Pay Tribute With Replicas

[MassimoV]

The design is really nice, but man, those skins are great.

[TommyProductionsInc]

See, now THATS the kind of thing I want to learn to do!
(Also, nice replica, as ALWAYS. )

[Thyrus]

Leighviathan.  The scoop may look like a straight wedge, but it's actually curved by 10 degrees.  It's on a 90-degree axle so it flails around.  Hand drawn logo.  Chainsaw comes from Lu-Tze's pack
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Leighviathan was one of my favorites design wise.  Awesome work on this one

[Jaydee99]

Sonny, do you think you could do a let's build special on how to BFE? I tried the tutorial pictures and it didn't work (I wasn't saving the n++ file neither).

[playzooki]

Awesome

[TommyProductionsInc]

Sonny, do you think you could do a let's build special on how to BFE? I tried the tutorial pictures and it didn't work (I wasn't saving the n++ file neither).

Yeah, what he said.

[Resetti's Replicas]

Sonny, do you think you could do a let's build special on how to BFE? I tried the tutorial pictures and it didn't work (I wasn't saving the n++ file neither).

Yeah, what he said.

I'd like some other vets to weigh in on the acceptability of this.  It's a real taboo, you'll see in the Tournaments section that 99.9% of them have "No BFE" as the very first rule.

[TommyProductionsInc]

Sonny, do you think you could do a let's build special on how to BFE? I tried the tutorial pictures and it didn't work (I wasn't saving the n++ file neither).

Yeah, what he said.

I'd like some other vets to weigh in on the acceptability of this.  It's a real taboo, you'll see in the Tournaments section that 99.9% of them have "No BFE" as the very first rule.

It's not for competitive robots, or at least in my case it's not.
I just want to make more accurate replicas.

[cephalopod]

BFE is becoming more common, I believe, and I think when used for unrealistic purposes it is easy to spot in a tournament, so personally I'd see no issue - I'm sure there's even a guide on here somewhere with the basics of BFE.

[TommyProductionsInc]

BFE is becoming more common, I believe, and I think when used for unrealistic purposes it is easy to spot in a tournament, so personally I'd see no issue - I'm sure there's even a guide on here somewhere with the basics of BFE.

I've seen the basic tutorial, but it didn't help me AT ALL.
I need a tutorial SPECIFICALLY on making irregular shapes in RA2.

[cephalopod]

BFE is becoming more common, I believe, and I think when used for unrealistic purposes it is easy to spot in a tournament, so personally I'd see no issue - I'm sure there's even a guide on here somewhere with the basics of BFE.

I've seen the basic tutorial, but it didn't help me AT ALL.
I need a tutorial SPECIFICALLY on making irregular shapes in RA2.

What I was trying to say is I imagine there wouldn't be any backlash to Sonny providing this kind of tutorial, but honestly, with the original tutorial and some hard work/experimentation, you can get some cool cutoff wedges and wedges with no flat top.
For example, if you wanted a simple quadrilateral cutoff wedge like Robot the Bruce, you'd just slightly lower the height of 2 chassis points, and if you wanted a wedge with no flat top you just move the top points very close together.
Sonny of course will be miles better at explaining these things, my knowledge is astoundingly basic with BFE.

[TommyProductionsInc]

BFE is becoming more common, I believe, and I think when used for unrealistic purposes it is easy to spot in a tournament, so personally I'd see no issue - I'm sure there's even a guide on here somewhere with the basics of BFE.

I've seen the basic tutorial, but it didn't help me AT ALL.
I need a tutorial SPECIFICALLY on making irregular shapes in RA2.

What I was trying to say is I imagine there wouldn't be any backlash to Sonny providing this kind of tutorial, but honestly, with the original tutorial and some hard work/experimentation, you can get some cool cutoff wedges and wedges with no flat top.
For example, if you wanted a simple quadrilateral cutoff wedge like Robot the Bruce, you'd just slightly lower the height of 2 chassis points, and if you wanted a wedge with no flat top you just move the top points very close together.
Sonny of course will be miles better at explaining these things, my knowledge is astoundingly basic with BFE.

Now THAT'S THE KIND OF ADVICE/INFO I WAS LOOKING FOR!
But the MAIN issue is which specific sets of numbers in the bot file chassis I modify to get these irregular shapes.
Aw hell, enough of my off topic nonesense, here's a bunch of near complete replicas I posted in the BattleBots 2014 modpack thread.

For the other six I have posted, just look at the thread itself. Under Modifications and Designs.

[Resetti's Replicas]

Thor's Hammer.  This was going to be the topic of my next Let's Build, but I found out too late that WIndows 8 doesn't let you record Desktop footage, and there isn't much to see from the in-game build.  And of course that puts a real damper on making vids about BFE.  Kickstarter to buy Resetti a license of Camtasia and a computer drawing tablet thingy?

I like this bot, because it was clearly built on a budget, and in tandem with the team's heavyweight bot.  Not bad for some loose parts converted into a robot, and it looks surprisingly cool for a paintjob that barely had time to dry before filming.

[playzooki]

Bandicam lets you draw a frame where you want to record

[TommyProductionsInc]

Thor's Hammer.  This was going to be the topic of my next Let's Build, but I found out too late that WIndows 8 doesn't let you record Desktop footage, and there isn't much to see from the in-game build.  And of course that puts a real damper on making vids about BFE.  Kickstarter to buy Resetti a license of Camtasia and a computer drawing tablet thingy?

I like this bot, because it was clearly built on a budget, and in tandem with the team's heavyweight bot.  Not bad for some loose parts converted into a robot, and it looks surprisingly cool for a paintjob that barely had time to dry before filming.
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This is where Resseti and I are different.
Ressetti can make simple and semi-complex replicas that look good, whilst I can only get super complex robots occasionally done well, and have serious issues with simple, colerful robots.
Then again, if I make simple looking robots complex...

[Scrap Daddy]

wow! that looks great.

[Virus Bomb]

oustanding replica tommy

[TommyProductionsInc]

Thanks guys!

[RedAce]

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Nice job Resetti. I like how the skin is made.

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Impressive work there Tommy, I really love how you used the replica parts

[TommyProductionsInc]

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Impressive work there Tommy, I really love how you used the replica parts

Thanks.
I'm using The Judge for the BattleBots 2014 ModPack.
Go check it out.
Also, here's Blade Runner: