Robocain custom build

[candyman]

Snowdog pointed me at this forum, you guys might be interested in this, you may not, let me know!

Im making the robocain robot form robocop 2, it will be in 1/6th scale about 484mm tall. This is the real puppet from the film, approx 250mm tall.

my website is here www.ukmonsters.co.uk/robocain/robocain.html where all the pics are for reference





So let me know if you want to be kept upto date of my progress, some pics so far:









I started on January the 1st, I have done 84 hours so far and the build will take approximatly 1000 hours.

[Nyonk]

amazing.... keep updating bro.. i like it

[coldiron]

Those legs are awesome, great work.

[magengar]

Hey Candyman, Welcome to RJ!
And that's some serious eye-candy
ya got goin on there, too!
Keep it up, can't wait to see the finished
custom, it looks awesome!!!

zozo-Magengar

[darksenshi]

Wow! Thats going to be truly awesome. Keep us updated!

[mazingerzetto]

it's awesome !!!!!

great artwork!!!!!

[candyman]

ah great more support! i'll need it!

I update every 2/3 days















ok your all uptodate, see you in 3 days

[snowdog]

Welcome Candyman! Glad that you decided to join. Great pics, as usual. Keep them coming!!

[magengar]

Man, the detail and machining looks friggin Amazing;
I gotta Bow to you, your work ROCKS!

zozo-magengar

[candyman]

Got hold of 2 pieces of 15mm thick for where the thigh joins the hip.



my woefully small rotary table is under here somewhere!



cut down 5mm both sides to make the circles then trimmed off the excess



all smoothed out



sinking the holes in the sides



like so

[droutmaster]

wow that is a project, i cant wait to see it complete =D

[candyman]

turned this lovely piece



then cut a slant on 50% of it, only a few degrees



Now the gears in the pic I cant copy exactly as this is a different scale, so I had to measure the gears in the pic and then count the teeth. The spec is written bottom right in that pic, to achive that tooth count and that overall diamete the gears quite conveniently needed to be Mod 1 pitch. So I bought a wide 28t, mod 1 gear that I can cut in half and use both sides.



next the recess needs to be cut, so back on the rotary table. you can see the gear cut in half on the right.



and that goes something like that

[droutmaster]

dude, if you finish this figure you will be a true king o custom figures hands down.

how tall this figure will be when its done, or course if you have an idea.

[mechamasterj]

holy smokes bat man..... this is one major and awesome project you are undertaking!! Cant wait to see more!

[magengar]

I'm speechless... wish I had access to such tools.
And I wish I had the brains for that kind of math.
And I wish I had my own small warehouse space
to do this kind of stuff with all those material resources.
This is truly Amazing; labeling you the "King of Customs"
would be an understatement. Rock On!

zozo-Magengar

[repairtechjon]

Great work candyman! Thanks for joining and sharing this great project with us. It's great to see the fruit of your own efforts.

Do you work in toy prototyping/modeling for a film prop shop? Or just doing this after hours for fun?

[candyman]

thanks for the support!

No for a job i work with computers in an ID card company, this is just somehting I work on at home in my garage

im waiting on a pair of little 10 tooth gears to arrive form "technobots" good website for bits and pieces (google it). for now im

fitting it up with an old pinion from one of my trucks



some careful machining required here



all in place and made a little plate for the main gear, had to turn some M2 screws down a bit as they were too big!



then made a block, fitted it to one of the hip joints and attached the top of the leg.

[xiombarg]

You're a wild man! Way to take on a serious project and run with it. I personally love to do big projects, but what you're doing is way more hardcore than anything I do. Keep it up!

[candyman]

Made 2 more little fittings, getting the hang of these now, 2 small pieces of rod, drill one 2mm and bevel the end, hold against the 2nd mark wher the hole is drill 1.7 tap M2, then drill through 2mm and counter the top 3.5 then add M2 hardware, everyone with me? no? good......



Me looking grumpy



milled a recess both sides then drill and tap to attach the aforementioned fittings.



got the plastic gears I said about



all fitted together, starting to look like a leg, made a plastic capping to sit on the joint behind the ..... thing....... you know what I mean, its been a long day.

[admin1 aka Ed]

-Love the work! I imagine your garage is pretty darned big, because you are using some great CNC machines, right? LOL

Thanks for sharing because the work is so inspiring.

E