BT-1 the Blastomech

[KennyZ]

The chain gun works properly. Next up will be to get it wired into the droid and mounted on the shoulder.

 

[KennyZ]

Blastomech update and a lot of showing off. BeeTee, Chopper, BB-8, and I attended a new local con called Forward City Con in Foley Al. Unfortunately the other droid builders and the 501st garrison couldn't make it. Weather threats were pretty severe but it held off until...well, it still hasn't hit yet.


I ended up dual wielding controllers for the day and did not do too bad. I was able to chase a group of kids with both droids and minimal casualties. And if you know what I know about these two, minimal casualties is not in their wheelhouse. Seriously though, no one was hurt and neither were the droids.

BeeTee handled like a dream. I think I have solved all my movement issues. At one point I handed the control to my father, a man that has never played a video game in his life, and he drove BeeTee like an old pro. He did not want to give the controller back. I think he might be hooked...

The only issue I ran into was the weight of that foam gun on the PVC joint. I cheaped out and superglued the pipe. I should have used real PVC glue. I'll probably be rebuilding that arm the proper way. A friend caught me taking the arms off when the crowd lulled.

Aside from that issue the whole event went off without a hitch. The droids were happy, I was happy, and the weather didn't kill everyone...neither did Chop or BeeTee.

Here's a short video of BeeTee wheeling around right before I removed his weapons.

 

[Halliwax]

I never saw the machine gun update!! Wow!!


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[KennyZ]

Mobicon is this weekend and BeeTee joined me as my solo droid (static BB-8 doesn't count) this convention. One, because Chop is in bad shape and two, there's a tropical storm barrelling down on us and I don't want to wrangle multiple droids through it.


Standard pre-con photo with Marks47 and his R2.

BeeTee found the Guardian of Forever. That can't be good.

Even the evil had to follow the convention rules. I've wanted to get a weapons check photo with him for a long time.

Here's a quick video of BT-1 and his chaingun in working order. I didn't load it because I didn't want to get kicked out of the convention. I would have shot people with it...I know I would have.

 

[KennyZ]

Disclaimer, I do not arm him with rounds at conventions. I am going to print some orange plugs for the guns.


Now, on to the fun. In true BeeTee fashion he shot me as soon as he got the chance.

Prior to this video I did a test. His gun clicked but for some reason wouldn't fire a dart. That is until I stepped in front of him to look at the plunger to see if it was pushing out a dart. Suddenly BAM, crotch shot.


I learned a few things.
1: Those darts hurt at close range.
2: He has forty rounds. He can empty the gun in about 25 seconds. I can refill the belt in about 2 minutes. It is tedious.
3: It is really hard to remember the button combination to stop firing when getting shot.
4: I need to angle the gun up slightly because crotch shot.

 

[Protoss]

Prior to this video I did a test. His gun clicked but for some reason wouldn't fire a dart. That is until I stepped in front of him to look at the plunger to see if it was pushing out a dart. Suddenly BAM, crotch shot.


I learned a few things.
1: Those darts hurt at close range.
2: He has forty rounds. He can empty the gun in about 25 seconds. I can refill the belt in about 2 minutes. It is tedious.
3: It is really hard to remember the button combination to stop firing when getting shot.
4: I need to angle the gun up slightly because crotch shot.

:lol :lol :lol :lol Hilarious! Thanks :thumbsup
From the sound of the impact one can tell those darts really do have some pepper :devil

 

[13doctorwho]

Wow, that's awesome! They definitely sound energetic.

 

[LorduDesign]

Love it! Always thought that BT-1 looked very 1960s Doctor Who-like.