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Torment - my newerest mecha
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Hey guys,
It's been forever since I posted a mecha, but here goes. This is the one I
showed at BricksWest03. Most of you have probably seen it already but I did
post a few "official" pics recently.
A quick synopsis:
I wanted to fuse Bionicle with more traditional brick-based mecha building.
To that end I set out experimenting with Bionicle for about a year (I'll
explain all that later). The end result is this mecha/monster. It's almost
more of a demon type thing really.
Anyway the torso is made of all ball/socket joints joined together to make a
solid torso shape which does not articulate. There are no right angles to
speak of in the torso. I was trying to create a somewhat realistic
substructure on which to hang musculature and such.
The dragon body proper consists of click hinge formed octogons offset with
technic parts and connected to each other via technic turntables. Then the
whole structure has been "skinned" using Bionicle masks.
Overall I'm happy with the project with one exception. The hips, while
supporting all the weight, are a failure. Stresses on the screw gear cause
it to slip, thus making it impossible to fully extend the legs allowing the
creature to stand more upright. The result is what I term the "hunched over
chicken look".
As is normally the case with my models this one does not photograph well. I
am, however, taking more pictures and will post closeups and such soon.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=30899
Thanks,
Bryce
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Message has 6 Replies:
 | | Re: Torment - my newerest mecha
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| (...) Bryce, This is an AWESOME creation! It's quite freaky...a previous comment:(URL) (- missing an "if"). The various textures you have generated are really cool, particularly the torso. I actually think the hunched over look works well--gives the (...) (22 years ago, 23-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
| | | Re: Torment - my newerest mecha
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| wicked awesome Bryce... i made a thread about this most recent monstrousity a few days ago when i saw the teaser... and did i mention the folks on the anime and manga *social* board over at gamefaqs.com like your stuff..(i kinda wanted to gloat (...) (22 years ago, 23-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
| | | Re: Torment - my newerest mecha
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| Congratulations, Bryce! Torment really is a creation to stand before all others (or on top of as the case may be). As the person who kept looking over your shoulder on this one, I can honestly say it is better than you think. True, the hips are a (...) (22 years ago, 23-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
| | | Re: Torment - my newerest mecha
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| (...) When building things like this I would be rather chocked if it we're not "forever" between the posts! (...) Yikes! (...) As Adrian recently showed, poultry mix well with Mech! (...) More light would do the trick I think. If you have not looked (...) (22 years ago, 24-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
| | | Re: Torment - my newerest mecha
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| Wow, Bryce! It's so organic, it almost defies any traditional take on lego construction. I'd be inspired... if only I knew where to start!! You've really taken the Bionicle genre (not to mention mecha, sculpture, space...) to new heights with this (...) (22 years ago, 26-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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