Author Topic: Martymidgets DSL Showcase (Read 154116 times)

NFX · « **Reply #160 on:** August 06, 2010, 03:19:20 PM »

Looks like quite a good machine, Marty. TA2 is looking promising already. =P

Vertigo · « **Reply #161 on:** August 06, 2010, 03:22:46 PM »

Quote from: NFX on August 06, 2010, 03:19:20 PM

TA2 is looking promising already. =P

QFT

Naryar · « **Reply #162 on:** August 07, 2010, 12:01:20 PM »

Talking of Clowning around, the old one got KOEd by Doomkiller's Wet Dream !

martymidget · « **Reply #163 on:** August 08, 2010, 03:54:16 PM »

The old one had horrible wedges.....and the weapons weren't very good either, so I'm not surprised...

Anyways, I've had builders block since updating Clowning Around, so I decided to klone something.

Tite 5, 6 ants.

Started out as my take on Vertigo's Absolute Destruction 4, but due to severe AGOD I started again, and it has kinda turned into a Time Bomb Klone. Needs a name and paintjob anyways. My favourite part of the bot is the funky extender work off the shell panel :D

NFX · « **Reply #164 on:** August 08, 2010, 04:17:38 PM »

I love how that weapon looks. I thought VS's didn't have as good wedges as bots like popups, 'cause they'd get lifted a little bit by the effect of the discs turning around.

martymidget · « **Reply #165 on:** August 08, 2010, 04:24:15 PM »

I have to say, I do love lightning spikes...:P

Its wedges seem ok, but it has a problem of falling forwards when a faster bot gets outwedged by it....so I need to do something about that.

NFX · « **Reply #166 on:** August 08, 2010, 04:25:50 PM »

Maybe. I'm imagining that the momentum of the bot kicks yours off the ground in that scenario.

martymidget · « **Reply #167 on:** August 08, 2010, 04:29:47 PM »

May have to downgrade the armour and start experimenting with ways to stop that from happening, but not tonight. The bot also has alot more chucking power than I expected.

Vertigo · « **Reply #168 on:** August 08, 2010, 05:14:40 PM »

:D Someone appreciates my bots ;P

martymidget · « **Reply #169 on:** August 09, 2010, 09:13:12 AM »

Well, I rebuilt the bot (no AGOD here:D) and fixed the flippy problem by downgrading the NPCFs to NPCs, and making the stabiliser thingys larger. 1 less ant now, only 5 now :P

Pwnator · « **Reply #170 on:** August 10, 2010, 04:12:02 AM »

Looks pretty nice, but 16 spikes aren't much on a HW spinner. Does it have trouble losing its weapons too early?

martymidget · « **Reply #171 on:** August 11, 2010, 05:25:21 AM »

It depends on the bot type its facing really. If it can get under the opponent then there is no problem, but if its say, a rammer, it could lose more weapons before its starts to juggle the other bot around.

On another note, I have tried to make my first ever BW today. This is the result-

3 ants in there and Tite 1. I could save weight in a couple of ways, now if I think about it. But any other ideas?

G.K. · « **Reply #172 on:** August 11, 2010, 05:28:16 AM »

How stable?

martymidget · « **Reply #173 on:** August 11, 2010, 05:28:54 AM »

Very, and it doesn't turn quick enough to get unstable XD

Pwnator · « **Reply #174 on:** August 11, 2010, 05:31:32 AM »

Kewl!

But yeah, you can make it lighter by using a box chassis. You could probably get 3mm plastic from that. :D

Stagfish · « **Reply #175 on:** August 11, 2010, 06:00:56 AM »

Whats with the random alum extender?

Pwnator · « **Reply #176 on:** August 11, 2010, 06:04:10 AM »

He used it for attaching the stabilizers on the other side (since the side of the motor uses one as well). It makes it more realistic as well. :P

martymidget · « **Reply #177 on:** August 25, 2010, 10:48:44 AM »

BUUUMMMPPP

Quote from: martymidget on May 22, 2010, 02:04:05 PM

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Always said I would update this thing. Whipped this bot up in 20 minutes.

Wedge or no wedge? That is the question.

Squirrel_Monkey · « **Reply #178 on:** August 25, 2010, 10:50:48 AM »

Why the T-shaped chassis? What's in the side bits?

martymidget · « **Reply #179 on:** August 25, 2010, 10:53:15 AM »

Nothing Lol. There used to be a pile of ants until I angled the spinners more (the teeth then cut into the batteries:P). Will rebuild at some point with a rectangular chassis.