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Re: New mecha, and it's posable!
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lugnet.build.mecha
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Sun, 6 Jul 2003 17:11:17 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Mladen Pejic wrote:
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This is really a first for me. For years now, I’ve always made my bipedal
mecha either flimsy thus requiring numerous stoppers (which are eyesores
design-wise) to hold up or so rigid that their one pose looked awkward. BUT
no more! I finally got those ball joints to work. Sure it took some time for
me to get right, but I finally freakin’ did it! Haha!
Alright, must calm down now. :-D
This mecha took longer than it should have to build. The torso and legs
really posed some challenges. With larger mecha such as my “Joker” and even
“Brute” I had plenty of space to work with, but not so with this ball joint
mecha. I could not exceed certain mass limits, otherwise the whole thing
would collapse like a rag doll. Making a torso that was ~4 studs tall, could
fit a minifig, and had 3 connection points proved difficult for me at first,
but I finally settled on what you see right now.
As for the weapons, I went a bit crazy. I’m a big fan of all types of
military equipment and weaponry, so I hope you all can bear seeing another
mecha totin’ an AR around. ;-)
Oh, and I also tried incorporate designs from the “Rhino” into this mecha,
i.e. the hatch is tiled in a similar manner, the optical sensors are dk.
grey, red, and lt. blue, etc.
Enjoy!
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I did, very much. This is one of my favorites of yours to date. The color
scheme is great, you incorporated the ball joints wonderfully, so that it
doesn’t look too flimsy at the joints, and you managed to squeeze a minifig into
that teeny little torso. And that finger/hand design is great - I think it
looks much better with just two fingers as opposed to more. And, this:
is just such a cool shot. Love the poseability.
Our little boy’s all growed up. <sniff> :-)
-Chris
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| In lugnet.build.mecha, Chris Maddison wrote: -snip- (...) Thanks a lot Chris! Yeah, you're right about the fingers; three look better than four. (...) Heh. I've been playing too many WWII games. That's me during most (URL) Day of Defeat> matches, (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jul-03, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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