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(...) Impressive work as always! Good to know that (URL) rumours> of your retirement were a little exaggerated. Spotlighted. Thanks for sharing. Cheers Richie Dulin (17 years ago, 5-Jan-08, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !
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(...) Just thinking of what it would say, is um...scary! lol (...) Thank you, Mag Bas. You are brave as you are kind. PEACE! Eric (...) (17 years ago, 31-Dec-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Season's Greetings Marco! (...) The Rizmit was always meant to be cartoony and it made use of those kinds of proportions for 'its' looks. The Beeesh to me, was meant to look and be like a little gremlin. The Grelnix was designed to fit (...) (17 years ago, 30-Dec-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Hi Dave! I tried to maintain a smooth look through out the build. Using as many rounded slopes as I could. The obscure parts like the tow truck hitches were some of the first parts I played around with to come up with the look. Thanks for (...) (17 years ago, 30-Dec-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Hey Kevin, nice to hear from you! Happy New Year. After I published pictures of the Grelnix to Brickshelf, I went to your Inchworm 3 and 4 galleries then stared at the pictures trying to figure out how you made them work! More, on that later, (...) (17 years ago, 30-Dec-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Wow! That's a lot of Ball joints. Born on Christmas day...10 pounds 33 inches, splayed ankles and almost studless....(with two turntables and a microphone). You should really consider a microphone next time, and one of those squak-box things (...) (17 years ago, 30-Dec-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Thank's for shareing Eric, I'm happy you restarted building! The Grelnix seems to me the perfect symbiosis of Rizmit (my alltime Fav up to now) and the Beesh. But there are some things which are much better as with those two: The proportions (...) (17 years ago, 29-Dec-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) snip (...) I did!! Wow!! Hardly a stud to be seen--that's inspiring on its own! I love how you use obscure parts--the red tow truck hook from yor for the top of the head--cute! Nicely done! Dave K (17 years ago, 28-Dec-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Eric, Great work! Kevin (17 years ago, 28-Dec-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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New Mecha: Grelnix ==== Completed X-mas Day 2007. (URL) 6 weeks to construct. 33 inches tall. Nearly 10 pounds. 6 Technic Turntables. 2 Pilots - Head / Chest. Ball joints for ankle splay. Jet Pack - 9v Battery Box. Quad ball joint setup / neck. (...) (17 years ago, 28-Dec-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.technic, lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !
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Hi Jon!, this might seem odd, but I like the yellow 2x2 plates and how they add to the way your mechs look. Yep, that was odd. Still I like them. Also, I was wondering, please tell me, if you had your choice of which Mech to make from the inner (...) (17 years ago, 18-Dec-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Hello all, Here are my latest projects. This is the rebuild of the crusher (URL) is the Brute, a construction mech. (URL) is the Brute modified for combat. (URL) here is the inspiration for the brute. This is from Mechwarrior Dark Age (URL) (17 years ago, 17-Dec-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc)
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(...) Ah, building a mech bay is a great suggestion. Hopefully my future builds will be able to stand on their own (!), but if not, this would definitely be the way to go for a better presentation. Thanks Eric! Dennis (17 years ago, 27-Nov-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Thanks Travis. Glad you like the mech and its photos. Yes, it is unable to stand on its own. I need to learn more about joint capabilities and also improve my building so that things don't end up being so heavy. :) Dennis (17 years ago, 27-Nov-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Hey, coolness. I never made anything in those colors before, I like it. The way you built the cabin on top is really makes this design for me. Like it can take on action from all sides. (Lol, sorry j/k) As always, your technical battle readouts are (...) (17 years ago, 25-Nov-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Hello! Clean and neat design! I see you also rebuilt the legs and feet. Maybe instead of a stand, you could create a lite mech bay to prop it up. Just a thought. Wow those are some jet boosters! Wonderful photography. I liked seeing the presentation (...) (17 years ago, 25-Nov-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Hello, All I've been busy again! I decided to rebuild an old design...The Black Widow. However in the course of building, it quickly became apparent that I had a completely new design on my hands. I present to you , the Recluse (Tarantula probably (...) (17 years ago, 25-Nov-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) I don't normally follow the .mecha group, but I saw this model posted on the LUGNET front page, and I have to say that I really, REALLY like this mech. Visually, it just seems to me to capture that anime spirit really well. (It makes me think (...) (17 years ago, 23-Nov-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(2 URLs) Full gallery> <url=(URL) Flickr> Hooray