Finished product
It's a bit hard to see, but I've added shoes I made along with little tubes to look like hydraulics. I added some windshield shades for the arms, two inside-out soda boxes for shoulders, and I made the arm for the claw. That's what I've done since the last update at least.
It's a bit odd looking in a still picture but I think it looks pretty good in motion. No stilts, but it's still 8ft tall since it adds a bit over two feet to my heigth. The right hand has three movable fingers and the left hand is a claw, which you can see better below.
Any suggestions? Changes I should make?
Original PostSo I've started work trying to make one of these sorta things from scratch
The differences I plan on having are:
bendable fingers on one hand [ x ]
cardboard helmet instead of tophat [ x ]
feet instead of big elephant pillars []
One mechanical claw on the left hand [ x ]
A tube looking thing connecting the forearm to the shoulder instead of another cardboard arm segment []
Progress
The helmet needs a little more for it to be finished,
the torso is about done and it has a backpack attached to the back of it so that I can just attach it all to the torso and carry it with the straps,
the forearm is done and has bendable fingers that work like tendons, however I was running low on tape and so it didn't work out quite like I had hoped, so I'm thinking of remaking it
MOAR PROGRESS
The redone arm- or forearm at least. Much more stable and easy to hold. To make things easier I just made it have 3 bendable fingers instead of 5
The updated torso with the updated head attached. I decided on something similar to what was posted near the bottom of page two, where I'd have some decorative shoulders/biceps on top, and then my actual arms would go directly into the forearm. Also my head will go in that little circle in the middle
