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Re: State of .mecha
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Thu, 20 May 2004 20:31:54 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Bill Fitzgerald wrote:
> As a builder myself I have an issue with the concept of this group focusing on
> the Japanese "MECHA" concept. In brief, I dont do designs of this type. I do
> designs that would more likely be called MECHS. In reality I don't do Mechs
> either, I do a variation of them called HERCs or Titans. I also do Flyers and
> heavy armored vehicles, but I am concerned most about the walking type Hercs or
> Titans.
Ah, so you are the one responsible for Bigs Herc bay? Excellent work!
> If this group adopts the focus of the Japanese Human like robot, then what is to
> become of the rest? Mechs, Hercs, Moble suits (other than Gundums), those that
> have four or more legs, and any others that dont fall into the basic concopt
> that is being put forth as "Mecha"? It seems to me that this group should be
> about inclusion not exclusion. I already feel excluded enough from this group.
Although i am certain that this group will always accept mecha/mechs in any
form, i think that many who build lego mechanized walkers tend to go with mecha,
which means the majority of those who actually post about them have a preference
to mecha. I myself began by building mechs from the mechwarrior series, then
began building mecha (which i had an ardent distaste for earlier). However, i
would prefer to see a nice Warhammer or Timberwolf than a Gundam myself :D
> I personally do not post my designs here for several reasons, mostly because i
> have my own website of my work. It is a bit out of date because after my father
> passed away my heart was no in it. But now I have jumped back in to building. I
> also do not physically build designs, I use Ldraw and MLCAD to design and
> construct them and then render them in 3D images. Which leads me to another
> point about this group. It has, as a general rule, looked down on people like
> myself that only do virtual modelling. This is also a reason I do not post my
> work here.
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> Bigs
I really wouldn't say that the group looks down upon those who do their models
virtually. Primus Bus (in my opinion) is a well-known and respected builder and
he does alot of his building virtually. I think its just that A.) not many
people do their creations primarily in mlcad/ldraw and B) an actual physical
model is (again, in my opinon) downright more aesthetic then a computer
generated model.
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