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(...) I couldn't find the right words but that's exactly what I felt when I read your posts. So it must have been... (...) Mostly a language difference: my e-mail adress ends with skynet.be , these adresses are only found in Belgium, which is not an (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mosaic, FTX)
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I've been on vacation lately and took my xpods with me the results are on brickshelf: transformers made with 2 xpods: (2 URLs) and some dino's made from the yellow one - my absolute favorite! (2 URLs) cheers! (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Eric. To comment on your post on MOC pages, you said, "An Urban Combat scene! How cool! It takes time to make the Mecha let alone the scenery! Bravo! More! e " I agree. I found much more satisfaction building some Mecha that I enjoyed (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Thanks. I wish I would have spent more time on the city. The details are wanting on almost every building but it was fun to get my feet wet with that type of micro city. As you can tell the Mechs only took me a few hours to build but the city (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Hoping to overcome some of those problems in my z24 model (...) Thanks. It was my first build with Bionicle pieces. Even though the math didn't completely work on the triangular legs, I felt like it came out nicely. (...) Thanks. At first I (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) What do you mean by 'on top'? Are these butt-to-butt bricks supposed to form a flat surface, or upright walls with the studs facing out left and right, or a vertical wall with studs up and down? Can you handle sticking-out bits or studs on one (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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Hey cool, I like the Urban Combat layout, I want to see more of that! e (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) (URL) Bots-by-You! (2 URLs) Build-a-Bot> by Eric Sophie (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) The Feet are so well done. The Hands are new and pretty cool. I like how well the legs came out. This is a very smooth remake. Nice job. I always liked the head! Glad that stayed the same! Plus, I gotta say, DUDE! 6 Titan XPs! That rocks! e (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Yo, Brian, the OmniDroid is easily the best of the bunch as far as the mechs go, but you've proven something much much more important. THE SCENE ROCKS! A few creations, in even a smallish setting make for an awesome creation overall. This is a (...) (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Here's a three-trunk tree that I built for my railway layout: (URL) I used 2L black technic liftarms to attach more flex tubes to the central one. The white blobs underneath are geese! Also a tall thin tree next to an office block: (URL) tree uses a (...) (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc) !!
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-snippity- Brian, The mechs themselves seem a bit on the skinny side. A bit too colorful and thin-limbed to be convincing warmechs. I like the concept of the Omnidroid, and the way you carried it out with the bionicle pieces. But what I really liked (...) (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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After building my first Mech the (URL) ABD-I> I decided that I also needed an alien race to battle (You know how Mech, unless your Eric, leads to war). So I present the Kalate OmniDroid (URL) Since I am still progressing and learning about Mechs, I (...) (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.org.us.cedarlug, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX) !
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(...) i will take all the sugestions i can get! and i think all of us working together would be a good thing. it seems that you two know way more about dithering then i do. Cory, i wish i understood how you were doing your dithering cause your (...) (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mosaic, FTX)
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(...) WHOOSH... this lower half just flew over my head. I'm not very clear on exactly what you want here. But I followed your question. Have you tried log (both 1 x 2 and 1 x 4) bricks with 2L technic rods shoved up and attached to each other (...) (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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(...) In how large or small a space are you hoping to accomplish this reversal? I have an idea, but it might not fit in the scale you're envisioning. Dave! (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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I'm soliciting solutions to a not-unfamiliar SNOT-construction quandry: What's the best way to attach brown bricks butt-end to butt-end (the ends opposite the studs) securely, using only brown pieces that are readily available (i.e. available in (...) (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX) !
