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Title: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Nightraven Shade on July 09, 2018, 12:11:59 PM
I just thought id show first attempt at using the RA2 DSL no very clean but it is pretty simple heavyweight ill probably add color and tweak it a bit before being able to actually use it but i like the idea of a shovel bot with overhead as a lot of spinners out there.
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Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Hoppin on July 09, 2018, 12:21:20 PM
That's pretty good for a newcomer. You got any extra info for it, such as weight. Based on what I can see, you might need more batteries for it, perhaps another red bat and changing the current burst motors to some of the VDMA ones, much better for axes.

Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Nightraven Shade on July 09, 2018, 12:27:19 PM
That's pretty good for a newcomer. You got any extra info for it, such as weight. Based on what I can see, you might need more batteries for it, perhaps another red bat and changing the current burst motors to some of the VDMA ones, much better for axes.

currently have it as a heavily armour HW I'm using the 2 mag snapper (fast) for the axes 2 TWM3R (drive) for the S3 Wheels as for batteries have a WP836e and a battlepack. The Shovel itself is static only used to keep spinner from the chassis while pinning for the axes. its has self righted in testing and the spikes allow it to move on its tail in order to aid in the self righting or if on top of another bot.
Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Hoppin on July 09, 2018, 12:41:45 PM
That's pretty good for a newcomer. You got any extra info for it, such as weight. Based on what I can see, you might need more batteries for it, perhaps another red bat and changing the current burst motors to some of the VDMA ones, much better for axes.

currently have it as a heavily armour HW I'm using the 2 mag snapper (fast) for the axes 2 TWM3R (drive) for the S3 Wheels as for batteries have a WP836e and a battlepack. The Shovel itself is static only used to keep spinner from the chassis while pinning for the axes. its has self righted in testing and the spikes allow it to move on its tail in order to aid in the self righting or if on top of another bot.

I'd recommend you up the drive to NPCFasts, that's kinda the standard on HWs. With the shovel, try putting it on a hinge, you'd have an easier time getting under stuff, this would better allow you to pin stuff against walls etc. What's the armour on it, you might be able to drop it down to make weight for these adjustments
Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Nightraven Shade on July 09, 2018, 12:50:17 PM
That's pretty good for a newcomer. You got any extra info for it, such as weight. Based on what I can see, you might need more batteries for it, perhaps another red bat and changing the current burst motors to some of the VDMA ones, much better for axes.

currently have it as a heavily armour HW I'm using the 2 mag snapper (fast) for the axes 2 TWM3R (drive) for the S3 Wheels as for batteries have a WP836e and a battlepack. The Shovel itself is static only used to keep spinner from the chassis while pinning for the axes. its has self righted in testing and the spikes allow it to move on its tail in order to aid in the self righting or if on top of another bot.

I'd recommend you up the drive to NPCFasts, that's kinda the standard on HWs. With the shovel, try putting it on a hinge, you'd have an easier time getting under stuff, this would better allow you to pin stuff against walls etc. What's the armour on it, you might be able to drop it down to make weight for these adjustments

Armour is 10MM titanium so pleantly of weight to work with i just dropped it down to 5MM and added the VDMA to give that a test run the kickback throws it slightly up but with hit zone being small they should be in shovel to counter that. I have around 100KG to work with before i make any fine tuning so could look at upgraded drive as you recommend and and an extra long battery
Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Hoppin on July 09, 2018, 12:54:58 PM
That's pretty good for a newcomer. You got any extra info for it, such as weight. Based on what I can see, you might need more batteries for it, perhaps another red bat and changing the current burst motors to some of the VDMA ones, much better for axes.

currently have it as a heavily armour HW I'm using the 2 mag snapper (fast) for the axes 2 TWM3R (drive) for the S3 Wheels as for batteries have a WP836e and a battlepack. The Shovel itself is static only used to keep spinner from the chassis while pinning for the axes. its has self righted in testing and the spikes allow it to move on its tail in order to aid in the self righting or if on top of another bot.

