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Re: new mecha
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Mon, 19 Jan 2004 04:02:08 GMT
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> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=69440
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> Jason... Firstly, thanks for the compliments, but they are unecessary. :-)
au contraire, mon capitan! compliments are definately in order...you are about
half my age and your skill is twice that of mine. i am humble to say the least.
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> Secondly, this multiped mecha seriously pwns (meh I play too many FPS shooters).
i play fps shooters as well, but i have no idea what pwns means. please fill me
in.
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> Aside from being a homage to my work, what really struck me as great about this
> MOC is how so much of your "style" infiltrated into it. It's a wonderful, and
> very original (IMHO) piece of work.
come to think of it, it does reflect my style. it uses the same chain gun and
rockets on my rotgeist.
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> Now let's get on to what rules:
> 1) The weapons are beautiful. From the multi-barreled rotary guns to the copious
> missiles, it's apparent this mecha is ready for some serious combat. The
> anti-personnel machine guns fore and aft are nice too.
got the anti-personnel guns idea from you, sport!
> 2) The central ladder, cockpit, and engine compartment add a flair of realism to
> this already quite reasonably thought out model.
> 3) My personal favourite---> the sensors on the top! Yeah the black "head" is
> nice, but the IR-illuminator / searchlight below, harkens back to the old days
> of military hardware (WWII they were conceived, 1950s/60s they were commonplace
> on tanks). Very cool.
again, a tribute to your sensor pods.
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> My only suggestion is quite simple: angle the legs steeper, so as to make the
> mecha taller and thus more menacing.
it originally started off that way, but i decided to make it lower to the ground
thus making it more stable (lower center of gravity)
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> Anyways, you've really impressed me with this model. I just love how you took
> the multiped mecha concept, and grafted your own ideas onto it. The result is a
> fully realized mecha that "works" largely due to good design and absence of
> greebles (which is just chaff after all).
wow! i thought the lack of greebles made it too plain-looking. that's what i
like most about your tanks--the details make it more realistic.
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> ;-D
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> Good job Jason!
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> <http://www3.sympatico.ca/mladenpejic/ Mladen Pejic>
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| (...) :-) (...) Heh... Well the story goes that some dudes were playing Quake and accidentally typed pwned, when they wanted to say owned, as in "I owned (bested) you!" BTW, I play: Occassionally (URL) Counter-strike>, but it's getting old (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jan-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| (...) Secondly, this multiped mecha seriously pwns (meh I play too many FPS shooters). Aside from being a homage to my work, what really struck me as great about this MOC is how so much of your "style" infiltrated into it. It's a wonderful, and very (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jan-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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