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(...) Yeah yeah! And during the CNE there's one in FOOD BUILDING. BTW, my dad saw the layout you guys had set up on the Canal! I think he talked to someone, but I'm not sure who. I was at my parents last night and my dad was showing me pictures on (...) (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
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(...) They're absolutely delicious--while working in Ottawa one summer, I ate there three times a day, for a full week, primarily on a dare by my manager who said he'd authorize me submitting 21 Beavertails as "business expense" if I tried. At least (...) (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, FTX)
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(...) I have some ideas for new ball jointed frames. I keep wanting to build a spider. (...) yo, ? (...) The additional dual ball joints located beyond the main single pivoted ball joint, allow the Arm, Leg, and or Ankle, to hold the intended (...) (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Thank you. :) (...) I want to work with you on a new drop ship class. Game? (...) Thanks again, think about it. e (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Hey that is cool, and that is what I like to hear. Not that the model was cool, but rather how it made you curious and so you looked closer to see how it made you feel and what the relations between the pieces were. Nice. (...) Thanks, that is (...) (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Cool, plus I always thought that a joint housing would have rounded element to look like the cover to a motor or other drive mechanisms. (...) Oh, thank you, I enjoy leaving my shell and reaching out to others. Most all my creations link to (...) (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Cool, right? Plus I think it goes on as we know, more often then some may realize or may not be all that aparent, builders work together. AFoL's share ideas and drive eachother. (...) Ahh? do ya necc. think so? (...) True for the Gla hands. (...) (20 years ago, 13-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) many thanks. the tent in which we displayed was set up very conveniently located beside one of their kiosks on the canal and the members of the group were lucky enough to benefit from their healthy fare! poor janey was supposed to come up for (...) (20 years ago, 13-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, FTX)
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in a previous (URL) post>, i outlined some details of parlugment's most recent show, winterlude on ice. another moc created specifically for this layout features a part of the staple diet of the crazy canuck during the wintertime. in this (...) (20 years ago, 13-Feb-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, FTX) !!
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last weekend, canada's capital began its annual celebration of winter, known as winterlude, on the longest skating rink in the world, the rideau canal. ottawa's lego group, parlugment, was invited by the national capital commission to exhibit an (...) (20 years ago, 13-Feb-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, FTX) !!
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That's some nice work. I have been looking for some way to make custom garage door Your design has inspired me to make some variations: Design 1: (URL) of your design base on 3L lift arm and 3L stud-less beam. The chain is strong but the large plate (...) (20 years ago, 13-Feb-05, to lugnet.build)
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"David Eaton" <deaton@intdata.com> wrote in message news:IBtK0H.6EA@lugnet.com... (...) They seem much less likely to pop off if you can get them to snap on properly. And I really mean snap on, with an audible snapping sound. I've had 1x3 plates (...) (20 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.build)
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(...) As I said before, that was 90% of the work... creating a palette of LEGO colors that were exact. A lot of trial-and-error was involved. Since my color mosaic of my girl looks exactly like the computer-generated image, I feel I was successful (...) (20 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mosaic, FTX)
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(...) (URL) Yes>. (URL) These reduce the distance from the wheel surface, and with the addition of a hinge brick top, can be effectively driven by a 24x43 wheel+tyre. Of course they could also be easily reduced to a 2x8 footprint. ROSCO (20 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) I actually tried that, hoping that they'd stick well, but sadly the links seemed to pop off pretty easily. We sorta had the same problem with NELUG's quarry display, since the plates or bricks we stuck to the conveyor belts would keep popping (...) (20 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Even if every website had the same value for 'blue', it seems obvious that even TLC is sending out 'blue' parts that vary from a single color... (URL) (20 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mosaic)
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(...) You can easily get eight wide tracks with the conveyor links, simply attach a 1x8 plate or tile across two lniks spaced appropriately. The conveyor links are designed to accept 1xn plates where n is greater than four. Steve (20 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Every website uses different RGB-values (I did too). So which one is EXACT? (Have you read the post on the HP night bus? Many shades of the same colour...) Example: Red (196,40,27) on (URL) (196,40,27) on (URL) (223,0,50) on (URL) (189,56,38) (...) (20 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mosaic, FTX)
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(...) Huh-- I never remember what the right format is for an image inside the link. I just copied it off of someone else's post that showed up in FTX, and used that. Worked on the preview, so I assumed it was right :) I'm guessing that it not (...) (20 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.build)
