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Thoughts and thanks.
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Sun, 29 Aug 2004 20:16:24 GMT
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Hello all,
After seeing my Mecha show up on the side bar as a Brickshelf finds, I thought I
would come to post to explain a bit. I attended my first Lego event recently
and when I entered the Mecha Room, I was blown away. I had seen Mecha posted to
Lug and BS various times, but seeing them in person really brings to light
something that doesn't translate as well in photos, or at least for me. There
is an interesting crossbreeding of art, technique and skill that I found
intriguing. A few of the MOC builders were so enthusiastic and friendly about
sharing their MOCs that I was impressed and fascinated.
I toured the Mecha pages here within Lugnet which are quite impressive and
learned a few things. Of course I "pinched" the hand details from a post within
that list. I started to build, picking yellow since I have the most left over
slopes and strange shaped plates in that colour.
Well I usually build MOC that don't move, so sadly my "joint" supply was low.
As more of a fan of beauty of physical "human" structure/body then anything
remotely sci-fi. I made, my humble servant "egain". Mostly made with click
hinges and a few technic pins and really enjoyed the process. Truly I have
learned, (probably lesson number one as a newbie to Mecha) Mecha needs a strong
armature. Sadly "egain" does not measure up in that field.
I was really happy with how his lower legs and thighs turned out, and how mobile
he is (eg. foot flexes, ankle and wrist turns, and my most favourite, "its"
articulated spine, which accounts for the open rib cage). Of course getting it
to stand for its pic was quite a challenge of extreme proportions.
When my eldest son returned home and saw "egain" and see how its so flexible but
suffers from joints that collapse under the shear weight of his structure, he
said..... "He would make a great marionette" which truly is correct, he would.
To which I had to laugh, since its quite a juxtaposition between the future and
past. Seems like a fitting place for "egain" and my process, I am very humbled
by the work a lot of your able to achieve. Praise and respect.
On a personal note, thanks Eric for the encouragement, the love of what you do
is very inspiring.
Sincerely submitted,
Janey "Red Brick"
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| I'm not sure if I saw you at BrickFest, but thanks for stopping by the mecha room! I think egain is a great first effort-- very original, with some good ideas. Looks like the only problem lies in the joints, which is after all one of the hardest (...) (20 years ago, 30-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| (...) Thank you we were glad to have visitors. (...) That is part of what draws me to it as well. (...) Wow, thank you for reading those pages. Coolness. I'm glad people find it useful. That is what they are for, the rest is you to you. (...) Still, (...) (20 years ago, 31-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| (...) I know what you mean. I was blown away when I saw the first Lego mechs on the internet. Then I made some myself, and I just loved how cool they looked, despite the fact that, objectively speaking, my first ones totally sucked. (...) I've (...) (20 years ago, 31-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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