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yippie kai yay i dont even need to look at the pictures in the brickshelf folder to see that this is an insanely cool MOC. you have the whole big rig thing down. :) Kudos Rick (21 years ago, 2-May-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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YEEEE HAW. Meet B.J. and the Bear of outer space. (URL) as they go on out of the world advetures this fall on NBC in their TRUC Transport Rural Urban Conveyance (URL) Watch out Space Sheriff Lobo, they're comin' yer way! A man, his monkey, and a (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-04, to lugnet.space, FTX) !
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| | Minifig Hall of Fame Winner : Yellow Castle Knight Blue
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Hi all! This is to announce that the winner of the April-May 2004 election for the Minifig Hall of Fame is Yellow Castle Knight Blue. He finished in front of Ghost who will be in the next election's second round. Visit www.minifigville.com/mhof to (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, lugnet.fun, lugnet.announce)
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a nifty variant; same pieces, just tweaked: (URL) Enjoy! Jeff (21 years ago, 2-May-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Chris. These were a lot of fun to build (As is all things Lego :) ). Expect a few more hopefully in the next few months. Jamie (URL) (21 years ago, 2-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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(...) Well I'm kinda just goin on looks with these and I'm not too worried about areodynamics. Plus around the WW2 era there where a few plane designs that had the off center engine set-up. Of course none of them had a giant cannon :). (...) I never (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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(...) Good to be around. I never really left, just fell into lurking mode since work and other commitments have taken up a lot of my time. (...) Thanks on the kudos. I hear ya on the engine thing, but a few of the float planes around the WW1 era had (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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a new MOC, a micro scale Eastern Bloc cruiser: (6 URLs) made from set 4100 Maximum Wheels Enjoy! Jeff (21 years ago, 2-May-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Phil. I like the cannon and feed too. It was kind of inspired by the (URL) Doppelganger>. Jamie (URL) (21 years ago, 2-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Roy It would be cool to see something from you in the way of a CS plane or even something steam punkish :). Jamie (URL) (21 years ago, 2-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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(...) Thank you Gil. The added armaments on the Tornado and the Gyro are a nice improvement compared to the previous "antannae" guns I had on them. The old nozzle thingie from the Slave 1 is a very versatile and nice looking piece. The shell idea I (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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(...) Thanks JP. The Canard was inspired by Porco Rosso as I stated before and a little by this (URL) plane>. The landing gear isn't the best, but I did want it to have some so it could land in some remote waterless area. If you can get the game, do (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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| | Re: Announcing the Fleebnork.com Civilian Space MOC contest!
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(...) Ahaha! LOL I was just thinking the same, Larry. Heheh. BTW cool contest Mark, I might participate. :-) (URL) Mladen Pejic> (21 years ago, 1-May-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Announcing the Fleebnork.com Civilian Space MOC contest!
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(...) Oh sure, I don't see why not. -Grand Admiral .space Curator (URL) (21 years ago, 1-May-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Having never heard of this game before, I had to go look up some reviews of it. (URL) This one> is my favorite. Scroll down towards the bottom and click on the hyperlinked sentence in the last paragraph... (21 years ago, 1-May-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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<snip> Thats because all the funding is going to me... and my... slowly working on Heavy Assault craft... It's like Daikatana (1) of Eastern Block. It will be done... someday! Rick 1 Daikatana was a game under development for years... and years... (...) (21 years ago, 1-May-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Nathan, Awesome craft sir! Wish i had more time to view it but i must sleep. Just wanted to say that i can see the progression and it works as a mini-gunship. Welcome* aboard comrade. ;) -APSaada *i say that in the plural because i too have a (...) (21 years ago, 1-May-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Mr. GA sir, Excellent idea. Especially since I was churning thoughts for such craft in some sector of my head recently. I do have one question for you: Are we allowed multiple entries? And on that note (just thinking ahead), what about car (...) (21 years ago, 1-May-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(URL) Due the recent (URL) crunch>, the Eastern Block has had to stop making the highly popular (URL) ZOG 31> until money is not so tight. To make up for the loss of the ZOG 31, the Eastern Block has released a smaller, low-fat brother: the (URL). (...) (21 years ago, 1-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Re: Announcing the Fleebnork.com Civilian Space MOC contest!
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(...) Well I suppose you could do that. But there's a mandatory 10 day waiting period on particle beam cannons. -Grand Admiral .space Curator (URL) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Announcing the Fleebnork.com Civilian Space MOC contest!
