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Re: MAD-CM-01 - First humanoid mecha
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Date: 
Wed, 21 Dec 2005 14:46:07 GMT
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On 21/12/05, Mladen Pejic <mladenpejic@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> I just love bipedal mecha that can do poses! Well done on that account Danny!
> :-)

Thanks.
> 
> The legs and the arms are pretty good, but that torso is just a bit too thin.
> I
> know you probably made it that way to balance the mecha when standing, but you
> could add a bit more volume to it without severely unbalancing it. There are
> lots of ways to do mecha torsos, so check out some anime mecha for
> inspiration.

I think it comes from the fact that this mecha kinda of grew, and so
the size increased a few times. I did make the torso wider, although I
really didnt consider making it thicker.

> 
> The head also looks a bit too flat, and even anthropomorphic. Gundams have
> features like that as well, but look more like samurai than unarmed people.
> Try
> either making the head squatter or more like a helmet. A head with one "eye"
> sensor is also narrower and smaller, and looks far better on small and medium
> size mecha, like yours, than on larger ones. Something to think about.

You know - I couldnt quite get the head to look right. Looking at some
of the example stuff I have, I think you are right. I was trying,
although I still didnt really get it, to go for a more transformer
style face really.

> 
> Keep on building and posting, Danny!
Thanks - will do!
Danny



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I just love bipedal mecha that can do poses! Well done on that account Danny! :-) The legs and the arms are pretty good, but that torso is just a bit too thin. I know you probably made it that way to balance the mecha when standing, but you could (...) (21 years ago, 21-Dec-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)

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