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Re: Getting my own fingers into this mech thing.
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Fri, 24 Aug 2001 14:55:29 GMT
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Great mecha Lindsay, very great mecha. Good form, I espeically like the
head, and the articulation in the neck is great, it makes it look like it
has some personality. The legs are awesome, very unique design, the feet are
nice too. Nice thruster's on the back and, oooo side cannons on the head,
very nice, lots of original ideas in here which were executed very well.
I think that the armanent is too light though, a mech of that size deserves
a little bit more weapons IMHO. Very good mecha, beefy, tough looking, and
original. Niiiiiice.
In lugnet.build.mecha, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
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> Hi, everyone!
>
> Seeing the general buzz that's always in .build.mecha
Definitely,
> and my desire to continue procrastinating on this grant
> proposal, I've been inspired to risk rendering a 20-year-
> old design into LEGO. It's from a universe I've been
> working on since then, the same one that my .space creations
> (and weird technical descriptions) come from. It's from
> before the era of hypergunned mecha, so that's why it's
> armed lightly in comparison. ;)
I still think that it could be a little heavier armed, or maybe a slighty
beefed up gun, just my humble opinion.
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> That said, please take a look at this:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=6466
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> It's actually an *alien* biotek, recovered by the Swedish
> military in 2218 and retrofitted for a human pilot (and
> a Terran-style "armour sidearm"--the original would have
> carried bracer cannon). The designation (LAt) isn't
> alien, but Terran; we just don't know how they classify
> their machines. It's nice when their equipment can be
> captured, because 1) it gives us a chance to look at
> the systems up close and 2) it adds really *good* bioteks
> to the Terran armory, which is a lot better than the
> lousy things that pass for bioteks in human militaries.
Cool background,
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> The suit itself uses exactly zero Bionicle-balls (that
> sounds a bit lewd). The pilot barely fits, and it's
> extremely cramped in there (the pilot space is 3x4x3.6).
> It's stooped-over very deliberately; I didn't show it in
> full running gait in the pictures, but it's really rather
> quick, earning it the colloquial name "toad" from the
> Royal Army (not frog, *toad* ;) ).
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> Anyways, this is my first foray into mech-construction in
> three years, so I'd appreciate feedback.
Wow, awesome for first time in three years, do you have pics of your earlier
mechs?
I may rebuild
> the hips and incorporate the ball joints so it stands more
> stably, but I like the way the SNOT-mounted sides came out.
> I do like the hands, because the thumb serves to hold the
> "rifle" very nicely. If I get a chance I may scan in the
> original drawings, bad as they are now that I look at them
> 20 years down the line.
Cool! Please do!
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> best
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> LFB
-Geordan-
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