BumblebeeRecycd
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I am attempting to build a " War Hammer" from Mechwarrior, also know as a TomaHawk from Maccross. Like all of my Robots, it will be BIG...9'6" to 10', about 5' wide and about 4' thick. I know it sounds to large and unweildy, but I belive I can make one this size and still have it be very mobile.
I have picked the Warhammer as my topic because of his 2 HUGE gun arms. they will allow me to use a gimmick I saw called a Vortex Cannon....basicly a Air gun that shoots large visable smoke rings up to 30' away.
My chosen material is EVA foam, as first introduced to me by EvilFX, but built on an Aluminium skeleton. I am about 6-7 weeks into the build and already have a fair amout of progress.
I built 5 diffrent "Vortex Cannons" to find the one with the most BOOM. I went with 2 12" cement form tube, capped at one end with cone shapped laundry baskets...currently sealed in plastic. I am planning on replacing the plastic with Drum Heads (20"). I already built a remote "Drum banger" so I can trigger the guns from my grip point midway on the arms.
This Robot offer many challenges.
1) He has a fixed head, so vision will be a problem, I am hopping to overcome that buy making the center chest peice out of polycarbon, then coatting it in "one way Mirror film"
2) His arms will be heavy, and large: I hope to solve this by having them hang from the torso, balanced in weight, them puppetering them.
3) He will be huge, so I must make the front of the torso flip up and fold into the back...making him about 31" thick....Allowing me to slip through doors sidways
4) He will be TALL, so I am working on making his shoulder missil launchers both removable and spring loaded....so I can "bump" into lowhagging obstacals and still keep moving
5) I am hopping to make him self contained.....something I can ship to "X" unload by myself. Assenble solo, then put on stilts, put on thighs/codpeice, then reach down and grab the Torso/Arms. Haul it over my head, and be ready to go.
I have picked the Warhammer as my topic because of his 2 HUGE gun arms. they will allow me to use a gimmick I saw called a Vortex Cannon....basicly a Air gun that shoots large visable smoke rings up to 30' away.
My chosen material is EVA foam, as first introduced to me by EvilFX, but built on an Aluminium skeleton. I am about 6-7 weeks into the build and already have a fair amout of progress.
I built 5 diffrent "Vortex Cannons" to find the one with the most BOOM. I went with 2 12" cement form tube, capped at one end with cone shapped laundry baskets...currently sealed in plastic. I am planning on replacing the plastic with Drum Heads (20"). I already built a remote "Drum banger" so I can trigger the guns from my grip point midway on the arms.
This Robot offer many challenges.
1) He has a fixed head, so vision will be a problem, I am hopping to overcome that buy making the center chest peice out of polycarbon, then coatting it in "one way Mirror film"
2) His arms will be heavy, and large: I hope to solve this by having them hang from the torso, balanced in weight, them puppetering them.
3) He will be huge, so I must make the front of the torso flip up and fold into the back...making him about 31" thick....Allowing me to slip through doors sidways
4) He will be TALL, so I am working on making his shoulder missil launchers both removable and spring loaded....so I can "bump" into lowhagging obstacals and still keep moving
5) I am hopping to make him self contained.....something I can ship to "X" unload by myself. Assenble solo, then put on stilts, put on thighs/codpeice, then reach down and grab the Torso/Arms. Haul it over my head, and be ready to go.
"If I finish this"...I have a VERY good track record of building Giant Robots. Plus I have already commited lots of time and resources to it (Plus the tickets for Vegas). Goal is to have it done for Animegacon (Vegas) for Augest. Already have 
