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Re: Attention Mech Shoppers
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Wed, 12 Feb 2003 18:47:22 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Tony Knaak writes:
> I saw these last night and wow!
Dang, you were up pretty late, couldn't sleep either eh?
> you have been holding out on us! the
> Bulldog, or as I called it the 'Blood'Dog because of all the blodd red
> parts. The torso is great, I love the SNOT arround the cockpit area that as
> the hose and such. (BTW where did you get that 1x1 tile with the blood red
> logo thingy on it? I have seen Kotaro Ono using those alot and I can't
> figure out where they come from.)
Star Wars mini sets, the tile is from the snow speeder.
> The misle rack is always a must have, and
> it look great at an angle. The legs are very industrial and to the point.
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> I love your straight forward, no frill designs with the gears showing. I
> always am strangely reminded of the horrible movie Wild Wild West and that
> giant spider. Except that was infant-industrial revolution. This is sorta a
> new era of industrial when your stuff would take place. Post-apocalyptic
> industrial! There we go!
The legs started as an exercize in seeing if I could get some mobility out
of a small design. The legs are only held together at the joints with the
bare minimum of a friction pin or axle. The idea was to be able to quickly
disconnect the leg joints and re-assemble them into other poses. It worked
fine with no torso, but once I added the wieght of a body different poses
cause catastrophic failure. It was a grand idea, version 1.0, and happens
to look pretty neat in the process.
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> Back to the legs, they are geared which is goooood. The feet I think should
> be a bit larger vertically, add some bulk to the lower half.
Good point. Maybe that'd solve my problem of where to put the rubber. The
rubber tires keep the legs from slipping all over the place. (remember
catestropic failure...)
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> The torso seems nice and greebled, but the arms are plain, reason? What
> joints did you use for the 'elbow' to make it tilt?
Just a bit of contrast, also with less moving parts exposed armor plating is
put on top. (the arms are solid, so they are enclosed) The shoulder has
that plate to protect the technic 1 angle connector attached to the end of
the cone. A 3 long friction pin holds the arm to the shoulder and allows
for pivoting. Rotation of the arm is al'la Eric Sophie's 3long axle with
stud on end in micromotor connector method, built under the missle racks.
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> > First the new, Bulldog: (teaser)
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/ravenswolfmk/bulldog/p2110002.jpg
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> Rock on! More blood red. I see a definate design style here...curves. The
> canopy, arms, legs, feet, everything is smooth and curved. It's good to see
> that someone tries to focus on one style per mech. Most have sharp angles
> and curves, except this! Well done.
Thanks, this was a lot of fun, very playable and stops around my workstation
regualrly
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> > Second, is Bot an adaptation of one of Jamie's creations: (tease)
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/ravenswolfmk/bot/p2110016.jpg
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> Are the hips an AT 2x2 double friction pin box with the click pin mount?
> Sure looks like one! I am test that joint on my new mecha (out later this
> week) in the shoulders.
Sure is, they work pretty good. Same thing on bot too.
> The head looks menacing with the eyes and the fake
> teeth handlebars! Oh and who can argure with the tail!!?? That's what pulls
> the mech together for me! Where did the tan come from?
The bits on the head? They're droid arms.
> I sure wish they make
> droid parts in more colors! Final nit-pick that thing is nearly studless! I
> say add one more plate to the head, and you got a solid design!
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> > Third is Little Raptor: (tease)
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/ravenswolfmk/lilraptor/p2110020.jpg
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> > Mark Neumann
> > Snow Daddy
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> Those awesome, and please don't hold out on us again!! :D
Thanks for the feedback Tony. Already working on the next mech, so I'm
taking notes as usual.
I'm not really holding out, no really I'm not. I'm just a tad lazy. The
two little guys have been hanging out for a while (didn't think much of them
honestly) but Bulldog was finished a couple of days ago. Little Raptor was
actually a concept design for Dragonwolf.
Mark Neumann
Snow Daddy
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