Dardanel

Great work :D I admire your courage - for taking them outside : ) Is there a story going on here? Looks like they're working together on something : )

I transfer 43 credits to NuckElBerg : ) Also, you missed us dominating C04 :P

I like the idea :D

Thank you! Depends... If you join Kawashita I will make one for you :P Thank you : ) Yes! The front and hind legs have 3 degrees of freedom (2 for upper joint and 1 for lower joint) and the middle legs have 2 degrees of freedom (1 for each joint).

Thank you : ) I agree! The "prototype" looked a little weird because I tried to make them the same as these "short" legs - only elongated, so I scrapped them. I did manage to get a decent "jumper" leg, but I only have 3 of these, so I couldn't make another :/ I was so angry at my collection :D I'm glad you enjoyed my build to such a degree : ) Thank you! I think that we simply share the same esthetics and burning passion for Kawashita! :D I wanted to make a terrain(ish) for this mock, because I believe it turned out great and it deserves some ground to stand on :D But, alas, because I wanted to take more pictures of my previous mock, most of my parts we kinda occupied :D

Thank you guys, your support means a lot :D If you have any comments/criticisms I would really like to hear it : )

I can't view a larger image (says photo is private) and I would really like to :D

Location: Aeristus – C04 Tags: Kawashita, Driver, Science Lab Journal – 6 Junali 3815 According to reports from our early scouts there exists a plant species on Aeristus that shows very interesting abilities. The one I am interested in is thermal (and visual!) camouflage. If I would have to take a bet I would say that their cells contain a compound similar to the ore. If I could get a sample I could figure out just how they activate this amazing property of the compound. Lab Journal – 8 Junali 3815 The research is keeping me busy and it would probably be some days before I can set out to collect the samples. I fear that by then M.A.N.T.I.S. will have taken notice of our actions and sample collecting will be impossible. I will have to construct a biomass extractor and send Lazlowe to collect samples. Lab Journal – 12 Junali 3815 Biomass extractor is finally complete. It is a bit bulky, I hope that the Madam will not be overtaxed. After final tests Lazlowe will depart for Aeristus. Lab Journal – 12 Junali 3815 – addendum Like before, while I wait for Lazlowe to return I commit the specs of my latest creation to the database.

Thank you : ) Cheers! Hopefully at some point I will get one : ) I know :D Thanks : ) Per popular request, the closeups:

Now that this list is on the list as well, there goes my salary :D Any words/speculations on the price?

I just rechecked this thread and Introduction and Discussion and no mention of this :/ Could you please find the question/answer?

Sorry if this has been asked before, I couldn't find anything in here. Is trading of equipment allowed?

