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Re: New MOC: One-man Scout Ornithopter from "Dune"
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lugnet.space, lugnet.build
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Wed, 17 Oct 2001 14:15:37 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Paul Hanson writes:
> "I must rule with eye and claw - as the hawk among lesser birds."
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> - Duke Leto Atreides
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> Hi everyone -
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> I'm a big fan of Frank Herbert's "Dune", but I've never cared for the way that
> ornithopters have been shown in the movies and other illustrations. Other folks
> have tackled them in Lego, so I thought I'd give it a shot too.
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> (notably Allison Mackay http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=4276 and
> Bryan Hodges http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=2440)
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> Herbert's descriptions of 'thopters are pretty vague and somewhat confusing -
> sometimes buglike and sometimes birdlike. My version tends to be more birdlike.
> It features wings that can move, wingtips that retract (well, not really
> retract, but be removed :-)), seating for one, and a Holtzman generator for
> shields and repulsor-lift that pops out for maintenance.
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> Pictures are at:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=7580
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> I've made a GIF animation that shows the wings flapping (about 300K):
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=76696
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> And just for fun, I've made some of the characters from the book to go with it
> (any suggestions how to make a "grossly and immensely fat" minifig for Baron
> Harkonnen?)
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=7581
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> LMKWYT!
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> Thanks - Paul
Paul,
I think your 'thopters are the best of the three listed, they come pretty
close to capturing the feel I got from the books. Do you remeber where did
you get the felsh colored minifigs with the tubes/pipes on the face?
Thanks,
George
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