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Evangelion construction
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lugnet.build.mecha
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Thu, 20 Dec 2001 22:44:42 GMT
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Newbie alert! That's me. Lurker for a while, but I just signed up recently
to post.
Sadly, I lack a camera to show my work, and I took it apart anyway to retry
the design, but I've just started work on a large-scale Evangelion.
Mind you, I don't know if I've got enough parts, and I know I lack the cash
to go on a Brickbay spending spree, so I may end up with a skeleton and
fairly detailed head.
So, let's see if I can describe this beast... and get some tips :-)
The head's being built as a skull with armor plating to be added later.
I've got a jaw joint design that I may be able to use from the previous
revision of the head. More importantly is the scale that I'm at.
The entry plug is actually a truncated fuselage (with heavy modifications!)
of the 6356 Med-Star Rescue Plane, so it *can* fit a minifig or two inside.
Since I lack purple pieces (as should anyone who only uses Lego, unless I
missed something important,) I'm going to end up making a custom armor
design and color scheme. I seem to have a decent amount of red and black,
with a smidge of grey and green as well. Let's just call it Unit 14, or
01a, or whatever. Due to parts shortages, it'll definitely only have two eyes.
All of this mentioned, I'm guessing that the final unit size might be
somewhere along 2 feet tall, if not higher. Since I only have 4 turntables
and 6 worm gears, I don't see this going very far unless someone here knows
some good tips for alternate joint designs that won't fall victim to gravity
so easily. The fact that I've picked such a slender (bio-)mecha design
probably doesn't help, but Gundams are becoming too popular, and I wanted to
try something fairly original.
Any tips? I mostly have standard parts, along with the contents of three
bionicle sets and 2 RIS sets (1.5 and 2.0) and some other things which I
can't recall. Pretty basic stuff, not many custom pieces just yet.
Thanks in advance!
CK
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) Wellcome Christopher! (...) Join the club. (...) Fine by me, it is the effort and idea that counts. (...) ooh, goody goody, there aren't many people who build in the 2+ feet range. (...) Sadly, with Eva construction one can not use any tricks (...) (23 years ago, 21-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
| | | Re: Evangelion construction
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| (...) Congrats! Welcome to the club! More mecha postings are always welcome. (...) No problem. I'm sure we'll see it in time. Tough design to work on, btw. I've tried it myself and can't get it to work the way I want to. (...) I feel your pain. :) (...) (23 years ago, 21-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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