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(...) An excellent opening salvo in the application of SNOT building to Pirate ships! I'm sure you're discovering a lot of the same things I did in my three SNOT vessels--especially the 6:5 ratio which will become firmly imprinted in your head as (...) (23 years ago, 15-Aug-02, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build.military)
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All Right, I'm in the process of building a boatm using the now popular SNOT studs-out hull contouring approach. Given that a plate is 0.4 studs thick, one can get the following offsets pretty easily: -0.2 studs: use one of the 1x1 side-stud (...) (23 years ago, 15-Aug-02, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Very nice. BIG! Only a week? How long did you spend planning it? To bad there isn't a good source of bulk clear bricks. I'd really like to get my hands on a good quantity. I guess we could try to get some off the sculptures at TRU...no, that (...) (23 years ago, 15-Aug-02, to lugnet.build)
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(...) projects like this. (...) I know the feeling. I always seem to end up with *almost* enough of a certain part in a certain color, but never quite enough. :) Keep up the great work! Thanks for sharing this with us. All the best, Allan B. (23 years ago, 15-Aug-02, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Ha! Ya Is that evan a real word!!! (...) Thanks, so I didn't build another 3 footer, instead I made 7 Little ones! 7 Little Bots dedicated to the 7 Founders of the Lego Mecha Hall of Fame. (...) cool, I'm just waiting on some motors for the (...) (23 years ago, 14-Aug-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Thanks Sun! I look forward to seeing new stuff from you too. (...) Yeah, 'fraid it's the latter. I just searched my computer with HouseCall ((URL) and it's clean. So, I guess the virus is "spoofing" me as the sender. Mladen Pejic, over and (...) (23 years ago, 14-Aug-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Come on Jeff, you were destined for Bionicle!!! I do look forward to seeing what you do with bricks though. In lugnet.build.mecha, Christopher Snead writes: (...) Yes, the gun is quite nice. All the details from the bionicleish parts add a (...) (23 years ago, 14-Aug-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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I really like the legs on this new mech of yours. There's lots of interesting shapes converging and there's a great heft to the proportions. I really like the accessories shot as well. MMMMM . . . accessories. By the way, you might want to virus (...) (23 years ago, 14-Aug-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Thanks Eric, thanks man. (...) Heh, well I dunno about original, but whatever you say! ;-) (...) LOL! Discography... :-D (...) Yeah, only after you finished all of them, that I realized the "scope" of your project. All the 'bots were indeed (...) (23 years ago, 14-Aug-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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About the New Mecha, nice color Scheme, oh man great feet! excellent pilot control area! dang, one thing I'm always drawn to your Mecha is the feet, every time you set out to make something the feet are always very original, youda man. Plus, after I (...) (23 years ago, 14-Aug-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Hey wow, good to see stuff from you again! whoa! hey lot's of cool things going on, oh look at the fingers with the Ball sockets on th ends, clever! c-ya Legomaster (23 years ago, 14-Aug-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Yes! We should definitely get together!! But um...I won't be around on the 30th. But back to the mech, I have to give you some credit on this one Chris. I was inspired by your Cephus' hands. Thanks. Jeff (23 years ago, 14-Aug-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) That's the build time, not tocuh-up, design, and transport time. :D <>-------<> Rick Hallman Member of MichLUG: (URL) of Planets: (URL) Instant Messenger: The bRicktron <>-------<> (23 years ago, 14-Aug-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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(...) Interesting, do you have pictures of it? (...) No I don't know how, other then in LDRAW. Sorry. (...) <>-------<> Rick Hallman Member of MichLUG: (URL) of Planets: (URL) Instant Messenger: The bRicktron <>-------<> (23 years ago, 14-Aug-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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(...) Greg, ;) (...) Thanks for the comments! :) The shoebox idea came from a shoebox in our basement that had a unusual color design on it. it used color gaps, like the hull gaps on my ship. :P I wanted to add a little character to the ship, so i (...) (23 years ago, 14-Aug-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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(...) Thanks for the comments! Simple eh? ;) It's been done before, just not in this fashion, certain parts may have been done by other people. <>-------<> Rick Hallman Member of MichLUG: (URL) of Planets: (URL) Instant Messenger: The bRicktron (...) (23 years ago, 14-Aug-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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(...) Hehehe. Great minds think alike eh? And thanks for the insult on the ship, err, i mean compliment! (It's supposed to be ugly) (...) Ahh, go look at em again. I added them this morning. :) <>-------<> Rick Hallman Member of MichLUG: (URL) of (...) (23 years ago, 14-Aug-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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(...) A Brusier Cruiser! (...) I saw the Republic Gunship in person for the first time and held it at a meeting recently and I lovd the way the ship had those swing doors on the back, and since my ship was in post-design stages right then, and a (...) (23 years ago, 14-Aug-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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(...) Hehehe. Thanks! Building Non-Star Wars ships gives you quite a bit of design freedom, you aren't limited by the genre's technology, design specifications, and etc. It gives you a chance to explore the really neat stuff. :) And welcome to the (...) (23 years ago, 14-Aug-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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(...) Hey Scotty. :-P You probably won't see it in September, since I won't be there