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Re: Hover Sleds
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lugnet.space
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Sun, 29 Feb 2004 18:59:44 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Andrew Engstrom wrote:
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This is the best use anyone’s come up with for a Bionicle mask to date.
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It’s interesting, but I’ve seen better uses. I’ve found that when you attach a
Kanohi in an upright position, it’s a little too recognizable as a face, and
tends to detract from the overall look (unless it’s intended to be used as a
face, like the Ewok totem that popped up a couple years ago). Flipping them
around so the top points forward instead of up goes a long way to helping them
blend into the design. This is why most mecha that use a Kaukau as a canopy
don’t have them mounted face-forward (mine did, but that was a conscious design
choice). The one exception I can see for this would be the Rahkshi heads, which
look very similar to a crotch-rocket cowl in their standard use. Hmm...
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What’s puzzling me is how you got the tail arrangements to stick together.
Is it all connected, or is something held in by friction? Are you using
some modified secret pieces? lol.
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It took me a while to figure out the last bit, but here’s what I’m seeing. At
first it looks like you’ve got a main body that ends with a 2x6 plate, a 2x2 45
slope, a 1x2 plate w/ 1 stud, a 1x1 plate, and a 1x1 tile w/ clip stacked
together to form a flat surface on the back end. Then you’ve got a tail section
that’s built with a pair of chairs that sandwich a 2x2 plate, 2x2 45 slopes (or
a pair of 1x2 45 slopes) attached to the chairs, with a 1x2 brick sandwiched
between the lower half of the slopes and 1x2 grilles on the studs, again making
a fully smooth surface on the front surface, requiring either modified pieces or
double-sided tape to hold them together. Then I realized that there isn’t a 1x1
plate at the top of the stack, nor is there a 2x2 plate between the chairs. The
1x1 plate is actually this piece and the
2x2 plate is actually this piece.
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) That's almost exactly right! The 1x1 plate with clip (or whatever it's called), is one of my favorite pieces. In the place of the 2x2 corner plate that you suggested, I actually used a 1x2 plate, so it's only covering the back. The 2x2 corner (...) (20 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) Hey, cool! This is the best use anyone's come up with for a Bionicle mask to date. I love these little things! What's puzzling me is how you got the tail arrangements to stick together. Is it all connected, or is something held in by friction? (...) (20 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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