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Re: New mecha: Hoplite
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Wed, 28 May 2003 17:13:54 GMT
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"Frank Kopanitsanos" <ufote1@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I just recently finished this mech. I built it so my other Medium mecha had
> a counterpart.
> I am mostly proud of the head design. I got the idea of using the "mowhawk"
> from watching 'Mad Max' the night before :) The leg an arm design are
> similar to my other medium mech. I tried to ditch the mostly black paint
> scheme in favor of something more vibrant, IE the red.
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> The head was the first thing i built. It used one of those round green
> translucent saucer things inside a technic figures helmet. The mowhawk is
> made from the 1widex2long hinge plates with three teeth and the flat 1x2's
> with 2 teeth.
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> Sorry about the quality of the pictures, my digital cam ain't the best, but
> at least i have one. If i can, I'll try and get some more shots of the mech,
> as well as me re-armed infantry squad :)
>
> Please offer me your criticism again, as it helps me churn out newer and
> better MOCs!
>
> Here is the folder (post mod)
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=44612
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> And here are a few pics (deep links)
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/DaLancer/Hoplite/00.jpg
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/DaLancer/Hoplite/07.jpg
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/DaLancer/Hoplite/08.jpg
I like. Red and black are always so menacing :-) Good clean shape and
design. I like the foot, nice trick with the slope.
Got to love the massively oversized rifle too :-)
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