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(...) That's just because he forgot to put a space in front of '<' (FTX should really enforce this!). Cutting out the essentials gives us: (URL) does work (at least for me). (20 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Huh! I hadn't thought of that, but those old links might work since they've got studs on 'em. If only they were available in quantity (and for cheap!) (...) Yeah, most of what I see is conveyor links. Initially I was planning on using about (...) (20 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.build)
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(...) The URL's are configured for Lugnet's web view (news and mail readers probably can't see them easily)-- they seem to work ok on the web interface at the moment (unless you mean that my webserver was temporarily unavailable). For the FTX (...) (20 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Ever thought of the old gears, like from (URL) this> set? I actually don't have any but it seems a small one might work for what you are describing. This is pretty cool Dave. Usually the big treads I see are modified conveyer belt links. Can't (...) (20 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) Your picture links don't seem to work, which is a shame as I'd be interested to se how they work. Steve (20 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) Hi Nathanael, Looks great! There are some clever SNOT elements you've included with it. It's really neat how you used the Wedge 4 x 4 x 2/3 Curved ((URL) see Peeron>) to give contours to the sides instead of having flat "walls" on the sides. I (...) (20 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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So, I need big treads. About 400-500 studs long total, and about 8-studs wide. I've jury-rigged some prototype treads, and I'm fairly happy with them, but I'm curious to see some other examples. Anyone know of any? Here's what I've got so far: (6 (...) (20 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: Today's offer from JJ's furniture store: Spanish Wall
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Hey Jojo, Very nice. I always thought of these screens as Japanese for some reason. This MOC makes me think of that Monty Python sketch in the marriage counselor's office. Bruce (20 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) LOL, this is available at a dozen well-known LEGO websites including Peeron. Now you can add those RGBs to your 'program'. It seems silly to me to create a LEGO mosaic... using colors that are far from the colors of the corresponding LEGO (...) (20 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mosaic, FTX)
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(...) It also seems that the Euro cab-overs have much taller windshields, that seem to bulge outward from the cab. I guess it gives the driver greater vision immediately in front of the truck for easier/safer manoeuvring in confined spaces. Also it (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.build)
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Hello all, I've tried to build one of the (URL) set #4403 Air Blazers> alternatives that doesn't have full instructions: the jet fighter with two parallel tails and adustable wings. I've never been a real master builder, and I'm man enough to admit (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
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(...) Thanks :-) I particularly like the fact that the effect is easier to achieve with Lego in 8mm scale than in HO or OO in 3.5mm or 4mm scale. Using SNOT with grille tiles gives a finer grille than just alternating plates, and there's some relief (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.schleim)
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(...) This is an interesting technology and great Mech -- thanks. I have a few questions for either Eric or MC7 -- I noticed that some of the joints have multiple ball joints. Does that stiffen the joint and at the same narrow movement to one axis? (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) I don't think so; look closely and it's not too hard to make out a spec of white. My guess is that the hip piece (the part that the seperate legs hinge onto) is white. So, she's got panties on. Not that I care...or anything. --Josh (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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(...) effective. Six Titan XP's? You must have one of the largest collections of dark blay on the planet (not to mention orange...). I especially like the back view, particularly the backs of the legs. This is sometimes a weak area on mechs. Not (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Cool! Someone else who knows McCloud (and Aragones!). D'you know, I've owned that book for years, and never made the connection to it being useful in thinking about Lego? Silly me... Anyway, well done, Erik. This is a usefully (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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(...) 2 quick off the cuff things I know of... cabover vs conventional, and total bumper to bumper length. Someone European can comment in more detail but IIRC, European loading gauges and length restrictions tend to make shorter trucks more (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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Hello! (...) That's up to your imagination... Lar, however, had a point. "Chinese screens" sounds plausible. Thanks! Bye Jojo (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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(...) I don't know if it really matches a Peterbuilt or a Mack but ye-Gods man, I'd say you have one awesome looking truck none the less. It certainly appeals to me, and once again reminds me that 2005 is going to be a banner year for Lego sets. Out (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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Why doesn't the 4883 Gear Grinders set have 6 big tyres instead of only 5??! I'm a bit disappointed because now I had to use 1 extra tyre to build this American truck: (URL) Once moderated click (URL). I'm not sure if it has the right proportions of (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, FTX) !!
