OK OK It's on now! hahaha ...No really it's on.
But seriously, looks awesome. Can't wait to see the rest. This will surely keep me going on my bot.

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Chris

Tons of robots here...hahahaha.really beautiful until now.

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Lol, looks nice so far! i like it. well, you asked for it, so i will be working on one to hehehe

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Ok, added some new images. I have been rigging this as I go for animation later.

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Rick

[Link to www.3dartconcepts.com]

Okay robot challenge time! Hahaha. I want to make one too.

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Please support us and post a [Link to www.digitalartsfront.com] on your website.

--Matt

Maybe you should go ahead and make it a challenge.

Love the fan motors Rick, looking good!

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Chris

Thanks Chris! I agree Matt, bring the challenge on. That will give us a reason to push harder. I'll have to admit, I'm having a lot of fun building this. It's the first time that I've done something this complex with "no reference" material. I drew a couple of sketches and went from there. I like after you make a sketch, how you start to build it and it just evolves. Once I finish the main base detailing, I'll have to figure out how I want to build on top of the glass plate above the battery pack and main hydraulic cylinder.

Wish me luck!!!!!!!!

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Rick

[Link to www.3dartconcepts.com]

OK.I think I am in.hahahaha...I love robots.

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Great model Rick. Doesn't look very friendly though. Guess I'll have to start thinking about a good robot design. Now how can I work a toilet into this one?

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[Link to www.3dprevis.com]

lol... It could be a bowlbot! Thanks Steve!

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Rick

[Link to www.3dartconcepts.com]

Ok, I moved away from modeling today to just trying to applying textures.

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Rick

[Link to www.3dartconcepts.com]

Pimp my bot! hehe

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Chris

There you go. We can start a new tv series..lol

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Rick

[Link to www.3dartconcepts.com]

Ok, here is my first issue that i want to try and solve. Since I am not very familiar with animating certain thing, I need some help. I want to run (3) wire from each motor to the battery pack under the glass plate. My issue is not in making the wires, but the use of method's that would allow those wire to move, stretch or sway when the bot is animated. I've looked at the flex modifier and that didn't seem to do the trick. It seemed like the best choice was the "Cloth"modifier. With that, I can attach vert's to other objects. This is more of what I am looking for, but it seems that you have to simulate before you can create the key frame. Can someone suggest the best way to create something like this?

Thanks

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Rick

[Link to www.3dartconcepts.com]

The only thing I can think of is the extended primitive "Hose".
It's not very wire like but it might suit the purpose.

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Chris

maybe use spline select with a soft selection and a linked xform to a dummy object. then put a spring controller on the dummy.

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I'll give that a shot. Thanks

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Rick

[Link to www.3dartconcepts.com]

I'm changing my design concept a little. Since the challenge has been made for the making of robot, but they have to show their purpose, I'm going for more of a "police drone". I've mounted bullet proof glass around each motor, the main drive wheel and batteries. I have also added a camera, which isn't finished yet. I have several idea's on how I want to finish the rest. Let me know what you think.

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Rick

[Link to www.3dartconcepts.com]

Lookin good. I'm still trying to come up with a good idea for my entry.

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Please support us and post a [Link to www.digitalartsfront.com] on your website.

--Matt

Looking even better! Super model and a very original design.

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Here is another view with the camera almost done and the bot somewhat posed.

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Rick

[Link to www.3dartconcepts.com]

Cant wait for the guns to go on

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Please support us and post a [Link to www.digitalartsfront.com] on your website.

--Matt

Well, here they are!!!!

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Rick

[Link to www.3dartconcepts.com]

very good.... nice robot..... great job.

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i'm from indonesia

sorry my english is bad
[Link to hermawanwibowo.deviantart.com]

It's looking super awesome.

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[Link to www.3dprevis.com]

Thanks guys. I think it ready to be put to use. No more picture post until I am done.

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Rick

[Link to www.3dartconcepts.com]

Looking good mate. look forward to your final image.

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Check out my challenge scene and vote... lol

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Rick

[Link to www.3dartconcepts.com]

Can we have a link to a high res rick? I really like to see those details.

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[Link to www.3dprevis.com]

[Link to www.3dartconcepts.com]

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Rick

[Link to www.3dartconcepts.com]

That's very very cool. How'd you do the muzzle flash?

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[Link to www.3dprevis.com]

I like the website design too. and the subtle way you watermarked the highres images you are developing a nice body of work.

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Thanks guys... As for the muzzle flash... That was an interesting chore. Since I can't seem to get Afterburn to work with VRay lights, I had to make due. I start with a sphere and elongated it and put it at the end of the barrel and applied a really bright VRay Light Material to the sphere's and rendered it, giving the lighting on the scene as flashes of lights. Then I opened a new scene and just rendered out a small Afterburn Combustion atmospheric gizmo and exported it as a .PNG file. I then took the scene and the .PNG file and put them into Photoshop and layered the Afterburn flash over the sphere's with the light material. I then added some smudging and box blurring.

Ok, that was a mouth fool.... I need to find a useful technique in 3DS Max to use as a muzzle flash so I can animated it.

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Rick

[Link to www.3dartconcepts.com]

Would it be possible to use afterburn and just render it out as a separate layer using the standard max renderer?

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[Link to www.3dprevis.com]

That is very possible. Never tried it. I study on it.

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Rick

[Link to www.3dartconcepts.com]

for animation you could make an object with morpher with a self illuminated material, maybe falloff and some falloff in opacity. (you can increase the falloff maps output to make it illuminate like a vray light material does or sync some omnis to cast interactive light) have an animated noise modifier on it with a high frequency and animate its visibility and the morph or wire them together so they sync. renderer it seperatley with scanline and motion blur and screen it over in post.

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I believe my head just spun around...lol... thanks tyson.

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Rick

[Link to www.3dartconcepts.com]