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In lugnet.build.mecha, David Rabadan wrote:
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As a fan of Masamune Shirow and Appleseed I always wanted to build a
Landmate. It was a bit tricky to keep it close enough to scale. I am mostly
pleased with the results but I will keep trying to improve it.
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I’m seeing Shirow cues all over this thing. The feet, the AV sensor “wings” in
the back, the head and “ears”, the rifle that looks “Swiss”, like the rifles
Deunan and Bri had in book 2...
I think your prototype without the slave arms looks like one of the Israeli
landmates with the internal slave arms that Yoshi was playing with (in book 4?
or was it Databook? I can’t remember.) Aesthetically, I’m not a big fan of the
potbelly/skinny-limbed proportions, but there’s really no other alternative if
you want to match the scale plus fit an entire fig inside. In addition, it’s
true to Shirow’s more practical visions, and probably closest to what an actual
landmate would look like (from an engineering perspective, it’s probably not
necessary nor desirable to have bulky appendages compared with the torso
assembly).
Okay, that was kind of a long-winded post. Cool mech, David!
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| (...) Hello Kyle, thanks for responding. (...) 'sob' I have tears rolling down my cheeks. You noticed all the Shirow signs which makes me feel that I accomplised what I set out to do down to the riffle with AP rounds. Thanks. I put that gun together (...) (20 years ago, 25-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| As a fan of Masamune Shirow and Appleseed I always wanted to build a Landmate. It was a bit tricky to keep it close enough to scale. I am mostly pleased with the results but I will keep trying to improve it. I was working on prototypes for (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 24-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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