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  Re: SpiderWalker rides again!
 
(...) todd.. you are an *extremely* creative (and sick) individual and i one day hope to have your level of imagination (and obvious free time) and your talent (or should i say "sociopathic tendancies"??? hehe!) J (25 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
 
  SpiderWalker rides again!
 
Remember that icky creepy crawly SpiderWalker model a couple years ago? (URL) a new picture of it -- at night: (URL) instructions in LDraw MPD format: (URL) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)  
 
  Re: SpiderWalker rides again!
 
(...) It's not often I can call a Lego scene creepy. -- Terry K -- (25 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
 
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  Re: SpiderWalker rides again!
 
(...) circular plates? Did you use cone light sources or ordinary ones? I bet it took a lot of experimenting before you got the scene like that! Oh, and by the way, to make the scene even more creepy, you can add some ground fog, or perhaps some (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
 
  Re: SpiderWalker rides again!
 
(...) image on my monitor, right? Wallpaper is the sincerest form of flattery. Steve (25 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
 
  Re: SpiderWalker rides again!
 
(...) Yup, that's what I use too. It's a really quick way to experiment with the settings. (...) With the ground fog, just remember that you need to flip it upside down. In LDraw (and L3P), the Y axis points downwards, which means the ground fog (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: SpiderWalker rides again!
 
(...) Inside the round 1x1 plates. 1 LDU from the topmost face, I think. (...) Hmm, I didn't think of using conical light sources...it's been a very long time (~6 years) since I've used POV, so I didn't tweak the .pov file much. A conical light (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: SpiderWalker rides again!
 
(...) No, I don't mind it at all -- in fact, I'd be honored! --Todd (25 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
 
  Re: SpiderWalker rides again!
 
(...) Heh - literally! :-, Pretty cool, Todd! Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
 
  Re: SpiderWalker rides again!
 
(...) Very cool, Todd. I'd use it as wallpaper, too, but it would creep me out too much :-). Have you considered raising some (1/2?) of the legs to show motion? Also cool would be a daytime version with the spiders "cloaked" a la Babylon 5. You (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
 
  Re: SpiderWalker rides again!
 
Hm, I've been out of the loop. What is MPD format, and is this why LDLite is not building the entire model for me? (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer | (25 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
 
  Re: SpiderWalker rides again!
 
(...) Multi-Part Dat. It's a way of putting multiple DAT files into a single stream of text. Each file starts with a line 0 FILE <filename>. You can split the files manually, or get Jacob's splitmpd utility (there should be a link from the JJ (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
 
  Re: SpiderWalker rides again!
 
Todd, What an awesome rendering and creation! Now I am having a hard time deciding on what background I should have up, the spider, or the Blacktron, for my does of evilness in a day! (I can't wait until we get some Star Wars parts and figures, to (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
 
  Re: SpiderWalker rides again!
 
Do what I did(if you have MSIE 4.0 or Win98), and make an html file, so you can each one randomely every time you start the computer. Scott Edward Sanburn wrote in message <36DF173B.68BC8693@a...ng.com>... (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
 
  Re: SpiderWalker rides again!
 
Todd Lehman wrote: <snip> (...) Sure! (25 years ago, 14-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
 
  Re: SpiderWalker rides again!
 
(...) Maybe I watch just a bit too much X-Files. :) I like the government- coverup episodes a lot, but I also like anything with gooey crawly creatures and stuff. I also watch too many PBS shows about creatures of the deep who can put their stomachs (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
 
  Re: SpiderWalker rides again!
 
(...) Well, Duh. There's a dumb question. Ya, I guess, force me to drool... (25 years ago, 15-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
 
  Re: SpiderWalker rides again!
 
(...) Allrighty then, here it is -- (URL) just posted it to lugnet.cad.dat as an MPD file. You'll need LDLITE 1.6 (URL) or an MPD->DAT splitter and LDRAW to view it. --Todd (25 years ago, 16-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)

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