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(...) Hi Mark! (...) What about "pickup trucks" with gun racks?? Are those OK? Some of my best friends have gun racks in their trucks(1), I'll have you know. :-) Sounds like a fun contest! 1 - well, that's not actually true. (21 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Announcing the Fleebnork.com Civilian Space MOC contest!
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Hi Everyone! After Jon Palmer's successful P38 contest, I have decided to run one of my own. I am resurrecting a contest some of you may recall from Mark's Lego Creations about 4 years ago. (URL) The Civilian MOC contest! The rules are simple: You (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.space, FTX) !!
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| | IndyLUG showing at 500 Kids Festival in Indianapolis
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IndyLUG is exibiting a layout at the 500 Kids Festival on Saturday May 1 on Monument Circle in Indianapolis. The show is from 11 am - 3 pm. Admittance is free. We will be having a Town/Train layout with a replica of the Speedway, and a Moonbase (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.space, lugnet.town)
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(...) Hi, The ships are interesting, and the photos are nice. I like the color scheme and the engine of the blue one: (URL) and I like the old-time steam engine look of this one: (URL) On the other hand, the cockpits of ships like (URL) or (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Jade Empire: Ju Zhen
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(...) Ley- as promised here are some alternative engine ideas: (URL) 1>, (URL) 2>, (URL) 3>, (URL) 4>, (URL) 5>. I liked a couple of these, but I went back to the original plain cones. :p --Ryan W. (21 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: 2 More Crimson Skies Moc's and a few upgrades
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Hi Jamie I think your planes are fantastic! Getting down to details; I am most impressed with the cannon on the Dundee C 30 Dingo Zepplin Hunter and the undercarriage on the Macchi S 42 Canard Float Plane. Thanks for some great MOCs and lots of (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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| | Re: A fresh batch, and a glimpse at an MOC-in-progress.
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(...) Great stuff, keep it up. -Dan Rubin Chair of the Cyber-braintrust (URL) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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First off, thanks to everyone for welcoming me to Lugnet, and for giving me such positive feedback about my bots! I truly appreciate it! Since all the feedback from the first group of bots, I've managed to photograph a few more and post them up on (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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Cool man, these are neat, welcome! e (21 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Actually, I was wondering if anyone would pick-up on that. When I first came-up with the pod-bot design, I was originally going to do it in dark red, in homage to those two. When I didn't find any pieces in my collection, sand blue became the (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) I thought this as well. For those that have not seen "The Black Hole", here is a link to a couple of pictures of Bob and Vincent: (URL) It's a decent movie as well. Lots of robots, two cool spaceships. Unfortunately, your typical "mad (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Might want to consider putting a pusher engine behind the cannon, the off center thrust of just one engine would make this beast VERY hard to fly. (...) What are those? Have I not gotten far enough in my levels on the PC to have seen them? (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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Very cool to see you around .space again, Jamie! These Crimson Skies mocs are pure fun. My favorite is the Dingo, there's just something totally awesome in my mind about a blue assymetrical flying tank. A very original design. I'll be honest, I'm (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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Really nice builds, Jamie. My favorite is the Dingo. I love the big cannon with the feed going into the side—great detail. Thanks for sharing. (2 URLs) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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Cool designs! The modifications to the old models are a nice touch, and the new ones are well done--even if one is a "homage". I especially like the design of the gyrocopter, if only because it's a few steps away from being steampunk. ...hmm...seems (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military)
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(...) Don't worry, just don't talk about the 'C' word in here.* (...) It looks like you're got a good start there. I like (URL) this> ship's engine and the landing gear on (URL) this> ship, as well as the mirco-scale design of (URL) this> ship. Some (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Minor threat: BotFly MOC
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(...) Evil Inc. will give 800,000 credits and three GA clones to anyone who can capture this creature unharmed. Please contact the Evil Inc. office at 555-EVIL-INC (555-384-5462) if interested. (URL) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Thanks, I love using 'earth colors' on space ships... (URL) Nathan Wells (URL) "I'm a castle fan who builds spaceships, got a problem with that?" - Me, during a debate with my friends (21 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Thanks, the horns are my favorite part of the cyborg. (...) Yeah, it's really fun to try to come up with something original! Thanks again (URL) Nathan Wells (URL) "I'm a castle fan who builds spaceships, got a problem with that?" - Me, during (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) LOL, thanks! (...) Thanks, I was just bored and I had my elephant from OE and I thought "What would happen if I replaced the legs with engines?" (...) Orignally the Tumbleweed was suppose to have a gyro cockpit and the entire ship would roll (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: First Post and MOCs...
