Author Topic: im toast (Read 13183 times)

helloface · « **Reply #60 on:** October 19, 2014, 12:57:46 AM »

The huge disc kinda looks retarded but other than that it looks good from the back. Can you get a bigger picture from a different angle?

toAst · « **Reply #61 on:** October 19, 2014, 01:04:47 AM »

yeah i wanted one of the black disks because it'd look better with the side skirt type thingies but you cant attach them with the blade intersecting the chassis so i was stuck with the grey one.

ill post some other pictures of it tomorrow but im getting ready to hit the sack and im not all that proud of this thing anyways as it stands right now. i at least want to know what it would have looked like with the damned edges i worked so meticulously on ffs

Shield · « **Reply #62 on:** October 19, 2014, 02:39:40 AM »

the disc is a little oversized, shrink it and it'll look awesome

toAst · « **Reply #63 on:** October 20, 2014, 12:49:08 AM »

im trying way too hard for me to not be happy with this but im not. its kind of really meh. maybe it's just because it's just a boring beetleweight pusherbot with terrible drive and power but that shouldnt be the problem because i only built it so i could try using an online image editor for skins as opposed to paint

whatever yall its da fwiggen lobster hand

im trying really hard for the beat up hyper-realist look from the new robot wars expansion but you can only do so much with online image editing i guess

and i totally disregarded where i put my wheels and spikes when i slapped those decals on -eesh. too late now

helloface · « **Reply #64 on:** October 20, 2014, 12:57:47 AM »

One of the best looking BWs I've seen. Nice work.

Shield · « **Reply #65 on:** October 20, 2014, 02:46:17 AM »

Might look better with just 2wd.

Naryar · « **Reply #66 on:** October 20, 2014, 03:50:25 AM »

4wd BW, not convinced

cephalopod · « **Reply #67 on:** October 20, 2014, 04:24:16 AM »

holy lordy i edited your post on accident im sorry craig

i responded to it though! ill post it below. sorry dude -toAst

(this was a post recommending i try axle loading or bfe [w/e that is cause i forgot] iirc)

Schrikvis · « **Reply #68 on:** October 20, 2014, 09:09:15 AM »

Looks alright, but you might want to try out GIMP or paint.net for skins if you're that desperate.

FOTEPX · « **Reply #69 on:** October 20, 2014, 12:04:23 PM »

The wheels look too cramped together, IMO.

toAst · « **Reply #70 on:** October 21, 2014, 12:21:04 AM »

Quote from: FOTEPX on October 20, 2014, 12:04:23 PM

The wheels look too cramped together, IMO.

yeah i thought so too but thats the furthest apart i can get them in that chassis and smaller wheels wont touch the ground

ill try paint.net but i cant install anything else on my bfs computer without an argument. might do it anyways and hide it in my personal folder though because at this point i really really miss photoshop capability. i may start emailing my chassis templates to myself and doing them on this computer as an option as well since ive got cs6 on here and im already familiar with it. dont want to have to learn a whole new program right about now yaknow

toAst · « **Reply #71 on:** October 21, 2014, 12:22:34 AM »

ive noticed that whenever my axles fly off (usually by accident) they without fail leave the screen completely. its kinda dissapointing because sometimes it'll happen at a time where it would actually be useful to attach something but nooo nothing is ever easy is it. thanks for the tip though im going to try it a few times anyways and see what i can do

and yeah that is a beetle the armor is really light for a wedge/ram which is how it stayed underweight

im posting from my mac so i cant grab a screenie right now but yeah you might want to set yourself a spot at the table so you can be ready to eat those words

cephalopod · « **Reply #72 on:** October 21, 2014, 01:25:57 AM »

Quote from: toAst on October 21, 2014, 12:22:34 AM

ive noticed that whenever my axles fly off (usually by accident) they without fail leave the screen completely. its kinda dissapointing because sometimes it'll happen at a time where it would actually be useful to attach something but nooo nothing is ever easy is it. thanks for the tip though im going to try it a few times anyways and see what i can do

Yeah, sometimes it might take a few tries to get right, and you need to stop the moment it gets somewhere useful or it will fly miles off.
Also don't worry about the post, the amount of times I've nearly done that is ridiculous :P

Naryar · « **Reply #73 on:** October 21, 2014, 04:10:18 AM »

Quote from: toAst on October 21, 2014, 12:22:34 AM

ive noticed that whenever my axles fly off (usually by accident) they without fail leave the screen completely. its kinda dissapointing because sometimes it'll happen at a time where it would actually be useful to attach something but nooo nothing is ever easy is it. thanks for the tip though im going to try it a few times anyways and see what i can do

and yeah that is a beetle the armor is really light for a wedge/ram which is how it stayed underweight

im posting from my mac so i cant grab a screenie right now but yeah you might want to set yourself a spot at the table so you can be ready to eat those words

While axle loading, you must make sure to spin your axles in the shortest amount of time possible then switch to another tab, so the flying components fly less, or by smaller intervals. Basically i just type the spin key and then immediately click on another tab after.

do you use eFFe glitching in DSL as well ? it helps, although far less than axle loading.

toAst · « **Reply #74 on:** October 25, 2014, 01:01:33 AM »

i decided to make something that i almost never bother doing: a popup

the first version sucked, not fast enough. swapped out the motors for fasts and improved the weapon, now we have hot trash
made a lightweight version too. have to work on a better skin for this guy and maybe ill re post him. i think im also going to have to make his wedge a little more effective. he gets under just about everything, but thats not everything so

toAst · « **Reply #75 on:** October 25, 2014, 11:37:33 PM »

not sure why im posting this when ive got more complete bots to post instead albeit likely not as effective certainly not as ugly but heres another popup since im on what some might consider one of the lamer kicks you could be on

no name, no skin, no mercy!!

Philippa · « **Reply #76 on:** October 25, 2014, 11:59:45 PM »

You could clean up the extender work at the rear, also what's with the funky chassis shape?

toAst · « **Reply #77 on:** October 26, 2014, 11:26:20 PM »

i like to try and make my chassis shapes unusual or at least atypical for the type of bot that it is just to ass a bit of uniqueness to a bot. i like the idea that someone could see a silhouette of my bot and be able to know what they're looking at still

doesn't work for everything but hey

Merrick · « **Reply #78 on:** October 27, 2014, 11:36:03 AM »

Back end looks weird. It's pretty similar to a 'bot I sent into Kurt's tournament but rejected for not being IRL enough, so I don't know how it'll go down with everyone with that unusual chassis.

toAst · « **Reply #79 on:** November 09, 2014, 12:33:45 AM »

i should be happy with this but im not. it beats a lot of other bots but it just doesnt have the same awesome vibe as the original incranation. the chassis, the slight off-centeredness, the spike array, the hammer. the ramplate is an improvement in a way but it's not realistic and, well... ugh.. i miss swampy. i wish i had uploaded him when i had the chance

someday ill find the hard drive hes hidden on

until then ill have to keep working on this guy