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Here it is.. the fruit of long nights and hours staring at screenshots(thanks to Primal Weyland) and shoving around points.
It’ll be out soon in unfolded PDO format, but for now, I’ve still got to test-build it!

This is shiny! Pepakura offers a screensaver- Windows only- that will automatically fold and unfold your pdos.
Here it’s unfolding a CQB helm model from the 405th- this one was worked on by Robogenesis and DF4L.

New version- lighter. Much lighter, it’s like a knife instead of a dwarven machete now. Also, proper grip coating and pattern. Sheath holds it in by friction- it makes a nice grating “Scccchwinggg!”when drawn.

A permanent shop has also been prepared in the 32320 zip code for further propventures and suitmachen. Installation of machinery, including a standardized workspace-board setup and storage system, has been planned for the coming weekend.

I’ve been cleaning out a shop for this project, and meditating on it while I do so- here’s one of the main relevations: how many degrees of freedom the Starcraft Marine Powered Armor has.

For the uninitiated, a DOF is basically one dimension of jointyness- a finger or elbow hinge is one DOF, while a shoulder or hip is two, since it moves in two ways.

Essentially, there are 22, excluding the gauntlets and the 6 flaps.

This is from the difficulty selection menu in Halo:Combat Evolved.
It’s going to be my utility knife once it’s finished, it still needs a coat of plasti-dip and the grip pattern put into the handle.

More of this fundraising thing.

Hitec Laser 4 Tx and charger
Hitec CG-340 charger and power supply
3 steel sprockets, “35B36H C” “IEI”
speed 280
speed 400
speed 550 “RS550PH”
20:1 25mm banebots gearhead
6 standard servos
2 Y-cabled together standard servos
1 GWS Park L servo
2 3″X7/8″ Colson Performas, keyed at 5/8″
2 4″X7/8″ Colson Performas, keyed at 5/8″
Apogee 3-cell 1050mAh pack, 14C burst, JST connector
2 Apogee 3-cell 830mAh packs, JST connector
1 5-cell 500mAh NiMH, JST connector
1 8-cell 500mAh NiMH, JST connector
1 10-cell N-500AR 500mAh NiCd
2 Banebots BB-12-45 ESCs
2 12# bot drive ESCs, specs unremembered
ant electronics harness:
-2 scorpion minis
-1 brushless Esskay outrunner
-1 brushless ESC for ^
-JST power connector
-microswitch
HandiWorks motor, 5/8″ OD keyed adaptor.
modified handi motor with 1/2″ output, heavily flat
1 3-pound combot weapon blade, hardened S7, 3/8″ Ti shaft, Al hub
small 3 3/8″ carbide-tipped sawblade
antweight chassis and drivetrain:
-1/16″ polycarbonate and standoffs chassis
-3.33:1 gearboxes, speed 400s, 4mm shafts
-2″ wheels with adaptors for 4mm
-VERY FAST.
1 banebots 16mm gearhead motor, 24:1
1 banebots 16mm gearhead, 24:1
3 modified metal spur gearmotors, 20:1, 5mm output, with 2 mounts
3 copals, 60:1
1 swiss minimotor, 60:1, 3mm shaft
Chassis for beetleweight:
-1/8″ carbon fiber base
-unhardened tool steel blade
-UHMW sidewalls
-1/16″ polycarb top, unpictured
-Peligro-style
Beetleweight Guts Harnes:
-Tekin Rebel ESC
-2 heatsinked scorpion minis
-2 banebots 25mm gearmotors, 20:1, drilled shafts for wheel attachment.

Make offers to vroegop@gmail.com . Lowballing encouraged.
Will ship via priority mail.
Paypal, money order, checks, cash, firstborns, blood sacrifices, and CNC equipment in trade all accepted.

To help the average propmaker out, I’ve make some PDFs and images which can be printed to scale and used as templates and guides.



They’re on the models’ pages.

Another beautimous Halo model for y’all.

No render, I don’t have Photoworks installed at the moment.

This one ended up with 260 features and a 40-second rebuild time.
Download:
http://vrogy.net/lau-65d-missile-launcher-model/

http://vrogy.net/sellingbotgear/

I haven’t been building robots for a while, and I need funds for this project, so here’s a bunch of robot parts for sale.
Most, if not all are almost like new, practically. Which is to say.. there’s no new-parts smell.

update: onwards to ebay. links:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=130167959505
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=130167960535
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=130167962261
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=130167963268

In search of something to test out casting technology on, and not having a CNC machine to churn out foam marine-suit parts yet, we settled on Transformers logos.

First up was the Decepticons’. It was coated with an investment made of clay slurry to try to preserve the surface finish of the foam.

It turned out alright, if a bit porous.

Next was the Autobots’.

When this came steaming out of the sand, encrusted with burnt motor oil, it looked and smelled like grim interstellar war.

After a bit we got that down pat, so we shrunk it a bit, to belt buckle size..

And we also embedded stainless wire into it, to facilitate making it into a wearable belt.