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Re: Sam-Bots and their "steeds"
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lugnet.space, lugnet.build
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Date:
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Tue, 6 Jul 2004 04:31:30 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Jean-Pascal Rignault wrote:
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Nice use of these masks, you succed in integrating them pretty well in these
over sleds.
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The trick is to start with the Rahkshi heads and work the rest of the design
into them. Bricks are easy to work with, but there’s so little room inside
these things that your options are limited enough as it is, without having the
extra challenge of trying to incorporate them into a pre-built sled. I can
think of two basic ways to do it. I chose the really complicated method that
uses five stud-free TECHNIC parts crammed inside but gives it a really solid
connection. The other option would be to just pop the hole in the top of the
head onto a single stud, but that’d allow it to twist to the side, or just pop
loose altogether.
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The the samurai helmet the pilots wear + the flags on the back of the sled
give a nice style to the overall.
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Oh, the whole design basically screams “Japanese cavalry”. Firstly, the
“crotch-rocket” motorcycles that inspired the use of the Rahkshi heads are
permanently associated with companies like Yamaha and Suzuki. Also, the whole
look of the Rahkshi models themselves looks like something you might see in an
anime piece. The rest of the original hovercycle (the Oni) very much resembles
Darth Maul’s speederbike, and he’s very similar to the description of the
traditional Japanese oni (black and red with white horns), and fights in very
traditional Japanese styles (in order of appearance, his lightsaber is used like
a nagamaki, a bo staff, and a katana). Adding the kabuto helmets and the uma
jirushi flags just helps to enforce the image.
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In a way it reminded me of Judge Dredd.
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Since my experience with Judge Dredd is limited entirely to watching the
deplorable Stallone movie and reading one or two Batman/Judge Dredd crossovers,
I’ll have to take your word on that.
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Message is in Reply To:
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| (...) Hi David, Nice use of these masks, you succed in integrating them pretty well in these over sleds. The the samurai helmet the pilots wear + the flags on the back of the sled give a nice style to the overall. In a way it reminded me of Judge (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jul-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, FTX)
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