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Re: Project: Gundam Completed!
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lugnet.build.mecha
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Wed, 9 Jun 2004 20:40:47 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Frank Kopanitsanos wrote:
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I really like these models.You really seem to get the most out of any of the
parts you build with. Who needs curved wedges when you have 2x4 bricks :).
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Hehehe, exactly! I’m by no means a lego purist, but I do love my 2x4’s. Also,
the RX-79 and RGM-79 have rather sharp lines anyway, they aren’t your average
Deathscythe/Wing Gundams. More ‘military’, I guess.
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The RX-79 has a pretty good form, and i am astonished as to how you managed
to make a gundam head with only certain basic parts!
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Thanks. The key to the head is plates and those 1x1 with the stud on the sides.
Basic but workable. I would like to improve the crest, but it’s hard to get the
dang angle right with other pieces.
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My favorite of the two, by far, is the rgm-79. The color, the weapons, and
the overall form just seems better than the rx-79.I actually REALLY like the
head design on the rgm, it looks simple but seems pretty detailed. The one
problem i have with the RGM is the connection from the shoulder to lower arm.
That wierd technicpin/click hinge piece, it just seems to skinny to hold
those parts together.
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Thanks again. The pin/hinge really is rather skinny looking, although very
strong. I had used some other stuff, but it was much weaker and less mobile.
To use the big Beam Sniper Rifle, the arms have to be VERY flexible, which can
be a pain to build into a small package.
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As for the hands, i can’t really give any ideas for a new actual hand design,
as this scale really only has 1 method that fits it well.
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So I’ve been discovering. I’m still trying though.
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But If you want to get more of a “sniper” pose with a rifle like that, the
wrists need to have full articulation. When i made a previous model, I
pretended to be holding a rifle, and see what parts of my wrist and arm were
bent, and then try and create an arm that had similar articulation. I see you
already have the wrist some of the extra articulation, with the old 1x2 hinge
brick.
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Quite so. I have a couple ideas for that, including making the wrist a ball
joint, or using the 1x2 plates with one stud on top as the next axis. I’ll test
some stuff and see how it works. Like I said before, the problem is
flexibility, size, and strength. More joints, less strength, gun falls off,
less joints, more strength, gun poses awkwardly.
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I don’t know if my comments were helpful or not, or even readable (typing on
a laptop, arg) Nonetheless, i definately have to see some more stuff soon!
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As for more stuff...check out this little thing I slapped together with my extra
brown pieces: Bulldog
Once again, thanks for the comments.
Ry out
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| I really like these models. You really seem to get the most out of any of the parts you build with. Who needs curved wedges when you have 2x4 bricks :). The RX-79 has a pretty good form, and i am astonished as to how you managed to make a gundam (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jun-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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