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Re: Debut MOCs: Landmate Frenzy
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Sat, 1 Feb 2003 20:54:43 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Soren Roberts writes:
> In lugnet.build.mecha, Ryan Wilhelm writes:
> > Hey Soren-
> >
> > NICE job on these little works of art! They are really awesome! I
> > especially enjoyed looking over the HLM-2b and the K3A. Mladen is gonna be
> > jealous that you whipped up a Sand green mecha first... :<)
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> Pshah, Mladen can deal. Wait 'til he sees what I did to his Pixie!
I just did! Nice!
> > The Suzuki-HLM-2b is really nice, great overall shape, nice coloring, not
> > overloaded-with-weaps looking. I just cant get over that SG+Tan coloring.
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=24827
> I should get another Yoda sculpture. It has tons of sand green plates.
Ohhhhhhhh, ok. I have alot more cash than I used too, but still not enough
to get everything I want, like Yoda.
> > The Hyundai-K3A is a really mean looking machine. I like the 'missile
> > racks'(that is what they are?) on the shoulders. It looks sort of like the
> > Mauler from Battletech, no offense hopefully.
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=24823
> None taken. It was inspired by the manga Appleseed, but it came out a little
> more angular. And yes, they are missile racks
Ahh, yes. I know a *little* about appleseed, but not enough to have spotted
that. What exactly do you use for inspiration? Magazines, games, etc.?
> I'm not surprised by the resemblance. I'm a big fan of SDF Macross, one of the
> series that Battletech lifted designs from.
Same here! Macross is really great. I have been trying to convince myself
to buy sunyun's instructions for the Valks, but not yet... I actually have
built right now 2 of the Macross-ripoff battlemech designs, the Wasp (not on
bshelf yet) and the Stinger.
> > The only thing I'd really recommend is to keep from using too many colors.
> > the K3A would look much better without the sand blue and tan pieces, imho.
> > But, alas, I know what it is like to have a smaller collection...
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> Actually, I have a pretty large collection, but I like the look of the tan and
> sand blue. I just like to color-code ammo and weapons. It's nuts, but I can't
> stop!
LOL! Sand blue and Grey don't look bad, imho, but I thought it was a bit
funny also having tan, red, and yellow on there. But don't let me stop ya,
anything goes!
> Take care,
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> Soren
Ryan
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| (...) I know the feeling. I'm strapped for cash right now, in fact. My wallet's bleeding from the ISD, and I only paid half. (...) Hmm. My main sources are Hobby Japan and various websites. I also collect manga, so I had the Appleseed books at hand (...) (22 years ago, 2-Feb-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| (...) Pshah, Mladen can deal. Wait 'til he sees what I did to his Pixie! (...) more angular. And yes, they are missile racks I'm not surprised by the resemblance. I'm a big fan of SDF Macross, one of the series that Battletech lifted designs from. (...) (22 years ago, 1-Feb-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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