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marsbase update...
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Sun, 28 Oct 2001 10:08:36 GMT
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Well, looks like it's time for the six month update. 8)
Some of you may have seen a small pic of this posted to brickshelf a while
ago. Then again, maybe not. 8)
While not as artistic or fanciful as a lot of the really great mecha popping
up here lately, I am pretty pleased with the amount of flexibility it has
without massive use of ball and socket pieces. I seem to like the challenge
of using them as little as possible. In this case, the model uses ball and
socket joints in the hips alone.
Lastly, a short note about the images themselves. This model was prototyped
on my desk, but built in MLCad, then parts were inlined to the primitive
level and converted to Lightwave. Once in LW, the parts were assembled into
a hierarchy, posed and rendered. I mention this because LW will show ALL
the polys and lines used to create individual parts, so you'll see some
extra lines, etc. Not really a way around that with out spending a HUGE
amount of time fiddling with polys. In a model with 300K+ polys, I'm not
going to take time. Especially considering how long it takes me to crank
out models anyway. However, I do think I'm going to try to redo the other
models like this. I like the illustrated look. I could get it in POV-Ray,
but LW is a lot easier to pose models with. 8)
I'm hoping to post the .dat file in a few days after I get it cleaned up.
Who knows, I might even make graphical instrucions. (gasp! 8) )
Sooooo...here it is. The Copperhead.
http://www.marsbase.com/display.asp?subject=Copperhead
LMKWYT! 8)
Ben
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Ben Vaughan
buster@marsbase.com
http://www.marsbase.com
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Message has 8 Replies:
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| (...) Yup... Sure did... Been waiting for some time now... (...) Oh shut up Ben! You know you got awesome mecha-skillz!!! ;-D BTW, I agree with you about the ball & socket pieces. However, they do tempt me... ;-) (...) Cool! (...) Hehe... Do it! (...) (23 years ago, 28-Oct-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| (...) Yup, me has been a waitin! (...) Bows in drooling admiration of your amazing mecha building skills. :-) Ben, this is an amazing model, everything is so detailed, and believable, everything on there seems like something you would see on a real (...) (23 years ago, 28-Oct-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| Woa, a Marsbase update! Didn't see that coming :^p. About the mecha, very good. The feet and chest are quite nifty. And I like the bulky look it has to it. The renders, although not perfect, are pretty durn cool. The illustrated look is nifty. I (...) (23 years ago, 28-Oct-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| (...) slope bricks on the shoulders is cool. I like the anti-grav pack too. BTW, I would really like to see graphical intructions as well. Later, Todd SILICON PSYCHE (URL) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| (...) Very tough-looking... like it could kick the stuffin out of whatever it came across. The feet are excellent. The skinny head profile gives the limbs a more massive appearance. Does it have a cockpit? ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (23 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| (...) design. It looks like a mecha I would _not_ like to go up against. The details in the missle pods and engine area are great. And being a fan of good web-page design, I love the way the page sales-talks all the great new features of the model (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
| | | Re: marsbase update...
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| In lugnet.build.mecha, Ben Vaughan writes: SNIP (...) intensely trying to get an idea of what you were doing. You've produced great results!! Jay (23 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
| | | Re: marsbase update...
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| In article <GLwuuC.5o9@lugnet.com>, "Ben Vaughan" <buster@marsbase.com> wrote: I wanted to say thanks to everyone for the wonderful comments. It does my heart good. 8) I have a couple of ideas for the instructions for this. I *will* be making (...) (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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