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Re: New builder and new mech (Mechastruct Entry: SRX-032 "Rook")
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Mon, 23 Dec 2002 05:31:08 GMT
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power to the neophytes! welcome, welcome. i'm new here too, and it's good
to see more mech-ers coming out of the closet (or is it hangar?) love your
mech, especially the chain gun (chain guns are our friends...he,he,he).
nice proportions and color scheme too. green and black: never would've
thought of that one. another point: your driver actually looks comfortable
in that cockpit--not confined or cramped. it's tough to build a good-looking
mech(a) with a pilot. my gunjin originally started out w/a driver, but in
order to mount the head on the ball joint, i had to remove him to make space
for the socket. you kept your driver and made it look like he's actually
happy to be there (maybe it's the perpetual smile). i also dig your weapon
selection. the more variety, the better--makes for a more versatile mech.
can't wait to see some more of your work.
p.s. i'm sure you already know this, but before you cannabalize your next
mech, build him using mlcad so you can go back and build it again for better
pics or design improvements.
In lugnet.build.mecha, Chris Searing writes:
> Hello,
> My name is Chris Searing. I have been lurking around LUGNET for a few years
> now. I finally decided to show myself , mostly because the Mechastruct
> contest urged me to do so. I have been building my own mechs (yes, mechs.
> NOT mecha, although some of my designs may slightly resemble mecha.)) for
> about five years. Most of my designs have been destroyed due to my limited
> supply of good parts, and I have not taken many pictures. What I do have I
> will gladly show here.
>
> So without further ado, I present my first entry, The SRX-032 "Rook"
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=29516
> (I still do not have a digital camera, so the pics aren't that great)
>
> The SRX-032 was designed as a medium assault mech. It was equipped with
> various modular weapons attachments that can be mounted to hard points on
> the fore-arms and shoulders in order to give it a wide range of attack
> options, which can be swithed out in a matter of minutes. The mech can
> easily cover any role from long-range assault to hand-to-hand combat. It
> also has extra plates of armor around critical locations, giving the unit a
> rather large and bulky appearance. The incredibly powerful and nearly
> unstoppable appearence of the SRX-032 caused many pilots to nickname it the
> "Rook," after the rather powerful chess piece. But like the pice itself,
> the "Rook" is not invincible. The weak point of this mech is the
> back-mounted fusion reactor. There was no room to fit both it and the
> cockpit inside the mech, so the design engineers chose to mount it as a back
> unit. Too many hits to the unit would punch through the armor and caust the
> reactor to explode. Engineers bypassed this problem by making the reactor
> ejectable. This way, even if the reactor is destroyed, the basic mech can
> be saved. It can the be picked up by a recsue unit and be fitted with a new
> reactor back at base.
> The current weapons available for the SRX-032 are:
> Standard issue medium laser rifle
> Arm-mounted gattling heavy autocannon
> Fore-arm replacement heavy energy shotgun
> Shoulder-mounted twin-barrel mortar launcher
> Shoulder-mounted 8-tube missile rack (can use various types of ammo)
> More weapons option soon to come.
>
> Build notes: I have actually had this mech completed since late October,
> but it has taken me a while to get pictures taken. This is currently one of
> my favorite designs and I am trying my best not to scrap it for parts. I
> have used some techniques that I have seen here on build.mecha, but I have
> also tried to keep it as original as possible. It has been heavily based on
> units from the Heavy Gear series of games, but not completely. I used the
> back mounted reactor, SMS units in the heels, and modular designs from that
> series while building it. I like the way it looks from the front and back,
> but it has a very thin side profile, which I do not like as much, but it
> works. There is also not much of a cockpit, and I would have to make the
> torso much larger to add one, but it is just something I will have to work
> with. Also, if you look at the picture of the reactor, you will see two
> tailights on the rear armor skirt. That is something I have been
> incorporating into my newer mechs, so I guess it could be called one of my
> trademarks.
>
> I am going to post about my other two contest entries soon, which are
> already up in Brickshelf. If anyone has anymore questions, feel free to
> ask. More pictures might come later. I hope everyone likes what I have to
> offer.
> Chris
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