I'd recommend you up the drive to NPCFasts, that's kinda the standard on HWs. With the shovel, try putting it on a hinge, you'd have an easier time getting under stuff, this would better allow you to pin stuff against walls etc. What's the armour on it, you might be able to drop it down to make weight for these adjustments

Armour is 10MM titanium so pleantly of weight to work with i just dropped it down to 5MM and added the VDMA to give that a test run the kickback throws it slightly up but with hit zone being small they should be in shovel to counter that. I have around 100KG to work with before i make any fine tuning so could look at upgraded drive as you recommend and and an extra long battery

To help with the jumping, adding a tail close to the floor can assist with stability
Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Nightraven Shade on July 09, 2018, 12:58:44 PM
That's pretty good for a newcomer. You got any extra info for it, such as weight. Based on what I can see, you might need more batteries for it, perhaps another red bat and changing the current burst motors to some of the VDMA ones, much better for axes.

currently have it as a heavily armour HW I'm using the 2 mag snapper (fast) for the axes 2 TWM3R (drive) for the S3 Wheels as for batteries have a WP836e and a battlepack. The Shovel itself is static only used to keep spinner from the chassis while pinning for the axes. its has self righted in testing and the spikes allow it to move on its tail in order to aid in the self righting or if on top of another bot.

I'd recommend you up the drive to NPCFasts, that's kinda the standard on HWs. With the shovel, try putting it on a hinge, you'd have an easier time getting under stuff, this would better allow you to pin stuff against walls etc. What's the armour on it, you might be able to drop it down to make weight for these adjustments

Armour is 10MM titanium so pleantly of weight to work with i just dropped it down to 5MM and added the VDMA to give that a test run the kickback throws it slightly up but with hit zone being small they should be in shovel to counter that. I have around 100KG to work with before i make any fine tuning so could look at upgraded drive as you recommend and and an extra long battery

To help with the jumping, adding a tail close to the floor can assist with stability

was just thinking of ripping off BETA for that lol keeping it flush to floor but small enough can self right easily still, other then that think just need check battery life with new upgrades and see if i can make room for new drive motors
Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Hoppin on July 09, 2018, 01:00:52 PM
That's pretty good for a newcomer. You got any extra info for it, such as weight. Based on what I can see, you might need more batteries for it, perhaps another red bat and changing the current burst motors to some of the VDMA ones, much better for axes.

currently have it as a heavily armour HW I'm using the 2 mag snapper (fast) for the axes 2 TWM3R (drive) for the S3 Wheels as for batteries have a WP836e and a battlepack. The Shovel itself is static only used to keep spinner from the chassis while pinning for the axes. its has self righted in testing and the spikes allow it to move on its tail in order to aid in the self righting or if on top of another bot.

I'd recommend you up the drive to NPCFasts, that's kinda the standard on HWs. With the shovel, try putting it on a hinge, you'd have an easier time getting under stuff, this would better allow you to pin stuff against walls etc. What's the armour on it, you might be able to drop it down to make weight for these adjustments

Armour is 10MM titanium so pleantly of weight to work with i just dropped it down to 5MM and added the VDMA to give that a test run the kickback throws it slightly up but with hit zone being small they should be in shovel to counter that. I have around 100KG to work with before i make any fine tuning so could look at upgraded drive as you recommend and and an extra long battery

To help with the jumping, adding a tail close to the floor can assist with stability

was just thinking of ripping off BETA for that lol keeping it flush to floor but small enough can self right easily still, other then that think just need check battery life with new upgrades and see if i can make room for new drive motors

Sweet, looking forward to it
Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: FOTEPX on July 09, 2018, 01:03:12 PM
Not bad for a newbie, and welcome to the forum! :claping

First major decision you want to make in this game is whether or not you want to build DSL-S or DSL-IRL, with the difference being that DSL-S is focused solely on making competitive bots, while DSL-IRL is more focused on look than competitiveness. Make up your mind on that, and our advice can be a lot more specialised.

