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Re: DR-8CO the flying mech
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Mon, 4 Feb 2002 19:11:24 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Mark Neumann writes:
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> Mark Neumann
> http://home.attbi.com/~ravenswolfmk
> home of the Snow Leopard Clan
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> > Very very cool, Mark. As a fellow maker of winged beasts, I have to say you
> > succeeded where I could not. My dragon MOCs are they size they are because I
> > could not get personality into a small head, and yet you have done just that.
> > I may have to *cough* borrow the head design one day, with your permission of
> > course. Bottom line is, even if it is mecha, EXCELLENT job.
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> > --Anthony
> > http://www.geocities.com/savatheaggie/legohome.html
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> Good lord, borrow at will. Fact is your page is in my favorites and
> inspiration for this guy came from you. Thanks for the praise, like I say,
> comimg from you it is quite a compliment indeed.
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> My thing lately has been making mechs that look good first then make the
> 'mechs.' I always liked the idea of seamless joints, and fooling my
> audience. Besides, I always wanted a dragon...
> And you know, making this into a castle Dragon wouldn't be very hard. In
> fact it would make him much more sculpted. Wouldn't need the space for a
> pilot and no need for hinges.
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> Can't wait to see what you do.
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> Mark Neumann
> http://home.attbi.com/~ravenswolfmk/
> home of the Snow Leopard Clan
Great! I already have a few ideas in my head. I would have 'borrowed' the
idea anyway, but without your approval I wouldn't have publically posted any
pics of the MOC. I've been dieing to have a dragon with a 'beaked' mouth.
I've seen many fantasy artists giving drakes/dragons a 'beaked' end to their
snout, and I think with your design I'll be able to do just that. Plus, with
the much smaller head, I'll be able to craft a much smaller body and thus,
wings that look much more full and lovely. I list as an example of how this is
not illustrated in my CAD red dragon:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=86146
All in all I'll most likely be making a drake, much like yours, with forearms
acting as wings, instead of them being a 3rd pair of appendages. However, I
may yet go with a dragon style design of arms, legs and wings. Time will
tell how the 'beaking' works out. I'll post pics when I actually have
something to show off.
On a different note, I've been eyeing your creations as well. In fact I've
been thinking about what I will do after my current website story is done, and
one idea is mecha. I've already been talking with Bryce McGlone on this one.
It would be just a matter of me learning how to do joints well and I'd be on my
way. I especially like your mechs as I am much more fond of the 'mechwarrior'
style of mecha, as opposed to the 'Gundam' style. That's not to say that
humanoid mecha aren't pretty, just not functional in my opinion. Then again,
you mecha guys don't need any more talent in your gene pool. Who knows.
--Anthony
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