#26 - Rock Robot 9000 - flaagan

flaagan

Since I figured this was going to be the choice, I wrote up some ideas I had for my entry this past week at work. It's on a yellow notepad page around here.... somewhere.. nothing fancy looking, just an idea-dump on the sheet. My guy's gonna be a rocking robot, who's either going to be bolted down to the stage or hovering around. Since I also figured a guitar would be part of the challenge, he's going to have a guitar with circuitry for strings and a touchscreen area for him to strum away at.

Rock on!

flaagan

Here's the 'concept' work... like I said, it's rough; my mind was numb at work and I just started jotting down ideas that could work towards a final design. (Any suggestions on which parts to go with, or different designs, are welcome at this point).

Rock Robot 9000 "concept"

SHEPEIRO

?,? and ?

Joseph Silverman

I honestly have no idea what's going on in that page.

Slaught

He scribbled down some of the parts he´s going to use for the robot.
Sawblade for hair...that´s awesome!

flaagan

what's not to get... i said i was just jotting down ideas... i'm not friggin gauss.. i dont eat crayons and crap out masterpieces.. the page is clearly labeled into sections based on different body parts for the rock robot and a few possibilities are jotted down in each section...

Joseph Silverman

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what's not to get... i said i was just jotting down ideas... i'm not friggin gauss.. i dont eat crayons and crap out masterpieces.. the page is clearly labeled into sections based on different body parts for the rock robot and a few possibilities are jotted down in each section...

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It was late last time I looked, and I honestly couldn't make sense of it. Sorry.

Sawblade hair looks good, like Slaught said.

flaagan

Thinkin I may go for the following combo of bits and pieces:
the head with the single eye (think HAL 9000 eye), the sawblade hair, bolts in the sides of the head for ears, a bolted down base, probably a clamp-ish hand style... the torso style is still up in the air though.

Rhinokey

don't feel bad sup it confused the crapcakes outta me also

flaagan

Rhinokey

i'd alpha the saw blade to get it more saw blade looking, now it just looks pointy metal

flaagan

Was going to comment, basing a lot of my guy's structure off of HELPeR bot from Venture Bros, like the way he's designed.

Rhino, yah, may end up going that route if I don't find a style I like with a polygonal basis.

aesir

looks great! And I disagree with mojo. I like the way you have it as it is. Its a fin rather than a sawblade, and I like that, but if you want a saw blade, then yea, do what mojo sez.

flaagan

dunno bout the bolt ears, may keep 'em.. we'll see

aesir.. yah, may keep the hair in its current style, but i definitely need to redo regardless, wasteful of polies in its current state... and if i have polies to spare i'll make it a bit more intricate.

Wells

When I saw just his head, I thought you were going for a Scud-type robot.


Helper's cool, too. But he doesn't look like he could rock.

flaagan

bout 1100 tris now, will embelish and refine over the next few days, suggestions still welcome!

SHEPEIRO

what about, a hoping pixar lamp style base, good for pogoing, maybe not so good in a mosh pit

put some effort into those fingers!

flaagan

yah, didnt even think of something like that (the pixar lamp bit)... the fingers i may leave be. it's a digital guitar (circuitry for strings, and a 'touchpad' for strummin) so he doesnt need anything more than that

flaagan

gonna figure out a better 'foot'... but gonna start adding some other details... maybe some scars, scrapes, welded on patches or something along those lines.

RAWK ON!

flaagan

still need to do a new foot.. any other ideas for damage?
(bolted on bandage, chipped tooth, and gut scar currently there)... hovering just under 1700 at the moment.

Weiser_Cain

How about sponsor and shipping stickers on the guitar and bot? Great concept by the way it looks like my 'concept' sheets.

flaagan

I give you... ROBOT FOOT! (unless I come up with a better design I'm sticking with this; I like it, and it allows for movement and stability).
still under 1900 tris, so I'm gonna add some of the embelishments I discussed in #md..


weiser... yah, may add some stickers / "tattoos" (etchings maybe) to him and the guitar.

flaagan

His bitchin lil necklace that IIIDemon suggested to me (off an actual necklace that exists).
Transistor Necklace

Roughly 50 more polys to play with at this point!

Oh, and I'm thinking of naming the guy Amp Roland (j/k)

flaagan

And in this corner, weighing in at 1999 tris, ladies and gentlemen, ROOOOOOOOOOCK ROOOOOBOOOOOOOOOT 9000!!!


Keep on rockin!

SHEPEIRO

looking sweet, only crit is the chest needs a couple more sections too it, its too jaggy from the side.

i think you could release a few polys in the jaw hinge and possibly the hydraulics. you could also do that old trick of using an alpha'd quad for the ends of the small cylinders (jaw, shoulder, leg hinges)

rocking design.

Wells

he's sweet looking

but how does he use his waa-waa pedal?!

flaagan

shep, yah, might just pull some polies from the pistons and add to the torso, we shall see

Sect, if he needs one, I'm sure he can just tilt his foot back and lean on it!

hawken

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hawken

kinda reminds me of these dudes:

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flaagan

Duuuude. I've seen those Animusic vids playing at Fry's so many times recently, and I never made the connection.
I'm actually hoping to try for a neon and metal look like the guys in that vid, hopefully I can achieve it.
(I need to get those dvd's, so cool, always stop to watch some of them when I'm at Fry's.)

flaagan

Ended up using the edges to my advantage (couldn't get the pistons low poly and still looking to my liking, so I gave his torso a series of hard edges instead).

http://studioflaagan.com/images/3d/pc26/rr9k_wip8.jpg

Seems kind of unlikely that I'll have time to finish it in time for the contest, but I'm gonna finish it anyways.