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Re: something new
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Date: 
Wed, 19 Sep 2001 13:39:44 GMT
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Mladen,

Thanks! Yes, I find that the exaggeration makes up a lot of the personality,
expecially at small sizes. I don't have as much lego as a lot of the builders here
(and I'm constantly "borrowing" form my son), so I can't do a lot of detail-style
building. So, building around a certain emphasized visual trait is where I try to
go.

stuart


Mladen Pejic wrote:

> AWESOME!
> 
> I love it, Stuart! The torso is great, as are the protruding flaps (if they are
> flaps?). Very nicely done. I especially liked how you mentioned in another post
> that anime mecha have exaggerated features... This is definitely true.
> 
> Anime like Gundam feature mecha that have long legs, and very small torsos.
> This enhances the effect (sleek and fast look), and make you realize that these
> are machines which are meant to mimic human movements, but which are not
> necessarily proportioned like humans.
> 
> However, your mecha is an entirely different style; the bulky look is very
> cool. ;-)
> 
> Mladen Pejic, over and out!
> http://www3.sympatico.ca/mladenpejic/
> 
> In lugnet.build.mecha, Stuart Immonen writes:
> > Hello all,
> > 
> > This one's been done for a while (in fact it's already been destroyed in
> > favour of something newer and perhaps weirder), so sorry if the photos
> > are poor, not much I can do now....
> > 
> > anyway, find it here:
> > 
> > http://www10.ewebcity.com/dadoandrabbit/lego/gendarme.htm
> > 
> > I welcome comments positive and/or constructive (feet are much smaller
> > this time around ;^) )
> > 
> > best,
> > 
> > stuart
> > 
> > (more to come in the following days)



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AWESOME! I love it, Stuart! The torso is great, as are the protruding flaps (if they are flaps?). Very nicely done. I especially liked how you mentioned in another post that anime mecha have exaggerated features... This is definitely true. Anime (...) (25 years ago, 19-Sep-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)

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