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Re: New MOC: "Bushwhacker" Tank Mecha
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Sun, 26 Jun 2005 23:55:24 GMT
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Awesome as usual Mladen!
First off, the coolest part about this mecha are the legs. They are absolutely
beautiful. The wheels fit in perfectly and the ladders as detail are awesome.
The rockets at an independant angle from the leg are so sweet. What makes the
legs so cool is the fact that they look like they are chunks of solid steel
protecting that gorgeous frame inside.
On to that turret now. I’ve had a week to chew this one over and I’ve spent a
fair deal of time looking at it but I’m still not sure what I think about it
entirely. On one hand, it’s quite possibly the most freaking cool thing I’ve
seen on a quadruped mecha. As soon as I saw it I knew where you’d nabbed your
inspiration from and you did a really good job conveying that idea. The fanned
armor looks absolutely incredible and you did a completely perfect job of it.
What’s getting me is that it doesn’t seem to fit with the feel of the rest of
the mecha. It looks fragile in comparison to the rest of the mecha which is
extremely solid looking. Making them thicker might do it but I dunno. I’m really
not super certain of what I’m saying either, the turret just doesn’t feel 100%
right to me.
Just looking at the mecha without fiddle faddling over the technicalities of
design though, this mecha is really quite awesome. The optical equipment on top
is so so so cool. I always try to come up with cool stuff like that, but you
always do it first. =P
The cockpit as usual is incredible, and very nicely detailed. The sand green
accents on your weapons are very cool (I love that color) and of course, those
rocket launchers are superb.
This is such a sweet mecha, I just wish I could figure out entirely what’s
bothering me about the turret. I think it’s just the conflicting styles or
something, I dunno. You have any thoughts?
Awesome stuff, I definitely will be toying around with the lower structure
you’ve made there. I love it.
See ya
-Geordan
In lugnet.build.mecha, Mladen Pejic wrote:
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After seeing Kyle Vrieze’s Spider Tank I was floored. Naturally, I was amazed at the new bar Kyle had
raised, and I promptly e-mailed him (due LUGNET posting technical
difficulties). His MOC inspired this. Thanks Kyle! :-)
I’ll list my other influences:
- T-90 turret --> I liked the radial, fanning out arrangement of the armoured panels
- RADHA from Patlabor 2 anime --> I wanted to make a wheeled quadruped that actually rolled
- deployed German 88mm Flak 36 --> This leads into the next one below...
- Jeremy Sproat’s Suborbital Defender --> I liked the idea of a offensive and defensive mode
Enjoy!
Mladen Pejic
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| (...) Thanks Geordan! I actually didn't think of the legs that way when I made them, but I like the way you describe them! :-D (...) Yah, maybe it's because the turret is a lot more faceted and complex, whereas the legs are smoother and, as you (...) (19 years ago, 27-Jun-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| (URL) Click on Image After seeing Kyle Vrieze's (URL) Spider Tank > I was floored. Naturally, I was amazed at the new bar Kyle had raised, and I promptly e-mailed him (due LUGNET posting technical difficulties). His MOC inspired this. Thanks Kyle! (...) (19 years ago, 18-Jun-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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