It has treads. It is therefore, "armor"!
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I will be following for sure.
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Re: It has treads. It is therefore, "armor"!
It's been a number of months since I made any progress on this. But with the Star Wars Lander complete, it was time to go back and finish it up.
I need some advice, guys. I think something may have gone terribly wrong in a Frankensteinian sort of way. It's Carl, the workbot. He's sort of taken on a life of his own and I'm not sure I like the way he's headed.
So...Carl needed some arms. And I had this idea about biomechanical augmentation. And well, there was this great picture of the musculature of a gorilla.
And so I thought that gorilla arms would be pretty neat. And there was this tub of epoxy putty and well........
Well here's Carl now:
Not sure that was such a good idea.
But hell or high water, at this point I plan to finish the scene no matter what.
I need some advice, guys. I think something may have gone terribly wrong in a Frankensteinian sort of way. It's Carl, the workbot. He's sort of taken on a life of his own and I'm not sure I like the way he's headed.
So...Carl needed some arms. And I had this idea about biomechanical augmentation. And well, there was this great picture of the musculature of a gorilla.
And so I thought that gorilla arms would be pretty neat. And there was this tub of epoxy putty and well........
Well here's Carl now:
Not sure that was such a good idea.
But hell or high water, at this point I plan to finish the scene no matter what.
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Not sure I like the arms but you have to remember the source. I don't built anything other than armor.
Either way I will be following the build.
Shawn
Either way I will be following the build.
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I really like the idea! How about painting the muscles in some greyish metal colour to suggest they are made from some nano-carbon-fiber stuff instead of being biological in nature?
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I couldn't possibly use grey. It would clash with the red trim!Philipp Gross wrote:I really like the idea! How about painting the muscles in some greyish metal colour to suggest they are made from some nano-carbon-fiber stuff instead of being biological in nature?
Philipp
I thought about a whole range of colors for the "muscle" groups. But in the end I decided that if I was going to go weird, then I was going to go very, very weird. Which for me isn't actually too far off from normal.
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Oh well, the cybernetic Gorilla workbot is fine too. They grow these arms in bio-vats, right?
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Progress on this diorama as well. (a compression of all the work done over 7 months)
In fact, there's only about 6 or 7 hours of work needed to complete the scene. I'm just being lazy.
In fact, there's only about 6 or 7 hours of work needed to complete the scene. I'm just being lazy.
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An anti-grav space fishing boat?
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I finished it.
No idea what happened at my photo hosting service. So you'll have to see the finished diorama at the Cold Basement website http://www.coldbasementmodels.com/?page_id=334
No idea what happened at my photo hosting service. So you'll have to see the finished diorama at the Cold Basement website http://www.coldbasementmodels.com/?page_id=334
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That is really neat John.
Missed you at the IPMS show. Man was it a great show. By Thursday night they had 1500 models entered. The show went through Saturday. I did not hear a final count but it was fun. I was there Thursday and Friday.
Shawn
Missed you at the IPMS show. Man was it a great show. By Thursday night they had 1500 models entered. The show went through Saturday. I did not hear a final count but it was fun. I was there Thursday and Friday.
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