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(...) Kyle, This is a great Mech! I really like the compactness of it. It just has a look of sturdiness and that translates to power. Good job. I really liked the rounded missile bins. I think that is quite inovative to use half a cylinder. It may (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) snip Wow! You've got some great surface textures there, with the variety of parts you used. Great color scheme, too, I like the use of the black for the feet. Very solid and imposing--looks big too. (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Medieval Bot looks like its thinking, "Where's the ball field? I want to play ball!" Either that or, "Chop heads, chop heads..." I love the Silver Squidy. Looks sort of like a fat Cylon. -Jeff (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) OOH YEAH! I had a lot of fun learning from Soren's Skank bot when I reverse engineered it, but this one looks like something I might want to keep around to creep my mom out some more! You've captured the look perfectly, as always. It really (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(URL) I'm posting this for Soren. Enjoy! -Lenny (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, FTX) !
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Hello all, Its been quite a while since I've posted here and its been ages since I built anything. Its good to see some of the new builds out there, some truly awsome work! The latest project from D-Bloc, which is nearly completed, is "Gerraint". It (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !!
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(...) After a night of pondering, I have found more parts that create movement. I have also thought (any suggestions) that we should have a separate speed and strength number. Some parts are faster than their weight or visa versa. Here is the new (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Behold teh p0wer of teh BOOM SMACKY! (URL) Medieval Bot ====== (URL) Mr.Ham ===== (URL) Silver Squidy ===== -Lenny (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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(...) Okay, so maybe, I am a little interested in this project and Sundays are great relaxing days for me. So I wrote a perl script to calculate the ideal speed and strength variable for each mech type: Humanoid, Reverse Knee and Quad. Here are the (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Hah! Hey, I do squared off missile boxes too, ya know. But yeah, when you look at actual military hardware, there aren't any round parts unless there's a specific reason for them to be round, and there's no reason for a missile box to be (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Sweet, three woofs and jumping catfish! I acknowledge your critique about the proportions--the new feet added more visual weight, with really nothing added up top to balance it. But yeah, I'm starting to get into the studless/greebling style. (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Thanks for the feedback, Marco, especially about the photography, which is always the hardest part for me. For Christmas, my brother got me a lamp with an Eiko Photoflood 250 watt bulb. Despite my poor understanding of camera settings and (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Okay, I am back with more information. Speed and Strength ===...=== IMO these two are really inverses of each other. A speedy mech is not strong becuase it lacks the ability to carry enough armor. Now on the other hand a strong mech, because (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) So I am back with more information. As I have started to think this through I have determined, IMO, that what we are trying to do is score our Mech/Mecha against the figurative "Perfect" Mech in the areas of Articulation, Speed and Strength (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) I have some webspace that we can develop and test the initial software on. I can't really imagine the initial server load would be too heavy. Adding it to the LMHof is a great idea. (...) Great point and noted. I have started to develop a (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Well that's exactly what I think of it. I'm so glad about the progress I made driven by the replies to the original post. Thanks again for your statement on the feet. I gave a big step forward. (...) I've read a lot about that but couldn't (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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<snip> (...) Hmmm, yeah. Should be easy enough. Seems to me we create a series of look up tables, populate them with wieghts and keep a data dictionary handy for modification if needed. Then another table where mecha creations can be entereed with (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) This is a wonderful improvement Kyle! I just love the new, cold, hard look of the Widowmaker now. It's almost like and Iron Reich mecha, but even more evil. :-) The rounded missile launcher boxes still bother me. I've mentioned this to you (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Jumping catfish! Where to start. Studless. Big bitchin beefy legs, with greebling Integrated weapons that enhance the look pivoting cockpit Woof. Look, I don't have much for you save that the arms and body look just a touch (and only a touch) (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Wow, that looks so much better Marco. The whole feel and balance is great. Big kudos on showing the dismantled pic. Almost noone thinks of it but a big issue if you ever want to transport your creation. Cool man. Mark (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Woah, you bet I will. These look kind of fun actually. Can't wait to try it out. Spotlighted. Mark (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Thank you! (...) Hey, you make me feel honored. (...) It does. I have this combination in the knee. But without the technik beams outside the gear box. The trick with the 2L axle might help to reduce the problems I have with twisting of the (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Hello Kyle, this really shows an improvement. I liked the 1st virsion very much, but the 2nd looks even better. The new feet ar gorgeous. You also improved the covering of the technic click ball joints. Their color disturbs nearly every color (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Last May I posted a gray and black mech that had some cool points, but the color scheme was really fragmented, as you can see. (URL) Recently I was about to scrap it and sort it when I decided to see if I could improve the color scheme. I did (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !
