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Re: The Ships of Homeworld and Cataclysm
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Sun, 6 Jan 2002 02:02:54 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Bill Jackson writes:
> Well I have finished crude versions of every Kushan, Taiidan, Turanic, and
> Somtaaw ship. This was like slave labor, and note I said crude. I'll have
> to do several revisions of each. For one, the proportions may be a few LU
> off. Two, the geometry of Homeworld ships proved extremely tough to mimic,
> especially since I stopped buying lego sets in 2000, and I was never into
> technic. The key so far has been piles and piles of slopes--lots of those
> roofing service packs. Those little black square 1x1 flat panels have also
> proved essential because that's the only thing that looks suitable for the
> cockpits. The fighters look very blocky, but I used 1\2 of the coupling (ya
> know, the one that seperates into two pieces) turned backwards to add some
> "flair"--heh. The fighters are probably as good as they'll ever be since
> it's difficult to work within a 3x3x1 space and build a masterpiece. Oh
> well, they look imposing in squadrons of 12 and swarms of 50 or so anyway.
Hey,
I'm Wes Prewer,http://www.geocities.com/corhellion666/ITA_website.html
I am a HUGE fan of HomeWorld, and I like what you are doing, Keep up the
Great Work.
> Also, it'll be awhile before you see the big models like the Naggarok, the
> Heavy Cruisers, and the Command Ship. I'm working from the bottom up.
> Currently I am putting detail and organizing the color scheme of my Vettes.
> The color scheme so far is black and grey simply because I have about 100x
> more bricks in those colors. Later, however, you'll see my fleet flying the
> royal Red & Yellow, along with my friend's Blue and Green. The other guys
> don't have fleet colors yet. Excpect pics of my ships within 2 weeks or so
> (I'm very busy with finals and school). By that time I should have pumped
> out the first destroyer on my list, the Taiidan variant. I'll take some
> shots of it chomping on some Heavy Corvettes and Multibeam Frigates.
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> Yeah, I do ramble alot--but I only post every couple days.
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> Till next time...
Have you heard of MLcad? It is an Excellent computer program, which let's
you build lego creations right on your computer.
Give it a shot, it is really easy to use.
http://www.ldraw.org
Keep up the good work
Wes
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