Week three of SHIPtember is behind us, and that means many SHIP builders have wrapped on their epic builds. Some have even started a second SHIP. Many have taken their pics to post-production to produce that epic hero shot, along with a side-view pic that will be featured in 2025’s armada fleet poster, like the one I used for my hero image from 2024. My 2024 SHIP is the slim, dark blue ship just to the right of the Supramacy shown on the far left of the poster.

For many builders, the third week is a time for final details, engines, landing gear, or other greebly details that add the finishing touches to their space-bound masterpieces. But let’s not waste any more time as we take a look at a few completed SHIPs, and check out a few builders that flew under my radar in previous weeks, like a stealth ship with ventral optical camouflage.

Spacekook built not one but 2 fantastic SHIPs this year. The first one was a cargo hauler that combines a clean white aesthetic with classic space blue, as well as a full load of primary-colored cargo. Small landing gear front and back remind me of another great ship from the late 70’s sci-fi series Space: 1999 (which would also make a fantastic SHIPtember build, maybe next year).

Spacekook’s second SHIP uses an interesting centerpiece in the form of this large minifigure-shaped skeleton head for some kind of space pirate ship loaded with fun details, like the detachable command module that could have come straight from an Apollo mission. Behind rows of yellow scaffolding, parts can be glimpsed a row of smaller white tanks, and this SHIP (built and photographed upright) includes a few crew members on an EVA mission attached to the ship sideways to make them look like they are in 0 gravity!

Deus Otiosus may have started their SHIP in 2022, but they finally managed to finish after many interruptions (life happens) and this space station was worth the wait. Aside from the substantial ring at the rear of the station, and some pretty cool looking solar panels, several detachable modules in different colors add a sensse of industrial purpose.

Next up, waksplat is bulding a space truck, right down to the large red cab and thrusters tha resemble those fuel tanks some big rigs have right behind the door. A long yellow scaffold looks like it’s ready for cargo.

STLBrickCo built a pretty unusual SHIP, which almost looks like 2 bricks put together with an offset. It sports that classic space color scheme of blue and white, with gray and yellow details but doesn’t look like any classic space set I remember. With a mysterious blue something visible in an underside tank, and a neat engine with tank treads wrapped around 2 enourmous engines. It may not be aerodynamic, but there’s no need for wind-resistant design in space.

o0ger has a very cool SHIP design that gives me serious Stinger Mantis vibes from Jedi: Fallen Order, with a boat-like hull and a tall dorsal fin. Some great color blocking using the new red-orange and salmon colors for the main fin, a front fin and 2 smaller fins at the rear of the SHIP. This sleek vessel would look great at sea, in space, or hovering over the dessert.

Andre seems to be done with their Octan freighter, with small engines at the rear, and several manuevering thrusters at each corner. The four short fins at the back of the SHIP add a hydroplane mixed with an A-wing vibe.

westernmocs crafted a Star Wars ship built as a modular platform with interchangable sections to configure the ship for a variety of situations.

As for my own SHIP, which I decided to call the Bloodwing heavy bomber, I finally finished the rear greebles and put the whole thing together to take my fleet pic and the final wingspan went beyond the edge of my photo backdrop. Luckily, Apple’s new feature to select the foreground saved the day. The Bloodwing measures approximately 184 studs from tip to tip. The scale turned out to be closer to miniland, with space for a pilot and two gunner/bombers for redundancy.