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After going back to the drawing board, the engineers threw out the mid-twentieth
century ‘atomic’ legs and designed a pair of anime-style mecha legs. The new
legs provide 20% more ground speed, as well as enabling the Paladin hardsuit to
leap to clear obstacles up to three times it’s own height. The arms received
similar treatment, and the build-in quad-minigun was replaced with a handheld
autocannon, increasing overall firepower only slightly but greatly increasing
accuracy and ease of maintenance.
I like the redesign a lot better, though I find the number of 1-stud connections
annoying — the model has a tendency to fall apart when posing. one stud
connections include the shoulders, elbows and wrists (though those two seem
pretty hardy), grey wedge plates on insides of forearms, white wedge plates on
either side of each foot, toe wedges and heel domes.
I cheated with the running pose by disconnecting the right toe and resting it in
position.
Troy
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| (URL) Very cool. I'm impressed that you took the feedback you recieved and used it. Most people just wimper or get hostile. The model really looks great and benefited from the remake. I dig it. Help me out, though. Everyone throws this 'mk' stuff (...) (20 years ago, 30-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| Troy, Excellent rework to finish a great start on a MOC. Good job taking the pointers people gave ya and making a better MOC. You are now ranked PCS Mecha Commander. (ya it don't mean nothin, just build more space!) ~^- (URL) ~^- Admiral Giddens <>< (...) (20 years ago, 30-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| (...) Now that is a PCS hardsuit. Very awesome job with the rework. I really like the look of the lower legs/feet and the back of the torso. All in all, very solid design. Nifty melee weapon he's got there, too. Some more designs like that, and you (...) (20 years ago, 31-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| (...) Wow. I quite liked the original, and like this even more. As the others have said, the sign of an excellent builder is taking what advice works for your style, going back and thinking out what was an exceptional model into a supberb one. Those (...) (20 years ago, 31-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| (...) I must admit I thought the original versio was pretty ordinary, but you're redesign has taken it from what looked like a first mech to something that looks like you've been building mech for years. The new legs are a treat. Cheating is allowed (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| BRAVO! Awesomely done Troy! I love it when people actually take advice and remake something to make it better. The original was so close to being something quite cool. Which you have done amazingly. The Paladin rocks! (...) Don't worry, we won't (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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