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(...) Welcome! A few of us were perusing your gallery yesterday....a wonderful collection of little bots..all with a lot of character and originality. I would have to say that (URL) guys> are my favorites. I have this vision of them waddling around (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: 2 More Crimson Skies Moc's and a few upgrades
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(...) Wow. I loved the first incarnations of the Tornado and the Gyro, but the additions to them have really fleshed them out from a great moc to a wonderful one. The Tornado's new angled guns are excellent as they really have that m-60 look to them (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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| | Re: 2 More Crimson Skies Moc's and a few upgrades
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Jamie I love these planes! All of them! IMO they are the best Crimson Skies MOCs I saw. I like the fact that the 2 new ones share the same wing architecture, it gives them the family link they need. Great use of colors, creative designs (hmmmm, the (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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(...) Welcome Roy. Those are some rockin bots, very original. For some reason (URL) this one> reminds me of Old Bob and Vincent from the movie "The Black Hole". Anyways, keep up the good work. Jamie (URL) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | 2 More Crimson Skies Moc's and a few upgrades
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Well I took some time off of building ships (not like I was pumping a lot out) and made a few more Crimson Skies planes for the Northern Knights. I blame these latest builds on my using some of my free time playing Crimson Skies on X-Box Live. The (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.military, FTX) !
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| | Re: New JE MOC: Irezumi Fighter
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(...) Yo Derek, thanks man. Actually, it's not all that swooshable. The front is pretty fragile, but at least it looks like it could zoom around a bit. Anyways, hey...do me a favor. Tell your mom I said hi. :-) -Chris (21 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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Um, what Chris said :). I love every one of these bots. The sheer variety... just beautiful. I'm going to have to build a few. Soren (21 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Sir, you are a genius. Welcome, welcome, welcome. These are totally awesome little fellas. I especially like the aquatic turtle-ish bots, the orange/dk grey multipedal one, and that sweet little blue Kuri. Great job. Again, good to have you in (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Welcome to space, Roy. That's quite a collection of bots. There are plenty of 'borrowable' ideas in the collection. I especially like the (URL) pod bots.> Excellent shmooveness in a small size. There's nothing like bot building when your (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Guide to Jade Empire
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What a great idea! This is really helpful to bridge the gaps between JE styles. It's already helped me a bunch, as I'm constructing a dropship in the style of the Irezumi. I think JE may be the next new superpower, watch out PCS! (21 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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Yikes. Just imagine if there was an entire swarm of those things... It's a cool lil' bot, Ley. I just hope the collective forces of doom don't take advantage of its simple design... - Roy W. (21 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.space)
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(...) -Teddy (21 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Foolishly enjoying these over here.... I am especially LOL about (URL) the 'ginsu chef-bot'> as I've started to call it. And, the (URL) 'wrestling captain'> with its he-man pose is priceless. Of course (URL) Robriq> is just asking for an (...) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Welcome to .space Roy! I love your bots! (URL) These look like mini Spiffcraft!> I also really like (URL) these> bots, I gotta build some of those guys! Thanks for sharing, (URL) ~^- Nathan Wells (URL) "I'm a castle fan who builds spaceships, (...) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Kt. Moozaf Blastov and Oh-Gee
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(...) I didn't realize he was a question, but it's good to see an EB counterpart of similar flamboyance (and dental work.) (...) Um.... with what? I'm enjoying the back story. And, (caution)... Oh-Gee appears very 'cape-able'.(1) Oww! (...) It's (...) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | First Post and MOCs...
