after being slack for a long time i wanted to quickly knock something together in blender to try and shed some rust
latest practice piece is this fancier robot hand, which is completely rigged and seems to be working properly. joint on the thumb looks a little wonky from this angle but otherwise this is pretty much finished
close up of a newer, fancier foot. the heel and toe pieces can pivot around the central cylinder which might improve poseability - i mostly wanted to do it to practice working with armatures. also did some fiddling to make sure the parts are all rigid, as tends to be the case with robots
3d modelling pt.2 - have now added a very basic rig to allow posing the robot. still yet to add hands, and the area between the face and helmet is for now a featureless void. note also the obligatory chequerboard and chrome, because what 3d render is complete without these?
probably going to go back to 2d work for a while to start finalising various design elements - at the moment i’m thinking about a british sports car influenced design - racing green and chrome, with a number and some decals.
i decided to have a shot at 3D rendering a model that i could pose as necessary instead of just drawing. about 10 hours learning to use blender and this is what i have so far, still needs to be rigged, have all the little fins and details added and lastly have a settled colour scheme and possibly some texturing
first drawing using a revoltech black ox for reference, hoping it will help me get the hang of perspective for rounded parts. also going to have to figure out some way to shade things, and also not just copy an existing robot’s design quite so clearly
back to sketchbook express. i like the three finned head even if it’s clearly too big for this very lanky body
day 2: tried artrage today, found it a bit too “brushy”
rocket propelled head though
my first robot head
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