A very basic start; found a front facing image to reference from > the toy size is 34.3 cm height, attempting to model to scale (will be using mentalray, Maya 2012) > put in some basic shapes > Duplicate Special Instance > next, create horrible mess :oD .

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/477599/robo01.png

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/477599/robo02.png

Although I haven't really done anything, I have been learning :-) . The 'Set Project' had me confused when it seemed like it was not doing what I thought it would do, but I hope I've set it up correctly now with the 'Project Window.'

Tomorrow is our Local Maya User Group meeting (Minneapolis). I believe Mike MedicineHorse (awesome individual) will be demo-ing some items from Hybrid Medical Animation.