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Wow, those are AWESOME!
I love that 2nd shot of the Kaimetsu, reminds me of Patlabor, with the pilots
head sticking out. Very cool... Hope to see more...
Mladen Pejic, over and out!
http://tor-pw1.netcom.ca/~milovan/index.htm
In lugnet.duplo, Todd Lehman writes:
> [Not sure what ng's to crosspost this to . . . it's kinda a hodge-podge of
> DUPLO and Star Wars and Castle and mecha stuff. I guess I'll go with that.
> Followups to .duplo?]
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> http://www.fibblesnork.com/lego/dinotron/
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> These were a lot of fun to make. Here's the secret: The backs of the DUPLO
> dinos, it turns out, are regular DUPLO studs which perfectly accommodate 2x4
> and 2x6 LEGO SYSTEM bricks. But not only that, they also accommodate the new
> 6x6x2 quad-inverse-slope SYSTEM bricks that come in the LEGO Star Wars sets!
> And these enable the very quick conversion of a DUPLO dino into a SYSTEM dino!
>
> The minifigs are Blacktron I figs with Ninja heads and various other Castle
> helmets. The rest of the parts come purely from LEGO Star Wars sets (one copy
> of each 1999 & 2000 set, plus 5 additional parts that needed to be nabbed from
> second copies of Naboo Swamp and Naboo Fighter.)
>
> --Todd
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In lugnet.duplo, Mladen Pejic writes:
> Wow, those are AWESOME!
Well, glad you like them! Your pages of LDLITE-rendered mecha, BTW, were
very helpful as well as inspirational.
> I love that 2nd shot of the Kaimetsu, reminds me of Patlabor, with the
> pilots head sticking out. Very cool... Hope to see more...
OK, here's another look at Kaimetsu (back when he was named Zenkai):
http://www.fibblesnork.com/lego/dinotron/test/zenkai.html
and some other early test-photos...
http://www.fibblesnork.com/lego/dinotron/test/
(this was back before they got Ninja head transplants. :)
After taking those, I bought some white felt fabric, which is what I used as
a backdrop on the photos that went up last night. I plan to take a bunch
more close-ups and side-views maybe later this week if I can squeeze it in...
One thing I definitely also wanna show more of is standalone shots of the
owners/pilots/riders -- especially the Chokugeki pilot -- she's the baddest
and toughest! :-s
I'm still also struggling with trying to make mounts for the baby dinos. Got
character names for all of 'em but no good way yet to mount minifigs! :-I
--Todd
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Bravo, Todd!
Todd Lehman wrote:
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> I'm still also struggling with trying to make mounts for the baby dinos. Got
> character names for all of 'em but no good way yet to mount minifigs! :-I
Hmm. Have you tried using chains? If you got the girth right,
you might be able to chain a small platform to their backs. Plus,
the chains would make 'em look tougher.
Don't forget the spikey bits.
Jeff Elliott
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