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Re: The Beeesh
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lugnet.build.mecha
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Date:
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Tue, 11 Jan 2005 22:22:04 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Brian Cooper wrote:
> In lugnet.build.mecha, Leonard Hoffman wrote:
> > Gear work, especially if it is hidden, is about how the MOC was made, and
> > people tend to care about that if they want to build something similiar (ie,
> > how did you do that.. cuz I want to do it). But the techniques of 'how'
> > could be equally applied to an entirely new design and style.
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> When you start using gears and making joints, the building motivation changes
> somewhat. I'll build a new mecha only when I have a new idea for a joint. If
> all the joints are the same as a previous model, then it doesn't seem like
> progress even if the exterior is wildly different (and hides all the joints
> anyway!). The mecha gets built because it is the only way to test the joint.
> But once you start building a body, then another artistic sense comes into
> play and the machine gets its style and personality. You don't want to waste
> all those cool mechanical underpinnings with dull outer bodywork unless it's
> a "test mule".
Bingo!
> Apart from the head though, the Beeesh has almost no outer bodywork. It's
> mostly about the joints.
B-I-N-G-O !!!
e
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> K
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| (...) When you start using gears and making joints, the building motivation changes somewhat. I'll build a new mecha only when I have a new idea for a joint. If all the joints are the same as a previous model, then it doesn't seem like progress even (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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