A.R.W. (All Round Worker)

Artwork Works in Progress
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It has been a long time since I opened Blender on my computer but I’ve never quit reading the posts and admiring the works here on Elysiun.

This is one I’ve been thinking about for a couple of months but never having time enough to start working and doubting if I could make it.

I’ve been working on him for the last two days (not all day of course), improving my skills solving the “technical problems”.

It is an all-round worker robot who happen to be all round ( a simple sphere when not working)

I have some funny movies with him in my mind but first I’ll have to finish him and rig him.

http://www.mandorallen.be/heer5/robo1.jpg

To do

modelling:

  • a backwheel so he doesn’t tip over
  • “hands”
  • cameras (“eyes”)
  • add detail to some parts

texture:

  • hey about everything

rigging:

  • what’s the easiest way to rig a robot? Different meshes or one mesh?
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http://www.mandorallen.be/heer5/robostrip.jpg

http://www.mandorallen.be/heer5/robostrip.jpg

just finished his backwheel. Put him in some light setup and composod the different angles. a little more modelling and then it is off to texturing

C&C welcome

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Interesting, so everything slides away to give a sphere.

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last night I tried the first ways of rigging him by using simple constraints but that didn’t work out the way it should. I am gonna be reading the manual and trying a lot of different things today.

First wanna have a way of rigging him before I do any modelling or texturing (wanna be sure it can work).

to get me started I quickly composed this one ( A.R.W when closed) Target for today is to get him from pictures above to pictures below and vice versa in an easy way

http://www.mandorallen.be/heer5/robostripc1.jpg

if anybody got any got ideas for rigging, let me know

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This is a really cool idea, is it going to have any features to give it emotion? Eye-like areas or anything?

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his eyes/camera’s are stiil to be modelled and will be hidden behind those to red “doors” . Not sure if he will have a mouth (why would he use it) but I’ma thinking of it.

“Emotions” will come from the way he opens the “doors” and targets his eyes/camera’s. Have some idea’s about it to come.