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Hi Everyone,
I chatted with Travis online every day. We shared many online jokes that were
known really to only a few of us.
I tried to think of something people could wear, like a ribbon or T shirt or
some such, to remember Travis. But those all seemed like things that would cost
too much money or just not convey what I wanted.
He once showed me a photo of his favorite LEGO part, the 1x1 with 5 studs. He
even had it tattooed.
I would like to suggest that everyone attending Brickfest PDX or other LEGO
conventions who wants to remember Travis in some small way put the 5 stud brick
on your brick badge. Use any color you like. Feel free to add parts to it if you
want... that’s why Travis loved it.
I have made it the Space Seed Part for January. It’s not difficult to use it in
a MOC, in fact it’s incredibly versatile and useful, which is why it was
Travis’s favorite.
-Grand Admiral
.space Curator
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In lugnet.space, Mark Sandlin wrote:
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He once showed me a photo of his favorite LEGO part, the 1x1 with 5 studs. He
even had it tattooed.
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--SteveR
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> He once showed me a photo of his favorite LEGO part, the 1x1 with 5 studs. • He
> even had it tattooed.
http://news.lugnet.com/people/?n=3833
The tattoo...
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In lugnet.space, Mark Sandlin wrote:
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I would like to suggest that everyone attending Brickfest PDX or other LEGO
conventions who wants to remember Travis in some small way put the 5 stud
brick on your brick badge. Use any color you like. Feel free to add parts to
it if you want... that’s why Travis loved it.
I have made it the Space Seed Part for January. It’s not difficult to use it
in a MOC, in fact it’s incredibly versatile and useful, which is why it was
Travis’s favorite.
-Grand Admiral
.space Curator
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Great idea Mark. I had some thoughts of my own on the subject. Not so much on a
grand scale for everyone, but just a few personal ideas. For one, I’m planning
on putting Travis’ entire brickshelf folder on CD, just to have it as
inspiration, and in case it would be deleted for some reason. I’m also planning
on making a black armband decal with the Kane Starcrafters logo on it for my sig
fig. (Considered also getting the 1x1 with 5 studs tattoo with a small tk under
it, but haven’t sold myself on that idea yet.)
Matthew Krotzer, Creator of the Unknown Division and Friend of Travis Kunce
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For one, I’m
planning on putting Travis’ entire brickshelf folder on CD, just to have it
as inspiration, and in case it would be deleted for some reason. I’m also
planning on making a black armband decal with the Kane Starcrafters logo on
it for my sig fig. (Considered also getting the 1x1 with 5 studs tattoo with
a small tk under it, but haven’t sold myself on that idea yet.)
Matthew Krotzer, Creator of the Unknown Division and Friend of Travis Kunce
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Matthew, your CD idea works for #2 in my post
http://news.lugnet.com/general/?n=44573
Maybe we could all buy one and give the $ to his fam?
-paul
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Sounds like a possibility. Don’t know if I can afford that many CD’s though. I’d
gladly sell them, maybe even with a small insert about Travis, at cost, which
shouldn’t be more than a couple bucks. (Mark, drop me an email. I’d love to work
with you on this.) Any additional money could be donated directly to his family,
assuming they’re cool with it. I’m also willing to make a copy of this for his
family for free. (Giddens, Mark, I’d have to talk to you about contact info for
them, I guess.) I was thinking that perhaps the inserts could have a few
memories or nice comments about Travis from some of us here at .space as well.
I’ve got the next week or so off from work, so I’ve got time to get this project
underway.
Matthew Krotzer
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In lugnet.space, Paul Hartzog wrote:
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For one, I’m
planning on putting Travis’ entire brickshelf folder on CD, just to have it
as inspiration, and in case it would be deleted for some reason. I’m also
planning on making a black armband decal with the Kane Starcrafters logo on
it for my sig fig. (Considered also getting the 1x1 with 5 studs tattoo with
a small tk under it, but haven’t sold myself on that idea yet.)
Matthew Krotzer, Creator of the Unknown Division and Friend of Travis
Kunce
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Matthew, your CD idea works for #2 in my post
http://news.lugnet.com/general/?n=44573
Maybe we could all buy one and give the $ to his fam?
-paul
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What an neat idea, Paul! In fact, we could put a selection of the best
space/mecha mocs with it from other builders, in honor of Trav.
~Trev
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In lugnet.space, Mark Sandlin wrote:
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I would like to suggest that everyone attending Brickfest PDX or other LEGO
conventions who wants to remember Travis in some small way put the 5 stud
brick on your brick badge.
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-Grand Admiral
.space Curator
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Right on.
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In lugnet.space, Mark Sandlin wrote:
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He once showed me a photo of his favorite LEGO part, the 1x1 with 5 studs. He
even had it tattooed.
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-Grand Admiral
.space Curator
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Yes Sir! Mr. Grand Admiral Sir!
