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Re: The Cankerworm
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Date: 
Mon, 10 Sep 2001 22:13:12 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Bram Lambrecht writes:

However, maybe talons would be more fitting than hooves.
I was thinking of going with spring loaded talons, but I wanted something
more *stompish*.  Talons would have made the BMW seem too fast.

  >It looks a bit
like the spine got and front legs got ripped out of a larger animal.

The one part I don't like is where the "torso" meets the body. Maybe a mid
sized segment would have been better right there to sort of blend it
better...<shrugs> maybe on the next one...

Thanks for the compliments Bram.
--Bram


Bram Lambrecht
bram@cwru.edu
http://bldesign.org/



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  Re: The Cankerworm
 
I kinda Like the transition. after i read the backstory, I imagined the original animal as a kind of giant centipede. part of that "cyber" technology attaching the thing to that big stomping frame. the jaw would be that of the original creature but (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)

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  RE: The Cankerworm
 
(...) mecha-ish creations I've seen. Very appropriate use of spindly greeblies. However, maybe talons would be more fitting than hooves. It looks a bit like the spine got and front legs got ripped out of a larger animal. --Bram Bram Lambrecht (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)

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