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Re: Invictus Horriblus- 'The Unconquerable Horror'
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Mon, 26 May 2003 07:06:20 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Jason Coronado writes:
> wow, dave! this has to be your best mecha yet. i've read some of other
> people's comments, and i'm going to have to put in my two cents: first of
> all, i love the detail of this thing. i can't believe how huge it is! the
> bigger a creation is, the more detail you can put into it, and you've really
> out-done yourself there.
Thank you, Jason! If nothing else, it's certainly my largest, most
articulated model yet.
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> i also like the color scheme. brown and gray look great together. it makes
> it look, for lack of a better word, "industrial". that is to say, i see
> this creation as some sort of rusty, clunky, unholy monstrosity conjured up
> from some post-apocalyptic industrial factory. kind of like dr.
> frankenstein went to a junk yard with a blow torch and some tools and put
> together a friggin' war-machine. trust me, this is a compliment.
Perfect! You got what I was going for-Dr Frankenstein meets Monster Garage
meets X number of
Godzilla foes.
> others have commented about the disproportionment of the model. as i've
> always said, models look their best when the limbs, torso and head are
> proportional. with that being said, however, i must abandon my current
> thinking and say that the fact that the torso is too long, and the legs and
> arms too short doesn't make the model "ugly". to be sure, the
> disproportionment adds to the character of the model. i remember first
> seeing the big "O" mecha in a hobby japan mag, and i thought "how friggin'
> ugly is that?" but somehow the look of it just grew on me and i began to
> appreciate the aesthetics of the whole thing. japanese anime and mecha are
> pleasing to look at because of how "deformed" they look. i really admire
> how you went out on a limb to to this. it's a risk i probably will never take.
It's funny how impartant proportions can be. When this was sitting on the
table at BricksWest
2003, I got very few comments about proportions even when folks saw the leg
and hips standing
next to it. Those that did comment, mentioned that they thought the leg was
too long. Funny
how that changes when the full model is together. That being said, I wonder
how many builders
thought the Lego Dragon statue's arms were too short for it's body. I know I
didn't. I guess it's
just a matter of proportions.
> overall, this model is fantastic. the size, color scheme, and shape are all
> fantastic and really add to the originality of the model.
Thanks Jason! Every comment means quite a lot to me. It won't change this
model, but it might
change a future build.
-Dave
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| wow, dave! this has to be your best mecha yet. i've read some of other people's comments, and i'm going to have to put in my two cents: first of all, i love the detail of this thing. i can't believe how huge it is! the bigger a creation is, the more (...) (21 years ago, 26-May-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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