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Re: The Cankerworm
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lugnet.build.mecha
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Tue, 11 Sep 2001 11:24:28 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Anthony Babington writes:
> 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.
I like the concept. Kind of an alien frankenstein thing...
the jaw would be
> that of the original creature but it's skull (if it has one) has been fused
> to the cybernetics, which is one of the reasons it's so violent, it doesn't
> like it's new condition. that would also explain the sudden transition, it's
> just kind of bolted there.
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> ...or not, but that's what I imagined.
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> "Bryce McGlone" <mcglone@visto.com> wrote in message
> news:GJGwE0.Ewv@lugnet.com...
> > > 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.
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> > 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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| 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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