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Re: New Galactic Inquisition Mech.
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Date: 
Tue, 5 Apr 2005 23:57:57 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Daniel Rubin wrote:
   Hello all. I just got around to posting a worm-geared mech I built for the Galactic Inquisition. There was an unfortunate disaster before I managed to take most of the pics, and now his leg joints don’t work so well. Anyways, lots of worm gears and so forth.

I’ve heard all the arguments about the effectiveness of mechs in combat, but decided to go for a huge mech with the idea of intimidating the masses in mind. Who wouldn’t be scared by a giant mech stomping through their city, swinging a gigantic mace? Mocpages - http://mocpages.com/moc.php/8885 Brickshelf - http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=124530

PLMKWYT!

There are some really cool details here- I love the feet and the swords on the shinplates. And the breathing vents on the faceplate are perfect. The small man on the belt buckle strikes me as disturbing, though I can’t really say why. Nice vents on the back.

The proportions are off in a couple of places, though. The hands are too small and the legs are too short. Striking, anyway. A very unique mech.


   Tony Hafner
www.hafhead.com



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  Re: New Galactic Inquisition Mech.
 
(...) Thanks for your comments. I think the belt buckle is probably disturbing because it's a minifig, and so it's weird that it'd be the same exact size as the pilot. Thanks on the rear vents too, most people miss those. I contend that the (...) (20 years ago, 7-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)

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