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Re: Invictus Horriblus- 'The Unconquerable Horror'
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Sun, 25 May 2003 20:21:03 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Terry Prosper writes:
> In lugnet.build.mecha, Dave Johann writes:
> > I'll subtitle this: 'If at first you don't succeed...'
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> > Post mod pics: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=44319
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> Ok, So I didn't see any "PLMKWYT" in your post, but I'll do it anyway.
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> If at first you don't succeed... maybe you should start all over. In my
> humble opinion, this thing is ugly. I really don't like it at all. The
> color scheme doesn't work for me, the upper-legs are way to short and thin
> and they lack details. The body section is plain, it lacks something there
> too, and it's sooooo long. Well, I could go on about other parts too, but
> you get the point. I'm sorry, I'm trying to be constructive here, but since
> I really find this thing horrible-looking, I can't find much positive to
> say. But I really like your work from the toes to the knees. This part is
> nice and if you consider my proposition of starting over, maybe you should
> leave that intact.
Hey, it's your opinion and I can certainly respect that. The colorscheme is
one that just doesn't
translate into photographs very well at all and I'll freely admit that it's
the darkest creation I've
ever built.
From the knees to the toes happens to be my favorite aspect of the model
partly because that's
the basis of the Leg design I talked about in my post. If the colors are
available in the future, I
can almost guarantee that I'll come back to the basic leg design as it
worked so well in the first
place.
> I'm sorry if I'm harsh. I decided to say what I think without any fear of
> hurting someone else's feelings. I probably did, please accept my apologies
> in advance. I think you have talent by looking at your previous mechas, so
> I have no doubt that with work, you will achive a giant mecha that will be
> both beautiful and complex.
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> Again, I'm sorry if you are hurt by this post. My goal here was not to hurt
> you, but to give you an honest opinion about your mecha. I think that
> sometimes, a good criticism is necessary to become better at something.
> That's what I tried to do.
No problem, Terry! Sometimes our models don't match what we envision 100%
due to the
limitations of the brick, but I think this one is a partial failure due to
my wanting to accomplish
too much with it. I could have easily gone back and ditched a few of the
objectives I was trying to
meet as well as slimmed down other aspects of the model, but I wasn't
willing to compromise. My
feelings are certainly not hurt...definitely less than when IH took a fall
and spilled it's guts all over
the BW floor. I'm just glad to finally be able to say IH is done and to post
the results, no matter
what people may think of it.
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> Terry
-Dave
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| I always say, building is a series of compomises. If I set out to build something and I know I want it to have 10 cool design things and when I'm done with the project and I've managed to get 8 or 9 of those cool things in to the model, then I know (...) (21 years ago, 25-May-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| (...) If at first you don't succeed... maybe you should start all over. In my humble opinion, this thing is ugly. I really don't like it at all. The color scheme doesn't work for me, the upper-legs are way to short and thin and they lack details. (...) (21 years ago, 25-May-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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