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Re: Epsilon
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Thu, 2 Feb 2006 14:05:53 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Brayton Orchard wrote:
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Brickshelf Gallery
An armored troop transport concept. Comments and criticism would be greatly
appreciated.
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Brayton,
I’m mostly a lurker these days (if I was ever more is up to the old timers, I
suppose), but feel compelled to comment on your model.
I realy like it.
The (lack of) details really give this model an excellent feel. As others have
said, there are some perceived inconsistencies that cry out to me for attention,
that ask my Mind’s Eye to step in and resolve them so that the whole of the
equation can be found, not just a few (very useful) variables. After looking at
the full gallery of images, I have to come to the conclusion that others have -
it’s complete as it is regardless of the feeling it conveys.
I will attempt to put into words some of the (positive) oddities that leap out
at me:
1.An unusual length to width ratio. It’s like a knife: the bulky engines being
the hilt, the body and cockpit the blade. In comparison to many other
dropships/troop transports (even my own of years past), it stands out because of
the narrow profile from front and sid. Most builders have gone for the more
traditional Space Marines style dropship/transports of Starship Troopers or
Aliens. The model fits well with your description of (pardon the paraphrase) a
‘Fast and Blast, Clean-up Last’ style of troop delivery. Well done.
2.The colors. The model is rather antiseptic, but your reasoning is perfectly
sound; keeping total colors down. Yet, with black and white as the primary
colors, this particular model feels stark and bare. It’s like walking down a
hospital hallway; it’s functionality with absolutely no unneeded fat. I really
like that.
3.The .space vanguard of Greebling has been given a new twist with this model.
The greebles are there and yet they’re not. There are many little details but
the color scheme hides them until you get in close. It’s almost like camouflage.
It reminds me of the large geometric camouflage patterns used on capital ships
in World War II only in an abstract sort of way.
4. I think someone else said it already: it has a biomechanical feel. The drop
snout, the bulky, yet streamlined engine pod in the back, the almost rib like
appearance of the troop craddles. All with a big honking gun up top. It’s like
someone strapped a quad laser turret atop a Gila Monster (or an Alien face
hugger) and lopped off its legs and tail. Hmm..now that’s a visual, isn’t it?
;-) In a way it almost cries out for those legs and to be made into a walker.
The best compliment I can think of is that I believe H.R. Giger would be pleased
if he saw this model. To my mind’s eye, this is something that could coexist in
his world(s).
The only disappointment I have is that there aren’t (m)any pictures of the
cockpit and its interior. It’d be nice to see that part of the model in a little
more detail.
Cheers,
JJ
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| Thanks JJ. One of the effects of having a very narrow front profile is almost no interior space. The pilot barely fits into the cockpit as it is, and the cockpit itself does not open up, so you're left with basically no interior to speak of on this (...) (19 years ago, 3-Feb-06, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (2 URLs) Brickshelf Gallery> An armored troop transport concept. Comments and criticism would be greatly appreciated. (19 years ago, 28-Jan-06, to lugnet.space, FTX) !
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