Wilhelm screamer Posted April 27, 2008 Posted April 27, 2008 (edited) I originally built this for the impulse contest, but I never got myself off my lazy megablocks in time to post it for the contest. With castle month, I felt now was the appropriate time to post this creation of mine. Standard view And now we have non-funny a comic, to illustrate play features of my MOC Our Crownie friend has become infuriated over forgetting to load up the Micropult. He grabs the hammer off of the side. Starts to chisel the side of the rock, and.... breaks it! He eagerly dives in for a sample. He grabs the burning hot rock without disintegrating his hand loads up after putting the hammer away takes aim and... Fires! (the handle is connected to the Technic Pole Reverser Handle by a technic pin. So when you turn the handle, the Micropult fires) After the battle... Our Crownie friend detaches the basket.... walks to the storage area... puts it away and prepares the wagon... and marches to the next battle. Parts The model has 27 parts for those who are curious, I plan to post instructions if there is a significant demand for them. Brickshelf gallery with the original and much larger pictures. Impractical weapons On ! Edited April 27, 2008 by Wilhelm screamer Quote
Brickmaster Posted April 27, 2008 Posted April 27, 2008 (edited) This may be a micropult but it has absolutely huuuuge pictures that took too long for my patience to resize! Edited April 27, 2008 by Brickmaster Quote
Dragonator Posted April 27, 2008 Posted April 27, 2008 (edited) I don't know how you expect us to see these pictures, they are huge! And a little blurry. I get the general idea of it, but can't really see much of the detail because of the size (or perhaps I can just see too much ) As a word of advice, find out how to resize. There is a tutorial somewhere I think... EDIT: Ah yes, and now the automatic resizer comes in, thanks to whoever thought of that! I like it, very nice contraption, the comic explains the soldiers frustration very nicely. Good job! Edited April 27, 2008 by dragonator Quote
iamded Posted April 27, 2008 Posted April 27, 2008 Thank goodness for the automatic re-sizer! That's quite a nifty contraption there, very cool. I was wondering how on Earth it would fire that massive boulder, but I see you've got something a lot more practical. Nice! ~Peace Quote
Wilhelm screamer Posted April 27, 2008 Author Posted April 27, 2008 Oh my lord, talk about irony... How is this ironic? Quote
Tarfful Posted April 27, 2008 Posted April 27, 2008 (edited) Don't be sorry just take a look at the tutorial on resizing large pics, here. On another note I like the idea of a one man catapault thats also easily portable. Also I really like the comic showing all the functions of the micro-catapault. Overall a very origianal and well executed idea , the only forseeable downfall is that I don't have 2 of the wheel pieces you used. -Tarfful EDIT: After reading the sentence about the pics more carefully, I saw that you said you can't resize the pics. May I ask whay? Edited April 27, 2008 by Tarfful Quote
iamded Posted April 27, 2008 Posted April 27, 2008 How is this ironic? It's ironic because it's a micropult, a mini catapult, yet the pictures are incredibly large. ~Peace Quote
Batbrick Posted April 27, 2008 Posted April 27, 2008 Oh my lord, talk about irony... Seriously, do you ever have something positive to say? Plus, you're not really one to complain, I recall you posting the most blurred, fuzzy pictures I've ever seen. That said, it isn't that hard to switch you're camera function to a better format (640x480) and set the resolution lower Now that the pics have loaded you have a cool functioning catapult there. I'd ask you for instructions, but I'm scared how big they'll turn out Good luck getting better pics too. Batbrick Away! Quote
Flatfoot Thompsen Posted April 27, 2008 Posted April 27, 2008 I can't really see what it is. I mean, I know its a catapult, I just can't see the pictures because there too large. But it does sound cool! Quote
LegoLyons Posted April 27, 2008 Posted April 27, 2008 My Eyes!!!!!!!!! My Eyes!!!!! Too big, too blurry. Sorry, it's hard to see with the messy pics. Quote
I Scream Clone Posted April 27, 2008 Posted April 27, 2008 I dont know about Brickshelf, but photobucket (free)has an edit tool which lets you resize the pictures and save. Might be the way to go, or screw down the size on the camera, then we can appreciate your designs! Quote
Wilhelm screamer Posted April 27, 2008 Author Posted April 27, 2008 (edited) I finally figured out how to get my camera to take smaller pictures and should have them up soon. EDIT: they are now UP! Edited April 27, 2008 by Wilhelm screamer Quote
Asuka Posted April 27, 2008 Posted April 27, 2008 A neat catapult in a charming and useful size. Quote
Wilhelm screamer Posted April 28, 2008 Author Posted April 28, 2008 the only foreseeable downfall is that I don't have 2 of the wheel pieces you used. The wheels came with this set which I got from Brickmaster. Hope that helps. Quote
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