Also, please do showcase armour and weight with your robot - it greatly helps with giving you feedback.

On the subject of keeping your bot flush with the floor whilst swinging the axe, you could add a wedge to the front which your opponent drives up on first before firing the axes - that way the weight of your opponent will actually keep your bot held down.
Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Dreamcast on July 09, 2018, 01:13:23 PM
First major decision you want to make in this game is whether or not you want to build DSL-S or DSL-IRL

No, stop making people pick.

Edit: Of course, decing what meta an indiviual robot belongs to is important, but that's not what usually gets suggested by these comments.
Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Nightraven Shade on July 09, 2018, 02:12:50 PM
so this is now what my current incarnation of my MW (formerly HW) looks like i replaced the armor with 3MM aluminum, it now has extender work for its front scoop/shovel to offer it some spinner protection. The drive has remained unchanged but i have added an extra WPC836e battery and removed the battlepack and changed to VDMA to power both axes.

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Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Nightraven Shade on July 09, 2018, 07:04:07 PM
This is my new HW 793KG of dizzying fury using 2 PC545 batteries 2 NPC (fast) drive motors 2 reinforced perm 80 XXL weapon motors each with a solid 100cm disk with 2 ripping teeth each 2 casters and 2 slap happy wheels covered in 10mm aluminum. it can run invertable but slight unstable and can spin up while spinning its ripping disks each controlled with a separate switch to conserve battery life.

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Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Billy5545 on July 09, 2018, 07:10:40 PM
This is my new HW 793KG of dizzying fury using 2 PC545 batteries 2 NPC (fast) drive motors 2 reinforced perm 80 XXL weapon motors each with a solid 100cm disk with 2 ripping teeth each 2 casters and 2 slap happy wheels covered in 10mm aluminum. it can run invertable but slight unstable and can spin up while spinning its ripping disks each controlled with a separate switch to conserve battery life.

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Looks great. Also, is this an IRL bot, Because if yes, you should enter it to a tournament (Orc's Wars Overclocked).

Also, just to clarify what FOTEPX said, DSL-S is unrealistic, and as he said before, focus more on competitiveness, with emphasis on making a bot as efficient as possible. IRL, on the other hand, is making a bot as close as to what is possible in real life
Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Nightraven Shade on July 09, 2018, 07:16:04 PM
This is my new HW 793KG of dizzying fury using 2 PC545 batteries 2 NPC (fast) drive motors 2 reinforced perm 80 XXL weapon motors each with a solid 100cm disk with 2 ripping teeth each 2 casters and 2 slap happy wheels covered in 10mm aluminum. it can run invertable but slight unstable and can spin up while spinning its ripping disks each controlled with a separate switch to conserve battery life.

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Looks great. Also, is this an IRL bot, Because if yes, you should enter it to a tournament (Orc's Wars Overclocked).

Also, just to clarify what FOTEPX said, DSL-S is unrealistic, and as he said before, focus more on competitiveness, with emphasis on making a bot as efficient as possible. IRL, on the other hand, is making a bot as close as to what is possible in real life

its perfectly feasable in real life i believe 13 black in robot wars uk did something very similar i just havent learnt how to AI bots yet to enter it
Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: 09090901 on July 09, 2018, 07:37:56 PM
It is feasible IRL, but most if not all tournaments are going to require weapon supports for the disks.

Something like this is what I mean:
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/2133DB_DoubleO.png)
Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Hoppin on July 09, 2018, 07:39:47 PM
Uh, this in its current state isnt irl. youll be needing more support to the weapon, ideally in a V shape. You also have too many batteries. 2 red bats are enough for the machin even with all motors constantly on. Try to reduce your chassis size as much as you can, it saves weight and eables you to put that weight into more important things. Id finally recommend using perm132s on perm80s, more powerful and better suited for the weight class.

