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(URL) The Cub> (2 URLs) New Hands!>> (URL) Cool Feet!>> Dark Gray Mecha. Rotational click hinges. Piloted. Heel toe pivot. 20 inches tall. 2 Week Build. Built from the feet up. I'll get some better pictures. (URL) Deep Link Preview>. Looks like a (...) (19 years ago, 14-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !
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(...) Did you really get a 20 inch mech to support its own weight using only rotating click hinges? Really? Are you serious? No, really? That's a rather tricky thumb, as well. So you say both the heel and the toe pivot? Maybe future pics will make (...) (19 years ago, 15-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) I introduced stops around some of joints to help. Once the weight of the Mech exceeded the joints abilities, I surrounded some of the joints with bricks. Limiting some of the posability, yet continuing to use the rotational click hinges as the (...) (19 years ago, 15-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Right on right on E. I got to say, I'm loving the CUB. There's a lot of brickwork here that I'm loving. The hip especially, the angles and shaping of the body. That's where Mecha meets sculpture right there. Very impressive with the click hinges, (...) (19 years ago, 15-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Yay! (...) Meee 2! (...) When I was building the Mecha, I introduced some stops around the joints to cope with the stability issues. The loss of poseability in some places, in my mind, makes it more of a sculpture. (...) Thanky. (...) (...) (19 years ago, 15-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) You're too sly Eric... you know how to build Gundam after all! Stop fooling us! Show us what you got up that sleeve of yours. ;-p I gotta say Eric, this is one of your best mecha yet. Hmmm... Maybe I'm just liking it so much 'cause of the (...) (19 years ago, 15-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Awww, swizzle sticks, I was just thinking about you! Hahahaha, to tell the truth, I always wanted a distinctive Anime looking Mecha in my Biomechanical Ranks. This did it for me. (...) Thanks, I feel much the same way. I am very happy with it (...) (19 years ago, 15-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Right on man! I was cruising Brickshelf thinking, "Man, I haven't seen anything new that's caught my eye in a while..." then I see this dark grey head. I think, sleek design, good photography, I'll give it a look-see... and then I notice (...) (19 years ago, 16-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Gundamy is the word for the day! Thanks Chris! I am so glad to hear from you. The Mecha looks better in person. I really want better pictures. I'm working on that. Hey, we BOTH made a Gundam! :) (...) Be sure of it. We Rock, He She It, Rocks, (...) (19 years ago, 16-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) -snip- (...) the better pics... (URL) The Cub>> (URL) Pilot (URL) Back Brain Case with coverings removed. (URL) Desktop (URL) ....and other Art work...> (URL) e (URL) Bricks>> (19 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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It's a Sophiesque Gundam! Like the head & some of the slope stuff going on. Overall has that slouched look that Mark refferend to. Would love to see the hips up under the waist a bit more, but havin' them come out the sides is pure Sophie. I'd like (...) (19 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Thank you! (...) Hmmm, I'm a little confused, please explain. Hips more unders the waist? Like more compact? right? (...) I was tempted. (...) I was trying to add more Trans Green, Everything looked "Stuck on" and I was trying to learn from (...) (19 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Not more compact per se. Just under the waist so the thighs don't jut out so much. But that's only a small comment and we've talked about it before. I'm just tryin' to say something other than "kool 100!!!/10!!!!OMG!!11" (...) I like the (...) (19 years ago, 18-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Oh ok, got ya. When I build, I find a good rule of thumb is to make the hips narrow as compared to the shoulders. In this case, using the rotational click hinges, the female socket end for both inner hip connections, are both 4L. So they are (...) (19 years ago, 18-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Well I'm late, but I have to say well done. (...) I'd like to see the foot in disasembly. (...) You already mentioned, that you added breaks, but I still can't believe rotational click hinges support such a giant. You may say it's a small (...) (19 years ago, 19-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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I like it - refreshingly different from the usual Sophie-mecha. Not sure I like the idea of using such weak joints for something so massive, but it clearly worked out for you. Soren (19 years ago, 19-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Hi Marco, good to hear from you. (...) I noticed myself from the pictures that you can't exactly see what is going on in there. I also think some more pics would be helpful. (...) We all have our own level of comfort. (...) Most of the work (...) (19 years ago, 20-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Thank you. That means a lot to me. (...) Help me out, what do you mean? (...) I guess it is a matter of finding the right scale frame to fit the weight allowance of the given joint for the over all completed Mecha. With The Cub, I found the (...) (19 years ago, 20-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Mostly it's the face and the feet - much more refined, less formulaic and clunky. More delicate. (...) Oh, I am stepping in it here, but I'll go right ahead and say it: all, or most, of your mecha are built in a single color, with generally (...) (19 years ago, 20-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) That is one of my goals, to aim toward a more refined fluid look. Always has been after I spent the night with (URL) Agiel>. -snip- (...) No need to act like your on egg shells, I asked didn't I? Please go ahead by all means.... (...) Earlier (...) (19 years ago, 20-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Well that's the only brick I could think of, but I wasn't sure. Thank you Eric Marco (19 