cuboos Posted June 11, 2006 Posted June 11, 2006 another walking machines only this one has five legs and it builds the tripods heres are some pics of it [attachmentid=17355] comments and suggestions are appreciated Quote
case Posted June 11, 2006 Posted June 11, 2006 well knowing that i know nothing about the books i can happily say great job with modeling cuboose now its time to get working on the martians-DARTER Quote
Dark_Jedi Posted June 12, 2006 Posted June 12, 2006 verry nice.. but in my own opinion i find the legs to be rather "too" simple Quote
the_black_mage Posted June 12, 2006 Posted June 12, 2006 wrap it in wires or something make it look complicated it figure out. look around the internet for mechanical spider legs. Quote
Jeetman Posted June 12, 2006 Posted June 12, 2006 verry nice.. but in my own opinion i find the legs to be rather "too" simple I agree with Dark here. It looks good but could use a bit more detail in the legs. A possible suggestion is to maybe spit the leg into two cylinders and have them function with sort of a hydraulic spring mechanism system. Look on line at actual robots to see how they work. Dark_Jedi has an awesome droid model from the Star Wars movies that has a cool leg design that you could borrow from. Ask yourself these questions: What is your power source? This brings ideas of a central power source that might glow to add a cool effect. What allows your robot to move? What allows it to bend it's leg? What counter force slows it down? What fuels it? These questions are important because there needs to be a logical understanding of how your droid/robot uses his legs. By defining this, you then can get ideas of how to model it with greater detail. Like Black_Mage said, adding wires or maybe hydraulic tubes would definitely add more detail but don't just throw in random wires or tubes. Try to imagine a purpose for them. Obviously you're not designing a real robot but the more you think out the design, the more realistic it will be and subsquently, the more detail it will have. Hope this helps. Jeetman EDIT: I found this pic when I did a search on google for robots and clicked on images. Just to give an idea of more detail http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt...GLG:en%26sa%3DN EDIT: Oh man! This one blew my mind!!!! THIS is detail LOL [attachmentid=17407] Quote
case Posted June 12, 2006 Posted June 12, 2006 yes i could say it needs a bit more detail but the power source hmmm if and only if you want to go to that level you can always add to the model though but overall great work Quote
cuboos Posted June 13, 2006 Author Posted June 13, 2006 ok heres a test of the new leg [attachmentid=17432] what do you think? Quote
cuboos Posted June 13, 2006 Author Posted June 13, 2006 ok i finished the leg so heres a before and after pic all in one [attachmentid=17433] now i just need to ad the other 4 legs which is the easy part the hard part will be the riging BM thats ware you come in Quote
the_black_mage Posted June 13, 2006 Posted June 13, 2006 Much better...Who me? i'm already doing the ailien one at a time plz. Quote
Jeetman Posted June 13, 2006 Posted June 13, 2006 Cuboos the added leg detail looks awesome!! great job!!!! Quote
cuboos Posted June 13, 2006 Author Posted June 13, 2006 the thing i like about this leg is it is completely made out of primitives oh and BM NVM on the riging i think i have an idea on a good rig to make Quote
cuboos Posted June 14, 2006 Author Posted June 14, 2006 i did short test of the hydraulic system with pretty good results [attachmentid=17462] HMlegtest.mov Quote
Kricket Posted June 14, 2006 Posted June 14, 2006 Nice, one thing... How large is the machine supposed to be? And what is the machine made of? If it's a few inches long and made of lightweight plastic then n/m. But if its several feet long (or larger) and made of metal.. that hydraulic seems really flimsy for something so heavy. Quote
cuboos Posted June 14, 2006 Author Posted June 14, 2006 thats the point the martians were suppose to be masters at engineering and technology so i'm guessing that they don't need that much to support and move there vehicles and this machine is about as big as two bears put end to end Quote
Jeetman Posted June 14, 2006 Posted June 14, 2006 The hydraulics look very cool!!! I can't wait to see it incorporated on the whole model. It's going to be awesome!!!! Again Cuboos, great work =) Jeetman Quote
cuboos Posted June 15, 2006 Author Posted June 15, 2006 i made a short animation of the handling machine the animation sucks and its only 1 sec long but it shows how it walks sorta Quote
case Posted June 15, 2006 Posted June 15, 2006 hmmm great work good leg rig looks great hope to see it very soon Quote
Dark_Jedi Posted June 16, 2006 Posted June 16, 2006 now what jeetman showed is a kik ass leg. it also is a good example of what i ment.. your leg was the same design all the way down.. while eatch section of that leg. and the joints. were all different. ps. i like how you fixed it up Quote
the_black_mage Posted June 17, 2006 Posted June 17, 2006 also work on a steping system, i noticed the legs moved like...um...unsystematic? Quote
dude Posted June 17, 2006 Posted June 17, 2006 hey cuboos i modeled a quick leg for you. i think it shows more detail. i e-mailed it to you. what do you think? Quote
Jeetman Posted June 18, 2006 Posted June 18, 2006 Dude!!!! That is an awesome leg!!!!! You have serious talent kid. Jeetman Quote
the_black_mage Posted June 19, 2006 Posted June 19, 2006 heck yeah! dudes got talent!!!! he's better than me though fro m the pic ture i knw exactkly how he modeled it, don't worry. i own expose you secrets. but thats way good. btw have yall seen this!!!! http://www.freewebs.com/gcproductions/portfolio.htm Quote
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