IT'S LEGO TIME
So the other day I was digging through my Lego bucket and found the cockpit of an old Gurren-Lagann-inspired model I made years ago. I always liked the cockpit/face, but thought the arms were merely serviceable and the legs uninspired. So I took the cockpit and rebuilt the rest with entirely new proportions. I completely changed up everything, going with comletely different hinges, a new style of hands I made up on the fly, etc. It's not as flexible as before, but it's taller and a lot sleeker. I think I need to play around with it a bit more (it also bugs me that there's ONE wrong-coloured part, but I won't say which one). But anyway, I'm quite pleased with it. Check it out (with bonus boring technical commentary):
FUCK YEAHR METAL
For the fingers I decided to use claw pieces adorned with 1/2 pins, something that I don't really see elsewhere. I'm one of the few who insists on three-fingered hands. and opposable thumbs at all costs. I should really add some blue to the thumbs, too.
The blue fingers work well with the (very had to see) dark blue thighs. I almost considered changing the thighs from the blue from the original model to a black variant, but it's too visually boring. Blue adds a nice kick to it.
I'm also really proud of those shoulder pieces. They're basically a trick to hide the kind of ridiculous shoulder joint I used to save space. It's sheer good fortune that they could be mounted in place.
Look at that face! The eybrows double as eyelids. They can independently open or shut, rotate, and slide in place. The highly expressive eyes more than compensate for the relatively static mouth, which simply hinges. I did have a prototype for a version with moving cheek plates, but it was impractically large for the model, and half-disassembled anyway.
Angry face! In case you're wondering, space mummy is piloting it because why the hell not. The pilot seat is quite comfortably made, and two control levers fit in the pilot's hands. The back swings open, but I didn't include any sort of ladder for the pilot. I have an unused space directly under the cockpit that I may use for just such a thing later.
The chain on the leg is just there for fun. Although I didn't pose the legs much for these photos, the knees bend quite well even with the chain, and the feet bend at both the ankles (which also swivel!) and toes. The model has 48 different intentional hinges or articulated points of one type or another, and about 137-ish (very very small) parts.
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