Lions and tigers and uh, spiders! Oh my!
About this creation
(sorry about the crazy mocpages layout)
My first multiped mech, built for the MechaHub.com Exo-Force contest. This model features hidden cannons that retract into the body. More work in progress pictures can be found on my Flickr pages.
I had been wanting to attempt a multi-legged mech and wanted to try building something different than the other multipeds I had seen. Luckily the MechaHub.com Exo-Force contest had come up to give me some inspiration, where builders were tasked with building mechs for either the Human or Robot factions. I always like bad guys’ vehicles, so I decided to build something for the evil Robots. The Exo-Force Robots sets I had were alien-looking with black and green colors, and playing around with the initial legs frame got me thinking about bugs. This all gave me the idea to build a venemous-looking, black+green black widow mech, which I thought would fit reasonably into the Robot theme. Once the frame was setup, I started out with the inset (thanks to jumper tiles) hourglass shape and went on from there.
One of the more difficult things to figure out was about the weaponry. Since this mech was turning out to have the characteristics of a large, armored tank, I wanted to include big guns, but I wasn’t sure where to place them without detracting from the overall spider shape of the model. The solution I ended up with was to have them concealable inside the body, although I was really hoping for something larger and more exaggerated.
Oh, and I initially planned on doing eight legs for a proper spider, but I ran out of parts. Plus the legs were so chunky that I had no room for an extra pair. :)
[2006.09.30 completed, 2007.08.11 photos]
Main shot.
Overall shot with evil robot pilot.
Rear view.
Front - rear cannons hidden.
Front - rear cannons revealed.
Front angle closeup.
Rear cannons deployment.
Legs closeup.
Head closeup.
Rear closeup.
Side view.
Top view.
The head lifts up to reveal its evil robot pilot.
I used some hinge bricks and technic parts to support the body's shape.
Construction - Preliminary sketches.
Construction - Initial frame.
Construction - Starting on the body.
Construction - working on the legs
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Wow! I wish I could buy a kit for this model. If lego is looking at this please bring us a copy of this model as a kit. I'd pay $200 for it! |
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October 16, 2011 |
Epic Awesome to the third degree. |
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June 8, 2009 |
wow this rox!! |
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May 23, 2009 |
cool looks alot like the mechassualt lone wolf spider mech boss |
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May 18, 2009 |
I love unorthodox mech's, I'm getting kinda sick of the two-legged one's. The colors and greebling on this one is spectacular, no wonder you get MOTD so much. |
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Tristan Amaya February 17, 2009 |
I love it is awesome especialy the color combination.
keep up the good work!
~Tristan Amaya |
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February 17, 2009 |
WOW! No one could say anything bad about this creaton. Good job |
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February 17, 2009 |
MOTD again :D |
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February 17, 2009 |
That is gross man! A lot of detail put into it, which is something I appreciate. The color scheme is good too, not too flashy.
Kudos. |
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February 17, 2009 |
Awesome! Great construction (like hiding and unfolding the rear cannons). The legs are amazing. And the pilot looks cool too. |
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February 17, 2009 |
Awesome. Simply awesome.
That thing is really looking badass!! |
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February 17, 2009 |
Wow.
That's pretty much amazing, I like the attention to detail on the legs and such.
South Las Vegas? |
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February 17, 2009 |
Finally a worthy MOtD. |
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February 17, 2009 |
Nic,big,and looking badass.its also guns galore for this MOC.really great job with the lego ;)
by Kiwi |
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February 17, 2009 |
I like how the chunky look worked for your mech, very inspirational! |
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February 17, 2009 |
Congrats on motd. This is a great creation, nice sketches too ;P, I like the in-progress pictures you provided. This really looks great, and I love the color choice. Great spider-mech! If you have a minute I appreciate comments and ratings on my stuff, thanks! |
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February 17, 2009 |
cool! can you join robos unit! |
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February 17, 2009 |
lol MOCotD back on May 7th. now on Feb. 17th haha. Congrats |
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December 8, 2008 |
Awsome Mech !
Awsome details !
would you might send me an email with some detailed pictures that i can build one for myself? |
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Bradley DeBildt May 7, 2008 |
Nice at first I didn't think there was a pilot until the end. Congrats on MOC of the day. |
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May 7, 2008 |
Awesome! Congrats on MOC of the day. |
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May 7, 2008 |
Everything I want to say has been said before, so I'll keeo it short. Excellent. |
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May 7, 2008 |
An EXTREMELY well deserved MOCotd! I LOVE this. The SNOT and Greebs are great. I love the but, it's just so SNOTy, and Greeblee! Great job! |
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May 7, 2008 |
Oh My God! I love a good mech! Congrats on MOTD! Check out my stuff!
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May 7, 2008 |
A worthy moc of the day - cheers. Lee. |
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May 3, 2008 |
This is ------- awesome! If i could cuss on Moc reviews I would. (I mean that in a good way!) |
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November 19, 2007 |
Some noob posted this as his own on his MOCpage not to long ago, maybe yesterday. Anyway, I love this. I love everything, the style the colors, exept for the trans red at the front, I think trans green would look better. |
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September 12, 2007 |
Please Post Instructions!!!
I BEG!! |
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September 6, 2007 |
awsome mecha i love it are intrucks avalible... |
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August 18, 2007 |
The mech you built is cool. It's one of the best ones I've seen so far. Please tell me if you have any pointers or something to build such a cool mech please i beg you!!!!!!!! |
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August 13, 2007 |
Sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I like it alot! |
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August 12, 2007 |
Grrr... I envy your skillz. I wish *my* mechs were this awesome... |
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August 12, 2007 |
5 smilies 4 the awesome mech! Could u email me instructions? |
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August 12, 2007 |
ZOMG! |
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August 12, 2007 |
Oh my god that is cool. I'm near speechless. I love the technic pins bristling out of the legs. |
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