|
|
 | | Re: Yeah, remember that big white and blue space ship at Brickfest?
|
| (...) Indeed, your presence was missed at BF. It certainly was a spectacle, and it certainly is a relief to have it finally completed too! (...) Yeah. If I ever conceive of a project of this scale again, please try and talk me out of it. ;) (...) (...) (21 years ago, 25-Aug-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Yeah, remember that big white and blue space ship at Brickfest?
|
| (...) For ships of this scale, the drawer technique works out quite well, though you have to be very judicious in the building of the superstructure to make sure that it doesn't (2 URLs) fall> (URL) apart> during construction :) As for the tail (...) (21 years ago, 25-Aug-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Yeah, remember that big white and blue space ship at Brickfest?
|
| (...) Hey, high praise from another big ship builder! Always a pleasure. As for the shape, it turned out that greebling the exterior of the Tribunal was unneccessary. In fact, almost every attempt at greebling I tried just looked tacked on exactly (...) (21 years ago, 25-Aug-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Inside the Tribunal's Shuttle Bay: PCS Paul Dirac
|
| (...) Who's going to attack an unarmed shuttle whose only cargo is likely to be scientific in nature? Oh, right, 3vil. Who do things for the sake of being 3vil. I'm not the first to make an underslung canopy like this (Our very own Grand Admiral has (...) (21 years ago, 25-Aug-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Tanks or Power Armor
|
| (...) Since power suits are near future sci-fi and we are talking about tanks everyone should check out Keith Laumer's Bolo series. It concerns a really cool (and scary in many dimensions) future military developement idea: Bolo's Giant tanks run by (...) (21 years ago, 25-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Tanks or Power Armor
|
| Very interesting discussion everyone. In my opinion, MBT's will always have the advantage over powersuits in terms of cross country mobility, firepower and protection. There are a few situations where a single man powersuit would have significant (...) (21 years ago, 25-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Tanks or Power Armor
|
| (...) I don't know jack about real-world tank design and specifications, and haven't given much thought to potential powersuit concepts, but this has been a very cool discussion to read all day. I certainly see a place for tanks in the future, as (...) (21 years ago, 25-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Yeah, remember that big white and blue space ship at Brickfest?
|
| What a spectacle this must have been in person. Sorry to miss it. But still very cool to browse through all your progress and final photos. A grand undertaking, and certainly a project well worth the time it took to build. You've impressed us all, (...) (21 years ago, 25-Aug-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Jade Empire Hong Hovertank
|
| (...) If I'd thought up this moc and completed it before Fest, and somehow made it to DC, that would have made for a fun battle in front of the JHoJ. (...) Ah yes my Precious. Someday we'll establish a backstory for Jade Empire and how exactly this (...) (21 years ago, 25-Aug-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Jade Empire Hong Hovertank
|
| (...) Sounds like an idea for an effects shot for me to work on..hmmmmm :) (...) Nope. Bwahaha. (...) As noted in my original post ;) (...) A three-way fight would be even better. That would be an entertaining matchup indeed. I'd like to tackle a (...) (21 years ago, 25-Aug-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
|
|
