LEGO Mech Suit / Space Marine
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Today I was inspired to build a LEGO Mech Suit after I found this page: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=94860
It had some nice instructions and I tried to follow along, however I soon found out that I didn't have half the pieces I needed to finish it!
So I ended up getting the basics from the instructions there, and threw together a Mech Suit of my own. It kinda reminds me of a space marine from Warhammer or something.
My photos aren't very good, but hopefully you can make out the details.
Its shoulders and hips can pivot, it can bend at the waist, upper arms bend in two places, elbows bend, the claw hand can bend more inwards, each of the fingers bends, the knees bend and the feet can pivot and bend as well.
It's pretty articulate.
The minifigure actually doesn't go inside, it's just a head stuck on there. But you can imagine there is a person in there.
The back could use some work, but it looks ok. The gun looks really good from this shot.
I thought I had enough pieces to make another in white and grey, but I didn't really. The end result was kinda pieced together out of random stuff and was very shakey, it could barely stand, so I went the obvious route and made it a dead one.
That gun arm is pitiful. I'll try to make a better one tomorrow.
It had some nice instructions and I tried to follow along, however I soon found out that I didn't have half the pieces I needed to finish it!
So I ended up getting the basics from the instructions there, and threw together a Mech Suit of my own. It kinda reminds me of a space marine from Warhammer or something.
My photos aren't very good, but hopefully you can make out the details.
Its shoulders and hips can pivot, it can bend at the waist, upper arms bend in two places, elbows bend, the claw hand can bend more inwards, each of the fingers bends, the knees bend and the feet can pivot and bend as well.
It's pretty articulate.
The minifigure actually doesn't go inside, it's just a head stuck on there. But you can imagine there is a person in there.
The back could use some work, but it looks ok. The gun looks really good from this shot.
I thought I had enough pieces to make another in white and grey, but I didn't really. The end result was kinda pieced together out of random stuff and was very shakey, it could barely stand, so I went the obvious route and made it a dead one.
That gun arm is pitiful. I'll try to make a better one tomorrow.
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Haha, like 90% of my LEGOs are terrible looking and off color from age. Somehow none of them ended up in these two mechs though. XDKimiko wrote:Wow, so many pieces I never had when I was a kid. And they all look like they've never been played with. Mine looked all dull and scratched after years of use.
Thanks Ailise, I never got into that mindstorms stuff. Too expensive for me. XD
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Yeah, I wish I could take credit for that, but the guy I got the instructions from did that, and I'm pretty sure there are some old LEGO sets that do that as well.Kimiko wrote:You're the grey 'legs' piece that makes the shoddy mech's fingers. Creative use
The variety of uses for each piece is really amazing when you think about it, it's what makes each build more fun.
Whenever I think something I am building is too boring looking I realize it's because I haven't tried any novel building techniques.
Also my stuff tends to be more interesting when I'm scrounging for parts and have to use each piece wisely. XD
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- Dr. Sheexy
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Yeah, this is what I was up to.Abdul_Moti wrote:... No words could express it. o_0
Are they ones you were talking about by our talk last on Saturday?
Aww man. XDkirby wrote:If I had joined up here a few years ago I could have given Sheexy an absolutely gargantuan amount of Legos but I got rid of them a while back though.
That tone is way too funny coming from you Sheexy, and when I use the word gargantuan there is usually a lot. I am serious when I say that I did get rid of them though, they were constantly falling apart whenever they were moved.Sheexy wrote:Aww man. XDkirby wrote:If I had joined up here a few years ago I could have given Sheexy an absolutely gargantuan amount of Legos but I got rid of them a while back though.