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# 1 26-05-2004 , 09:59 AM

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You may have seen this elsewhere under a thread called Groover landing...

But rather than bore you with all the progessional details... her is where I am with the 2nd Droid out of a total of 7 that I have to get done before XMAS

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Hips finished below

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All the arms are rigged and dynamic hoses and hydralics work a treat

More to come.... legs for a starter

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# 2 26-05-2004 , 10:19 AM

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wow looks great! any chance without the wire effect?

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# 3 26-05-2004 , 10:34 AM

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yeah, sure.....
Ignore the legs, thats just me fleshing out a few ideas using primatives first....

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# 4 26-05-2004 , 10:39 AM

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wow. I like the model. Lots of detail. They sort of remind me of those robots from the fifth element. Will they be textured?

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# 5 26-05-2004 , 10:44 AM

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yep v.nice ..loads of detail, i like it mate, the hip area joining to the body especially well done

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# 6 26-05-2004 , 11:09 AM

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Oh yes, they will be textured...... Actually, the Guardians from the 5TH Element were my starting block... so even happier now with your crits.

I have 7 different droids to be built, this is the 2nd one... here is the first... and he will get a revisit after the 7 are complete because he is the main character.... he is in need of a few gadgets and gizmo's... some bevelling here and there and a version where he is new and shiny... as oppossed to 200 years out of commission and a little rusty.

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theres also some walk cycles for this dude...

https://www.craigcrane.com/bodypaint/...e_walk_003.mov which will be used as a menu background on my DVD reel..

and finally here is the lifter droids arm articulation.... just to show all of the hydralics workin for ya'll

https://www.craigcrane.com/bodypaint/...culation_1.mov

All 7 of droids are gonna be baddass MF's.... and I'll keep you updated as and when their baddassness progress's

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# 7 26-05-2004 , 11:11 AM

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wow they look really cool !!

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# 8 26-05-2004 , 11:13 AM

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Thanks

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# 9 26-05-2004 , 10:10 PM

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Excellent work!!!! user added image

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# 10 26-05-2004 , 10:53 PM

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well, I am overwhelmed... a great welcome to the forum (mind you, I had heard before hand that you were a pleasent bunch)

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# 11 26-05-2004 , 11:04 PM

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hey Craigers... love the mood on the models. kuddos

one thing
how did u do the wire renders? if you wrote a shader, could you upload it, or if you wrote a plug in could u also upload it.

thanx. ciao

keep up the good work.

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# 12 26-05-2004 , 11:06 PM

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I bought it from provide3d.com

Nice, isnt it?

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# 13 27-05-2004 , 05:55 PM

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Another update for you… probably the last this week, as I have to go to work…. Next update Sunday Evening

Anyways…. I have tried several different approaches… but I am most happy with this one so far. It needs to be complimented with a few more hoses and maybe another sturdy hydraulic to the rear of the leg that will drive the calf area.

Anyway, although designated as a bad ass droid, this one has to still appear slighty dim and lovable… so I don’t wanna go to hard on the hardware… He’s very strong, and adequately armed…. But due to his amazingly slow CPU… he is a little slow on the uptake, and hence quite endearing. I’m hoping this is starting to come through now as he progresses

So here you go…. Been a bit of a slow ish week for me.

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