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(...) of.. well, I never watched the gundam show, or played a mechwarrior game but, maybe I should study more. :-) Joel (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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Great model Joel! I love the feet! Suggestions: Anime mecha don't usually have transparent windscreens. Also, they usually have small heads (althought my Tortoise sorta proved that wrong). If you want your mecha to have a no-head design, jack-up the (...) (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Object lesson in bad photography
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(...) It looks like a valiant Viking warrior! Amazing, I love how you can capture the "Gundam" look Brian! (...) Lindsay has the right idea. My brother even suggested halogen worklights to me. Definitely a good idea. (...) Wow! I can't believe that (...) (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Wow. That's a very nice gundam! It's meaty--and I love the shield. :) But you *can* photograph it--the big problem is the source of light. Flashes are never kind with black--it shows off the studs too well. I'd suggest popping the $10 to get (...) (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(URL) gundam has been gathering dust as I try to figure out how to photograph it and update my website. It may be impossible. Notice how the black detail is completely lost and the red hue isn't consistent across the image (perhaps because of the (...) (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | New Mecha: The Shikari
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Hi yall! I just finished my latest creation, the Shikari! It has a similar color scheme as the first, only trans. blue was added. Here ya go! (URL) scroll down a little. PLMKWYT! Bye! <<Joel Dobbins>> (URL) (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Mark's Lego Creations Update 08/17/01
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(...) Well, yeah... what else would he say? ;^) (...) Thanks. :^) (...) Thanks. That's kind of the look I was going for. (...) Ummm, errr. Ok, I stuck them on there because I thought they were kind of neat. I dunno, I've seen a few "air" mecha that (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: New Mecha - "Tortoise" Next-Generation Land Mecha
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(...) Good! (...) LOL! (...) Thanks Brian! I was trying to figure out how to build a slim mini-gun for several months, and then one day I wake up and do it! (...) Hehe, I was trying to find a good use for them. (...) Oh, definitely! (...) Mladen (...) (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Mark's Lego Creations Update 08/17/01
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(...) "One express elevator to he--, going down! Wooo...ooo!!!!!!" when he's released from the carrier? A fun concept. I love the design of the mech head (nice jackhammers there). In general the mech looks very parts efficient, nothing more than it (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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(...) Yes, very enjoyable. Where joy is derived from excessive weaponry and destructive capability that brings a smile to a minifig pilots face. The machine gun is very neat. The body has cool details - you seem to have a limitless capacity for (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: MOC: First World War German Dreadnought: SMS Friedrich der Grosse
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Amazing creation! I am still dazzled, even though I couldn't see "Fred" live. The pictures are very good, so I managed to sense the "scale" of the model... the word that comes to mind is none other than "Grosse"! (hence, the name: your own + "the (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
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| | Et in Arcadia Lego HoverThing Contest Update
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howD all, i've updated the HoverThing contest page @ (URL) be sure to check out all the cool entries.... (even though some slackers still only have one entry in the contest ;-D ) meanwhile, if you don't see your stuff there, it means i haven't (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.contests)
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| | Re: Announcing: The Mecha Factory
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(...) It took me a while but I think I've been able to build a reasonable gundam head at minifig scale. Just needed to use a combination of odd and even widths, horizontal and vertical stacking... the usual tricks of the trade. (...) It depends on (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Thanks Joel, I've thought about doing some more diaramas, but I would have to tear down the one I have now and I'm not sure I want to do that. Another problem is I'd have to use some small model kit figures if I want to add people to the scenes, (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: MOC: First World War German Dreadnought: SMS Friedrich der Grosse
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(...) Thanks! I've always liked the wing turret concept. The theory was marvelous, but in the end it wasn't nearly as marvelous as the American-pioneered raised-end mounting, which became standard by 1916 on capital ships of all nations. (...) Well, (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I have. They're in there! They're just not *furnished* because of time issues. Once I get my space here back in order, I hope to go back and do that interior detailing. If you look at the early bow shots, you can see the sub- division of the (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: First World War German Dreadnought: SMS Friedrich der Grosse
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(...) Oh! I guess that's what I get for assmeuing. ("don't assume, it just makes an ass out of me and u..." -former employer) I'll have to change that--I took uniformity among your respective images as evidence of original state. I'll go change it (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: MOC: First World War German Dreadnought: SMS Friedrich der Grosse
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(...) your "worst signage" award for Washington DC. If anything, the Northern Virginia area in general must have the worst signage in the entire country. I really can't stand it when you drive through an intersection that is of course unlabeled and (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Mladen Pejic
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Thanks Eric. Why don't you upload that image of the Bee with the eyes on BS? (...) designs. (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: MOC: First World War German Dreadnought: SMS Friedrich der Grosse
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Linsday, Makes my little DDGN look super small. But wow, absolutely amazing. Can you engineer building internal compartments and living/working spaces? Incredible master model building.... (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
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