Hope I could be of assistance.
Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Nightraven Shade on July 09, 2018, 07:46:58 PM
i will add a basic weapon support and i havent fully tested the battery life yet so i put 2 in just to be safe for now but i will probably remove one and shorten the chassis when i make the final build in its current state it doesnt offer much weight to play with to keep it a HW. i was originally going to make it 4 wheel drive with the disks hidden before i settled on making it a disk thwackbot.
Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: superbomb122 on July 09, 2018, 07:56:58 PM
Give it a skin too. No one likes a robot that is just an armor skin.
As for improving the design, you don't need reinforcement on the perm if you have extender supports, and there might be more efficient options than 10mm aluminium. (Don't quote me on that)
Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: superbot13 on July 09, 2018, 10:29:55 PM
I would swap the teeth out for something else. Ripping teeth have good stats but they don't look that good in my opinion
Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Nightraven Shade on July 10, 2018, 12:39:42 AM
Last build for today while i still get used to using DSL i thought i would try a front hinge flipper. HW 797KG using 2 storm front hinge pistons, 2 NPC fast PC and WP batteries 10MM aluminum armour and steal panels for flipper arms and wedges with spikes for extra damage and hexplate wheel armor.
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Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Nightraven Shade on July 10, 2018, 03:16:16 PM
My try at a vert disk spinner 789kg HW using dsl disks with cutting teeth using 2 npc fast for drive and an e-tech double axle for the disks. it also has a front hinge flipper for self righting, its uses ant batteries for power.

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Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Dreamcast on July 10, 2018, 06:59:10 PM
I see you have an affinity for hexplates. You could manipulate them and get a cleaner and more rounded shape.

Example
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Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Nightraven Shade on July 11, 2018, 10:43:40 AM
I see you have an affinity for hexplates. You could manipulate them and get a cleaner and more rounded shape.

i may have to do that as i should have enough weight to tidy it up thanks for idea
Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Nightraven Shade on July 11, 2018, 10:50:59 AM
So my newest HW (785KG) using a storm front hinge for the weapon, 2 npc fast for drive, 10mm aluminum armor and 2 wp863e and 5 ant batteries. it uses steal plates for front armor and wedges and 2 spiked extenders for back supports. It can take 1 hell of a beating does good damage but can be difficult to control.

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Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Olister92 on July 11, 2018, 11:20:37 AM
You could probably get rid of those ant batts they kinda suck in 2.2 and use it on making it look a bit cooler is it's a bit of a box at the moment. That's assuming you're using 2.2 of course.
Also I think learning to skin so you can use some unique decals would also help you as a builder
Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Nightraven Shade on July 11, 2018, 11:36:28 AM
unfortunately the box is only way i could fit everything in even then was pretty close and the ants were as those were the only ones i could fit tbh as amount the hammer swings it uses a hell of a lot of power i could reduce a few of the ants and im thinking of adding a tail instead of the back support spikes kinda making it into a flail for the extra damage points. im focusing on more learning the DSL 2.2 building process but skinning is next one the list as it seems to be reasonable simple export>edit>import
Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Nightraven Shade on July 12, 2018, 11:39:04 AM
so after losing all my bots due to DSL bugging out i added the extra color packs and came up with this.
its my first orc wars entry called Headache a HW (790KG) with Steel 5MM armor using 4 WPC863 batteries 3 VDMA front hinge and 2 fasts for drive. its has DSL wheel guards and Steel plate front protection and 2 mini wedges.

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Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Nightraven Shade on July 12, 2018, 01:38:07 PM
This is FlowerPower a 760kg full spinner it uses mag motors for drive and a dual perm to spin a DSL disk with extenders attached for cutting teeth to mount to angled to allow full body coverage. it uses 4 ant batteries due to space limitations but its enough to power the drive and disk for full 3mins.

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Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Nightraven Shade on July 13, 2018, 03:01:50 PM
so my 2nd entry into orc wars is 790 HW Demon using fasts for drive and perm for weapon motor 5mm titanium armor and fully invertable.

