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Post by Adam Souza on Dec 7, 2009 23:11:02 GMT -9
I still need to test build it, but this is what my sleep deprived mind came up with tonight. It uses alot of existing components. The body is a chopped up and rescaled terra force Tank chasis and rebuilt turret. I'm not certain the turret will work as is. If worse comes to worse I have some Killer Kan and Dreadnaught parts I worked up a long time ago I can jam in there. The Top parts are recolored from a Robo Bug model I found in the paper Makit's Member's forum. I'm not certain who the original author is The guy on the left is a recolor of one of DarkMook's guys I'm using for scale reference.
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Post by old squirmydad on Dec 8, 2009 7:53:48 GMT -9
The robot artist is named Nobody, he's still around on occasion. He has a few models in that style.
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Post by Adam Souza on Dec 8, 2009 9:35:23 GMT -9
Thanks !
I think it actually said nobody on the PaperMakeIt site, but I translated that into anonymous, instead of groking it as a name.
Any thoughts on the model itself ?
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Post by old squirmydad on Dec 8, 2009 10:28:10 GMT -9
Re. your sketch: Looks like it'd make a good sentry, the top view looks like it's off-balance though with all the weight at the rear. Perhaps move the center connector unit forward a bit?
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Post by Adam Souza on Dec 8, 2009 23:15:15 GMT -9
The quicky edited turret didn't work out, so I put togeth and octaganal and squarish one.
About half way through test build, after edits. Hope to get the prototype finished tommorow, so I can take a few preview pics and get to texturing the model.
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Post by Floyd on Dec 9, 2009 5:50:02 GMT -9
Watching this with interest.
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Post by Adam Souza on Dec 9, 2009 9:19:40 GMT -9
I had to revise the octagonal piece 3 times. Time consuming, but I have one built that looks good. While playing with it, I had another idea. It uses the same parts, but in a different configuration.
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Post by Floyd on Dec 9, 2009 9:28:29 GMT -9
aesthetically I like the bottom one. Although it makes more sense that the Eye sensor array would be at the top. As in the original design.
~F
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Post by Adam Souza on Dec 9, 2009 9:44:25 GMT -9
I'll provide the parts for both, so you can build whichever version suits your tastes.
The Bottom version looks more like real world military robotics.
The top version looks more like a Terminator, which is kinda what I was originally going for.
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Post by Adam Souza on Dec 10, 2009 20:33:16 GMT -9
I finally get it built, use terrain and minis to set a scene, and my camera's battery dies on me before I can get a single pic So I bust out my cell phone, snap a few pics, and then realise that I can't get the images from my cell phone to my PC. So I set my cameras battery charging and I'll try again later. I'm quite please with the prototype. It looks better than the concept sketches.
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Post by Adam Souza on Dec 11, 2009 8:09:53 GMT -9
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Post by Dryw the Harper on Dec 11, 2009 8:38:00 GMT -9
Cool ;D
Dryw the Harper
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Post by Floyd on Dec 11, 2009 9:02:46 GMT -9
Oh I like that! Very cool prototype!
Thought: Have you tried it with thinner (width) treads? Where the arms might actually hang out past them?
Just curious... it might make it look a bit more agile. But that may not be you intention.
Groovy man and definitely a fun addition for modern or futures skirmish game!
~F
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Post by WaffleM on Dec 11, 2009 9:44:53 GMT -9
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Post by Adam Souza on Dec 11, 2009 15:52:05 GMT -9
Thank you for the kind words. I wanted it kinda chunky and lumbering. It should look like it can a hit. The arms are above the treads so they don't snag on anything. The Terminator T1 was my inspiration. I wanted something that fill the same roll as a T1 scaled for my miniatures collection. NOTE: The torso is facing the rear in that pic. After I finish this one though I do have plans for making more robots, and now that I have the idea in my head for a sleeker more agile version I'll take thos suggestions and apply them to a future model.
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Post by nobody on Dec 18, 2009 5:57:49 GMT -9
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Post by Adam Souza on Dec 18, 2009 20:13:43 GMT -9
Thank you for the link, and the robots in general
You have a different technique to building robots than I had seen before. It's inspired me to reimagine some robot related modelling projects I had on the back burner.
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Post by BlackCat13 on Dec 31, 2017 12:46:28 GMT -9
Great bot, but when will we see it textured and colored? Even more importantly, when will you post it so we can build our own?
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