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Post by Kalvinator » Sun Dec 29, 2013 2:20 am

Yeah, my armored division is all dark/light grey and dark red.
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Post by Apollyon » Mon Dec 30, 2013 4:51 pm

Built a mecha frame. No ball joints.

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Post by Maverick » Mon Dec 30, 2013 4:57 pm

Apollyon wrote:Built a mecha frame. No ball joints.

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Post by loafofcheese » Mon Dec 30, 2013 5:43 pm

Apollyon wrote:Built a mecha frame. No ball joints.
That's how you build a mech.
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Post by Silent-sigfig » Mon Dec 30, 2013 6:54 pm

looks interesting, How stable are those legs.
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Post by Apollyon » Tue Dec 31, 2013 4:44 am

So far very stable. The design is very simple using this part ("Technic, Pin Long with Friction Ridges Lengthwise") to connect the technic bricks
in the hip, knee and foot joints:

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The frame can swivel up and down at the hip joints and it is just a question of finding the right point of balance for a given pose:

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I think it can take some considerable weight as well. Here i added a Ninjago spinner (a whopping 32g!) to the torso frame and
some bricks to the arms:

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Post by Apollyon » Wed Jan 01, 2014 4:35 pm

The joints are starting to fail by now. I will try the trick of putting little pieces of paper into them to create more friction.
Anyway, i am quite hungover today and managed only a small build:

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Post by Swordsalmon » Wed Jan 01, 2014 6:23 pm

Behold, asstards: Squidship Morlock!
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Post by Silverdream » Wed Jan 01, 2014 6:31 pm

Very nice. I feel that it just needs a bit of greebling on the sides though.
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Post by loafofcheese » Wed Jan 01, 2014 8:19 pm

Swordsalmon wrote:Behold, asstards: Squidship Morlock!
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Das ist :boxy:
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Post by Kalvinator » Thu Jan 02, 2014 12:43 am

I love it. Looks great.
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Post by Zahru II » Thu Jan 02, 2014 2:51 am

pretty neat
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Post by Zahru II » Sun Jan 05, 2014 3:08 pm

Bought some HF 'kaiju' the other day. Pretty neat and easily repurposable:

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Post by Silverdream » Sun Jan 05, 2014 5:22 pm

Huh, I may have to get those for Eldritch Abominations because they have the same colour scheme as the Egypt beetles.
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Post by Alex » Tue Jan 07, 2014 4:18 pm

I got a couple of sets for Manly Santa Day, including the lone ranger stagecoach and a red pickup truck. After immediately tossing the instructions and cannibalizing the sets for parts to upgrade already existing models, I began looking for ways to use the new pieces. This is one result I got using only pieces from these sets:
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After messing around for a bit, I came up with the inspiration to build a steampunk fighter. Here it is with the wings folded down.
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It can carry a pilot and a passenger, and also has clips to hold gear. The plane is powered by two rocket engines. The tail fin can move up, down, left and right.
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Here is the plane with the wings unfolded. It has a a swiveling Gatling gun in the nose, as well as two heavier, but relatively fixed guns on the wings.

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