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(...) I figured this was next and I was wondering how you would make the carp pennants. And I bet that balaclava head is a daruma! :-) Your vignettes bring back memories of years spent in Japan as a child and of looking out the window on the ride to (...) (19 years ago, 13-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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A follow-up to my (URL) Hina-Matsuri (Girl's Day)> vignette, (URL) is Boy’s Day - Celebrated on May 5th. (URL) Click for images Now known as "Children's Day" in Japan (a National holiday), this is the day when sons are traditionally honored. Most (...) (19 years ago, 13-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, FTX) !
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How many people would be interested in doing a Formula 1 race car building contest? I am thinking of doing one and wanted to see how many people would enter. The contest would be to build a micro, mini-fig, or model team scale F1 race car. Here are (...) (19 years ago, 13-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.contests)
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| | Re: IRON MECHA Results!
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Thank you all for your kind words regarding my nearly-studless mecha. You all understood what I was going for: techno-organic in an unusual colorscheme. Just finishing this model was a labor of love and was far more difficult that I could have ever (...) (19 years ago, 13-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) snip (...) To be honest, I don't think you need to do anything to beef up the legs. They look good to me just the way they are! However, I would try to protect the point where the leg meets the body in some way. (...) There are many different (...) (19 years ago, 12-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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After buying a few Exo-Force sets, I decided that I wanted to do something in that style. Using (URL) Uplink> as a base, I created a Combat Mechanic. (2 URLs) Brickshelf Folder> The goal was to build an exo-skeleton(1) in the Exo-Force style, but to (...) (19 years ago, 12-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) I'm glad you like it. Those joints are great but I definitely wanted to keep them armored as much as possible. You lose some range of motion definitely but I didn't want it to be a target. Thanks for checking out the other stuff too. I'll try (...) (19 years ago, 12-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Thanks man. There will be more on the site as I continue to update the backlog. BTW, when do we get to see more of your power armor? Those thing's are great. I'd love to see a dio of a squad in action. F (19 years ago, 12-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Seen on the Make blog: (URL) link: (URL) up tongue from floor...) (19 years ago, 11-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: 2 SNOT-heavy MOCs: Open wagon and WAG-7 Class
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Crap... Sorry about replying to my own post, but I forgot the credits: The loco headlamp was basically done by Tim Gould, (thanks!) and the window-as-ladder is taken off of Beat Felber's (URL) work>. Legoswami (19 years ago, 11-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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Well okay they're both CAD but I'm reasonably sure the construction techniques work. First on my list is this wagon inspired by the very talented misterzumbi's (URL) box car>: (2 URLs) Long story short: Tim G. figured the SNOTing used to get the (...) (19 years ago, 11-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX) !
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(...) Thanks. I had some requests to see the unaltered pics of the Vore Del Mecha, though that's sort of like seeing a picture of a guy in an Alien suit sipping coffee before the camera rolls. ;-) It's just not scary without the flashing strobes and (...) (19 years ago, 11-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Nice! Very heavy-duty look, and I like how the black-and-gray scheme turned out. Having the reverse-knee armor plating mounted on a separate set of click-hinges is an inventive way of armoring-up those Exo-Force joints. I had a look at the (...) (19 years ago, 11-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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For what it's worth, I think Brian Cooper's Bandolero was my favourite right from the start. The story was lost a little on me since I don't hardly speak a word of Spanish. I am grateful for the recently posted unedited shots of the finished mech. (...) (19 years ago, 11-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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It would be interesting to see if you have found ways to use parts in an environment totally different from what it was meant to be in. Like some cute single-purpose Scala utensil in a sci-fi scene or some hopeless Duplo block... well somewhere, I (...) (19 years ago, 10-Feb-06, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Hey Fradel. Great mech. My favorite parts are the 'beefyness' of it, weapons and censors. The design certainly fits what you were going for and I also think it can be used as a training mech. BTW, I checked out the rest of your mechs and (...) (19 years ago, 10-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Better yet. Add it at a slight angle and add a sloped roof leading up to it. Oooh! I like this train a lot. Wish I'd spotted it first ;) More Soviet trains is always nice. Looking forward to seeing it finished. Tim (19 years ago, 10-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.arch)
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Ah, the cab windows seemed harder to pull off than the side windows, which is why I focused on those. For the nose though, I don't see why he wouldn't be able to use the new window on the crane car in the freight set. I didn't mean the Krokodil (...) (19 years ago, 10-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) you know, I thought I would be too; before I started playing with lego as an AFOL, I only had a glimpse or two of the new colours and had thought that they were pretty evil. But now I really like the light bley, and I've come to like lime and (...) (19 years ago, 10-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Just because I'll tag Ma Goldie doesn't mean I'm blind--I simply close my eyes and remind myself that it's all for the money. Although you'd have to excuse me for mistaking them for each other--and for that matter, you too, Keith--since short (...) (19 years ago, 10-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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