Robocain - Robocop 2 robot

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thank you for your continued support, 5 months in now :)

I thought for a while about the upper chest and decided the cardboard prototype I made was a pretty good starting point, so I fibreglassed that. Actually its more of a bridging filler, it has strands of fibreglass in it to make it really strong, its good stuff.

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I know it looks like a monkeys breakfast at the moment but it'll all be ok in the end.

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rough but its a start

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2nd layer on

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front bit needs to be bigger and flatter

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3rd layer, like that

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slightly better shape. I got into a right mess with this stuff! not so bad now the first bit is out the way, its starting to take shape.

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A bit more shaving and filing, then filling the holes in and so on,

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after getting to a decent fit I started going for the sqaure edges, there were many more layers going on here and there to get it fat in the right places.

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starting to get happy with the overall shape now

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after 10 hours of so I was getting sick of the pinky colour so shot some primer over it, makes it easier to see the curves and shape.

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might leave this for a bit and come back to it.
 
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Multi-grain Start? Never even heard of it.

The time and effort you are putting into this is incredible and fully deserves all the praise it gets. Basically, I don't want to over inflate your ego.. but you are the daddy.
 
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Extremely impressive, I have a friend that is a sculptor, I will show him your website.

Also like the fact that the guns are actually working models. I'm guessing you could (or already have) make a much more powerful gun. That's cool :D.
 
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Thank you all again,

I'll have you know candyman runs on start!

Im not weathering the finish, I want it to look PERFECT

back to metal, starting on upper arm/shoulder.

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fixes to a steel pin attached to the shoulder disk

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other side is the same so I might as well make two

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these little things go on the top

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something like that

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..... meanwhile, bit more rubbing down and a bit more filler...

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next piece to make, you know its quite complicated when I have to draw a diagram!

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big enough to make 2

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cut the little recess out both sides, on both pieces, used a 3mm end mill and had to rotate it on my little 3 way vice making a note of the length of each side and the degrees turned so I could copy it 4 times.

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mill the center out, drill

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and start on the other one.

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Inspiring

/though I will briefly mention the rudeness of those who question the authenticity of someone who's making the effort of keeping strangers up to date and entertained with such a thread. Not keen
 
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Im not weathering the finish, I want it to look PERFECT

Glad to hear it. I guess it could look good with battle scars but I think it'll look better polished and looking new.

Coming along nicely! Not too far off the weapons now :D.
 

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it's getting better with every update! \o/

as an aside, i have a bit of machining i might need done (very simple stuff on the lathe) and i'm wondering if i can discuss it with you? how should i contact you, Email?
 

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I don't know what to quite think because it's beyond what I could ever imagine so instead I will go have some crunchy nut cornflakes and then decide what to think :-O
 
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A bit of useless information. When I was a kid me and my friend watched a copy of Robocop 2 when I was like 6 years old. I kept having a nightmare that robocop 2 was coming to get me and would get closer everytime I closed my eyes. Infact at one point I was taken to my doctor for insomnia. Looking at the film now I just laugh but as a six year old it was bloody scary!
 
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