Hello all, Dardanel again, here to complain about the judging :D Today’s judging results sparked a little discussion in our private chat and it was suggested that it might be for the best that it continues in public, since there were some valid points. While I will try to take as many opinions that were voiced as possible please consider this little rant as my own and nobody else's, as well as all the opinions stated within. Unfortunately, in order to carry my point across, I will have to use examples. I do not wish to inconvenience anyone (, but those in charge,) so I will try to make this as anonymous as possible, by posting only pictures, and not links to threads. I know that this is a poor attempt at hiding identities, but it the best I could come up with. Again, I am very sorry if your build was used as an example and know that I do not say that there is anything wrong with either you or your build, in fact I like it for what it is! An expression of yourself and your cherished creation. My beef is with the judging, and only with the judging. I would like to kick off the actual rant by paraphrasing myself, from the internal chat. If you consider that we know just how much effort, and ingenuity, on our part, the builders, as well as the previous judging results (of our own builds) you will understand why we highly anticipate scores that we are “sure” to get this week. Then, in turn, you will understand why I am of such heavy heart almost every week when I see a score I feel I (or others!) do not deserve. It is difficult to stay motivated in this game when the judging seems much more like a rolling of a dice, than something deterministic. I do not consider a game with such (lax) judging to be worth the effort. Ultimately any game should be about enjoying oneself (and for me part of the enjoyment is getting a fair and just reward, in this case a score) and not figuring out what the judges like/dislike. Judging should not be based on intangible aspects like friendship, taste and similar. So far I’ve been all talk and no evidence, I must be making this up, right? Let’s consider these examples then. First I will show only my work: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showuser=132931&tab=topics All these builds received the same score! Do they all deserve the same score? I will let you decide. Next, we have this build which, if we consider previous judging results, is a 3 for build and probably a 4 because of the very nice story, but it received a 5: What other builds have received 5 or less? But we also have some examples that have neither remarkable craftsmanship, nor an amazing story, nor outstanding photography. In other words, they’re solid, good looking builds, but nothing that stands out about them. This means that they should get average scores, right? All of these examples received high scores. Again, I am terribly, terribly sorry if I used your build as an example. I really did not want show any, but I feared that, like last time, the upper echelon would waive it off as groundless accusation. Should it bother you too much, please tell me to take down picture of your build(s). What I am hoping to do with this post is spark an argument that will lead to either us all better understanding just why the scores are so random, or, a change in the judging process so that we can all have a fair(er) game. I will also offer what I consider possible solutions to this, so that there is something constructive in this, as well (consider these alternatives, that may be used together or separately): Clear judging guidelines Per judge, or Global [*]More judges [*]Larger scale Dismiss judging if difference is more than ?% and try to align scores [*]Qualitative score together with quantitative score [*]Shadow judges with no affiliation to AG [*]Make all scores/comments public Sorry for the long post and sorry for sounding like a broken record.

I transfer all my credits to NuckElBerg.

It does not have to be recursive :P The rule could be that one equipment triggers only once per build : )

Could it be possible to change these rules a little? :D It would be nice (and more fun!) to have some synergy between equipment : ) Or maybe have some tech that allows the synergy. The possibilities are limitless :D

Cheers guys for the nice comments, it means a lot : )

Thanks :D The image is kinda blurry and showing it this way offsets that a little. Unfortunately, I only have my mobile phone to take pictures with :/ Cheers guys :D I'll try and make a few close-up shots, but they may end up being not so nice :D I used my mobile phone's camera to take these pictures, and it has 0 macro capabilities :/ Thanks :D

Location: Marphacia – B05 Tags: Kawashita, Building, Spying Lab Journal – 30 Junali 3815 Ore shows interesting properties. If my hunch is correct it could be the key to discovering cloaking metamaterials! Lab Journal – 01 Julali 3815 Received a encoded transmission from my old colleague Yeti-san. Will take some time to decode. Lab Journal – 03 Julali 3815 Decoding process finally completed, it’s an invite for conducting wave research on Marphacia. Ship Log – 04 Julali 3815 Arrived at Marphacia. Received randevu coordinates from Yeti-san. Will touch-down tomorrow. Ship Log – 05 Julali 3815 Met with Yeti-san and found out what he needs my help with. It’s installing a decoder to his Satellite dish array so he could watch “Galactic wrestling” without noise. And not, for example, for wiretapping into M.A.N.T.I.S. long range communication. No sir indeed. Lazlowe's LOG 12:36:21 WARN c.a.lazlowe.service.ActuatorService Actuator(s) at 90% capacity. Consider lessening load. 12:36:22 INFO c.a.lazlowe.service.ActuatorOverloadListener Upper actuator(s) overburdened. Increasing sassiness by 10%.

I transfer 262 credits to NuckELBerg. Long live and prosper, Kawashita!

Great work on the outpost! :D I really like all the little details. Imo, you should've connected all the "grass" parts that you could, but I assume it's a brick amount issue : )

Thank you all for the nice comments :D

Thanks guys : ) This was my first try at doing a micro build. I am not really satisfied how the upper part of the Lab turned out, should've gone with different colors :D

Location: Sorn – B06 Tags: Kawashita, Science, Building Lab Journal – 28 Junali 3815 Ore research continues. It shows some strange properties. It’s good that we decided to do the research at our secret compound.

Nice idea and brilliant photography!