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The extra commentary helps during the building. You rock! I wonder how many of those cool Insectoids helmuts I have. Check out (URL) B.I.P> and add your info under Mecha! e Freze Fan (20 years ago, 19-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.inst, FTX)
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(...) Great to hear. Stormwalker is a great Mech! (...) Awesome! (...) I like how you grew the feet. Wing plates work good on the feet, right?! They have a cool shape and match the body scheme well. An idea I wanted to share. I, and others have (...) (20 years ago, 19-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Hey this is very cool. Green too! Building while under the weather. You have more than one sickness. I ought to know! Very cool Mech. Fast build! I really like the boat hulls under the arms and the wedge bricks in the shoulder structure. I see cool (...) (20 years ago, 19-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Thank you Kyle! When I built Stormwalker I thought the weapons were go as they were. But in the replies to the original post nearly everybode told me they were to small. Well they all were right! I liked your idea of leaving the cockpit/body (...) (20 years ago, 19-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Missile banks flanking the cockpit is one of my personal favorite motifs. The overall style of the mech reminds me a lot of the Shadowcat, which is one of my favorite mechs to drive in MW4, although I think Velociraptor is at least twice as (...) (20 years ago, 19-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Hello Kyle, thanks for those instructions. I saw your power armor a while ago. I was fascinated and wanted to build one on my own. Well I failed! I couldn't figure out how you did it. But now I'm gonna have my own. And I will post it! (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 19-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Nice work, Marco, the big guns are sweeeeeet! A good match for the main body. Also, kudos on bringing the hips closer together. Only a couple studs, as you mentioned, but I often find even small improvements are worthwhile. (20 years ago, 19-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Eric, as well as some reviewers on MOCpages, suggested I publish instructions for my power armor design, and I finally got around to it. The basic structure is pretty simple--if you were looking for a design you could mass produce for a diorama or (...) (20 years ago, 19-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Hi Brian, yes the lift arms twist under the weight. No they don't cause wobbliness or undesired movement. You can see what happens on this picture (URL). The turntables should stand nearly verticaly upright. They dont because of the twisted (...) (20 years ago, 19-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Good Morning (it's 3:30 a.m. for me) Lugnet.Build.Mecha, As you know, or even if you don't, I am a newbie to Mecha but I would like to make a contribution to the "Mecha Sport" since I have loved reading about and working on Mecha. So here is my idea (...) (20 years ago, 19-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.org.us.cedarlug, FTX)
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(...) Marco, Just so I get a better understanding, the Liftarm twists under the weight of the Mech causing "wobbliness" or undesired movement? However, the liftarm has not broken nor twisted to the point that it is forever ruined? Brian (20 years ago, 19-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Thanks to everybody who replied on (URL) Stormwalker>. It gave a strong motivation to me getting such constructive critics. They brought me to rethink the design which resulted in some modifications. The overall result I'd like to share. So this is (...) (20 years ago, 19-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Hello Brian, it's two of (URL) Technic, Liftarm 1 x 4 Thin> built into (URL) Technic, Gearbox Half> mounted on a Z40. The lift arms are the ones that twist. Let me know what you both find out (URL) Marco> (20 years ago, 19-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Well, that IS a nice idea, but so far at least, I've never seen any train decorative slides and wheel blocks used as greebling. So you now know hwat to expect, in general ;-) Legoswami Samarth (20 years ago, 19-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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A while back I saw (URL) these by Christopher Snead. So I was inspired to create my own. (URL) Each has their own back story, so I'll run through them in the chronological order in which I built them. MD-9 (URL) When the Fetts (Jango, Boba, Xanus (...) (20 years ago, 19-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) "So clever you could put wiskers and a tail on it and call it a weasel." (...) Nope. It's a low slung cockpit meant for looking forward and down. Doesn't it ever bother you that all these monstrous mechs can see forward and above but not (...) (20 years ago, 19-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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