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Re: New Female Mecha
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lugnet.build.mecha
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Thu, 21 Mar 2002 23:19:12 GMT
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Probably I won't have any details or instructions, you'll just have to study
the photos. I didn't use any ball joints, or thowbot/bionicle parts. All
multi axis joints are using the part I call the hinged technic peg. You can
see that part pretty clearly in some of the photos. It's used in the
ankles, the upper thighs, the hips, the shoulders, the spine, and the neck.
I used a double click hinge in the knee. It can be built using normal
click hinges, but I made use of a new click hinge part found in the jedi
starfighter set, which is a regular brick with the click hinge on both ends.
Using that part makes the knees much more solid. The use of the double
click hinge allows for a much more fully bent knee, which is necessary for
kneeling poses.
The only other joint I used was on the elbow. It's just an ordinary hinge,
not the click type. I used it because it gave the deepest possible bend. A
double click hinge there looked wierd. I almost forgot the feet though.
There are two "brick" hinges in them (I don't know how to descibe them
better).
I think the most effective and original joint I used was in the upper thigh.
It added a lot of extra posability to the model, and you can get away with
less mobility in the hip, and still get lots of flexibility in the legs.
I have to give some credit to Sun Yun, both for inspiration, and the
flexible spine idea. I saw that on his Evangelion, and it got me thinking.
I was actually planning to make an Eva of my own, when I got the idea to do
a female mecha instead. Besides Sun's Eva, I got inspiration from Hobby
Japan, looking at all those excellent anime figures.
-Dave Jr.
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