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Subject: 
Mecha - What do you need?
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Thu, 13 Mar 2003 04:10:21 GMT
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When setting out to "Make a Mech".....What 5 things do you need when building?

What is it your looking for when you set your pieces out and begin building?

What parts help you or what do you think would help you in building Mecha?

Thanks,

Eric Sophie
LMHoF
http://members.aol.com/mylegomaster



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  Re: Mecha - What do you need?
 
(...) 0. A good CD in the player or a great movie in the dvd to keep me entertained! 1. A mental or sketched plan with some internet research so I can figure out the scale of the build. 2. A color pallete, I tend to gravitate towards greys and (...) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
  Re: Mecha - What do you need?
 
(...) 1. A good CD in the player. 2. Snacks. The importance of snacks cannot be overstated. 3. A stack of visually inspiring material. 4. Several hours of free time. 5. Good lighting. (...) Depends. Usually a lot of small pieces, anything that (...) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
  Re: Mecha - What do you need?
 
(...) Nice! I like it when posts like this show up. These are in order of my 'needs'. 1) Music- Usually something with a definitive beat to help keep the creative juices flowing. 2) A clean workspace- Without a cleaned off table and chair, the best (...) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
  Re: Mecha - What do you need?
 
(...) 1. Lego bricks 2. Uninterrupted time. 3. A build up of rest and nourishment, because I'll just keep building. 4. Music. Lots of music. 5. Wooshing noises, or Whrrrr-THUD (walking mech) sound effects. (...) I'm kind of zen in this respect. I'll (...) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
  Re: Mecha - What do you need?
 
Thanks for all the great replies! I too build in much the same manner. Let me clarify, Specifically what kinds of parts do you use when building Mecha, and or types of peices would you like more of? e (...) (22 years ago, 14-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
  Re: Mecha - What do you need?
 
(...) 1- Music....Soft rock for medium-sized mechs, hard for the big boyz, rap for the lights, techno works for heavy/medium :<P 2- An overcast day always seems to make me way more creative. Dunno why, it just does. i like overcast days. 3- Time (...) (22 years ago, 14-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
  Re: Mecha - What do you need?
 
(...) Hmmm...I agree with most other replies, but my creative process really takes off when I follow this pattern... --I'm not inspired by Japanese Cartoons, though they ARE cool... --I'm not a huge fan of "forward" knees (like on a human), unless (...) (22 years ago, 14-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
  Re: Mecha - What do you need?
 
(...) 1) Dave Johann coming over and sorting parts for me. 2) Brian Stokes giving me crap loads of parts for super cheap (and on credit) 3) Dave Johann giving me tons more parts for free as long as I "make some thing cool". 4) Eric Sophie telling me (...) (22 years ago, 23-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)

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