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| Here's a new MOC, it's a Spider Tank Mech: (5 URLs) brickshelf gallery> I'll do a MOCpage when the site's back up. This MOC was heavily inspired by (but not a faithful replica of) a spider tank featured in the anime Ghost in the Shell--Stand Alone (...) (20 years ago, 29-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| (...) Hello Kyle, great work! You did a really good job on this multi-ped (like you always do, BTW). I like your MOC very much. Spider Tank has a wonderfull shape. IMO Studless! The bley and black fit well together. I'm a bit puzzled about the white (...) (20 years ago, 29-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| (...) Oh that is nice. I love the way you got wheels in the "feet", and the iconic Vrieze half-pin missile packs are always a hit with me. The color segregation works very well, although I'd like to see a bit of white that isn't contiguous to the (...) (20 years ago, 29-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| (...) I can dig it. You've got nice set of smooth, sorta bulbous in places, shapes that works really well. The mech ends up looking just a little cute, but that's OK. Getting the wheels in there and keeping it able to stand and pose is also very (...) (20 years ago, 29-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| (...) Hello Kyle. Fantastic job on the Spider Tank. I saw it on GITS SAC myself and always wanted to see something like it made of Lego. You have done this for me and I thank you very much! The only suggestion I can give you is changin the colors a (...) (20 years ago, 29-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| Hey Kyle, I love this tank! The details are phenominal. I think my favorite aspect of it are the treads on the feet because wheels and mecha don't usually go together. Keep up the fantastic work! (URL) minifig me!>> Dave Johann (URL) LUGNET Member (...) (20 years ago, 29-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| Man wow. You desreve all the praise heaped onto you here. I only got this for ya. Photography, lighten up the black so we can see it. The cockpit shot is almost useless because all we see is black. So there's my critizism. Pretty lame of me. Dang (...) (20 years ago, 29-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| (...) Kyle, Kyle, Kyle. That's absolutely beautiful, and an excellent use of the "new" ball joints. A couple of questions: 1) The white missile racks appear to vary in the pictures. Is that so, or is that a system of covers? 2) Do you have better (...) (20 years ago, 30-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| (...) Thanks for the compliments, Marco. The color scheme really worked itself out. I knew I had to use dark blay for the canopy and joints, I needed to use black for the wheel mountings in the lower legs, and I needed to use white for the half (...) (20 years ago, 30-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| (...) Yes, a true Shirow spider tank would never be without a pair of minigun claws. I'm glad I put in extra time on the nose-gun, though. You should have seen the inelegant chunk of crap I had as the first version. It didn't even pivot (...) (20 years ago, 30-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| (...) I think most of my stuff winds up having a little "cute" content in it. I'd credit (blame?) the anime influence. BTW, I have to confess the wheels don't turn freely, so the model doesn't roll (they're wrapped around 1x1 cylinders). (20 years ago, 30-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| (...) Yeah, I *might* have gotten a little carried away with the colorless color scheme. Now I'm wondering if I have the parts to do the back in dark red, sort of a black widow scheme. I do recommend the cockpit part, it gives you a great sharp (...) (20 years ago, 30-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| (...) Thanks for the compliments, Dave! (20 years ago, 30-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| (...) Hah! There's nothing to see inside the cockpit but exposed studs :) You've exposed my secret strategy to make the uninteresting parts of the MOC indistinguishable in the pictures... Thanks for the comments. After seeing your latest, I'm (...) (20 years ago, 30-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| (...) There are two different missile racks. I wanted to do my original technic half-pin missiles, but didn't have enough white pins, so I did the larger missile racks instead. Then I disassembled and sorted my 4402 Sea Riders set, and suddenly (...) (20 years ago, 30-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| (...) (4 URLs) (...) I don't have much to say that hasn't already been stated... The color arrangement is beautiful... dark bley seems to actually look good on this one. That is bley, right? You make it better than grey! Oh, and the feet are cute. (...) (20 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| (...) Yep, 100% dark bley. I actually think it might go better with black than classic dark gray does, but that's about it. Which is good, because I'm using more black lately, what with all my classic light gray tied up in my dropship (I'm just not (...) (20 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| Doooood! Duuuuude, dewww...wwwd. Oh dang sorry for the late reply. Hang on, here it comes: I REALLY LIKE THIS QUAD! Come on! The feet, the canopy, the stocky leg joints, the color, the shooty things, the rear mounted optional missle racks! DANG. I (...) (20 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| (...) I like 'em! They've got a lot of strength for the size, and the technic holes in the side make snot-ting easier. I just wish they had three axes of rotation, I wouldn't have thought that would be hard to accomplish. (...) They could maybe (...) (20 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| Okay I'm really late to the show, but I've been playing catch up and this is one of the cooler mecha I've seen. First off, the colour scheme adds so much to this. Don't you dare add any highlights! =^P It makes it a lot harder and sleeker, not to (...) (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| (...) I think you're right, clear 1x1s would look cool there. I wish I had some! One of these days I will finally break down and try Bricklink... (...) Thanks for the compliments! This MOC really came together a lot better than I anticipated. I wish (...) (19 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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