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Pat Justison wrote:
> It's got 4 legs and a cannon. What more can i say? It is my second mech, and
> will soon be featured in a new section of my completely overhauled website.
> Only one picture, and the cad file is still only 80% done, but I hope you like.
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=6190
Pat-
That is, without a doubt, the most "possible"-looking (I might say "real-looking"
but they're all equally real, no?) mecha MOC I've ever seen. Though some
aficionados of things .mecha suggest it needs more missiles/a bigger(overkill)
weapon, I think the understatement of the armament gives an impression of function
before form, the way that standoff military hardware is *meant* to turn out IRL.
The use of the SW blasters as hydraulic assists adds immeasurably to that
assessment, as do the varying stud direction around the vehicle, the splashes of
yellow machinery, and the limb articulation that doesn't immediately suggest a
direct analogy to some real animal (at least to me). I assume you use Technic
friction pegs for the leg-body connection and the turret? (Or is the turret mobile
independently of the legs at all?) And...does the SW blaster's dual anchoring
still allow the legs to move in the actual model without tearing it off? I've
looked at it for five minutes and I keep waffling on the issue.
My only suggestion might be to enhance the elements of realism about it--perhaps
making use of corrugated 1x2 bricks to break up what few areas of smooth grey still
exist, and adding something approximating a "crankcase" underneath the centre of
the body, perhaps ~6x6x2 in dimension, that might conceiveably turn with the
turret. This could house smaller antipersonnel weapons or, alternately, could be
just an ammunition bay and hopper strategically placed where best protected from
aerial assault. There's no real need for further functional doo-dads, though; the
aerials are really nicely done, and I absolutely love the radome at the nose! Uh,
that *is* what it is, right? :) (If it's not, it should be.)
Anyways, just a thought. It really looks magnificent as is! I'm looking forward
to seeing more of it...action shots, maybe?
best
Lindsay
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| It's got 4 legs and a cannon. What more can i say? It is my second mech, and will soon be featured in a new section of my completely overhauled website. Only one picture, and the cad file is still only 80% done, but I hope you like. (URL) J (24 years ago, 3-Jun-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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