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    • BoxB Offline
      Box
      last edited by

      A bit of a work in progress, it's been through several iterations so far and a long way to go.
      Hopefully it will eventually become a real thing about 1 metre across. I'm not intending it to function but it should all work and be manually poseable.


      Carapace wip4.png

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      • tuna1957T Offline
        tuna1957
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        Not sure what impresses me more , your modeling skills or your imagination ! Not enough bravos to do it justice. πŸ‘ πŸ‘ Did I mention I hate spiders?

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        • BoxB Offline
          Box
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          I can assure you don't want to be inside my head.

          Here's an earlier attempt at working out how all the legs should work, just needs a dolls head and you've got the creepy one from toy story.

          https://i.imgur.com/0Lp0rkT.jpg

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          • Rich O BrienR Online
            Rich O Brien Moderator
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            That's just yummy. Steampunkish

            Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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            • Bryan KB Offline
              Bryan K
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              Wow! Very cool! πŸ‘

              See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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              • BoxB Offline
                Box
                last edited by

                Thanks Gents.

                Not quite steampunk, not enough fripperies for that, more sci fi/terminator/robot wars type of thing. Can't decide if the 'fangs' should be guns or nasty implements rather than just bighty things.

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                • Mike AmosM Offline
                  Mike Amos
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                  Extremely sharp and a great subject imho. I have some recent immigrants from europe in my kitchen. Fake widow spider which are related the the black variety but less harmful with a bite similar to a wasp or bee sting. Spiders are very useful keeping flying bugs under control so I like to protect mine.

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                  • BoxB Offline
                    Box
                    last edited by

                    Another step along the path, no time to work the geometry but able to fiddle the textures.


                    Carapace_Scene Early01.jpg

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                    • ntxdaveN Offline
                      ntxdave
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                      All I can say is WOW! πŸ‘ πŸ‘

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                      • Bryan KB Offline
                        Bryan K
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                        Wow indeed!

                        See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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                        • Rich O BrienR Online
                          Rich O Brien Moderator
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                          2 things this reminds me of...

                          The robot thing in Wild Wild West...

                          http://thatmomentin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/TopGunScreenCap00001-650x366.jpg

                          https://i.pinimg.com/736x/58/ef/6a/58ef6a0f9d21bd53ac7ae74549681990--wild-west-spiders.jpg

                          The other is a french based technical performance group that make crazy robots...

                          https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/-wkvMn6-Q70GadQpKh52mLcgyAg=/1500x1000/media/img/photo/2018/11/la-machine/m07_1056410840/original.jpg

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                          BUILDERS & CREATORS OF LIVE PRODUCTIONS | Compagnie La Machine

                          La Machine is a street theatre company founded in 1999 and led by François Delarozière. It came about thanks to artists, technicians and theatre designers working together for the construction of unusual theatre objects. The work that we develop in public spaces relates, in the first instance, to theatre, urban planning and architecture.

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                          Compagnie La Machine (www.lamachine.fr)

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                          • BoxB Offline
                            Box
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                            Yep, those frenchmen are complete nutters.

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                              Box
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                              I've used a bit of Clothworks to give the spider some weight.


                              Clothworks01.jpg

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                              • Bryan KB Offline
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                                Better and better and it was impressive to begin with. πŸ‘

                                See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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                                • BoxB Offline
                                  Box
                                  last edited by

                                  Cheers Bryan,
                                  I'll have to leave it for a bit now, other things I need to work on.

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                                  • Mike AmosM Offline
                                    Mike Amos
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                                    Magic. πŸ‘ πŸ‘

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                                    • BoxB Offline
                                      Box
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                                      Had a bit of time before bed.


                                      Reduced.jpg

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                                      • Mike AmosM Offline
                                        Mike Amos
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                                        πŸ‘ πŸ‘

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                                        • ntxdaveN Offline
                                          ntxdave
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                                          @mike amos said:

                                          :thumb: πŸ‘

                                          Agree πŸ‘ πŸ‘

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                                          • BoxB Offline
                                            Box
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                                            I know you've been waiting for me to animate the spider.

                                            .

                                            https://i.imgur.com/CwhJaEy.gif

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