My Own Rip-Offs... I mean "Re-Creations"

Raziel

When I first visited Lego-Planet I was in awe and decided I must study the 
excellent work crafted by Jun Nishizawa. Soon study turned to obsession and 
I decided I MUST physically recrate one of those Mechs to better understant 
it's beauty.I chose the Gabriel Mech ( I think the hands and large cockpit 
hooked me) Which over the next week or so seemed to be not such a good idea. 
Figuring out how it was built was one thing, figuring how to make one with 
my own parts was a different matter. While the finished result looks better 
than any of my own previous efforts, I must have made the ankles wrong... 
A freind of mine breathed on it wrong & it tipped over.
http://www.8823.net/~lego/legoplanet.htm
http://www.8823.net/~lego/pazill/gabriel.htm


Zadkiel

Midstream on construction the Raziel, Jun Nishizawa updated his website with 
the Red Emporer. Considering I was beating my head in frustration over hip 
construction, I decided a time-out was in order and that mayeb I should tackle 
the new litte guy first. So I did. And it was really neat looking. But again, 
I wonder how bad my interpretation of it is, as it seems quite fragile. Still 
it poses quite well and strangely enough the "headgear" I used on my Zadkiel 
showed up on Jun's Black of Condemnation :)
So maybe just maybe I'm starting to understand his work.. AS IF!!!
http://www.8823.net/~lego/pazill/emperor.htm
http://www.8823.net/~lego/pazill/blackofc.htm


Fpod

Since Pods are all the craze, and I've been duplicating everything else lately, 
I had to make one too.Patterend after Chris Maddison's Evergreen, I wouldn't 
say my pod has any really groundbreaking features, tho the two classic air 
tanks might be it's strongest charachter point.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=23451


AFC (Another Future Car) 
Patterned after Todd Trotter's "Future Car", this time I actually made some of my 
own modifications. Partially because I couldn't figure some of the quirks of Todds 
car out, but mostly because I had to make the cockpit open & close. Aside from 
looking like a slightly lamer Future Car, as the pictures show, Old Ben can get 
in and out by raising the aerodynamic faring and popping the back hatch.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=16585


Red Streak

Obviously I like Chris Madsison's work :) At least I took the time to make the AFC 
before Copying his "Frostbite".
It is basically the same ship with extra greebling. Maybe a bit racier too. 
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=18347



Groundpounder MDP (Mobile Defense Platform)

Gil Toradoch was my next "victim" or rather his "Lynx - All Terrain Defense Vehicle" 
was :) I tried experimenting with a rotating and or sprung rear axel, but eventually 
gave up on that idea. The controll pod and the increased length would be the two 
greatest departures from the ATDV. I figure this baby is built by one of Toadoch 
Systems rivals but that's all the backstory I have :)
http://brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=21694


Troubador

The next thing that I sumbled across that made me drool was GlaGla's "original Mech"
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=17114
How did it get so frigging poseable?!?!?!
So I studied the pictures and began reverse engineering. I figured out ways to mimic 
almost everything, but decided I had to have a person inside it so I gave up on part 
of the shoulder joints. I began showing my freinds how cool it was, but without the 
head and legs not fully detailed they pointed at the Raziel and said "it isn't as 
cool as that one..." Philistines! Anyway, after an aborted night of trying to flesh 
out the legs, guess what came online?
 http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=240050 
#!@!%@#$!!!!!! If only that had been there earlier - or if only I had taken pictures 
sooner :) Now anyone can look at those instructions and make thier own version... 
which is a GREAT thing! Admittedly I finally re-did my ankle design using the last 
few parts I had been saving for another porject, but now they are along GlaGla's 
designs.  Obviously with my chages (especially the added weight and armor, my version 
isn't quite as flexible, and the head is.. well odd to say the least (though I find it 
endearing in a #5 sort of way). Using the Raziel hands was a mistake though, as it 
leads to weak wrists - which is why the main weapons are shoulder mounted.
Still I now better understand how to make interesting Mecha.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=24815

Maybe now I can do something... original!

Yeah... right!
TR Sammis

Pardon my Pics, they were the result of a few minutes of taking snapshots...
Let me know if you want more pics, or pics of specific details.
trs13@sffn.com