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Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: superbomb122 on July 13, 2018, 10:05:34 PM
Does the weapon clip the front drive motors?
Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Nightraven Shade on July 13, 2018, 10:22:40 PM
Nope misses by about 5mm
Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Nightraven Shade on July 13, 2018, 10:37:50 PM
Thisis my 799kg HW SpinDizzy it uses a dual perm weapon motor for disk with steel extenders and beater bars its drive is 2 dual mag motors and it uses 4 ant batteries (due to space).

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Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Nightraven Shade on July 15, 2018, 05:24:30 PM
my first real attempt at a vert spinner 798KG 5mm aluminum armor with steel plating 2 npc fasts 2 132 perms and 2 dsl disks with medium beaters 1 wpe836 and 1 battlepack. Not very clean but an improvement over previous bots

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Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Clickbeetle on July 15, 2018, 08:21:20 PM
I like Flower Power and the hammer with the Cobra wheels.  Such an oddball design.  I just might try stealing it...
Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Nightraven Shade on July 15, 2018, 09:49:29 PM
I like Flower Power and the hammer with the Cobra wheels.  Such an oddball design.  I just might try stealing it...

its takes a noob to come up with weird stuff thats very likely going to end up destroying itself
Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Nightraven Shade on July 18, 2018, 12:15:33 AM
 HW flipper (789KG) using 3 VDMA, 2 NPC fast, 3 wpc836e and steel all extenders with 5mm titanium armour

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and just for fun it in action this was on the AI bots way down

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Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Nightraven Shade on July 19, 2018, 10:26:22 AM
My HW (798kg) Wildclone build 4mag for spinner and vdma piston for arm 2 npc for drive i havent skinned it yet.

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Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Hoppin on July 19, 2018, 10:31:41 AM
My HW (798kg) Wildclone build 4mag for spinner and vdma piston for arm 2 npc for drive i havent skinned it yet.

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Very nice, the armour panels are something you've done spectacularly. I'd try to get the pivot point on the arm higher, this would mean you don't have to build it outwards so much.

Keep it up my man. 
Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Nightraven Shade on July 19, 2018, 11:16:01 AM
Thanks it took me a while to try get them lined up and i might try that as i just tried cut weight on it by removing wedglets and adding a solid panal gained around 10KG so might try fit a front hinge for arm instead of a piston
Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Olister92 on July 19, 2018, 02:40:02 PM
This came together well man, can't wait to see the skin
Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: superbot13 on July 19, 2018, 06:25:33 PM
Wow you are improving

I think having a single spike at the end and having the sides taper down would be a better look
Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Nightraven Shade on August 17, 2018, 07:34:46 PM
My first try at an extenderbot and yes they all have bottom panels, using 2 npc fasts for drive and flat motors for very vdma burst for flipper and hammer and 2 battlepacks. the front is all steel and mostly ti or steel extenders and panels.

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Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Nightraven Shade on August 17, 2018, 07:40:09 PM
Just for fun i made the granddaddy of all bots.

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Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Nightraven Shade on August 17, 2018, 07:50:51 PM
Last one worth showing is my take on warrior clan. 4 mag spinner and vdma burst for the flipper with 2 tmw2 drive motors.  [ This attachment cannot be displayed inline in 'Print Page' view ]  
Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Dreamcast on August 18, 2018, 11:54:29 AM
I like the whammer. The Grandad needs more structural support for those eyes. I wish the HS was skinned and that you posted all of this in one post.
Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: kill343gs on August 18, 2018, 09:57:15 PM
Keep experimenting, things will start to come together
Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Nightraven Shade on October 17, 2018, 06:19:24 PM
been while since posting anything here so thought post after using bfe for first time. just a simple 798kg HW overhead spinner design nothing special. Uses steel panels for front, titanium wedglets and Steel5 armor.
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Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Nightraven Shade on October 19, 2018, 02:35:54 PM
New tall flipper 790kg (HW) dual storm powered flippers 2 tmw drive and lots of bats.
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Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Hoppin on October 19, 2018, 02:59:54 PM
New tall flipper 790kg (HW) dual storm powered flippers 2 tmw drive and lots of bats.
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I'd suggest you upgrade your drive, TMW3 on a HW is really slow. NPC, TMWR2 or NPCF are what I'd recommend for a HW
Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Nightraven Shade on October 29, 2018, 10:16:24 AM
Thought id make a cluster both are identical using ti5 armor ti extenders with steel holding the main parts flatmotor and tmw drive.