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Great project, both of you guys. It's made me think about what possibilities might lie in builder collaboration. It might be difficult to get such good results as you got, however. (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) one of these.... Mark (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) way. Definant improvement over prior designs. the face has just awesome personality. I'm liking the hands, those hinges can be hard to use (I think they look chunky) but it works here. cool. Proportions are very well done. When you get (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(URL) My 2nd Bot with the Lowell Sphere. Stole the claws from a Japanese Mech. Enjoy. -Lenny (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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(...) Thanks for this suggestion. that way i wont get colums of bricks all the same size and the layers will be more interlocked. great idea! bob (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mosaic)
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(...) hi Maarten, you bring up a good point. it never occurred to me that weight would also be an issue. this now becomes a weight vs. part count efficiency problem. i'm going to have to go find the weight of the parts i'm using and do some (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mosaic)
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(...) Go ask on JLUG, ( (URL) ) they'll tell you there... Hope that helps! I agree, cute build... I'm guessing that's the Leia torso I can just about almosty barely make out??? Spotlighted. Thanks for sharing, JoJo. (In the US I've just heard these (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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(...) JoJo, you awakened the voyeur within me. I especially like the towel hanging from the side, it's a nice effect. Thanks for sharing. So I HAVE to know: Is she completely naked behind that? ;-) Legoswami Samarth (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, FTX)
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Dressing Screens ? Very cute build. I won't ask what she is draping over the top though :) good work. (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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| | Today's offer from JJ's furniture store: Spanish Wall
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Hello! Though I do not know if "Spanish Wall" is what this kind of furniture is called in English. Anyway, in German it is. - This one is someway in the style of the Art Nouveau and that's not exactly suitable for my current MOC. So I thought I'd (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.people.adults, FTX) !!
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(...) Oooh! Now that's a sentence with wonderfully ominous potential. Bulwer-Lytton awards, anyone? Dave! (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mosaic, FTX)
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(...) Because nothing is truly without color; there are things darker than lego black. Also, using a slightly-less-than-t...ally-black shade allows outlines to be drawn with RGB(0,0,0) and still show up (at least, somewhat). And with shading (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mosaic, FTX)
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(...) Indeed, the more colours you use, the smoother the image will be. But not everybody has that many colours at his disposal. (...) Isn't that inside information of TLG? Where did you find this information? I contacted TLG about it, but never got (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mosaic, FTX)
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| | Re: The Ryetsumaki - MC7 Ball Joint Frame
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I really like this mech Eric. When I first saw it I was able to make out your style immediately but it looked so much more "human like" and proportional that I had to study it. I agree with comments made earlier exept for the hands. I think they are (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) I usually do that too. I also think it would be cool if Brickshelf could pull up a thumbnail from lower down when a folder just contains further folders. Anyway, what's odd about that picture is there's something missing from the thumbnail. If (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.schleim)
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This is a Little Bot I made using the instructions in Eric Sophie's Brickshelf Gallery.This is the second one I have made and I have to say it is a well thought out design.I had fun making it and plan to keep it around for a good while. Hope you (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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This is Tatsumaki Ver.2 This is a remake of the original using parts from 6 Titan XP sets that I have. I think this remake is by far better than the original. Let me know what you think. Thanks, Marcus Clancy Brickshelf Gallery (URL) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Hi Eric, this looks different and very familiar. I like it very much. When I first examined the pictures I couldn't see what made me feel that familiar (despite the head). Reading Mark's reply an then looking at the pictures once more I realised it. (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Hey Jojo, Very cool. I especially like the rabbit over on the left. I've played around with (URL) designs> in the past, but never come up with anything I really liked. I'll have to borrow that idea someday. Bruce (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, FTX)
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Hey Eric, Rad! It's cool to see two builder's styles come together and produce a hybrid that still contains the flavors of both. Bravo! I like the fact that Ryetsumaki's skin is totally you, Eric, but the proportions of Marcus' frame pushed you in a (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) <big snip> Jason, the windmill is really cool. When I visit a Brickshelf gallery, I usually click on the "Up" menu, just to take a sneak pick on other projects, pictures, etc. I did it on your gallery, and I saw my train station floor in (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.schleim)
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(...) My head is spinning from these techniques. Beautiful work. Thanks for sharing the details. later, James Mathis (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.loc.de, lugnet.build.schleim)
