Rick Dias + Dom head?!

[Pleiades]

With all the Rick Dias stuff going around, I got to thinking ( never good) about the MS-09 and the RMS-099 similarities. Then I recalled something I read in the Wikipedia entry for the Rick Dias:

"A final advantage of the suit, at least in the early skirmishes between the Titans and AEUG, was unintended by its designers - its appearance. The Rick Dias fought like a Gundam, but looked comparatively innocuous to the Titans, most of whom were Federation combat vets that did not expect the Dias' combination of mobility, firepower, and armor from what appeared to be merely an upgraded Dom."

I started to wonder, what if some of the early Dias's or perhaps the final combat test version the deception was intended and slighly exploited.

 







Of course this is all total B.S. I just liked the look of the Dom head on the Dias, but at least there is a tiny thread to hang it of off.

[Shadowfire]

Somehow that design seems very aesthetically appealling to the eye. At least for me O_O :o :o :o


I'd say, if you feel like theres some merit behind pursuing this project, then by all means go for it.  :wink:

[dr_feelgood]

IMHO, i think its too big for the rick dias. :)  but thats just me.

[Red Comet]

Maybe bulking the legs up a little might make it look better.

[GK]

I think it needs a bigger gun to balance it out. It looks a little  off to me, holding that tiny little clay bazzoka.
Its a good concept though. It blend together quite well from what I can see, accept that the Dom head is all sleak and streamlined and the Dias is all big and blocky  

[Captain Obvious]

I like it (the Dom head easily wins out over the crap dias head IMO).  But I think it's the feet that need balancing out, like maybe with some vernier thrusters on the back, something akin to the GP01-FB.

[Chopper Dave]

I have to agree with GK. I think what throws it off is the fact that the head is all smooth and the rest is angular. I think if you remodeled the head to be a bit angular, and look more like the MS from Zeta Gundam, you would have something thats plausible! Although, when I saw the pic I was amazed at how much it just looked right ya know?

[fulcy]

Not to totally throw off your story, but wasn't the pilot located in the Dias' head?  Or am I smoking crack?

[GK]

Fulcy's right. Ol' Rick Dias had a head mounted cockpit. That little red ball thingy that I always see with the Gundam Mk. II is the exact same one I beleive.
Doesnt mean this Dom/Dias hybrid can't have one though. The Dom head looks like it has plent of extra room inside it  
Coarse, you could always say that this version has a standard cockpit in the standard location, what with it being a custom job and all  :wink:

[Major Blah]

Wow, Dom went on diet and body-building?  

I think it's a viable idea, but you'll probably have to smooth out some of the Dias element and simplify (or fatten) it to make it like a transitional suit.  Neat idea though.

[Pleiades]

Fulcy's right. Ol' Rick Dias had a head mounted cockpit. That little red ball thingy that I always see with the Gundam Mk. II is the exact same one I beleive.
Doesnt mean this Dom/Dias hybrid can't have one though. The Dom head looks like it has plent of extra room inside it  
Coarse, you could always say that this version has a standard cockpit in the standard location, what with it being a custom job and all  :wink:

I was pretty much thinking it would be a skin over the standard Dias head/cockpit assembly. I plan to "angle-ize" the Dom head a little (purely for aesthetics) and add a Dom like backpack. I am looking to do it in a way that I can interchange the originals back on, Kind of like the FIX figures. I think that both those mentioned parts will be the only mods. I am going for simple deception, much like the add-ons that car manufactures use to confuse the shape slightly for spy photos. Just enough to blur the fact that it was indeed a new MS and not an upgraded Dom.

[Pleiades]

I think it needs a bigger gun to balance it out. It looks a little  off to me, holding that tiny little clay bazzoka.
Its a good concept though. It blend together quite well from what I can see, accept that the Dom head is all sleak and streamlined and the Dias is all big and blocky  

Yeah, I was thinking of working on the Clay bazoka to make it longer, even for the stock Dias it seems a little short. I keep thinking rail gun/mass driver or something but that might be a little too advanced.

[ninjascience]

It looks like a very wicked Dom.  I agree, the head needs some work.  Not only to make it match a little more with the body, but to make it a little less stock so it doesn't just look like swapped the head.  Maybe modifying the Dias body a bit too so it looks more non-standard.

[zerobxu]

I actually thought about this idea the other day--but I stopped at the "thinking" stage. It's interesting to see how it looks there.

I think it works great with the Rick Dias body. The front of the Dom head compliments the more angular edges of the Rick Dias body, while the back of the Dom head really does go with what you see on the rear view of the suit--the slightly less angular curves of the rear skirt and legs.

[G-Sentinel]

That's a pretty cool idea, the Dom head completely transforms the model. Quite shocking almost, it looks like a whole new model, I really like that. Can't wait to see how this project unfolds!

[Doctor Seleski]

I was in the middle of posting earlier but had to go home to take care of my son.  Anyway...

I think that the Dom head and Dias head are both very similar to begin with, so it works.  I do think the Dom head has more of an emphasis on the long curves though, so modifying the head a bit would add a lot to it not looking like a frankensuit.

[gemini]

I think it's a good match and looks great. IMH if it wasnt for the read cross pattern on the Dom's head it wouldnt have worked because everything about Rick Diaz is square. Its a good looking dom...er..rick! heh

[Pleiades]

Typical of projects with me, I got diverted from my Fighter to work on this while the idea was fresh. I reworked the head a little to make it fit with the more angular Dias frame.





Hopefully I did not over do it. I wanted to make it kind of what the Dom head would look like in the Zeta era. I should probably leave this to be worked on after I finish the Fighter. It is so hard not to get distracted!

[Artic Fox]

how did you attach the head?

[Chopper Dave]

looks much better! Although im thinking something extra should be done with the red front piece...cant put my finger on what though T.T