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Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Nightraven Shade on November 05, 2018, 05:07:01 PM
A couple new bots for orc wars first is a dual storm front hinge flipper and second is a dual flatmotor powered drum spinner.

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Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Nightraven Shade on January 22, 2019, 07:06:50 PM
just a couple new bots first is a 4wd npfc with a large vdma top panel alu flipper and 10mm pl chassis armor. second is a vert version of my drum using 10mm pl armor and a perm 4 large typhoon tooth disk.
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Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Naryar on January 23, 2019, 05:29:50 AM
those wedgelets are not flush with each other
Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Nightraven Shade on January 24, 2019, 12:27:22 PM
Update to my OW3 qualifier, Added front armor reduced amount of wedglets added a dedicated self righter and made a smaller drum but with small typoons. 799KG pl10 with a small burst for self righter and a perm for drum twmr2 drive for tracks.

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Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Naryar on January 25, 2019, 09:17:20 AM
Beginning of a flame war cleaned. Back on topic, please.

The bot looks okay. I can't say i'm a fan of the color however. Plastic 10 seems a bit overkill for something well-protected like that.
Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Nightraven Shade on April 02, 2019, 08:49:18 PM
so a couple of new bots bit different to what i usually build and a semi old one

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Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: superbomb122 on April 02, 2019, 09:41:37 PM
so a couple of new bots bit different to what i usually build and a semi old one

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First is pretty good, though I'd do the weapon frame a little different. That straight extender going right across is weird.
Second is alright , although the axe support is kind of garish. Drop it to one or too colors and see if you can get a better shape.
Third is solid, but the weapon support should either be one color or have a better two tone. Those guards on the tracks also just look out of place.
Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Nightraven Shade on April 03, 2019, 09:55:42 PM
newest flipper/lifter

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Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Gulden on April 03, 2019, 11:54:04 PM
While the chassis is fine, the flipper itself strikes me as odd.  Is it just the two sticks or are they attached to the wedges somehow?
Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Nightraven Shade on April 04, 2019, 07:42:44 AM
It's just lifter arms in the middle of the bot so slightly odd design but will reach anything on the wedges with the wedgelets.
Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Dreamcast on April 09, 2019, 07:57:21 PM
It looks odd to me because the flippers are the same color as the wedge. Try adding more to the arms to make it look less twiggy.

Nice to see chassis with real skins.
Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Nightraven Shade on June 16, 2019, 04:35:14 PM
Just a few new random bots all HW

Low fast vert with self righter
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low 4wd angled spinner with 2 flipping axes
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Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Sickle robotics on June 16, 2019, 04:45:50 PM
Just a few new random bots all HW

Low fast vert with self righter
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low 4wd angled spinner with 2 flipping axes
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The vert looks great and the angled spinner looks good, but the angled spinner should have a bigger spinner so it can have bigger and more damaging teeth.
Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Nightraven Shade on June 16, 2019, 04:47:56 PM
Bigger spinner would hit axes sadly
Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Nightraven Shade on June 23, 2019, 11:27:30 PM
A clamp and a drum variant

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Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Nightraven Shade on June 24, 2019, 02:11:27 PM
Flipper 1 wide med vdma
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Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Nightraven Shade on June 25, 2019, 12:12:29 AM
Drum cluster both identical in every way except color.

396.7KG Bots both invertible

NPCf 2wd, plastic 10 chassis, TI front plate with 2 steel on side

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Title: Re: Nightravens Showcase of badly built bots
Post by: Hoppin on June 29, 2019, 05:04:47 PM
Drum cluster both identical in every way except color.

396.7KG Bots both invertible

NPCf 2wd, plastic 10 chassis, TI front plate with 2 steel on side

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Ngl, pretty bland