years ago, 20-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Hey man, that's the way to take it! I think most of the folks were sure you'd explode again. I'm really happy you didn't fullfill what even I expected when I put my bucks into the betting pool in mind... Good way to go. Try to ignore the (...) (19 years ago, 20-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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-snip- (...) You spent the night with Agiel!!!??? ;-) (...) (Soren's post) (...) I would add only that the patented "Sophie Head" (angular hexagonal look) tends to make many creations "look" the same. Often even with vastly different bodies. (...) (...) (19 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Oh yes, and the lone light in the room, dimly lit, made it all the more fearsome. (...) Ever since I built this; (URL) Robot>. I tried to make the heads look cool from any angle you viewed it. Because, with the black robot, when you look at (...) (19 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Bryce - could you add a picture of a closeup of agiels head for us? I really like it, but I want moore... Eric - I think the Cubs face puts me very much in mind of the Transformers autobot look, it is different from your other mecha's faces - which (...) (19 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) There is this pic of the face taken by Brian Heins: (URL) me trying to figure it out hilariously: (URL) Eric - I think the Cubs face puts me very much in mind of the (...) Thank you! Nice to hear from you. Ya, you know me and those heads. :) (...) (19 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Well you are breaking the mould I suppose. Not that I didnt appretiate your mecha in the first place. Dont want to give you a big head or anything, but it was basically Jama that turned me on to .mecha.. (...) It would be nice to have (...) (19 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Thanks, I know you were asking Bryce, I was able to grab the link at the time. Those white "brushes" are Mini-fig epaulettes. You know the thingies that go on the mini-fig's shoulders. (...) Awesome. (...) Yes! That one is classic and very (...) (19 years ago, 23-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Ahh - you mean these: (URL) Ahhhhh! I get it. I wonder if I have some of those parts. Whew- I was working up a sweat trying to explain it there... danny (19 years ago, 23-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) -snip- (...) You gotsit. If the sacle of the Mecha was a little bigger, I would have made all the fingers like that. (...) e (19 years ago, 23-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) It's spelled 'counsel', and no, your apparent (and deeply wrong) belief to the contrary, I am fully capable of disliking you for my own personal set of reasons. For myself, I was just curious to see if you'd fly into one of your little (URL) (...) (19 years ago, 23-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) -snip- (...) Whateva... (...) e (19 years ago, 23-Nov-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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Stop the pair of you or I'll bang your 'eds together! Blimey.. Back to the bricks please... Eric - you got any ideas on what you might do for toe coverings then? Danny (...) -- Danny Staple MBCS OrionRobots (URL) contact details available through (...) (19 years ago, 24-Nov-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Though more of a sculpture, without the joint mobility and Technic drive gizmos, it's an interesting design exploration. The head is still somewhat insectoid, but more armored. It looks like something I'd build. The body looks heavy and tough. I can (...) (19 years ago, 28-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Hi K, yes sculptural, but the mobility is still intact. I mean, I can filp and rotate the shoulder so the arm can stay elevated. The Cub can do stuff like that. Although I wouldn't say it is as strong as the trusty worm gear set up. (...) I, (...) (19 years ago, 29-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Well, essentially I'd like to see a foot that allows for more extreme poses while remaining stable. The monolithic flat footed style can only go so far. The alternative is a foot that has articulation to mimic what toes do, not the useless (...) (19 years ago, 30-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Hello Brian, if I got you right you're talking about something like this? (2 URLs) This one is using a single rotational click hinge. It was torne apart by the weight of the mecha I'm working on. (2 URLs) So the second uses double ball joints. (...) (19 years ago, 30-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) I made a foot with toes that have give to allow it to stand on the balls of its feet. Though it's all gussied up with Bionicle stuff the concept still works. The tubes provide a kind of spring/tendon type support. (URL) (19 years ago, 30-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) -snip- (...) Ahh, like more of a toe, ball of your foot combo. I agree, more articulation in the feet is the future. Infact, I always wanted to build somthing that can haunch down like a Gargoyle peering over a ledge. e (19 years ago, 30-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) -snip- (...) OMGoodness! That rocks! WOW. Fantastic Marco! WOW. Thank you. e (19 years ago, 30-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) -snip- (...) I remember. That set up is too cool. Did Bryce mention that the toes can apply pressure to the ground? Plus the tubes really add to the tension and channel the weight. Ubber cool and crazy looking. e (19 years ago, 30-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Cool. Definitely better than a flat foot. That's exactly what I'm talking about, although for a supermassive mecha I'd need to have this toe joint be either worm gear controlled or have an adjustable strut of some kind that forms a triangle to (...) (19 years ago, 1-Dec-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) I remember this exquisite monstrosity. It looks like he would have a definite "spring in his step". I don't know if this kind of tech could hold a toe pose for long though. It would be quite interesting to make a mecha that used tendons (...) (19 years ago, 1-Dec-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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