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DSL TC Showcases / Re: DSC's Combat Uneffective DSL Designs
« on: October 20, 2010, 08:49:48 PM »
New robot conceived today, still in tweaking phase:

Its based quite heavily on Vader/IG-88 from Robot Wars, it doesn't seem to be a widely-used style of VS.


Dual Perm 80s to evenly distribute weight (one larger perm on one side screwed with the steering of the robot).

The additional Slimbody motors were placed with some crude form of invertibility. Not really realistic and they will probably be removed to allow more space for batteries.



Not thrilled with the skirts, but they're effective.

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Custom Components Showcase / Re: Pay Tribute With Replicas
« on: October 16, 2010, 10:01:37 PM »
I agree it's a little too tall, this one is just relying on the skin this time :frown:

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Custom Components Showcase / Re: Pay Tribute With Replicas
« on: October 16, 2010, 09:48:15 PM »
I'm a little scared now. Resetti posts Ming, and here's Ming II, done tonight :eek:





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Custom Components Showcase / Re: Pay Tribute With Replicas
« on: October 16, 2010, 12:46:27 PM »
I used the same photo as the comparison one I posted. and using Paint Shop Pro 7 (aka Vintage PSP :P), I scaled, skewed and manipulated the photo until I got the right angles and such for each side of the body. tbh its not as good as it could be, i'm limited by the .tga having to be 256x256, but it's something I enjoy doing, and honestly would like to help others with skinning their replicas  :smile:

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Custom Components Showcase / Re: Pay Tribute With Replicas
« on: October 16, 2010, 12:37:30 PM »


5mm Plastic armour, and pretty much everything is visible. Wasn't much I could actually play about with regarding the internals, hence my cannon-fodder ambitions.

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Custom Components Showcase / Re: Pay Tribute With Replicas
« on: October 16, 2010, 12:25:15 PM »
My second replica, Raizer Blade



Based on the Series 3 appearance:


And quite possibly my entry into the Replica Wars 2, presumably going in there as utter cannon fodder. :bigsmile:

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Custom Components Showcase / Re: Pay Tribute With Replicas
« on: October 15, 2010, 06:44:32 AM »
@Everyone: Thanks for the comments :)

@Badnik96: Is there a thread for this, as i'm certainly interested, although I know nothing about it.

@Naryar: lurked for maybe a week before signing up, had to make sure it was worth it ;)

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Custom Components Showcase / Re: Pay Tribute With Replicas
« on: October 13, 2010, 09:26:06 PM »
First time attempting a replica, so here goes. Presenting DIOTOIR!



3mm Ti. Based on the Robot Wars series 3, 4 and Extreme 1 version.  May submit this for Thyrus' Middleweight pack too, but much like the actual robot its performance is somewhat suspect :rolleyes:

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DSL TC Showcases / Re: Thyrus` Showcase
« on: October 13, 2010, 06:25:44 PM »
I'll definately try to get something submitted for this, sounds fun.

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DSL TC Showcases / Re: DSC's Combat Uneffective DSL Designs
« on: October 12, 2010, 09:53:20 PM »
It seems way too obvious now it's said out loud. D'oh. But yes, I did try the larger motors, but I was only able to fit one in the same space. I dont know if 2 small = 1 Large in terms of performance, so I stuck with two.

And yes, Thyrus seems to be on the same wavelength when it comes to robot designs. :)

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DSL TC Showcases / Re: DSC's Combat Uneffective DSL Designs
« on: October 12, 2010, 08:59:52 PM »
Right off the bat, all my images are clickable thumbnails, just to save on anyone opening this thread and having tons of big images to load.
Having taken in all the comments, suggestions, and opinions, i'm still keeping the bodyshape, as I want to keep the "Robot Wars" look to it. Not saying that the efficient bots are bad, but they just don't float my boat at all. Hard to give a robot any personality when its made of extenders and ti sheets. :P However, internals I can certainly take advice on, hence:



- Saws on the back have gone, although ideally i'd like for there to be something similar on the bot at some point, just for the damaging ability.
- Flipper has been upgraded from the Mag Snappers to the smaller version of the JX burst motors.
- 2WD NPCFast/Techno drive, but is there any explanation for why these make the bot faster than say Tornado's or Vlad's?
- Armour upgraded to 10mm Ti, can't remember what it was before (definately not DSA though)
- Made sure the flipper pieces are angled to get under more, same with the additional skirts. May not have been visible but on the original the mis-matched tires put the chassis at a slight angle to the ground.
- Batteries have been re-done. I've gone for extra power than is needed by the motors and bursts because I have the weight. Speaking of which, 58.9kg to play with, any suggestions?

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DSL TC Showcases / DSC's IRL DSL showcase
« on: October 09, 2010, 10:50:53 PM »
I've had RA2 for 3 months now. I build robots, I try to build them with some personality, i'm not a big one for the uber-bots that are "realistic" but honestly are totally unrealistic and are just for pure damage. I like many people try to make robots that could exist in real life.

So onto my first robot, Ratt-E:



Quite nippy, decent flipper that can OOtA quite easily, with the saws mainly used for invertibles. 3mm Titanium armour, and a decent allrounder.

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