for that meeting. But if October is a meeting, not a day with the tools, it will probably be there. :) <>-------<> Rick Hallman Member of MichLUG: (URL) of Planets: (...) (23 years ago, 14-Aug-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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(...) Those gaps were gonna be detailed up with hoses, doodads, and greeblies, but I didn't have enough side-angle connector bricks and technic beams. I might try and work it into the ship as it evolves. (...) I will, thanks! <>-------<> Rick (...) (23 years ago, 14-Aug-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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Ay-yi-yi! Me like! Very cool Mecha Mladen. I'd have to say one of your best yet. I like the varide assortment of weapons and devices the thing can carrie as well as the fact that it carries spare ammo. IWhenever I see a handheld weaons and there (...) (23 years ago, 14-Aug-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Thanks a bunch! (...) Yeah, I tried to go for the bulky, VOTOMS-ish look. (...) Heh, I put more time into the bazooka and zero-g pack. As for the "vortex-looking" things, they are shaped charge rifle grenades. They are launched by a bullet (...) (23 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Ogel is back with a new weapon to affect world domination: The Train of Assimilation Here are the pics: (URL) following shot shows Ogel at the control of this super-fast train. (URL) the complex, multi-angle SNOT construction that pushes the width (...) (23 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.town) !!
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(...) Thanks Chris! Good observation, you are right about this mecha looking more natural. My previous mecha ('cept Joker) have had really crappy stances, I wanna change that. On a similar note, articulation is one of those obstacles I have yet to (...) (23 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) What's more, Bryan eyeballed it (no instructions, just the pics to work from). And you can't see it, because he hasn't installed opening doors/hatches yet, but he even included internal gatling cannon detail. Yup, I love how many LEGO builders (...) (23 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.build.military)
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Sorry about the big pics. I have croped them and made them smaller. I think all of them are resized. If anything is still to big just lemme know. plmkwyt jd #30 (23 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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Wow. Another great mech, as always! The widening contours of the legs really adds to the name of the mecha...that and shoulders combine to form a really hefty and stable looking mecha. Great accessories too! I'll have to go with your choice of the (...) (23 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) were twisted out a bit, such that the feet aren't pointing in the same direction. Your other more recent mecha also have this feature, but for some reason, it's very noticable on this mecha. It gives it a more natural pose. Seems like brute is (...) (23 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Dang! This is sweet! probably my favorite mecha of yours since Gouka... Like the big gun - a change of pace for you, no? I'm sure that as cool as it looks in the pic, it's that much better IRL! Man, you, me, Sun, Dave and Bryce have to get (...) (23 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Excellent - and it took only 36 hours?? Jeff J (23 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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First off, I built a new mecha. Basically, I just wanted to add as much weaponry on it as I could. The bazooka is my personal favourite. ;-) It also comes with a zero-g pack, radome, and smoke discharger system. Naturally, I was inspired heavily by (...) (23 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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(...) Bryan -- That's an excellent job you did there! Bryce's creations are amazing in VR, but having the physical embodiment to look at shows his talent (and yours!). Thanks for sharing it with us! (Now if only we could do it in olive drab...!) (...) (23 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.build.military)
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(...) It is a nice space craft, especially the interior. I had managed to build a LEGO space craft over twice as big, in terms of length, as your space craft, though, but due to a lack of parts, I was not able to give it much of an interior or much (...) (23 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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Here are 2 little ships I created a few nights ago. The first is a pod that is based off Gil Shaw's pod design. I see Jeremy Sproat and Jonothan Mizner built ones like it which I didn't discover till after. (URL) second is just a little red Courier (...) (23 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build) !
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(URL) have 2 new entries in the contest. Check 'em out. I'm working on prizes for the contest still. If it stays small like this I'll just be giving one prize to the best Galaxy Enforcer. I'll also most likely judge it myself. Contest ends August (...) (23 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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(...) Rick, Thank goodness for shoeboxes. I love the interior details, and the exterior look. The Keep Out sign was a real nice touch. Thanks, George (23 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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(...) Great Job!,Like it a lot! Keep up the good work! (23 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Here's my latest mecha for your approval. I haven't been building much since "real life" called so it's nice to be back in building mode. I was originally intending do an all brick mecha but got lazy and just built the head. Oh well, maybe in the (...) (23 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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In lugnet.space, Jeff DeJong writes: <snip> some cool stuff. Nice work. I like the base module. I need to stop looking at them though as i'm getting creators block seeing all the good stuff getting created. (...) You may want to consider resizing (...) (23 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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