 | | IRON MECHA Results! —Mark Neumann
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| | | Greeting my Iron Mecha masters! Welcome to all the spectators! The judges have given me their results and I have tallied them. First, I'd like to say that this has been a blast, and quite the competition. I also have a few thanks I'd like to say. (...) (18 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.build.contests, FTX) !!
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| | | | | Re: IRON MECHA Results! —Eric Sophie
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| | | | | (...) WOW, that rocks! That is a great entry! Congrats to Mark Stafford! (...) -Snip- (...) Yes! At the begining of the next month, challenge us again with a new sketch! (...) (18 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: IRON MECHA Results! —Michael Dallaston
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| | | | | (...) Congrats! Btw, is "You go from studless to many studs in places" supposed to be good or bad? :) Mike (18 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: IRON MECHA Results! —Matthew Evans
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| | | | | (...) congratulations! (...) well, it was named Humphrey, but I suspect it was wise of you to ignore this, I may not have come 5th... I'm well pleased with this result! I think I shall celebrate by shaving all my hair off. Well, I was going to do (...) (18 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: IRON MECHA Results! —Mark Stafford
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| | | | | I won? How in the heck did that happen? Wow! Thanks judges... the cheques are in the mail! :) What a week! My Cthulego gets Boingboinged, then that's picked up by the Sci-Fi Channels Sci-Fi-Wire website then I'm contacted by Bizarre magazine who are (...) (18 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: IRON MECHA Results! —Brian Cooper
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| | | | | With this collection of creations arrayed here, I think it would be interesting if we had a discussion on what we each think defines a good mecha model. My favorites in the list seem spread all over the place, so I must have different notion. Mecha (...) (18 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: IRON MECHA Results! —Matthew Evans
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| | | | | | (...) I don't have enough experience to be up to a serious discussion on this point, beyond the subjective platitude of 'if I like the way it looks then it's a good mecha'. I mean, the only lego mecha I've seen in real life are my own! But: I'm not (...) (18 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: IRON MECHA Results! —Brian Cooper
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| | | | | | (...) This is like the difference between Fantasy and Science Fiction, which I often like to explain. :-) Science Fiction requires some intellectual rigor and logic. You can certainly make up weird new science, but it has to be self consistent. (...) (18 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: IRON MECHA Results! —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | (...) Philip K Dick, among countless others, has also addressed this. His distinction between sci-fi and fantasy was similar but more fundamental: if an element of the story is considered impossible, then it's fantasy. Not "improbable" or "currently (...) (18 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: IRON MECHA Results! —Aaron M. Sneary
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Another interesting study of Sci-Fi vs. Fantasy can be found in Henry Gee's (URL) Science of Middle Earth>. His point is that science fiction has at least some focus on the technology that makes the 'impossible' possible. Fantasy, he suggests (...) (18 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: IRON MECHA Results! —Brian Cooper
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| | | | | | | | (...) The extreme definition: Science fiction is an extrapolation, linear perhaps. Fantasy is a random point, connected to nothing. (...) Self-consistency of pseudo science is a drag on the plot. It spoils the fun in Fantasy realms. :-) (...) Yes (...) (18 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: IRON MECHA Results! —Matthew Evans
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| | | | | | | (...) Hmmm, good explanation. If we're equating 'self-consistency' with 'realism' then I agree with you. A good mecha design is not going to have any 'out-of-place' details. I guess I misunderstood your initial argument. but on the other hand: (...) (...) (18 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | | | | | | | Re: IRON MECHA Results! —Bobby Marinov
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| | | | | | (...) Hmmm... Science Fiction has little to do with reality. Allow me to use my absolutely most favorite sci-fi space ship, Imperial (Imperator) Class Star Destroyer. I love Star Destroyers, I drool over any image of a Star Destroyer, however, at (...) (18 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: IRON MECHA Results! —Brian Cooper
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| | | | | | (...) Sorry, but Star Wars isn't science fiction.:-) Really, it isn't. The technology is contrived for the sake of the story, which is why it's unrealistic. The space ships have windows! Cap ships exchange broadsides a few feet away from each other! (...) (18 years ago, 10-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: IRON MECHA Results! —Leigh Holcombe
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| | | | | (...) Sorry, not up on the lingo - What is a KK2 hinge? So that perhaps I can avoid them next time. Appreciate the compliments. Congratulations to every entrant, especially the winner's circle. (18 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: IRON MECHA Results! —Mark Neumann
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| | | | | | (...) He means the Knight's Kingdom (action fig) joints. I wouldn't avoid them. They're nice and strong and bloody useful. Really the legs just look a little small for the arms, if you used the joints again in the legs and covered the actual hinge (...) (18 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: IRON MECHA Results! —Leigh Holcombe
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| | | | | | (...) Ah, I had no idea those were Knight's Kingdom, since I don't/wouldn't own any KK. Mine came from the Creator sets - I privately refer to them as Dino-joints. I used them because they seemed to be the correct size for what I needed, and (...) (18 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: IRON MECHA Results! —Keith Goldman
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| | | | | Congrats Stafford! First a mention on the SciFi wire, and now this. Kudos to "Ironmecha Stafford", as you should be addressed from now on. I also must dole out some kudos to Fradel because I called him out to enter, and he beat me like a red-headed (...) (18 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: IRON MECHA Results! —Aaron M. Sneary
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| | | | | (...) Thanks for having me as a judge, and for all your efforts. The creativity and variety was great. I'd like to say that this was a difficult set of MOCs to judge, and there were a lot of entries I saw that I really liked. In the constraints of (...) (18 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: IRON MECHA Results! —Jeff Ranjo
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| | | | | (...) (snip) (...) Congrats Mr. Stafford!! I'm thinking along the lines of Goldie. But you should be called "IronMecha Quad!" Thanks to all the participants, judges, lurkers and especially our host, "The Chairman" Mark Neumann for bringing it all (...) (18 years ago, 10-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: IRON MECHA Results! —Nathan Proudlove
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| | | | | For what it's worth, I think Brian Cooper's Bandolero was my favourite right from the start. The story was lost a little on me since I don't hardly speak a word of Spanish. I am grateful for the recently posted unedited shots of the finished mech. (...) (18 years ago, 11-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: IRON MECHA Results! —Brian Cooper
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| | | | | | (...) Thanks. I had some requests to see the unaltered pics of the Vore Del Mecha, though that's sort of like seeing a picture of a guy in an Alien suit sipping coffee before the camera rolls. ;-) It's just not scary without the flashing strobes and (...) (18 years ago, 11-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: IRON MECHA Results! —Dave Johann
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| | | | | Thank you all for your kind words regarding my nearly-studless mecha. You all understood what I was going for: techno-organic in an unusual colorscheme. Just finishing this model was a labor of love and was far more difficult that I could have ever (...) (18 years ago, 13-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: IRON MECHA Results! —Mladen Pejic
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| | | | | | (...) Dave, dear friend, you were robbed... ROBBED I tell ya'! j/k I still can't get over how cool that entry of yours was! It made me feel guilty for not entering the contest myself. We mecha builders have to stick together... A la band of (...) (18 years ago, 14-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: IRON MECHA Results! —Marco Tagliaferri
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| | | | My congrats to Mark Stafford ===...=== (URL) Congradulation Mark! You're our IRON MECHA Champion. Thanks to everybody who participated and all the lurkers. Special Thanks to the judges for doing this hard job so fine. For me the best in this contest (...) (18 years ago, 13-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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