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Re: Almost-Mecha with Throwbot parts
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Wed, 10 May 2000 18:12:33 GMT
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Ah, the venerable Tomahawk.
Afraid I don't know which episode it debuted in, though.
Looks real nice, Sproat. You've captured the chunky, armored look of it
very well.
Those ThrowBots parts do make it difficult. I don't know if I will ever go
back to those after using them once. I prefer using technic pegs,
because you can use Saran Wrap to stiffen those up, and they're easier
to build around. TB parts demand a certain size of mecha in order to
enclose them completely, and I hate the little bits that stick off of them.
Looks like you could probably cram a minifig in the top of the torso and
"head" area without too much difficulty.
Here's a good link for Macross stuff.
http://members.aol.com/garoquel/mecha.htm
I found a Bubblegum Crisis RPG book that I will probably go buy... good
mecha designs in there.
~Mark
In lugnet.build.mecha, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> Hey all,
>
> I've tried my hand at using Throwbot parts for large mecha, here it is:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=488
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> Extra credit goes to the first person who can tell me which episode of • Macross
> where we first see this bully. :-,
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> The model is *almost* done; I ran out of parts for the left arm, the toes, • and
> some other minor details. I probably won't finish it in this incarnation --
> more on that later.
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> The overall design is based upon the recent trend in using Throwbot • parts as a
> skeleton, and sculpting around the skeleton with more traditional Lego • pieces.
> The biggest challenge I had was figuring out how to put bricks around • the
> ball-and-joint portions of the Throwbot parts. I eventually decided to • leave
> some of the joint visible, which you can see very well in the hip joints but
> not no well in the shoulder, elbow, or knee joints. Those
> molded-pneumatic-thingies got in the way a lot too. The unfinished left • arm
> gives you a good idea of the internal structure of the arm, and how • simple it
> really turned out to be.
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> The legs turned out to be really fun. Since they could be a lot thicker • than
> the arms, I had much more space to work around in, and to give better • shape and
> texture.
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> I'd almost be happy with the model, except for the fact that there's • currently
> no space for a minifig pilot. The legs are just fine OTOH. I plan on
> scrapping the top half and rebuilding it with a cockpit, but time won't • permit
> that for now.
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> LMKWYT!
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> Cheers,
> - jsproat
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