Re: German AT-AT

by Comrade Faie on Sat Apr 12, 2008 7:16 am

Uberlag wrote:History lesson: the swastika symbol was NOT, I repeat was NOT made by the Nazi's.

Archaeological evidence of swastika-shaped ornaments dates from the Neolithic period. An ancient symbol, it occurs mainly in the cultures that are in modern day India and the surrounding area, sometimes as a geometrical motif and sometimes as a religious symbol. It has long been widely used in major world religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.
-Wikipedia

Essentially, the symbol itself is not bad, just the people who used it and gave it such a bad reputation, the symbol means POWER, and I can see why the Nazi's used it, just wanted to point it out before anyone got mad about stuff.

Essentially it was an Indian symbol. So have you started? Fordo Yo!

by astoriabluelegos on Sat Apr 12, 2008 12:09 pm

legorevolution wrote:I never thought this discussion would go this far, or even pose this many questions !!! But it's good! Yes it's unfortunate that humanity can take a symbol once used for peace, elligance, and art and change it into having an evil meaning... But the whole AT-AT Star Wars Vs. Our Universe is an interesting discussion.

Well canonically, Earth is technically in the Star Wars universe: Wink

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Wookieepedia:Bad_Jokes_and_Other_Deleted_Nonsense/Earth
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Earth

by Comrade Faie on Sat Apr 19, 2008 2:29 pm

How is this going LR? Did you "drop" the project? Fordo Yo!

by legorevolution on Sun Apr 20, 2008 12:18 pm

Nope I haven't dropped the project, I'm not very far though. I'm working on an adaquette design for the head right now... In case you all didn't know I'm a bit of an intense perfectionist. If something doesn't look absolutely perfect from every angle, or if it doesn't completely resemble what I'm creating, then I have to either restart or fix it. The project has been delayed a little longer than expected by the way due to the lacrosse team I'm on going to the state championship! Woo!

by Uberlag on Sun Apr 20, 2008 1:46 pm

Ahhhh perfectionists, I'm an anti-perfectionist, if it looks ok, it gets the job done.

by astoriabluelegos on Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:25 pm

legorevolution wrote:In case you all didn't know I'm a bit of an intense perfectionist. If something doesn't look absolutely perfect from every angle, or if it doesn't completely resemble what I'm creating, then I have to either restart or fix it.

And your models show your VERY hard work, I still can't get over your AT-RT! Hola Wow!

by legorevolution on Mon Apr 21, 2008 11:37 am

astoriabluelegos wrote:
legorevolution wrote:In case you all didn't know I'm a bit of an intense perfectionist. If something doesn't look absolutely perfect from every angle, or if it doesn't completely resemble what I'm creating, then I have to either restart or fix it.

And your models show your VERY hard work, I still can't get over your AT-RT!

Haha yep that was one of my best models I've modded yet! I try to make things look as detailed as possible, but still keep that "lego" feel to them. It's hard to define the feel, but most sets are fairly sizable, but not entirely accurate. I just beef up the detail.

by astoriabluelegos on Mon Apr 21, 2008 2:33 pm

legorevolution wrote: I try to make things look as detailed as possible, but still keep that "lego" feel to them. It's hard to define the feel, but most sets are fairly sizable, but not entirely accurate. I just beef up the detail.

Same here, mostly the exterior of LEGO sets are pretty accurate, but the interiors and ESPECIALLY the controls are seriously lacking! Mad

by legorevolution on Mon Apr 21, 2008 3:25 pm

astoriabluelegos wrote:
legorevolution wrote: I try to make things look as detailed as possible, but still keep that "lego" feel to them. It's hard to define the feel, but most sets are fairly sizable, but not entirely accurate. I just beef up the detail.

Same here, mostly the exterior of LEGO sets are pretty accurate, but the interiors and ESPECIALLY the controls are seriously lacking!

Yeah, I think if they beefed up accuracy and detail to models that it would increase their sales. Especially if people like ROOK were working for them! Wink

by legorevolution on Mon Apr 21, 2008 3:27 pm

This is going waaaaay off topic, but I just noticed we have clone ranks now under our pics?! When did this happen?!! Hola Wow!

by astoriabluelegos on Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:52 pm

legorevolution wrote:This is going waaaaay off topic, but I just noticed we have clone ranks now under our pics?! When did this happen?!!

Not too long ago, there's a new thread about it. Back on topic, are you building this from scratch, or modding a existing AT-AT? Smile

by 80-0 on Tue Apr 22, 2008 7:50 am

Only a Rook could build this from scratch... Razz

by Rook on Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:58 am

And I wouldn't. I'd build a motorized AT-AT frame and then bend it to my will. Mad

by legorevolution on Tue Apr 22, 2008 12:36 pm

Rook wrote:And I wouldn't. I'd build a motorized AT-AT frame and then bend it to my will.

That's weird Shocked

because that's exactly what I'm doing. I only have the motorized at-at, so I'm cutting it down, then reshaping it. Weirdddd Laughing

I hope that answers your question though Astoria!

Also C80-Oh, I find your lack of faith... disturbing Wink

by astoriabluelegos on Tue Apr 22, 2008 2:25 pm

Will it still retain it's walking feature, that'd be COOL?! Do just like Rook does, throw force lightning at the faithless. Wink

by Rook on Tue Apr 22, 2008 2:41 pm

What! Don't make me zap you! Oh that's it! Razz

by legorevolution on Tue Apr 22, 2008 3:08 pm

Hahaha! That is awesome.

Astoria, I'm going to try to retain it's walking feature (if possible) because the motorized legs lock into position when not on. Finding a way around that will be a challenge Roll Eyes

But right now I'm still on the head but it's looking good!

by astoriabluelegos on Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:57 pm

Cool, sounds like a fun build! Smile