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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: Vanvlak on 06 February 2016, 11:46:13 AM

Title: Near Future toy robot conversion project (& Socrates) - decisions
Post by: Vanvlak on 06 February 2016, 11:46:13 AM: I found this chap dumped by a bin this morning, and picked him up, dusted him off a bit, and am now thinking of kitbashing him a bit. I'll chop off his hands, they're too large and lack detail; but I have no idea what to replace them with. He seems to be a cheap 2nd cousin twice removed of Robocop, so I'll do hm up as a large police/Sentinel type chap.
I am tempted to keep the red button in the middle as an emergency stop button.

(http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j108/vanvlak/supers/SOCROBOT1_zps3kdhpnce.jpg) (http://s78.photobucket.com/user/vanvlak/media/supers/SOCROBOT1_zps3kdhpnce.jpg.html)

I do hope you can see that I'm not talking of Socrates here, but the golden fellow in the background....
Title: Re: Near Future toy robot conversion CAT PIC INCLUDED
Post by: Vanvlak on 06 February 2016, 07:29:34 PM: The robot's hands are gone - too big, too featureless, holding the gun wrongly.
Now I need to decide whether to replace these with guns or with some sort of bludgeon - as it's going to be a police sort of robot I'm avoiding claws, swords etc.
I'll probably go for a symmetrical weapons, not one and one, unless I go for a riot shield.
Title: Re: Near Future toy robot conversion project (& Socrates) - decisions
Post by: von Lucky on 06 February 2016, 10:38:55 PM: Nice find. Riot shield and net gun. Or two net guns would be my suggestion.
Title: Re: Near Future toy robot conversion project (& Socrates) - decisions
Post by: Cypher226 on 06 February 2016, 11:34:14 PM: Cool idea!

Net gun and water/Dredd style riot foam cannon? Could also do double duty as a firefighter then lol

Or Riot shield and some kind of grenade launcher for crowd control/serious threat response?

Handsome cat, btw :)
Title: Re: Near Future toy robot conversion project (& Socrates) - decisions
Post by: Hawkeye on 07 February 2016, 03:55:24 PM: Socrates, of course, doesn't need any converting. He looks great just as he is!
Title: Re: Near Future toy robot conversion project (& Socrates) - decisions
Post by: Vanvlak on 07 February 2016, 04:04:12 PM: The shield idea is still gripping me - although the net or foam guns sound attractive....decisions!
I might have a plan.
Trouble is, nothing to be done today as I ran out of glue. :-[

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Socrates, of course, doesn't need any converting. He looks great just as he is!

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Handsome cat, btw Smiley

Thanks - now he's going to be smug for a few days.
Title: Re: Near Future toy robot conversion project (& Socrates) - decisions
Post by: The_Beast on 07 February 2016, 04:24:20 PM: I tend to not want anything 'shield', though I've seen some permanent on the sides, almost shoulder guards, that almost seemed right.

Multi-function hand replacements, NOT hands, would be the way I'd go. Foam/gas/nets on one side, on the other, barrels, maybe rubber sabot, up to lethal projectiles/grenades. It's a harsh, harsh world in the future. ;)

Or, maybe riot gear on the wrists, 'now you've pissed me off' on the shoulders.

Doug
Title: Re: Near Future toy robot conversion project (& Socrates) - decisions
Post by: Vanvlak on 08 February 2016, 05:13:09 PM: Shoulder guards - hmmm.
I thinkI'd better decide before buying the glue...
Title: Re: Near Future toy robot conversion project (& Socrates) - decisions
Post by: Elbows on 08 February 2016, 05:24:27 PM: I found this chap dumped by a bin this morning, and picked him up, dusted him off a bit, and am now thinking of kitbashing him a bit. I'll chop off his hands, they're too large and lack detail; but I have no idea what to replace them with.

You could use the hands from that toy robot sitting near him.
Title: Re: Near Future toy robot conversion project (& Socrates) - decisions
Post by: Vanvlak on 08 February 2016, 05:30:52 PM: Quote from: Elbows on 08 February 2016, 05:24:27 PM
I found this chap dumped by a bin this morning, and picked him up, dusted him off a bit, and am now thinking of kitbashing him a bit. I'll chop off his hands, they're too large and lack detail; but I have no idea what to replace them with.

You could use the hands from that toy robot sitting near him.
The fluffy toy has not quite toy claws hidden in his mitts, and is not afraid to use them.....so maybe I'm not chopping them off, not unless I want to be eviscerated.