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Post by poyks on Feb 7, 2009 14:05:01 GMT 1
I like Relyt's design, the spiral looks like a candy stick.  Looking good! |
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Post by Relyt on Feb 7, 2009 16:37:18 GMT 1
The top one looks just like what I had in mind. Good work.
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Post by Lonesome Crow on Feb 8, 2009 0:20:42 GMT 1
Good, I'm happy with those decisions, I think Relyt's idea work so well because the zigzag design of the grooves are not what you expect so it looks alien and yes the tentacles will be much longer.  |
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Post by Relyt on Feb 12, 2009 16:04:00 GMT 1
Bad news everyone, I just remembered that in the chapter "What I Saw of the Destruction of Weybridge and Shepperton," that the Narrator mentioned "the machine's rear leg stood on the bank," or something like that. That means that the fighting machines have two legs in front and one in the rear. This placement of the legs can conflict with the placement of the basket in the rear of the machine. Any suggestions?
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Post by Lonesome Crow on Feb 14, 2009 2:31:00 GMT 1
You've got it the wrong way round but essentially you are right. Here's the passage. In another moment it was on the bank, and in a stride wading halfway across. The knees of its foremost legs bent at the farther bank, and in another moment it had raised itself to its full height again.  I'll think about it. |
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Post by MGMFilms on Mar 25, 2009 5:48:49 GMT 1
I always pictured a kind of metallic muscle when I looked at the legs, kinda hard to describe so I'l ldo some illustrations later.
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Post by stevesudz on Apr 25, 2009 15:35:52 GMT 1
Hi Chaps, Its brilliant to see more analysis and enthusiasm from you guys, than Showreelberg and his chums did in a so called professional production. Heres a thought for you. When you try to extract info from the book, it gets a little confusing as to exactly what perspective we are getting. For example, the foremost legs mentioned in the previous passage could simply be the legs which have reached to furthest point as opposed to the arrangement at the "hip". Ive noticed that its sooooo difficult to create a machine ( and heat ray design) which ticks ALL the boxes. Mr Wells describes a flying walking rolling striding tilting squatting shiny machine which is a boiler / plate cover / hood / ford escort / mini / pizza........er...sort of
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Post by stevesudz on Apr 25, 2009 15:37:03 GMT 1
sorry about that....too many blue smarties....
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Post by Lonesome Crow on Apr 25, 2009 15:59:26 GMT 1
. Heres a thought for you. When you try to extract info from the book, it gets a little confusing as to exactly what perspective we are getting. For example, the foremost legs mentioned in the previous passage could simply be the legs which have reached to furthest point as opposed to the arrangement at the "hip". I get what you mean, you're suggesting the tripod is approaching the distant bank obliquely, sort of diagonally. yes that would explain it and more importantly get us out of a hole. ;D Thanks.  Oh, and welcome to the forum. |
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Post by Relyt on Apr 30, 2009 19:14:52 GMT 1
Perhaps an elongated head could hold the basket above and out of the rear leg's movement range?
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Post by Relyt on Dec 30, 2009 0:50:55 GMT 1
Hey, what happened? We were making good headway, but it's been eight months since anything happened. We're not giving up, are we?
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Post by Lonesome Crow on Dec 30, 2009 2:38:58 GMT 1
No it's just on hold for the time being, other projects got in the way, I'm sure we will return to it when we have a little more time to spare. |
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Post by Relyt on Jan 1, 2010 2:47:21 GMT 1
Alright. Just checking, since I don't want this thread to go to waste.
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Post by eliash on Sept 29, 2011 5:37:34 GMT 1
 This is actually very close to a design I've had mulling around in my head for a while. I pictured a 'shin knee' which was shaped somewhat like a sickle, with an attachment for the 'thigh' which fit to it and allowed a sliding motion around the curve, from the base of the curve of the sickle shape, up and around and over, to the end of the 'sickle', which described a range of movement of about 270 degrees. There would be the artificial musculature running from the thigh to the knee, providing the power for the movement. The point of it all was to exclude the wheel and use the sliding mechanisms described in the book. I have a drawing floating around somewhere that I'll scan and post, if I can find it. Anywho, I just thought that was interesting, that our ideas were so similar. |
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Post by Lonesome Crow on Sept 29, 2011 22:41:15 GMT 1
Post it up, I'd like to see it. I did actually use this joint design in my Space machine picture.  |
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I'll think about it.