Per your request, we here at Eridani SpaceTek would like to unveil our latest
achievement. We were hoping to be able to supply a radical new power
source/space drive system to Kane StarCrafters, in light of their innovative
space product line. We first were determined to use Kane StarCrafters’ CEO’s
favorite product element, the aforementioned part. Our result is astonishing;
we call it the “T’Kunce drive.” It is named for one of space’s most innovative
inventors, integral to the Kane StarCrafters company. This revolutuonary drive
system features multi axis symmetry, giving it an inherently stable, focused &
powerful energy field. The stable, even field is easily ‘sensored’ through for
ships to see where they’re going, but also easy enough to modulate to prevent
enemies from having an advantage. The energy stream is supplied at the base of
the unit & is channeled throught the conduits around a crystalline spamcell
core. The surrounding conduits collimate the energy, which is then focused &
directed at the spamcell core, which focuses it even more, & then sends the
power stream to the engines/energy distribution node, giving an extremely
powerful & efficient drive/power system, depending on what it’s hooked up to.
The resulting propulsion is an extremely efficient & blindingly fast slipstream
drive. Oddly, a side benefit was discovered in testing: the focused,
symmetrical resonance of the crystalline spamcells has the benefit of driving
away fleebnorks! The images:
initial 3D compact engine:
a cutaway view:
a compact 2D unit for the Kane StarCrafters smaller craft:
and finally a variation of the 3D & it’s cutaway view:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Jeff-S/Misc-Ideas/TKunceDrive/tkuncedrivea.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Jeff-S/Misc-Ideas/TKunceDrive/tkuncedriveb.jpg
Tek Eridani,
founder, Eridani SpaceTek
(Jeff)
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In lugnet.space, Jeff Szklennik wrote:
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Tek Eridani,
founder, Eridani SpaceTek
(Jeff)
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Sorry to reply to my own post, but since i wrote the original post at 4am, i
forgot to add that i didn’t have enuf chrome curve pipes to make it IRL, so I
did it in MLcad, then I realized it was serendipitous to do so, as I was using a
program made by one fallen Lego fan (Mr. James Jessiman) to make a MOC to
remember another Lego fan (Trav). I also just realized that, had i built it
IRL, the chrome would make multiple reflections of the (red, as in his tatoo, &
pink-appropriate colors no less in retrospect) “heart” of the T’Kunce drive. if
any one’s got the pieces, or can make a nice render, please contact me for the
.ldr file, as i’d like to see it. or just tell me how to run it through
pov-ray, as i’ve downloaded it-it’ll be a good learning project. Thanks.
Jeff
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In lugnet.space, Jeff Szklennik wrote:
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In lugnet.space, Jeff Szklennik wrote:
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Sorry to reply to my own post again, but I’ve gotten a couple emails since with
new ideas, & I wanted to share them here, and bring the discussion here for
everyone.
First, Mike “Count Blockula” Crowley sent me a couple renders:
a smaller .jpg file
http://home.comcast.net/~countblockula/postpics/tkuncedrive.jpg
and a LARGE (for dial-up) .bmp file (link only):
http://home.comcast.net/~countblockula/postpics/tkuncedrive.bmp
The reflections do indeed look good
Then, Jason Mantor sent me a WAY cool version:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Jeff-S/Misc-Ideas/TKunceDrive/tkuncedrivebyjasonmantor.jpg
a sweet engine for cap ships!
Thanks to everyone for their fantastic input!
Jeff
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I too only just met Travis at Brickfest and liked him
right away : ) He'll be missed : (
I'm inspired by Jeff's designs and I've been playing
with variations of it all day. Here's my favorite so far :
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=610370
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Xanthra47 wrote:
ugh.. here's an actual working deep link : )
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/xanthra47/TKunce/tkunce-r1.jpg
> I too only just met Travis at Brickfest and liked him
> right away : ) He'll be missed : (
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> I'm inspired by Jeff's designs and I've been playing
> with variations of it all day. Here's my favorite so far :
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=610370
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Xanthra47 wrote:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/xanthra47/TKunce/tkunce-r1.jpg
Same Link. Better pic.
I just replaced this MLCAD snapshot with a
much nicer POV-RAY generated render using LGEO.
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In lugnet.space, Jason S. Mantor wrote:
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Xanthra47 wrote:
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http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/xanthra47/TKunce/tkunce-r1.jpg
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Same Link. Better pic.
I just replaced this MLCAD snapshot with a
much nicer POV-RAY generated render using LGEO.
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instantly viewable:
Holy Wow! energy pulsating T’Kunce drive goodness! oooh, drool, just a thought
for blacktron fans...trans neon yellow green? or trans yellow or blue or green
for classic space, or...
Thanks everybody!
Jeff
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In lugnet.space, Jeff Szklennik wrote:
if any one’s got the pieces, or can make a nice render,
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please contact me for the .ldr file, as i’d like to see it. or just tell me
how to run it through pov-ray, as i’ve downloaded it-it’ll be a good learning
project. Thanks.
Jeff
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I don’t have the pieces either, but since you asked, here’s my attempt at a
rendered version using the LGEO library. I slightly modified the colours - hope
you don’t mind.
Cheers,
Alister
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In lugnet.space, Allister McLaren wrote:
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I don’t have the pieces either, but since you asked, here’s my attempt at a
rendered version using the LGEO library. I slightly modified the colours -
hope you don’t mind.
Cheers,
Alister
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Wow! Thanks!
Jeff
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