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Sunday + coffee + Jon's mechs = A good day! Good build, good parts, slick design. Keep 'em coming! Eric (17 years ago, 11-Nov-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Sunday + coffee + Jon's mechs = A good day! Good build, good parts, slick design. Keep 'em coming! Eric (17 years ago, 11-Nov-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) They look good. And oh man, do they bring back memories of my Technic friction pin days. -Jon (17 years ago, 7-Nov-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Freaky even!! (...) Thanks, Fradel. As you probably figured out by now, I am a total Battletech junkie. I've been building mechs out of Lego since I started playing 15 years ago. as I mentioned in a recent post, I have been trying to improve (...) (17 years ago, 7-Nov-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Well I tried to reply to this earlier but for some reason it did not take. So here it is from what I can reproduce from memory: It is kind of a coincidence but earlier this morning I was perusing through my 3055 manual in the Inner Shpere-Clan (...) (17 years ago, 6-Nov-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Hey gang. While surfing the 'shelf I found a builder new to the Mecha genre. The look of his mechs and the simple joint-tech caught my eye. The combinations of common pieces for join-tech were something I didn't even realize when I tried making my (...) (17 years ago, 6-Nov-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Hello all, Been busy again! I present to you my newest creation. The Balrog (URL) as a companion mech to the Phalanx IIC, it has a weapons that are suitable for up close and personal combat, as well as, tagging targets at long distances. Enjoy! -Jon (17 years ago, 6-Nov-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) P.P.S BTW were you aware that I do actually run a game of Battletech with these once a year at a convention called Marcon held in Columbus, OH ? (...) (17 years ago, 29-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Thanks, E I've been trying to improve the flow and color schemes of my designs as of late. As well as, try new methods of construction within the range of what I am comfortable with doing. (I just don't have the time or patience to do what you (...) (17 years ago, 29-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Thanks, Marco Glad you like them. As far as that pistol is concerned, the design was a total accident. I originally was going to have all three toes be 1 stud wide like the toes on the side of the feet, but ran into posability problems. I had (...) (17 years ago, 29-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Fradel In reference to the Taunt, can you post a pic of what piece you're referring to? As far as the inspiration for the design of the Ichneumen, Cicada Killer, and the Fidget 2, I used the Chameleon. It's an old design as far as the (...) (17 years ago, 29-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Hello Jon, very well done. What I like on those three is the playability (like always). The modular Weapons on the Watcher are really nice. But my absolute favourite is the gun on the upper/right arm: (URL) Keep building and posting (URL) Marco> (17 years ago, 28-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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One of my favorite traditions is to wake up on Sunday, have my coffee and look at cool MOCs. Thank you, it has been a while since I have done that. Great work on all three mechs! Eric (17 years ago, 28-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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One of my favorite traditions is to wake up on Sunday, have my coffee and look at cool MOCs. Thank you, it has been a while since I have done that. Great work on all three mechs! Eric (17 years ago, 28-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) NIce job on the omnimech refit. I dig the weapons modularity and the pose in pic Watcher-1. The Taunt remindes me of that Inner Shere battlesuit from the TV show. I'm not sold on the canopy, have you tried something like the RGS canopy? The (...) (17 years ago, 27-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Hello all, Been very productive in the last few weeks. I have 2 that are redsigns of old mechs (circa 1999), and 1 completely new one. here is the redesign of the watcher (URL) are its modular weapons (URL) here is the redesign of the taunt (URL) (...) (17 years ago, 27-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Thanks, Marco It's very poseable. The only structural flaw I have found is in the armor baffles around the knee. -Jon (17 years ago, 25-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Hi folks, I found this on (URL). Seems to me quite nice. (URL) What do you think about it? Use the up-button also, there is more to see. Cheers (URL) Marco> (17 years ago, 22-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Hello Jon, looks amazing. Seems to be quite poseable and playable. Good work Marco (17 years ago, 22-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Thanks, Eric -Jon (17 years ago, 10-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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