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Re: New Mecha - The Macro Bot - Next Generation Little Bot
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Mon, 23 Jun 2003 22:25:04 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Anthony Sava wrote:
   In lugnet.build.mecha, Eric Sophie wrote: -snip-
  

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   I am very impressed Master Sophie-wan. The force is strong within you.

“Surround the survivors a perimiter create.”

   I am floored at how posable he is at this size, but I guess I shouldn’t be too surprised, you are the Master after all ;)

I find it stands beter “Action Posey” than “Normal” Once you get used to the new sounds your mocs make, you develope an empathy play with how the model wants to stand. Your learn about it.

   I’m sure it took a lot of effort to get him to balance in all those different poses, but it sure doesn’t look like it. You sure make this whole Mech thing look effortless.

Thanks, its just like discovering the beauty of a formula.

   I only have two little bits of criticism about your new bot.

Ya? Ya? Tell me tell me!!!

   One, the control sticks seem to be kind of out of place. That is, they seem to long and thin, and don’t really add to the smooth look of the bot. The ankle controls in particular stand out to me. This is, of course, just my opinion.


Right, well the deal is the control sticks help me move the robot hassle free when they are a tad long like that. When I tried to top them off, they kept infereing with the upper limits of the movement and thus limited the flexability. But perhpas I can use some small red bevel gears to create “Thumb wheels” I’ll give it a try.

   Secondly, I must say I really like your shoulder and hip designs. It’s something I haven’t seen before, but then again I’m new at the whole Mech thing so maybe it’s an old design. However, while it is really neat, and I’m sure works very well, visually it looks a bit odd, with the upper regions of the arms and legs being only one brick thick. I fully understand why you have it this way, and honestly I’m not sure how it would be changed, so... I suppose just forget about this part :)

LOL! The Shoulders give that classic Foot Ball Player Shoulder/ Armoured Mech look. But really, to mix the two functions of Upper Arm Lift and Upper Arm Rotation made the Shoulder area what it is, so I built the whole robot using this technique. Classically the look of the Padded shoulders is a common thing in these here parts of the woods.


   Excellent work.

I’m glad I can understand what all his joints do, unlike Jama ;) I guess with better understanding of this whole genre comes greater appreciation of what goes into building these things.

Hey thanks, that is very true. right on. as is with all things.

   --Anthony





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In lugnet.build.mecha, Eric Sophie wrote: -snip- (...) -snipped- (...) I am very impressed Master Sophie-wan. The force is strong within you. I am floored at how posable he is at this size, but I guess I shouldn't be too surprised, you are the (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jun-03, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)

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