Dhaffner
07-07-2011, 06:20 PM
What do they all have in common? Well, they are all currently part of my latest project.
I started the robot before the Plymouth Walldog event, and have jumped back in now that I'm home after the 4th of July holiday.
I have wanted to make a robot for awhile, and designed several. Each version was designed to hold a sign. I had also been asked some time back if I could do a garden gnome sculpture and I just didn't have the time for the project, but thought a steampunk garden gnome would be fun..last but not least, I signed up to participate in a contest to "improve" a raygun made by WETA as part of their Dr. Grordbort product line. So many projects...so little time. Wait! What if I combined them all!
So- I'm working on a robot holding a sign in one hand and a lethal raygun in the other. He is controlled by a little garden gnome that will be visible from a port on front.
The project began with the body of the robot- which I decided to build from plywood. It's made of 20 triangles which make up a kind of "sphere".
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-u28-IrQJ8Ck/TgC55y8MfRI/AAAAAAAACBs/CsAOlhTzrc0/s1600/pieces1.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wXW4z1p9CZU/TgzGbQnrOYI/AAAAAAAACCc/ZbHcO65I8CE/s1600/newfront.jpg
Then I created an armature for the legs and arms. This armature will be covered with pieces of carved Azek material. First I built up some "mounts" for the legs out of 30lb. HDU.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jLRBayPxHSM/ThTpj7F60GI/AAAAAAAACCo/yDUNb23CN0k/s1600/legmount3.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xuXNyQ8ILxg/ThTqfjVCH5I/AAAAAAAACCw/5jIm3_dQalU/s1600/legmount4.jpg
I started the robot before the Plymouth Walldog event, and have jumped back in now that I'm home after the 4th of July holiday.
I have wanted to make a robot for awhile, and designed several. Each version was designed to hold a sign. I had also been asked some time back if I could do a garden gnome sculpture and I just didn't have the time for the project, but thought a steampunk garden gnome would be fun..last but not least, I signed up to participate in a contest to "improve" a raygun made by WETA as part of their Dr. Grordbort product line. So many projects...so little time. Wait! What if I combined them all!
So- I'm working on a robot holding a sign in one hand and a lethal raygun in the other. He is controlled by a little garden gnome that will be visible from a port on front.
The project began with the body of the robot- which I decided to build from plywood. It's made of 20 triangles which make up a kind of "sphere".
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-u28-IrQJ8Ck/TgC55y8MfRI/AAAAAAAACBs/CsAOlhTzrc0/s1600/pieces1.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wXW4z1p9CZU/TgzGbQnrOYI/AAAAAAAACCc/ZbHcO65I8CE/s1600/newfront.jpg
Then I created an armature for the legs and arms. This armature will be covered with pieces of carved Azek material. First I built up some "mounts" for the legs out of 30lb. HDU.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jLRBayPxHSM/ThTpj7F60GI/AAAAAAAACCo/yDUNb23CN0k/s1600/legmount3.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xuXNyQ8ILxg/ThTqfjVCH5I/AAAAAAAACCw/5jIm3_dQalU/s1600/legmount4.jpg