prometheus999 Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 http://www.happybigfun.com/Robotsrobotsrobots.html It is my intention to make a monthly five minute animated podcast (web series) featuring sentient robots at war. It will be called "Robots Robots Robots!" Right now, none of them can change forms, but at some point I'm going to try to make a robot that can transform. I won't use that term in the series cause I don't want to get sued. The plan, inspired by beast wars, is to make 8 robots, a few sets, and then continue to re-use those same models throughout the series. This will take some time to start up, but my hope is that it will only take a month to make each episode once all the models are made and I'm only adding a few new models at a time. Like only 2 or 3 new robots per season. Right now I'm working on a test animation with this robot. Turns out hand to hand fighting is hard to animate. My hope is that it will be easier to animate robots shooting each other. So my next task is to make a gun and learn how to make the effects for the gun. Then I'll do another test animation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhar Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 This sounds interesting. I think this is a cool idea. Best of luck on this project. The robot pictured on the web looks too much like a lego piece. Is this the look you're after are are you after the dirty/grungy/dangerous looking type? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prometheus999 Posted February 22, 2006 Author Share Posted February 22, 2006 I want him to look shiny and metallic, not so much grungy. I'm going for the Beast Wars look. Any materials advice would be helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhar Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 I want him to look shiny and metallic, not so much grungy. I'm going for the Beast Wars look. Any materials advice would be helpful. That's the dangerous look. Then there needs to be a lot more detail on the surfaces (beveled edges where buttons, lights, conduits & vents would be etc.). As for materials, I would recommend William Sutton's A:M Technical Reference to give the 'how to's & create the materials you desire, but I don't see that manual for sale on his web site http://www.zandoria.com/ Maybe if you e-mail him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prometheus999 Posted February 22, 2006 Author Share Posted February 22, 2006 I can't put vents and stuff on the robot. I'd never finish the series! This is already a very ambitous project. I gotta keep it simple for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prometheus999 Posted March 18, 2006 Author Share Posted March 18, 2006 Okay, here's my first test animation. I plan to have something every month on my podcast: http://robotsrobotsrobots.libsyn.com/ You can subscribe to the cast using iTunes or another podcatcher using the rss feed: http://robotsrobotsrobots.libsyn.com/rss If you don't know much about podcasting. You don't need an ipod to view or listen to a podcast. In iTunes, to to advanced -> subscribe to podcast, and past the rss link in the box they give you. Then the cast will automatically update whenever there is a new episode. Check out podcastpickle.com for some shows you might like. There's tons. And there's also the traditional website for Robots Robots Robots but there's not much there yet. http://happybigfun.com/RobotsRobotsRobots.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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