Mecha WIP Updated 20/2!

After seeing Avatar I really wanted to make a hardsuit, it probaly won't be the actual one in Avatar, but it will be similar. I spent about 2 hours this morning mucking around with some pieces until I made a arm I liked. It's fully poseable which was what I was mainly after.

The prototype arm:



The detailed inside.



'Scuse the blurry picture.



The armoured outside, straightened out.



The armoured outside, curled up, note the elbow.


UPDATE 1: Arm And Shoulder!





After toying arond with some connections I finally found one strong enough.

Oh, the editing's just so you can see the angle it will be on the body.

UPDATE: Both Arms And Shoulders.



I tried to make a second arm, but unfortunately I couldn't find enough robot arms/knives to finish the hand. Looks like I need to make a bL order!

Oh, ignore the stand, I just wanted to see how many studs apart they would be.

UPDATE: COLOUR!!1!!11!!!





My BL order came so I decided to make it a bit more clolourful.

UPDATE: Upper Torso, Shoulders And Arms!



The front.



It opens!



Greebles!

UPDATE: Updated torso, added blades and a twin chaingun.

Front view:



Side:



And rear:

I also attempted to make a hardsuit after seeing avatar but it ended up more of a walker.
The arms are very lovely for a prototype.

RubbahBand wrote:I also attempted to make a hardsuit after seeing avatar but it ended up more of a walker.
The arms are very lovely for a prototype.

Thanks! Unfortuantely I had to scrap both my walkers and my STAT to make it.

Awesome. Can't wait to see the entire hardsuit.

DarthPineapple wrote:Awesome. Can't wait to see the entire hardsuit.

It may take a while, I want this to be my best MOC so I'm not going to rush anything.

Needs more color.
Looks pretty good. I like the use of the taun taun reigns as tubings and the rest of the elbow joint area is excellent.

Commander Halen wrote:Needs more color.
Looks pretty good. I like the use of the taun taun reigns as tubings and the rest of the elbow joint area is excellent.

Getting Tac to use more than dark bley?

Good luck.

Jens wrote:

Commander Halen wrote:Needs more color.
Looks pretty good. I like the use of the taun taun reigns as tubings and the rest of the elbow joint area is excellent.

Getting Tac to use more than dark bley?

Good luck.

That is one of his new years resolutions.
Now lets see if he can keep it...

RubbahBand wrote:

Jens wrote:

Commander Halen wrote:Needs more color.
Looks pretty good. I like the use of the taun taun reigns as tubings and the rest of the elbow joint area is excellent.

Getting Tac to use more than dark bley?

Good luck.

That is one of his new years resolutions.
Now lets see if he can keep it...

I think he can't.

This hardsuit is going to be mostly dark gray as the one in Avatar was.

Tac wrote:This hardsuit is going to be mostly dark gray as the one in Avatar was.

Hehe, what about a highlight color?

Commander Halen wrote:

Tac wrote:This hardsuit is going to be mostly dark gray as the one in Avatar was.

Hehe, what about a highlight color?

There will be light gray here and there.

Wow that looks great so far, and the greebles look amazing! Maybe make red or yellow the highlight color.

Looks really good Tac! I really like the details on the inside.

Looking good!

Can't wait for the end product!

Wow, the arms look amazing. I hope the rest of it is as well.

Needs more COW BELL COLOR.

Looks great though.

I've updated it with a shoulder.

EDIT: Updated with both arms.

Wow, it keeps getting better. But I still think it needs more cow-er color on it.

Hazard with a Glove wrote:Wow, it keeps getting better. But I still think it needs more cow-er color on it.

My inspirations are Legolovermans hardsuit and the one from Avatar, both are fully gray.

Well maybe a can of paint could fall on it.

The shoulders have a good shape Tac, but I think you should add more greebles to the shoulders like the arms, as it makes the shoulders look kind of plain when they're next to each other.

Wow Tac this looks like some of your best work yet! I can't wait to see the finished product.

Troopa Daisy wrote:The shoulders have a good shape Tac, but I think you should add more greebles to the shoulders like the arms, as it makes the shoulders look kind of plain when they're next to each other.

The shoulders are armoured, like the outside of the arm.

I need a head and a helmet for my harduit pilot. I kinda like the moustache head and the hood/binocular helmet.