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The Wanderer: a Clankbot
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Tue, 12 Oct 2004 12:28:00 GMT
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Some nice pics in the front - older crappy pics in the back. His arms used to have an extra degree of rotational motion, but the heavy forearms had difficulty being supported, so I went with better looking shorter upperarms with better stability.

The concept was for it to be a Steampunk style, but when I incorporated the brown and that hat, it looked more Techwest. I also made some of Soren’s gun designs, but I like the look of him without all the weaponry. More pics of him to come in the future.

Clank is a reference to Steampunk style bots used in the comic Girl Genius. I was inspired by Franklin Cain’s yellow clank. The original idea for the Wanderer was that he was gonna be a bigger version of the yellow clank.

-Lenny



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  Re: The Wanderer: a Clankbot
 
Lenny, I actually like the Wanderer better with the weaponry, even though the pics weren't as good. Maybe it's because the shotgun and pistols show off the arm/hand posability a little better. They also add some detail to an otherwise somewhat plain (...) (20 years ago, 17-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
  Re: The Wanderer: a Clankbot
 
(...) a very creative mech, lenny. even without reading your post, i knew it had a "western" theme going. nice choice of colors and shapes; they definately give it a gunslinger look. all it needs is a long coat a-la william munny from "unforgiven". (...) (20 years ago, 18-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
  Re: The Wanderer: a Clankbot
 
(...) I dig the Popeye forearm and foreleg proportions too, good style. And nice earrings! ;-) Cheers, (URL) Sci-Fi LEGO> (20 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)

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