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As you can probably guess, I'm a lil' new to posting...I've been lurking around Lugnet for a few years now, but only recently have I ever been satisfied enough with what I had to bring to the table to actually sign-up to post... These are really (...) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) I know I'm coming in late on this, but this really is a sweet ship. Very swoosh-able, clean lines, great color distribution. Definitely a template for Jade Empire ships, and--as you say--a nice blend in style to match previous JE MOCs. Derek (21 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Meaning yours came before his? Hmm I thought I had it straight. Thanks for correcting me, I'll be sure to change it if I ever put it to html! :) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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Thank you so much for doing this, Ryan. Full points on the community spirit scale. It's great to be able to compare these at a glance. Thanks to Jon Palmer (URL) for reminding me>, I was just looking at (URL) Mark Sandlin and Joel Kuester's Candiru> (...) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) SNIP (...) Thanks for putting this together, Ryan. Very informative. I've fallen behind in updating all the new Jade Empire mocs to the (URL) Subtheme Guide>, but now I can do them all in one swoop. ~Kevin Blocksidge (21 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) You are most welcome, of course. Words are like Lego; you put them together and sometimes they just work. This ties in with a theory I have about Lego being like language. Pieces are words, so one's collection is one's vocabulary... I'll spare (...) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Very nice comic, Lenny. The chart and pointer were great. Slow down when typing the word bubbles though. I hope the Eastern Block can find the funds to complete the ship (which goes to show you how capitalism is better). ~Kevin Blocksidge (21 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Very cool idea Ryan. It's interesting to see all of them together and the progression that's gone on. Only thing I saw was that my ship and Nathan's need to be switched around. Neat. -Chris (21 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Chris. Dragonesque was exactly the influence I was trying to draw from. I like the idea of it being a command ship of some sort - like there's a less armed, less sleek Irezumi, and this is the Special Edition or something. Can't wait to (...) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Guide to Jade Empire
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I put this together to help out those people who may be wondering just what exactly this whole Jade Empire business is all about. If anyone else has anything to contribute, please feel free to post! Some time ago on Lugnet (and in chat conversations (...) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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just a quick note, I changed my email addy in my profile: paulbhartzog@hotmail.com in case anyone needs to reach me.... -paul (21 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Jade Empire: Ju Zhen
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(...) Thanks, Ley. *eyes skip ahead* Oooh constructive criticism ahead, yay! (...) I didn't see it as all that fat...maybe a little husky, but not fat. I guess when I sought to merge the two styles, I imagined Lo Pan basically eating and then (...) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Good stuff, Lenny. I hadn't seen pics of Blastov's fighter in progress yet, so it was cool to see those images at the end of the comic. --Ryan W. (21 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Nifty, and Blastov's ship shows promise. The comic is also well staged and photographed. I think you might want to hire a proofreader for your text balloons though. :) Adrian (URL) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Ha! That's a riot. Excellent pics too, btw...so clear and well staged. The ship looks like it's headed in all the right directions. Good to see the angled slave 1 canopy making the jump into a ship from St3v3's car....nicely offsets the (...) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) snip (...) Hmmm dangerous maybe, but it has to land sometime! Mwahahahaha! ROSCO (21 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) -snip- (...) Lenny, Blastov's fighter (even in it's unfinished and...colorful state), looks one thing to me: fast. Very reminiscent of Jon's I-Wing. Awesome shape, like a big flying knife. Can't wait to see it finished. (URL) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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Hi Prof! Among all the strange creature you've created this one is my favorite! But I wouldn't like to see it flying around in my living room, berk! What's wrong with your labs? How come they acheived such an evil thingy? I thought they were on the (...) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Kt. Moozaf Blastov and Oh-Gee
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Announcing the Eastern Block's answer to Captain Fazoom: Moozaf Blastov! (URL) Moozaf is a Scorpio, he likes drinking water and running naked accross the steppes of Asia. He is from Kerblakistan, one of the member republics of the Eastern Block. His (...) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | New MOCs & better pics of an old one
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3 new Mocs: first, a red pickup from the Maximum Wheels designer set: (URL) & (5 URLs) another humvee from Micro Wheels creator set 4096(my first can be found 'up' in the folder): (URL) & (5 URLs) a little mech from the yellow Xpod: (2 URLs) & (...) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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"Ley Ward" <NospaM*eonmusic@sasktel.net> wrote in message news:Hwwq1H.18I4@lugnet.com... (...) uses, (...) is now (...) Thank you for creating the single scariest name for a MOC since "Candiru". Aside from this, your usual bizarre building style is (...) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.space)
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Yes, that would certainly be an ambitious project. I would start by trying to reproduce it in MLCAD. Certainly would help when it came to gathering that many parts. Greg "Brett Wallis" <brett.w@data-care.com.au> wrote in message (...) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.space)
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Here's a link to the pic: (URL) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.space)
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| | Minor threat: BotFly MOC
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We are sorry to inform you of a minor threat(1) to space. A sample-gathering bot developed by Whateverly Labs, for purely scientific uses, has been 'mis-programmed' and, having gathered a few samples of weaponry, is now on the loose. (URL) see more (...) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Sweet Lou's Interplanetary Trucking Co.
