gylman Posted December 22, 2005 So, I figured I would make a posable Santa. Easy, right? NOT! It's hard to make someone fat and posable. ended up having a musclebound Santa. Have a good laugh! Hey, you wanna piece of me! http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/gylman/s...a/pieceofme.jpg Welcome to my Xmas display http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/gylman/s...nta/welcome.jpg Yeah bud.... it's over there! http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/gylman/s...vertherejpg.jpg Sorry dudes..... time to disco! http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/gylman/s...osanta_2jpg.jpg Oh yeah, and some Advent calendar stuff http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/gylman/A...t2006/tree3.jpg http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/gylman/A...t2006/tree2.jpg Merry Xmas. Cheers. Gyl Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sarg_Kulo Posted December 22, 2005 Nice, just give him a gun. :oD Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darth_Ewok Posted December 22, 2005 *I won't write an infinite "aaahhhhh" anymore because it disturbs the reading of the threads* Swwweeeeeeeett! :-D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evil Willy Posted December 22, 2005 Wow you made that? How do you build upright like that? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gylman Posted December 22, 2005 He has an inner core which is very mobile with lots of ball joints and a couple of KK clicky joints (ball joints are not very strong, but are very mobile). The knees and elbows are flat hingy pieces. It's a pretty standard design. Look up "gla gla armature"on Google. If you want to see how awesome it can be in the hands of a good builder, not me, check this out: http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/2156 There are others. My guy can't be so flexible because he had to be chubby. Also, he is very heavy due to the chubbiness, so I had to use a couple of clicky joints rather than ball joints for the shoulders. Anyway once I have the core, I build his body, arms and legs around it. Lots of fiddling, and I never seem to have the right part when I need it. I ran out of red reverse slopes at about 3/4 way though. Also didn't have enough red jumper plate, enough tan for the face, and a couple of other things. It's true what they say.... "you can never have too much Lego". The hardest part to get to look nice was the face (well, not really hard, but I was just tired of it and I didn't have enough tan pieces, and wanted to be done, so I did a sucky job. Sorry). There are awesome articles on mecha building in the 2nd issue of Brickjournal. highly recommend it. But, reading is not enough. You gotta sit there and fiddle with it to understand what works and what doesn't. The main problem with mechas is that as they get heavier they need sturdier joints, but the sturdy joints are less mobile than ball joints, so you gotta balance those two. Also, the more mobile they are the more the joints show, so you gotta figure out ways to hide as much of the joint as possible. Cheers. Gyl Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evil Willy Posted December 22, 2005 Alright thanks for the inlightment, thats cool! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Monday Posted December 26, 2005 Don't hurt me Santa I've been a good boy this year 8-| Ok so mabye the trash can was my fault, but......................... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lost Viking Posted December 27, 2005 Lol, nice job Glyman! I hope he won't come down my chimney! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Graynar Posted December 27, 2005 Nice design ya got there. All you need now is several robots driving that Santa, and have the Exo force fighting him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gylman Posted December 27, 2005 Nice design ya got there. All you need now is several robots driving that Santa, and have the Exo force fighting him. "I'll crush those puny little buggers! BWHAHAHAHAHA" Santa rubs his hands with glee.... and then adds in a smaller voice.... "Oh, uh ...... yes..... uh ....Merry Xmas. HO HO HO" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites