Safe to say progress is pretty slow

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Dr.Evil-ishM
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Version 4 is in the works and has a changed layout that probably won't fall apart as easily



I'm also gonna sand down the peg that broke before so it doesn't snap during testing
Winter_Frost
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Dr.Evil-ishM
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Huh
Dr.Evil-ishM
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Oh wait



Now I get it
Winter_Frost
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ty
Dr.Evil-ishM
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I eventually got it working in v4.5

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Winter_Frost
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as you know, I don't know anything about gundum (expect what you taught me) but I know quite a few things about medieval armouur, so I assume this is for the leg?
Dr.Evil-ishM
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Yep, it's for the leg, but I'm surprised you figured that out from medieval armor



My dad thought it was part of an arm and the knee joint was a hand lol
Winter_Frost
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Arms have shape for the contractions of the biceps and triceps, and more narrow near the wrist. I assume the bit that slides is the rear of the joint?
Dr.Evil-ishM
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No actually it's the front



And the part it's sliding away from is the top



This is based on mechanisms I've seen in Gundam kits where some of the armor moves when the knee is bent, most of the time it's just the knee armor but sometimes the thigh armor moves too
Dr.Evil-ishM
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I actually thought of the practicality of this and I eventually landed on the idea that when the knee bends that exposes the joint, so in an attempt to protect it the armor is designed to shift towards it
Winter_Frost
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Yeah that makes sense, especially for high tech armour. What used to amount to just sheets of metal couldn't pull that off
Dr.Evil-ishM
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I also came up with a lore explanation for why this model of mech has more rounded armor than others



Because it's made to be light and fast, it can't use armor that's as heavy or as thick as other models, so it uses very rounded outer plating to spread out impact force



The only spots that have normal armor thickness are the torso and head because that's where the pilot and a lot of important sensors are
Winter_Frost
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It makes practical sense as well as rounded armour is designed to deflect rather then receive the full impact. It's better suited asaginst slashing and pricing weapons, tho bludgeoning is its weakness. I wonder how that translate to mechs.

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Making a master grade scale dashing lance figure and right now I'm testing some armor movement mechanisms; This one I'm conflicted about putting on thingiverse when I get around to making an account; V1: holes came out of alignment too easily, armor would barely move if I added the filament axle. Requires chunks to be taken out of it for assembly too; V2: added an extra piece and the armor actually moved with the joint, but it shifted out more than I'd like. Still needed chunks cut out for assembly; V3: didn't need to take chunks out for assembly, and the armor didn't stick out as much, but it fell apart very easily and had some problems in the slicer that made a little gap in the knee joint. It then broke during testing because part of it was too tight