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Hey guys, I've been racking my brain lately and having some serious mecha block, trying to come up with something to help get the steam rolling again amongst the .mecha community. After many, many, many rebuilds, I finally have something I like. (...) (21 years ago, 22-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) I tell ya, I'm having the same problem. Everything I come up with either doesn't work or would take a month... (...) Oooh nice. I like the geometries on the cockpit. (...) Yeah, but it's infantry hardware. Anything but would look silly. (...) (...) (21 years ago, 22-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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This is good, I like it. It's small, it's beefy (great shoulders), it's not something you want to see walking down your street touting guns. The color scheme works really well. Very well executed. Just when I had seen Brayton's hardsuit and thought (...) (21 years ago, 22-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Killer hardsuit Chris! It's amazing how small yet "hardy" it looks. I like the colours a lot also, and it looks like you tried to group them as best as you could. I do think you could have given more spice to those weapons, nothing radical, (...) (21 years ago, 22-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Yeah, I think getting that right finally made everything start falling into place. (...) You build some good stuff kid. :-) Thanks! -Chris (21 years ago, 22-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Thanks Tobias. The shoulders fell into place right after I got the orientation of the dino tails right. I just sort of took it from there. (...) Yeah, I try all the time to make narrow joints that only occupy on stud's width, and it usually (...) (21 years ago, 22-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Yo, thanks Mladen. The color grouping actually sort of happened by accident. This was strictly a "whatever works and fits in the required space" build. Glad it looks like I tried tho. :-) As for the weapons, I did have the rifle a lot beefier (...) (21 years ago, 22-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Oh man. Ooooh man. You done stepped outside o' the spaceship box and onto the streets for some mano-a-mano mecha action. Chris Maddison you're my hero. Very awesome moc. I'm loving every bit of it. And the dino tails! The curvy beautiful sand (...) (21 years ago, 23-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) MechaBlok? <grins and ducks> (...) It's something I also like. That's a nice tight package you've put together. (...) Not out of line, IMO. The design philosophy behind ground forces is likely to be different, not only because its combat arena (...) (21 years ago, 23-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Chris Maddison wrote: -snip- Very nice hardsuit! Were it not for the dino tails and sand green (which you of course need for the JE theme), this would appear to be a design that could easily be replicated in bulk to form a (...) (20 years ago, 23-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Just wanted to say that this made me laugh. :-) (...) Oh yeah baby, gotta have the sleek sexy curviness of the dino tails. (...) Go at it mang. Except make a better version so I can upgrade mine after stealing your ideas. :-) Thanks! -Chris (20 years ago, 24-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Bah. Quiet you. (...) Hey, thanks Tom. (...) Yeah. What he said. :-) -Chris (20 years ago, 24-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Kyle. Bulk quantities is always something I keep in mind when making these suits. This one uses a few harder to get bits like the dk grey 2x2 "boat" pieces, and those 1x1 sand green tiles. But yeah, a dropship for a few of these would (...) (20 years ago, 24-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Chris, I've got to chime in to say this might be my favorite design by you. The colors and design on the Shen Kai Powersuit are flawless and I love that you built it within theme colors. The design is stron enough to cross into other themes as (...) (20 years ago, 24-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Dave. This one was all about working within my JE-usable pieces. After I got the cockpit figured out, the shoulders followed, then the rest just fell into place. It'd be sweet to see different versions of this one in different color (...) (20 years ago, 24-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Really, really well proportioned. Like it works out six hours a day. Well done! Cheers, (URL) Sci-Fi LEGO> (20 years ago, 24-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) SNIP (...) SNIP (...) VERY cool! The dino tails work great in defining the 'roll cage' cockpit look, & it's nice & heavy duty. The colors & pieces work great with the overall form. It should get the .mecha community rolling, and enemy heads (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Or better yet, just a lot more of these burning and ravaging and warring for the glory of the Jade Empire. :) --Ryan W. (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Hello Chris. When I first saw the powersuit my jaw dropped. Great colors, love those dino tails, amazing arms and legs... But something started to bother me. How does it walk? As far as I can see it cannot. The Shen Kai is awesome in every (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Heh, I can see the pilot standing idly by as his suit jumps hurdles, does pushups, benchpresses wrecked PCS ships. Classic. :-) Thanks! -Chris (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Jeff. Roll cage is exactly the look I wanted. But it was a pain getting the tails to line up exactly where I wanted them. The secret is a dark grey battle droid body that throws the shoulders back about a stud and down just a hair, (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Crap, I been found out. :-) Yeah, that's the only thing that bugs me about my "style" when I work in this size range. I've found the best alternative is to (follow me here), turn the 1x1 tile w/ clip sideways, stick a headlight brick on, and (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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I gotta chime in on my boy's MOC. C-mad, the feet and chest on this Powersuit rock big time. Nice job, very cool pictures to. Good work man. e (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Yo Eric, thanks mang. All about the pics. Not near as good a quality as, say, Palmer's or JHK's, but you've seen my setup and know the conditions I'm working in. :-) Out. -Chris (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) -snip- You do good man, I like them. e (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) I really don't know how you (and other mecha builders) come up with this stuff. I take a look at the ankle joints and my head starts to spin...genious man. As said, this guy looks to be 'roided up to the max - I'm sure no one kicks sand in his (...) (20 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) (URL) to a large pic of my attempt. Better version? I can't even get it to match yours. I was unsure about some of the torso construction (a pic without the pilot in his seat would help out a lot so the torso parts are kind of off, and I'm not (...) (20 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Dude, ask and ye shall receive: (2 URLs) That battle droid body is the key. Really sweet job replicating the suit. I love the way you substituted a 2x3 plate and 1x2 tile on the leg where I used a 2x4 plate. Allows for much more ankle motion. (...) (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Thanks G. Y'know, I guess the best way to describe it on this scale is this: Take a spacecraft, tear out the cockpit, and build arms and legs around it instead of wings and landing gear. Or something witty like that. :-) -Chris (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Gah, I totally had the spine wrong. Battle droid body, I wouldnt have thought. Thanks so much for the new pics. Just finished the model with all the right pieces and it definitely seals up a bit nicer around the pilot. I forgot to say earlier (...) (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) I'm not sure what else you've got going on there, but you could try this. (URL) He doesn't appear to have knees either ;) Anyway it's a supercool moc. Like Ryan I think I'm going to make one for my very own. Allister (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) I'm not great at MOCs, but I couldn't resist this one. None more black: (3 URLs) And post-moderation... (URL) (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Hey, nice! I like the way your suit opens up, very cool with the back/arms/shoulders swinging down like that. And the front enclosure is pretty neat too. But the untold gems of this suit are those large curved slopes on the legs. That's a (...) (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) I couldn't get the "connecting" piece to load. What is it? (...) Yeah...well...see, if he doesn't have hips then he doesn't need knees, because then he'd just look like a minifig. That, or no comment. Take your pic. :-) (...) Thanks dude. I'd (...) (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Weird. It's a lightsabre blade. (...) I plan on tackling it right after I finish a competition model I'm working on. Cheers, Allister (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) The wrists are like that because I wanted the extra axis of rotation. Even so, I'll have the Blacktron Discipline Squads rough up my chief engineer a little for good measure. There are some clearer pics in my brickshelf folder (see previous (...) (20 years ago, 29-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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