Tank and walker designs

Post by **FoxofWar** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 3:24 pm

I am starting a brickwar army using my collecton of legos, but am having trouble coming up with mech designs. How do you build yours?

Post by **AlphaLurker** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 3:38 pm

I throw bricks at eachother, then look at my favourite RTS games, see what looks cool, and try to fit that into my army. Aslo......NEVER ENOUGH DAKKA.

Post by **Zahru II** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 3:50 pm

Depends on visuals; I'm usually inspired by 'anime-mecha' per say, so I there's a design that catches my interest, I'll start experimenting with it and work out something.

Post by **Silverdream** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 3:55 pm

Try to build part of a mech(Chassis, Legs, frame) first, and then try and complete it.

I was never really good at building mecha though.

Post by **Tarren** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 4:00 pm

related: does natalya's dreadnut actually have instructions?

Post by **BFenix** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 4:01 pm

Mech building is on the most difficult things to do with Legos. You have to take in consideration weight, balance, hinges, etc... Its not an easy challenge to make a good mech. I'm making a "Guide" soon for Lego mech building, you might want to take a look at it when Its done.

Post by **Rev. Sylvanus** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 10:47 pm

my floppy penis wrote:related: does natalya's dreadnut actually have instructions?

The one I built has been ported into LDD, though the designs differ in some respects

Post by **Tarren** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 11:34 pm

Rev. Sylvanus wrote:
my floppy penis wrote:related: does natalya's dreadnut actually have instructions?
The one I built has been ported into LDD, though the designs differ in some respects

link.

Post by **enders_shadow** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 11:43 pm

it's in his Space Knights thread, I believe. As to my method, I generally look for inspiration on Flickr, find a style I like and try to emulate it. It takes a lot of practice, and finding which techniques you like to use and can pull off. More exposure to better builders will help tremendously.

Post by **SnakeMittens** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 12:03 am

I made a mech using mostly bionicle joints, and it keeps its pose rather well and stands maybe 7 or 8 inches high? I started it from a single hand.

Post by **Rev. Sylvanus** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 8:22 am

Here is the link

Click on the dreadnut.lxf file

Enjoy

Post by **AlphaLurker** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 1:56 pm

I just made a dread-styled mech last night, and I'm also halfway done with a walker-ish mech. They should go up with my faction's backstory/descriptions later tonight

Post by **Ben-Jammin** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 6:35 pm

I prefer building tanks, and I generally shoot for playability. I try to incorporate a good appearance into them as well, although sometimes it doesn't work out too well...

Post by **Natalya** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 9:59 pm

You make them look as much like this as possible.

Or die trying.

Post by **SnakeMittens** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 10:18 pm