gonkeh Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 After the success of the invention table I've been starting to work on an artistic impression of a classic Clockwork mob which willbe fully articulated and 3d printable with a few additiona bits of hardware. While investigating this concept and taking many screenshots of the various clockwork mobs i realise that while they are all pretty similar, they are hung on different skeleton geometry and have subtely different parts - pieces resized in game and some unique parts or different scaling. example: the duke model has large forearms, but babbage has large hands and small forearms. With this revelation i had to choose which clockwork would be best to try and build as a "base" so that the additional unique parts could be printed out to get a Babbage, or clockwork king, or tesla knight etc. I also had to try and take into account the different clearences around hte model joints and general poses, this all means that its definitely going to be a "inspired by" rather than an exact replica of any specific mob. The model is about halfway modelled so far with the legs and pelvis being printed and tested. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VioLight Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 Ooh, neat! Full of bright ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal_General Posted November 28, 2023 Share Posted November 28, 2023 I can't wait to see more updates. Like clockwork! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonkeh Posted December 11, 2023 Author Share Posted December 11, 2023 So prototype 1 was completed up to the arms and it became painfully obvious that the legs were not strong enough in the ball socket joints to hold up the full model, especially as the arms would basically double the wieght of the whole Tesla duke and it's all be up top. so a rethink on the joints was in order. Having cruised some other ball joint solutions in the 3d printing space i found one htat fit the bill and i began on prototype 2 - and having printed just the legs so far, it is so so much more stable than version 1, so i'm not looking at colours, I have 2 real options, 1st print colour only by using some suitable colours, or option 2 - paint it. I've not painted anything past primer (I made a 30cm Josef from Machinarium a while ago, but he was supposed to be grey already so i got away with it) so have no idea if i'm any good at it or not, i suspect not 😄 I kinda know painting is the best option, but i'm quite afraid to ruin it by botching the last job. anyway some pictures of progress... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Healix Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 That is SO cool! 1 Forever grateful to be back in my city! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High_Beam Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 Cilck Clacks are fun! Girls of Nukem High - Excelsior - Tempus Fabulous, Flattery, Jennifer Chilly, Betty Beatdown, Totally Cali, Two Gun Trixie Babes of War - Excelsior - Di Di Guns, Runeslinger, Munitions Mistress, Tideway, Hard Melody, Blue Aria Several alts and of course my original from live on Freedom, High Beam Prime (someone else has her non OG name) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonkeh Posted December 15, 2023 Author Share Posted December 15, 2023 getting really close to final models now, making some tweaks to the pitch of the feet and hip joints to get that Tesla Duke slouch... 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Healix Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 1 Forever grateful to be back in my city! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biostem Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 (edited) I'd love to see your take on a Hercules mech or a Fake Nemesis! Oooh! I bet the Nemesis Jaegers would turn out really cute! Edited December 16, 2023 by biostem 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonkeh Posted December 19, 2023 Author Share Posted December 19, 2023 i was looking at the nemesis staff but it seems there are already versions out there in 3dprint world, so the council mechs and Jaegers might be quite fun challenges 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonkeh Posted December 21, 2023 Author Share Posted December 21, 2023 And hes all done, the place was looking akin to teh clockwork kings den as i dismantled one prototype and salvaged parts for the final version but he looks really cool and pretty imposingly big - hes about 50cm tall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gonkeh Posted December 21, 2023 Author Share Posted December 21, 2023 Once i've finished editing together the build videos I'll be linking them to the model parts up on printables, and I'm entering it into a competition, i doubt it'll win as theres some good stuff out there, but this has been one of the most fun and challenging 3d print projects i've done and it's fab having some more CoH niknaks round the house 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Raiden Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 Awesome! I've always wanted to see a Clockwork Prince in higher definition than what we see in-game. Any chance of the model files being publicly released? Or maybe also printing some add-ons to make a Paladin or Babbage? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonkeh Posted December 22, 2023 Author Share Posted December 22, 2023 21 hours ago, Vic Raiden said: Awesome! I've always wanted to see a Clockwork Prince in higher definition than what we see in-game. Any chance of the model files being publicly released? Or maybe also printing some add-ons to make a Paladin or Babbage? https://www.printables.com/model/676511-city-of-heroes-classic-clockwork-tesla-duke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonkeh Posted December 22, 2023 Author Share Posted December 22, 2023 but yep - the plan is to create some addon parts to convert the duke into babbage, clockwork king, paladin, tesla knight and the little oscilators as well if i get that far. i might have a short break for a bit before going back into the clockwork rabbit hole again though 🙂 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Techwright Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 That's really quite good! I wasn't prepared for the multiple colors, since in-game Clockwork are pretty much a uniform brass color, but as they are junk scavengers, the multi-colored approach makes better sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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