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Re: New MOC: Goliath
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lugnet.build.mecha
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Sun, 11 Dec 2005 10:22:55 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Eric Sophie wrote:
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Amazing! There is so much to say about this build.
Where do I start?
The Head:
Wow, talk about grills!
The shape of the back of the head is cool and you hinged the dishes for the
eyes! I like it. Only a face a mother or Mecha builders would love!
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The head was build one afternoon, it’s the only part that’s still left from the
first upper body version. It never was reworked or changed afterwards.
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The Shoulders:
Large dishes on the upper shoulders, very cool!
Uses Technic Throwbot Gear Boxes internally! Super awesome!
The details, wow.
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Well, in fact I had problems with the arms. Early realised that humanoid arms
would need too wide shoulders I decided to have just some kind of weapon
mounting instead.
I had the Technic Throwbot Gear Boxes only in the first two versions. The final version uses a variation of a gear concept I found in the bulding tips section of .mecha.
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by Christopher Snead
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I built the legs first, so I had to catch up with the high grade of detailing
done on them.
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The Chest:
Get out of town! That is so unique!
Instead of a sculpted chest, you have raw details directly on the front.
Very bold!
I see from the work in progress pictures that you changed the entire chest.
Amazing.
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Yes I changed it four times! Completely! At one point I thought of just
publishing the lower section of Goliath and ask for someone else to build the
upper body.
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The Side to side bending:
No way! Shogun! Watch out!
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This was created out of necessity. Posing the legs causes a tilt of the hips. A
stable stand only can be achieved if the upper body is able to bend side to
side.
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Yet another amazing triumph. Wow you are a good builder!
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Hey I just adopted ideas I found in Marks and your work (and in the work of so
many others!).
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How did you like building all that technic in to the body?
Very functional, like a real machine.
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As I pointed out in the back story it was a challenge to build this whole mecha.
Most of the time it was fun. I spent a lot of time playing round with parts to
solve mechanical problems that came up. So now I have some solutions I’m missing
the problem...
As it is a mecha it needs to be functional, IMHO.
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The Hips:
WOW. You managed to get all the movements in that space using this set up.
I love it! Clan Snowleopard!
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Yeah, the hips! Thank you Mark for your Shogun! You developed this fantastic hip
design which made me try to build a version with the parts I had in my stock.
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The Upper Legs:
Check out that detail! Clips, rounded parts, grills, details and more details!
Amazing.
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To me the lower part of Goliath is still the better one.
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The Lower Legs:
No way! that section just above the ankles is so very nice looking.
You have all kinds of building techniques going on there, that is so very well
done! Bravo.
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I just had to cover the Technic Throwbot Gear Boxes used to bend forward and
backward at the ankle. This section is one of the early ones. It has been
refined several times but I never had to redesign it totaly.
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The Feet:
WOW. You did it! A foot that bends but still puts the weight on the “ball” of
the foot. You go down in history my friend! I also like how you have wing
plates in there, reminds me of your style.
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Due to Technic Throwbot Gear Boxes the lower leg is bending at a relative high
point above the foot. In Addition to that the movement is restricted by the
covers and stability.
Before the feet were able to bend Goliath looked quite
funny when standing. He always reminded me of a kid with full load in the
diaper. That did’t fit the look a mecha should have.
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The Back:
Just as well made as the front!
The read access for the pilot is sweet! Direct influence from Shogun?
Or does the mechanics in the center of the chest dictate this set up.
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Both. In an earlier version I had a drawer similar to the one Mark built for
Shogun. I found it hard to find place for the pilot in this rather big mecha.
Rear access seemed to be the only possible solution.
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I’d imagine the center of the machine is loaded with spinal mechanisms, so you
probably had a tight fit. I see from the work in progress pictures that you
also changed this significantly from the final version. Amazing!
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In fact the mechanism for the arm movement restricts the space in width. The
bending mechanism located under the cockpit dictates the hight.
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Over all:
I am very impressed!
I only would suggest in the future, if you could get some of the same mobility
that you have on the rest of the body, in to the arms that would be good.
Either way this is a great build, loads of details everywhere, lots of cool
building techniques and a fantastic level of technical function.
That’s how to build a Mech.
Great work! Well worth the wait!
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Thank you for the praise. This means a lot to me as it is coming from your side.
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Now, a question to the rest of Lugnet:
Why is this post top story with NO highlights and NO replies?
You people ought to stop lurking so much and stop taking peoples MOCs for
granted. Ya’ll want to look but never say anything. That is ridiculous.
I am very dissapointed to see Marco work so hard only to have the rest of you
look and not say anything. Like Mecha is the great voyuer of Lugnet.
I know his post is early still, however I know it will be treated the same,
you all look but have nothing to say.
I say look again and really look this time. Look inside yourself and figure
out what is wrong here.
Sorry Marco. I had to say something.
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You’re welcome. Lugnet is the only plattform where I communicate with other
builders. I myself learned a lot by lurking. But I learned more and faster when
I started to reply to posts. If you want to say something about a MOC you have
to look close. If you do so you learn.
During the last half year more and more often Lugnet seems to be an abandoned
place. Not very much is going on. And if there is a thread with lot of traffic,
it’s mostly off topic. I’m sorry about that.
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SNIP
Thanks for sharring Marco, great work.
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Was a pleasure to do.
Marco
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| Amazing! There is so much to say about this build. Where do I start? The Head: Wow, talk about grills! The shape of the back of the head is cool and you hinged the dishes for the eyes! I like it. Only a face a mother or Mecha builders would love! (...) (19 years ago, 10-Dec-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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