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# 1 17-05-2005 , 02:11 AM

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This is the first actual robot I ever made, which I am still working on. It's sort of a scouting robot used for recording recording images and motion.It was in PLE version, so sorry about the background. I'm trying to think of a good scene to put it into. I was sort of thinking to put it in a vent shaft scene.

I'm open for crits and suggestions, as I am not too good with the shaders or modeling yet. user added image

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# 2 17-05-2005 , 02:20 AM

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Here's a front view

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# 3 17-05-2005 , 02:25 AM

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Here's a rear view

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# 4 17-05-2005 , 02:27 AM

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And here's a top view of its highly fictional solar powered batteries.

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# 5 17-05-2005 , 02:30 AM

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Okay

So now, I have to learn how to properly rig things and i can put it in some cool poses for the scene :attn:

I might be needing some reflections too..

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# 6 17-05-2005 , 02:37 AM

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Nice job man. Looks sweet

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# 7 17-05-2005 , 08:38 AM

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The only thing that really bugs me with this is the way the shoulders stick through the elbow joints. Apart from that nice job.

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# 8 18-05-2005 , 08:29 PM

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Thanks for the comments guys! Yea, I did kind of mess up on the shoulder and elbows. I rotated the big pentagon-shaped bolts on its elbows 90 degrees. Now it looks better :nod:

Thanks for noticing!

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# 9 18-05-2005 , 09:27 PM

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Hey Shadeblade,

Cool robot!

I'm doing my first robot too user added image

Keep up the good work!

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# 10 19-05-2005 , 12:20 AM

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Thanks Vedic! You should post it when you're complete. Hehe, I'm still trying to think of a scene to place mine in. :p

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# 11 19-05-2005 , 07:21 AM

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I have post my robot in thread "strange world".

For background, what do you have in mind? is it somewhere on earth or another planet?

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# 12 19-05-2005 , 08:17 PM

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I was thinking probably on another planet. Maybe looking like it's in some sort of stealth mode...

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# 13 19-05-2005 , 08:22 PM

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Btw, That robot you made is sweet user added image

It should be put into a videogame and made as the main character user added image

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# 14 21-05-2005 , 05:42 AM

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I think I've been wracking my brain for way too long on a background for this thing. I'm going to put this one on hold for a while, and in the meantime, work on my new jet model I call the barracuda user added image

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