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Re: New Female Mecha
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Fri, 22 Mar 2002 06:01:19 GMT
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Thanks!
I'll go back and study the pictures again with your words this time :)
/Tobbe
On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 23:19:12 GMT, "David Thomas Jr."
<davejr@thomas-superwheel.com> wrote:
> 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).
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> 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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>
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/Tobbe
http://www.arnesson.nu/lotek/
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