My own version of the "Silent Running" drones

[rifleman]

off to a great start looking good just love those droids

[ShadowCory]

Thanks guys! Here's today's work on it. This is Drone 1, Dewey.

[clif52]

Nice work! Your 3D design work is amazing! I'm a retired commercial artist/graphic designer and I can do standard design work but 3D is beyond me.

[ShadowCory]

Originally Posted by surfduke

Love it!
Rock on!

Thanks!

Originally Posted by gotham

So, when will the Director's Cut, limited edition, boxed set with postcards, poster and badge of this film be released? Or, like other films, the reeboot of it ?
Love stop motion work.��
Also love Silent Running. Those are the droids we are looking for !

I'm a big fan of stop motion m'self I saw Silent Running at a local college that was screening an actual film print back in the late 70's. The visuals were so impressive, even in the age of Star Wars.

Originally Posted by rifleman

off to a great start looking good just love those droids

Thanks!

Originally Posted by clif52

Nice work! Your 3D design work is amazing! I'm a retired commercial artist/graphic designer and I can do standard design work but 3D is beyond me.

Well, thank you! So kind of you to say. As evidenced by the old 8mm film, I have been at it for a long time. I really wanted to be a stop motion animator, so digital animation became my conduit toward that goal. Hardware and software was always expensive, but film, lights, sets and models were more so

Here is the mostly done Dewey. I have a bunch of little bolt heads to laminate and apply, and then I'll figure out how I want to handle the arm and hydraulic/pneumatic hoses...still rolling that around in my head for now.

[KCinKC46]

Chipotle' restaurant bags have rolled paper handles that are a little less than 1/8" thick. I wonder if you could slim them down with water and a doweling jig. If you don't own one you can get one from Micro Mark.

[KCinKC46]

Or you could use thermostat wire. Since I know you're not above mixing your media.

[ARMORMAN]

Very nice!

[gotham]

Just so good !

[skidoosnopro]

Freaking Awesome

[Damraska]

Your version Dewey looks really nice so far.

For the tubing, you could try wrapping a slightly dampened strip of paper around a metal wire. If wrapped in a fairly tight, overlapping spiral it should end up looking like a scale piece of flex hose. It might even work to roll a very thin, straight tube from paper, then spiral wrap it, then bend it to shape. Actually, I think I will try that on the spacecraft I am currently designing. :o