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Re: Scorpions Showcase
« Reply #40 on: September 07, 2010, 04:47:22 PM »
Right here we go, Octavarium 3





It has overlapping spikes and armour on the sides now (as you can tell)

It has 7 ants now and titanium 5.

Fun little side note, just tested it against wiideload in robot arena and knocked it out of the arena with the first hit  :laughing

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Re: Scorpions Showcase
« Reply #41 on: September 07, 2010, 04:57:02 PM »
DO NOT use omni connectors. They waste way too much weight. Use multi connectors. Are those steel extenders?
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Re: Scorpions Showcase
« Reply #42 on: September 07, 2010, 04:59:21 PM »
Think they're steel yeah.
And i obviously got confused with omni-connectors and multi connectors, all i knew was that baseplate anchors are baaad.

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Re: Scorpions Showcase
« Reply #43 on: September 07, 2010, 05:33:46 PM »
Aluminum extenders to hold DSL Bars

Titanium extenders for weapons

Downgrade to Titanium 3

Scrunch in the chassis a bit

Add more spikes
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Re: Scorpions Showcase
« Reply #44 on: September 07, 2010, 09:33:12 PM »
Aluminum extenders to hold DSL Bars

Titanium extenders for weapons

Downgrade to Titanium 3

Scrunch in the chassis a bit

Add more spikes

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Re: Scorpions Showcase
« Reply #45 on: September 07, 2010, 09:57:50 PM »
Thanks ^_^
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Re: Scorpions Showcase
« Reply #46 on: September 08, 2010, 10:59:05 AM »
my bot Figurehead is still faster then this =P but that is a normal rammer, this is a poker and it's not bad IMO. but yeah, more weapons would be better.
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Re: Scorpions Showcase
« Reply #47 on: September 08, 2010, 02:45:45 PM »
I just looked at figurehead and it does look brilliant, quite smexy too!

Anyway heres octavarium 5! Slightly different direction with this version but this is the closest to the original (one design i made for this was a lot more like a SnS  :confused:





The extenders are titanium on the front, aluminium on the rear, 7ants and good 'ol plastic 5 armour.

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Re: Scorpions Showcase
« Reply #48 on: September 08, 2010, 06:58:08 PM »
Where are the other 2 ants...
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Re: Scorpions Showcase
« Reply #49 on: September 08, 2010, 07:05:54 PM »
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Re: Scorpions Showcase
« Reply #50 on: September 08, 2010, 08:20:50 PM »
Where are the other 2 ants...

I see one behind the CB, but I'm still missing one. Anyways, it's a nice design.

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Re: Scorpions Showcase
« Reply #51 on: September 09, 2010, 01:39:19 AM »
 :laughing I forgot to put in the 7th ant  :embarr i'll put it in, probably parallel to the co2 canister.

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Re: Scorpions Showcase
« Reply #52 on: September 09, 2010, 02:56:04 AM »
Not bad I guess, still going to get owned by any gut-ripper.

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Re: Scorpions Showcase
« Reply #53 on: September 09, 2010, 10:29:58 AM »
Not bad I guess, still going to get owned by any gut-ripper.
Well how best could i prevent that?
I'd add some half-sheet armour underneath but won't that just delay the inevitable?

I won't to get this design closest to perfect as i can, and i should really have an octavarium 8 for completion sakes anyway...

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Re: Scorpions Showcase
« Reply #54 on: September 09, 2010, 10:35:27 AM »
Not bad I guess, still going to get owned by any gut-ripper.
Well how best could i prevent that?
I'd add some half-sheet armour underneath but won't that just delay the inevitable?

Yes. I attached halfsheets to some of my bots in NAR AI 2.3, and they got killed in two blows from popups.
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Re: Scorpions Showcase
« Reply #55 on: September 09, 2010, 11:11:14 AM »
Not bad I guess, still going to get owned by any gut-ripper.
Well how best could i prevent that?

Wedges of it's own :P

You already have a lot of barely useful side and rear armor in my opinion.

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Re: Scorpions Showcase
« Reply #56 on: September 09, 2010, 11:19:51 AM »
Not bad I guess, still going to get owned by any gut-ripper.
Well how best could i prevent that?

Wedges of it's own :P

You already have a lot of barely useful side and rear armor in my opinion.
I had a feeling you'd say that  ;)
Is a titanium sheet on a skirt good enough for that, cause it's all i can fit in underneath the front spikes.

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Re: Scorpions Showcase
« Reply #57 on: September 09, 2010, 11:21:36 AM »
A titanium sheet on a metal hinge... IDK really. Try double metal hinge wedges, or even skirt hinges but they're MUCH more difficult to be done good.

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Re: Scorpions Showcase
« Reply #58 on: September 09, 2010, 12:02:24 PM »
Okay, i don't have a clue if the wedge at the front is good enough, but it seems to be o.k atleast.



Thanks for suggesting to get rid of the back armour, i managed to get in the 7th ant and upgrade to titanium 3 armour becasue of that.

Also i'm just gonna call this octavarium 8 now, althoug i'm probably the only person who gets what thats all about

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Re: Scorpions Showcase
« Reply #59 on: September 09, 2010, 12:04:37 PM »
Is that wedge on a skirt hinge? If so change to a metal hinge.