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Re: Torment - my newerest mecha
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Sun, 23 Mar 2003 03:57:23 GMT
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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 about knowing such
awesome builders and stuff...)
anywho, great work!
hope to see something from the builder of big scary things soon!
In lugnet.build.mecha, Bryce McGlone writes:
> 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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