momaw nadon wrote:
Some really great concepts here. I like the Night-BAT idea, even know it seems a little odd for a robot to need night vision when you could house different optical units within the head itself.
Also a suggestion on that flight-pack for your SNAKE, maybe if you made it where the Flight-Pod engines were in closer to the body, I think would look better. I bet it is back heavy too, so that might help even out the weight some too. I applaud your efforts on not modifying the SNAKE to make it work. Though if you can't make it feasible, you can always just mold it on the the back of one and cast it in one piece. Something like a replacement back section over an add on piece.
momaw nadon
My thoughts on the Night Bat, is why spend the R&D money shrinking and fitting night optics into the Bat's head when it's just as easy to bolt on the Existing Night Viper getup....It's Cobra after-all.
Bringing the Engines closer to the Back is one of the changes I want to make...especially when using Modern Flight Pod Engines...they stick out quite a bit.
bgddyphil wrote:
as far as the snake armor backpack jetpack goes, could you hinge it around the arm holes? or make the front of the arm holes one piece and the back pack another and have it go together in a pin and hole manner like the armor itself does?
phil
That's similar to what I'm thinking. I'm betting I'll have to end up with 3 pieces, the 2 Arm "straps" and the Backpack...Figuring you can snap the backpack on, then clip on the arm straps on either side to hold the whole thing on. It'll also give me a chance to add a bit of tech detail and beef up some thin/weak places.
Mysterious Stranger wrote:
As has been mentioned, I'd look at sculpting the backpack attachment to the actual back of the SNAKE armor. I'd say modify the back piece to accept the flight pod engines but if you're going to do that you might as well enhance it with some additional sculpting. If you can find a way to mold the removable piece you have onto the SNAKE back piece I think you'll have a winning combination.
I'd considered Doing just that...Modding the Back section of Armor to accept the flight pod engines...but worried about wanting to color match the parts... I think it'd look Bad if the Back half of a Snake torso dosn't match the front half. By keeping the Modifier seperate, I can use unaltered SNAKEs and if It's not an exact match I think it'll still look OK.
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