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Pretty neat : ) How'd you hang the hatch ? It look like a nice compact door design. (...) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Jade Empire: Ju Zhen
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(...) I think you accomplished some good merging there, Ryan. The stripes do make it look fat, though. Especially next to the rather anorexic (ahem, I mean 'shapely') Lo Pan. Of course your ship is 'pregnant' with its 'spawn', so I know it's not (...) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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Awesome! This is the coolest JE moc to date. I love the dragon-esque look it has. It looks like one of those ships that leads others into combat, and then kicks butt! Wonderful job! Now I've got to find a way to incorporate dino tails into my JE (...) (21 years ago, 28-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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Do you have a link to pics of this? Greg "Brett Wallis" <gulumpugus@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:HwLvy7.1oEK@lugnet.com... (...) of the (...) thousands of (...) similar, or (...) (21 years ago, 28-Apr-04, to lugnet.space)
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(...) JP, your responses always make me feel good about my creations. It's not that other people's comments don't do the same, it's just that you always seem so happy when you find a moc you like. :) To tell the truth, I am lacking in the slope (...) (21 years ago, 28-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) I noted the tealness of the ship as well, and I assumed it was Nathans camera. Unfortunate, because teal would be a nice color for the Jade palette. I'm too lazy to check and see if his pieces are even available in teal. --Ryan W. (21 years ago, 28-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) As much control as the Reich may have over its own media outlets, PCS Intelligence boasts far superior abilities in the reconnaissance and spy department. Tacos and hippies, pshaw. We know what happened at that vital base, and we know that (...) (21 years ago, 28-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) I wondered what that goo was that was splattering my windshield on my way to work tonight. :-) -Chris (21 years ago, 28-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Hey Nathan. I wasn't sure what to think about this ship at first, but I really, REALLY like the way Ryan put it. It's almost like this ship used to look slightly different and then "grew" and got bulbous into the one shown before us. Very (...) (21 years ago, 28-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) I really like the pod cockpit. That colour shift is rather strange, though. Is anyone else seeing teal and dark gray?(1) Not that that would be a bad scheme for JE, but it does remind one of Rock Raiders... That aside, I find the mottled (...) (21 years ago, 28-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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I have always loved the design of the large model from the space section of the 84 Lego world show - the one shaped a little like a car jack. It's thousands of pieces in size... and it may be a LONG tmie before I can even think about contructing it, (...) (21 years ago, 23-Apr-04, to lugnet.space)
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Wow, two posts in one night..One to trains and one to space. I hope I don't get shot for supporting both groups. Anyway, I was at the NCLTC Train show this last weekend and had an opportunity to hang out with the Space Papparazzi himself. We started (...) (21 years ago, 28-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.space, FTX) !
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Hi Ryan, Once again this is a fine ship you designed! When I first saw the pics on BS, at first glance I thought it was much bigger than it really is. Then I thought it must be a microscale ship.... your work for that is awesome! I really like the (...) (21 years ago, 28-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Be advised, the "outpost" in question was a series of 6 automated shacks on the edge of a dry lake, containing cryogenically frozen hippies and family-sized packs of rolled tacos. However, the missle did scatter hippy body parts, coolant, and (...) (21 years ago, 28-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Nathan, nice contribution to JE. I feel this is the most organic of the Jade craft we've seen so far. It seems like it was a simple ship eventually grew bulgy and patchy and discolored over time while in use in Jade space. Such a biological, (...) (21 years ago, 28-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Hey thanks, Chris! I'm not particularly satisfied with the cockpit, as I forced myself to step away from my usual practical designs and took a stab at moc(k)ing Keith's cockpit in the Lo Pan. And the dino tails are teh winz. I will never make (...) (21 years ago, 28-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Pretty. I'm digging this one, Ryan. As a minifig bomber, or a microfig frigate/carrier, this one looks awesome. I like the ambiguity that you and Keith have going with the scales. Anyways, the big gaping maw around the engines is really nice, (...) (21 years ago, 28-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) The Earwig! That's what I should have called it. Oh well. :-) I never thought of the JE as crustacean, but it does make sense. Sort of a shellfish meets random bug combination...or something. (...) Yeah, I'm a big fan of the sand green. And (...) (21 years ago, 28-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Gil, what up! Oogieness? Man, people are just on a verbal tear today. :-) I like the way you put it - flying T smooshed with curves. With this one, it was all about the organics - I did quite a bit of looking at the other JE ships, other (...) (21 years ago, 28-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Hey, thanks Chris. I didn't see the Romulan thing until you mentioned it, but it does have that feel, eh? Shmoove. I love that word. :-) (URL) (21 years ago, 28-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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As the Jade Empire continues to swarm its way through peaceful .space systems, Intelligence is gathering more and more data on the various attack craft being introduced in battle. A crucial space battle for control of an Iron Reich outpost became (...) (21 years ago, 27-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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