Building a Mech
Hi all, first post in WIP.
I've been building a Mech (walker) from scratch in Maya, no prior concepts and so on. The original inspiration was the space suit helmets from Prometheus, but I think I'd be kidding myself if I wasn't influenced by just about any Sci-Fi robot I've seen in the movies over the years, more obvious influences might include ED209 (original), the walker in Avatar, District 9 and doubtless many more.
My spin on this type of thing is as follows. I wanted a non-lethal riot suppressing capable vehicle, it needed to be agile, able to traverse urban and rural landscapes.
Although I've not got to the stage of arming it, I intend that it will have a water cannon as opposed to any ballistic weaponry. The caveat to that might be that if I have the time and inclination, I may create differing versions for different scenarios, a military version for example. Anyway, enough rambling. What follows is predominantly a lot of youtube and a couple of Vimeo links. Apologies if people aren't keen on the video links, I fel it was the best way to investigate the models. There are the occasional renders.
Hope what I'm doing tickles your fancy. Comments very welcome.
One last thing. I'm calling it UPU (Urban Pacification Unit) -as part of the fiction I've created, the government creates a department called Urban Pacification Department, citizen control and so on in a dystopian society.
Enough words.
Cheers.
https://vimeo.com/44834623
https://vimeo.com/44854237
https://vimeo.com/44868152
https://vimeo.com/44928372
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