panel

Add two rocker bases to hold the bottom of the screen

And the control panel piece is a 2×4 flat plate

Start building up the back with 1x2x2 blocks

Add three more to finish the back

Add a 1×1 block with one knob and a 2×4 flat plate to make up the side panels

And repeat on the other side

Start building the monitor with a rocker base

Add a rocker plate

Add this to the centre of the main cab

Put the rest to one side and take a 3×4 window frame and add two rocker plates to the underside edge

Add two rocker plates to the top edge

And attach to the rocker plates above the control panel

The monitor starts life as a 2×3 block

Add a 1×2 plate to the rear

A 1×2 flat plate will hold the right hand side of the widescreen (the score panel)

And a 2×2 flat plate for the main game screen

Attach this to the central rocker plate and angle to be in line with the monitor frame

Start building the marquee/speaker box with a 2×4 plate

Add a 2×4 flat plate

Add a 1×2 block with four knobs to the back of the 2×4 plate

With a rocker plate underneath to attach to the top of the monitor

Repeat for the other side

Add a 2×4 flat plate to hold the marquee/speaker image

Add a 1×4 plate to the centre to fill that gap between the front and back plates

Add two 1×4 flat plates to finish off the box

Attach the marquee to the top of the model and you’re done

A screen shot – feel free to find a better one – scale to 15mm x 15mm

The stats page – attach next to the screen and scale to 15mm x 7mm

Control panel – scale to 15mm x 30mm

Coin instruction cards – scale to 30mm x 8mm and place underneath the control panel

Marquee image – scale to 15mm x 30mm and attach to the top box.

Side art images – scale to 30mm x 40mm

You’ll need to cut out the side art images as below – I found that printing two copies for each side and overlapping the images on the top and bottom bricks gave the best results

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