for Thanksgiving holiday builds. This uses a basic click joint frame (based on Izzo's and Nnenn's click joint frames), which was a pain due to my blocky style of building and resulting heaviness. Next (...) (17 years ago, 21-Nov-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Thanks, E ! -Jon (17 years ago, 11-Nov-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Sunday + coffee + Jon's mechs = A good day! Good build, good parts, slick design. Keep 'em coming! Eric (17 years ago, 11-Nov-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Sunday + coffee + Jon's mechs = A good day! Good build, good parts, slick design. Keep 'em coming! Eric (17 years ago, 11-Nov-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) They look good. And oh man, do they bring back memories of my Technic friction pin days. -Jon (17 years ago, 7-Nov-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Freaky even!! (...) Thanks, Fradel. As you probably figured out by now, I am a total Battletech junkie. I've been building mechs out of Lego since I started playing 15 years ago. as I mentioned in a recent post, I have been trying to improve (...) (17 years ago, 7-Nov-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Well I tried to reply to this earlier but for some reason it did not take. So here it is from what I can reproduce from memory: It is kind of a coincidence but earlier this morning I was perusing through my 3055 manual in the Inner Shpere-Clan (...) (17 years ago, 6-Nov-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Hey gang. While surfing the 'shelf I found a builder new to the Mecha genre. The look of his mechs and the simple joint-tech caught my eye. The combinations of common pieces for join-tech were something I didn't even realize when I tried making my (...) (17 years ago, 6-Nov-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Hello all, Been busy again! I present to you my newest creation. The Balrog (URL) as a companion mech to the Phalanx IIC, it has a weapons that are suitable for up close and personal combat, as well as, tagging targets at long distances. Enjoy! -Jon (17 years ago, 6-Nov-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) P.P.S BTW were you aware that I do actually run a game of Battletech with these once a year at a convention called Marcon held in Columbus, OH ? (...) (17 years ago, 29-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Thanks, E I've been trying to improve the flow and color schemes of my designs as of late. As well as, try new methods of construction within the range of what I am comfortable with doing. (I just don't have the time or patience to do what you (...) (17 years ago, 29-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Thanks, Marco Glad you like them. As far as that pistol is concerned, the design was a total accident. I originally was going to have all three toes be 1 stud wide like the toes on the side of the feet, but ran into posability problems. I had (...) (17 years ago, 29-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Fradel In reference to the Taunt, can you post a pic of what piece you're referring to? As far as the inspiration for the design of the Ichneumen, Cicada Killer, and the Fidget 2, I used the Chameleon. It's an old design as far as the (...) (17 years ago, 29-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Hello Jon, very well done. What I like on those three is the playability (like always). The modular Weapons on the Watcher are really nice. But my absolute favourite is the gun on the upper/right arm: (URL) Keep building and posting (URL) Marco> (17 years ago, 28-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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One of my favorite traditions is to wake up on Sunday, have my coffee and look at cool MOCs. Thank you, it has been a while since I have done that. Great work on all three mechs! Eric (17 years ago, 28-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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One of my favorite traditions is to wake up on Sunday, have my coffee and look at cool MOCs. Thank you, it has been a while since I have done that. Great work on all three mechs! Eric (17 years ago, 28-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) NIce job on the omnimech refit. I dig the weapons modularity and the pose in pic Watcher-1. The Taunt remindes me of that Inner Shere battlesuit from the TV show. I'm not sold on the canopy, have you tried something like the RGS canopy? The (...) (17 years ago, 27-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Hello all, Been very productive in the last few weeks. I have 2 that are redsigns of old mechs (circa 1999), and 1 completely new one. here is the redesign of the watcher (URL) are its modular weapons (URL) here is the redesign of the taunt (URL) (...) (17 years ago, 27-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Thanks, Marco It's very poseable. The only structural flaw I have found is in the armor baffles around the knee. -Jon (17 years ago, 25-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Hi folks, I found this on (URL). Seems to me quite nice. (URL) What do you think about it? Use the up-button also, there is more to see. Cheers (URL) Marco> (17 years ago, 22-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Hello Jon, looks amazing. Seems to be quite poseable and playable. Good work Marco (17 years ago, 22-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Thanks, Eric -Jon (17 years ago, 10-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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