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Re: Attention Mech Shoppers
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Thu, 13 Feb 2003 01:53:06 GMT
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> You know Mark, as much as 'mechs' often make me cringe, in addition to
> bringing up negative preconceptions in my mind, I simply cannot stop
> checking out and staring at your exceptional work. ;-)
Thanks, that's what I'm here for, to entertain and scare...
<bulldog>
> Wow! This is not only one of the most streamlined, evenly 'balanced', and
> generally 'kewl' mechs I've ever seen, but perhaps one of the nicest MOCs as
> well.
Really? I honestly thought it looked a tad funny lacking any kind of waist,
and, well, it's got no engine built in so it's kind of a leap for me...
> The legs, with exposed gearing and dark red strips are just perfect for this
> mecha. The wheels on the feet make me immediately think of VOTOMS, and thus
> of mecha. Simple touch, but adds psuedo-realism to this model.
See, the wheels are going to be funny for me. I need them so the legs don't
slip all over the place when I put the mech on a hard smooth surface. I'm
just trying to sneak them in there so it works. Cool.
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> The upper body is flawless too. Here's where the evenly 'balanced' issue
> comes into play. This mech, unlike most of your previous ones, has just the
> 'right' amount of weaponry on it. The weapons systems you chose were wise,
> and make plenty of sense too. You placed the missiles in large launcher
> boxes, and the cannons on swiveling 'arms', where they would clearly do the
> most damage from. The dk. grey 4x4 cylinders are great connectors between
> the body and the 'arms', too.
Again, really? I thought it was a little weapon heavy seeing as there isn't
any space for ammo, power supply, life support, etc.
It does balance out nicely though I'll give it that. I know, I'm my worst
critic.
> The cockpit area is great as well. The rollbar (even though it probably
> doesn't serve as that), is again, a realistic touch that adds a lot to
> overall 'look' of the mech. I also like how you are reducing, or should I
> say 'focusing', the number of colours on your models.
I thought the roll bar kind of sturdyfied the cockpit. I liked the dark red
glass but didn't want to live with that big honking glass cockpit.
Thanks for the bit on focusing my colors because that's a big thing I've
been working on. Partly because now Ihave enough of any given color that it
makes it easier to do, and watching you guys I see how it makes a
difference. When making Ram way back when I literally switched colors when
I ran out. I got ideas though about multi color to simulate camo or damage
but that's a discussion for another time.
> Constructive Criticism: The regular red cylinders up front, even though they
> are meant to be 'teeth', look more FLIR/optical sensors. If you replaced
> them with perhaps white and clear cylinder bricks and plates, it would make
> your this mech that much cooler, IMO.
I was looking at it today thinking I should take some half pins and stick em
in the tops of those cylinders, and then cap them with a lever dome with the
lever taken out. (particuarily if I used a blue half pin it'd make a very
fine blue line right at the joint) Thought it'd finish of that detail
making it look more like a ecm pod or flr pod or something akin to that.
Great minds eh? (great minds think alike, and fools seldom differ. I know
I'm the latter so...)
<bot>
> Another very militaristic mech. The legs are well built, as are the weapons.
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> Constructive Criticism: The sensors underneath the smoke canopy would look
> better if they were perhaps white. You could probably also squeeze one
> 'greebly' element in there as well. Maybe even a white preprinted computer tile?
Hey, good idea, I was thinking of making a little unit of these, Dan Parker
suggested taking the legs off and replacing them with wing units, making for
a land/air multipurpose robot. Combine that with a support vehicle for
converting the robot from one form to another and you got a pretty cool
scene. Neat idea eh?
> Great work Mark, keep it up!
Will do buddy!
Thanks for the input!
Mark
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