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(...) Hey cool,I like that. Thanks. (...) I really try not to copy themes but rather just build with the shapes I like to use. Look at it like this. I was sent a frame, I built a mech. Where my head is really at is this: I want to make a fully (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) :) (...) Thanks, I have some green tile wall thingies in trans green, but everything I did made it look bulky, so I left it as is in that case. Still needs something heh? (...) I was thinking of changing them to Grey like the body color. (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) My first impression was "ugh, Sophie managed to take a new and cool frame, totally different than his traditional stuff, and make it look just like everything else he built..." But, then I read Mark Neumann's reply, which called attention to (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Aww hey that is great. It was fun and such a releif to be honest that I didn't have to scratch engineer my own joints. The skip ahead and build factor was much apreciated. Unussual feeling at that, thank you. Glad you like the result. I am (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) I'm not sure if you mean it's too big or too small - I'd say it's pretty close for minifigs! I saw several on the island of different sizes. This would count as one of the largest, but size of this style varies depending on where you go. Some (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.schleim)
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wow, wow, wow. OK, big props to Marcus for supplying the frame and the inspiration. Eric, this is an awesome build, especially for an all nighter. It's just a shame that there aren't parts to match to close up a few holes. Like a trans green plate (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) WOW!! I am not sure what to say. About a month ago I sent Eric the frame for study. I did that so he could see it first hand. When I first say his Little Bot I thought it was cool but appreciated more after I built my own. Hence the reason for (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Hello! When I was browsing BrickShelf and I saw this windmill it was crying "Don Quijote!" to me. :-) That's a cool building, both in terms of building techniques and in terms of realism. It's not exactly minifig scale, though, is it? Bye Jojo (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.schleim)
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Hello! While I was at it... (URL) me, I'm a link!>> Bye Jojo (URL) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
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Sometime back I bagan an online study with fellow Mecha Builder (URL) MC7>. MC7 has been working on Ball Jointed frame tech. His debut of this technology was the creation of the (URL) Tetsumaki>. (URL) The frame he developed made use of the hand (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, lugnet.technic, FTX) !
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This is a windmill based on one I photographed in Fuerteventura¹. I made it a while ago and tried to photograph it then, but these pictures are a bit better. (URL) Windmill>> Click the image for the Brickshelf folder. It took me a while to come up (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
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(...) Thanks William, "I say, I say, Thank you son" <--(Must be said with heavy Foghorn Leghorn accent.) I have been thinking about that, particularly after seeing "Toshiya's" great work at brickshelf (URL) been recently inspired by the new designer (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.build.sculpture)
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(...) '+lugnet/building -mecha' summary option would be nice. I'll add that to my wish list under a '+recent -bionicle' browse option on brickshelf. Anyway, I'll try to take some pictures. But, the general idea is to have the top half of your roof (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.schleim)
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(...) I think you should lay off the anime for a while ;-) Too much Rouruni Kenshin ain't good for health! Legoswami Samarth (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) I saw something similar a few month ago, somewhere in the NET. Remembered it while building Paladin and thought it could fit. Seems I was right. (...) Thanks for the reply (URL) Marco> (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Well, I agree. We don't play! We build and then spend days on posing our creations for the best pictures. BTW, how do you shout your fantastic pictures? Mine don't come out that good... (...) I allready started with the refinement, but have to (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Cool! I expect you to top the benchmark. C'mon, you can do it! I'll even help however I can. Let's make whoop-@$$ mechs! (...) I dig it, I do. I share that. Shogun does seem to have some conflict within. The soul doesn't seem, complete. It (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Smack my MOC! - Fly Mech
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(snippage) Eric, What a great MOC and a great departure from the Sophie-Bot (please don't take offense at that comment--Bot is nice, but sometimes its great to take a turn down a different road now and then). I, for one, would love to see how those (...) (20 years ago, 8-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) here we go (URL) CSF LINK>. You are right Kyle, it was Ley's. It's been bugging me and I hate to not correctly remember where I liberate stuff from. (I kind of feel like a fool, it was easy enough to find...) Also borrowed is the arm tech from (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Yeah, I recognized that. I'm pretty sure it was Ley Ward's idea, which makes it kind of ironic that it got used as a massive rifle magazine. (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Affordable public air transportation at its finest in the Coruscant skies, even droids can use without any repercussions. Designed using the Twin-Pod Cloud car from Cloud City as inspiration making use of the (URL) windscreens> from the (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
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(...) snip Marie needs her ride... Dave K (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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