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Re: New Mecha (finally...)
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lugnet.build.mecha
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Sat, 4 Jan 2003 00:12:57 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Geordan Hankinson writes:
> Hey man, this looks awesome! I think I like it better than your other
> platforms. This colour scheme works really well, it makes it feel very
> militaryish, as these colors did on the wolf.
Thanks Geordan! Yep, the 'success' of the colours on the "Wolf" pushed me to
use them again.
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> > A couple of goals I had with this model:
> > - Create a mecha that looked tank-ish in nature (I got inspiration from the
> > French Leclerc, the German Leopard 1 & 2
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> Yeah I could tell you got inspiration from the Leapord without reading that.
> ;) I like it, it has the same "stretched turret" feeling as the leapord 2
> (with added front armor) (1) which I really like.
Yep, the grey leg armour is also very angular like the new armour for the
Leoparg 2.
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> , and a bit from the American Abrams
> > M1A2).
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> Did I just hear Mladen say "inspiration" and "Abrams" in the same sentence?! ;)
Heh... :-)
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> > - Make the pilot cockpit/cabin blue, completely blue (because in real life
> > the interior colours of a vehicle are not always the same as the exterior).
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> This looks really cool. The blue looks really nice.
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> I really like the rail gun, it looks especially cool being off to the side
> like that. It's so massive too! All the weapons are really cool though,
> those 30mm guns are really nice, as is your trademark missile box. :)
For sure... that rail gun is probably around 1.5 feet long. ;-D
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> I love the shape of the head/turret, it has such a good balance of round and
> sharp edges. It looks very tankish.
Yeah, like the visual sensor units used by the Leclerc and M1A2.
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> Great job with this one Mladen, I think it's my favourite multi legged mecha
> from you!
Thanks again Geordan!
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> Keep it up
I'll definitely try!
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> -Geordan-
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> (1) for all you non tank people :P
> http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/row/leopard-2a5-kl19.jpg
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> snip
Mladen Pejic, over and out!
http://www3.sympatico.ca/mladenpejic/
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| Hey man, this looks awesome! I think I like it better than your other platforms. This colour scheme works really well, it makes it feel very militaryish, as these colors did on the wolf. (...) Yeah I could tell you got inspiration from the Leapord (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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