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Re: Thoughts and thanks.
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Mon, 30 Aug 2004 20:18:37 GMT
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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 parts of mecha design. I'd like to see a closeup of the feet,
they look like a neat design. I can see how you were really studying the human
body when you made this, especially the torso and legs.
Your fresh perspective on mecha also got me thinking...
> There is an interesting crossbreeding of art,
> technique and skill that I found intriguing.
I agree that mecha design is an art form, I think a lot of people don't realize
that. After all, the human body is probably the oldest subject in art, and what
more modern way to express it than through a mechanical representation of it.
> As more of a fan of beauty of physical "human"
> structure/body then anything remotely sci-fi.
> I made, my humble servant "egain".
As a big sci-fi nerd, I love that aspect of it. There's so much great story
potential behind giant walking vehicles, or human shaped robots. But as a
former art student, I also love the “beauty of physical 'human' structure/body”.
I love sculpting, but a static sculpture doesn't satisfy my amateur interest in
mechanical engineering. That's were Lego comes in. With Lego I can make a
sculpture that I can play with!
The human body is both an aesthetic and a mechanical wonder, so it's an
infinitely interesting subject. I think I would design mecha just for artistic
reasons, even if it didn't have the sci-fi aspect. The sci-fi part of it really
just tries to answer the question “why”. As in, why would we build something
like that? Because we need them to fight aliens or build giant structures? You
know those are just excuses, the real reason is because they're cool!
Anyway, I hope to see more mecha from you!
-Adam
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| (...) Apparently you didn't spend much time at the bar. LOL (...) Thank you very much Adam. I have posted a few close-ups of his feet on my (URL) site> (snip) (...) Well, at first I thought I would just try one attempt, just to see if I could do it. (...) (20 years ago, 30-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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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 (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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