I just got started… will keep updating all weekend I think. No idea what it’ll do yet. hehe
any comments??
updated… doesn’t look like a perpetuum mobile??? just wait 
i hope you’re gonna animate it!
hell no!! way too complicated. Added a few bits again… Ok next step… I got the fan which’ll make waves which will make the boat go up and down, then that motion is translated to circular motion which is transferred back with that belt… and then… eh then…
Thats so cool I love the look already haha… can;t wait to see the finished model 
hey that’s cool. Just needs some textures and a background. Too bad you’re not gonna animate. 
Looks very cool anyway!
thx guys… I updated again. Textures will come last prolly, though I bodged a quick envmap. I’m still thinking about how to continue… have some ideas… not sure yet, stuck for time. :::grrr::::
very interesting, getting better
Ok another update… I’m basicly done modelling… now materials…
But is the idea there???
in steps:
- the fan makes wind which makes the water in the tank wavy
- the waves make the little boaty go up and down
- that’s transferred into circular motion and then transported around with gears n belts
- it turns a magnet inside a loop of coils which generates an electric current.
- the electric current powers the fan.
And of course it’s so energy efficient that once it gets going it’ll never quit… perpetuum mobile haha.
here’s another angle
Could use some motion blur on the fan. [!]
slight update… top pic only… how about the halo lamp??? I rather like it actually
yea, make the fan look like its moving
I dunno about that, it takes ages to render already hehe. And then I really should make everything move, the gears/belts/magnet… and then it’d be hard to see what is going on… I think I’d rather imagine the camera had high sensitivity film and took a real quick pic hehe.
I put lots of textures on it and I think I’m done.
This is a good entry.
Good idea, good setup, good modelling. Nice work so far
I like it, nice modeling, nice texturing, great job!