Guss Posted March 22, 2010 Posted March 22, 2010 Hi everyone ^^ Here I am to introduce you my new moc, called "TIMO " , stands for : " The Incredible Moving Observatory" . "This Moving steam powered observatory is the poperty of Sir Mornindam, a lonely astronome.. It's a fully self-sufficient machine designed to bring our scientist anywhere in the world to observe stars with the telescope that lies on it top, originally it wasn't really design to live on it, so Sir Mornindam added a caravan behind it, to add some comfort." As it walks, I did some videos of it : Walking, sorry for the quality, I only have a webcam to film. It walks way better on my carpet ( more grip^^) , but my camera's cable isn't long enough to show it. Details. The mechanism for it legs is based on both the Theo Jansen's Mechanism and this video : for more pictures and stuff, goes there : Article on my website , the link to the gallery is in the article ^^ Comments and critics are welcome, thanks for watching ^^ (ps: my first post and moc for a long time^^ ) Quote
FinalFeature Posted March 22, 2010 Posted March 22, 2010 That's awesome that it can walk! Fantastic job Guss. Quote
Fires-storm Posted March 22, 2010 Posted March 22, 2010 I LOVE THIS!! It is so ingenious and eye grabbing, magnificent! Excellent job mate, and definitely keep bricking! Quote
Hound Knight Posted March 22, 2010 Posted March 22, 2010 Egad, it walks! Amazing MOC Guss, very interesting design. And, of course, very functional! Quote
CMP Posted March 22, 2010 Posted March 22, 2010 Sweeet! It looks awesome, but I was blown away when it started walking! Quote
Guss Posted March 23, 2010 Author Posted March 23, 2010 Thanks everyone ^^ I'm thinking of doing a video of it walking with me helping it to pull the battery, it walk way better without the weight of the battery (or on a less slippery surface) XD Quote
lightningtiger Posted March 23, 2010 Posted March 23, 2010 AWESOME steam punk MOC 'Guss' ! Very cool and clever walking mechanism plus mega-detail after detail - excellent design job here ! I'm a conformist! 'Guss' I'm a conformist! ! Quote
Dannylonglegs Posted March 24, 2010 Posted March 24, 2010 It Walks! Fantastic creation! I wish I had the time/pieces/skill to make one of those! It is masterly built, and the cockpit area is likely the best part! The little wagon in the back is not too great, but necessary for carrying the Mindstorm thing none the less. All in all, this deserves an A+!!! ~Insectoid Aristocrat Quote
Guss Posted March 25, 2010 Author Posted March 25, 2010 Thanks a lot lightningtiger and Dannylonglegs Dannylonglegs, it's not a Mindstorm Battery, it's a PFS battery.. well maybe they're the same, I don't know ^^ Quote
Sandy Posted March 28, 2010 Posted March 28, 2010 Wow, what a fantastic creation! I can't believe it actually walks! I wouldn't want to be on it, though, it looks like a bumpy ride, and not a very fast one either. Quote
Guss Posted April 1, 2010 Author Posted April 1, 2010 sorry for the late answer Sandy ^^ but thanks for your comment, and yes it doesn't look very comfortable Quote
Dan the Brickman Posted June 6, 2010 Posted June 6, 2010 THATS JUST TOTALLY AWESOME!!!!! ...ahem. er, Its really neat! Quote
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