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Introducing my second mecha, Smithereens!
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=57321
Since last week, I’ve found some time and modified how the weapons were mounted
to increase its range of motion and I also added a rifle plus some modifications
here and there that aren’t so noticeable.
A few construction notes:
The lower legs turned out very nicely. Two hoses are attached from the feet to
the leg and the armor protecting the ankle is clipped onto the hoses. The result
is that the armor moves naturally with the ankle.
Also, the rifle was quite neat, especially the handle. For realism, the handle
had to be slanted. The corner of the 1X3 plate sticks out a little when it is
slanted and fits perfectly into the back hole of the 1X1 brick with headlight.
The pic is a bit dark but you get the idea.
I used minifig legs for the knee and elbow joints. The friction is superb but
the connection point for the minifig legs are only two studs (bottom of the
feet) making the joints slightly fragile when bending. Otherwise, I think
minifig legs work really well for major joints.
That’s all for now. Enjoy!
-DAng-
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Message has 4 Replies:
 | | Re: Smith
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| (...) I REALLY like the rifle, i have been tinkering awhile trying to make a "realistic" rifle without it having a vertical handle sticking out, ive been trying to get the mech to hold the gun itself at an angle (think musket) but i think angling (...) (21 years ago, 21-Sep-03, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
| | | Re: Smith
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| All right! Favorite points: • You fixed the torso proportions. Nice job, really makes a difference. • The "beam bayonet" on the rifle. I need to start messing around with those parts, you come up with such wonderful ways to use them. • The feet. (...) (21 years ago, 22-Sep-03, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
| | | Re: Smith
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| (...) Very well done. The construction on this mech is superb, well detailed, good color scheme, and excellent construction. I like it. The machine guns that come from behind are a very nice touch making it fitting that it's name is Smithereens.And (...) (21 years ago, 23-Sep-03, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
| | | Re: Smith
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| Nice job on the 'Blacktron' mecha, Danny! I really enjoy mecha that put the design first and it's quite apparent that's what you were trying to do. I look forward to seeing more great creations from you in the future. -Dave (21 years ago, 12-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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