New Look......

A bit of an Experiment with Ambient Occlusion and Global Illumination (Thank You Mr Smythers) I think it gives them quite a different feel, something to experiment with I think.......

Some Progress.....sort of.

Well no posts for a while but what the hey. I think I've finally got an idea for a story that I quite like. Still needs a lot of work, but I'm quite happy with the basic premise and it's not an idea that has been done before so there it is. Leaves lots of opportunity for cool looking aliens and alien worlds. I think I really need to push on with the concept as I feel it could really work.......

Sharkey and George, Sam 'n' Max, these Blokes of Midsummer Murders.......

Been a while since I posted anything, but here's something I'm pretty happy with. C.R.A.M.P. and Detective ? Ummm yes.....

Blah, Blah, Blah.

A quick update on a new RoBoT I've been working on. Not really sure on what I'm going to call it (answers on a postcard). Been experimenting with making my own textures as well, there's not much point doing it for all of them as with Cel Render they look good anyway but for stuff like the mask where they don't hold to the shape too well it makes sense. Well ta ta for a bit........

The names Boy, OldBoy........

Just a quick update, an OldBoy RoBoT doing a bit of Free Lance close protection duty. I quite like the snazey spray on Tuxedo and why not indeed.......

OtherBoy......

OldBoy, Pre-Old wif a Big Gun. So........

Ahoy there, man the Rigging (Oh the rigging)........

Well post B-day and all went surprisingly well, hitting a bit of a RoBoT related wall as I'm still not really sure where I'm going with them. May do some Hand Drawn stuff on some Characters I've been working on. Tried rigging a couple of the RoBoTz to do a couple short Animations with them but the way I've done the leg on the main "GruntZ" is causing me some issues. Think I might have to upgrade my version of C4d as I've been using the same version for about 2 and a half years now and in software turns I might as well be banging two rocks together, so something to consider?.........

Sunday, Bloody Sunday (Alan Partridge Voice).......

It's my Birthday tomorrow, yay. Just hope I haven't pissed everyone off with my Facebook whingings so no-one turns up. Next year I'm definitely taking the Missus away for a few days instead.

(P.S. If you're still reading me Bloglette Mamma Smythers would be good to see you out)

PodBot......

Well in the lead up to me B-Day and after a killer week of work I've been trying to get back on track. I've been going over some old(er) RoBoTz, I did a bit of a re-design of the PodBot by redoing the claws and playing around with the textures a bit. Think it looks alright but I think I might redesign the head a bit to make it look more imposing..........

I see you......

I done another one, this one is meant to be a kind of scout/reconnaissance guy. I made a new head as I thought it would give him a greater range of movement so he can see while he's crawling along the floor spying on the enemy. I think I like this head better and might use it again.

I doned another one.....

Another member of the squad, needs some more bits on the front of his belt but it's hard to think of stuff to put without just resorting to pouches......

Bordering on Productive.....

Well I done another one, this one am be called "Grenadier Bob". He be have a grenade launcher (possibly too big, if a big gun can be TOO big?) and lots of different types of grenade. Still got to tweek it but I think I'm making some progress! Shock horor. p.s. Looking forward to seeing where the text and up on this post.

Edit. Changed the pictures 'cos there was something odd going on with the gun.

"Dumbo"

So I'm seriously looking at my RoBoTz comic idea so I've been thinking about stories and characters. So with the whole RoBoTz fighting in wars instead of people I wanted to have a squad of Veteran RoBoTz who specialise in fighting big RoBoTz. Then main problem I've been having is getting them to look individual, by there very nature RoBoTz all look very similar but this is the first one I think that has a fairly distinct look (with the broken cog mohican and the sawn-off elephant gun). Now how to make the others look good without resorting to different hats?

Bang, Bang you're dead.......

Oh no there's a great big RoBoT coming to get me, oh it's o.k. I've got my Sawn-Off Elephant gun woop woop.

Smokin'.......

Just a quick update, I like how this image is composed plus a little bit of smoke. Smoking Kills, quip quip quip.

"Clanker"

It's a "CLanKer" obviously, yeah take it interwebs.

Happy Poo-Beard!!!

First post from the future, it is here, now (or something). An update on my RoBoT copper or what I call an 'AutoBobby', it's meant to look quite simple an functional. I wanted the belt and revolver to look like a later addition and not part of it's original purpose, well that's the fluff. More updates to come, sooner rather than later.