Anime style armature for KHR-1

[robosavvy]

This weekend at a Gaming fair in Tokyo, you can see a concept armature dress for KHR-1. Made of military camouflage colored plastic. Haven't figured out yet which anime or video game character this has taken after..
The Japanese company that makes these molds is called Poseidon. Check out their amazing KHR-1 plastic dressings:
http://www.poseidon.co.jp/3F/sd/sd_1.html


http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/game/docs/20050221/wf14.htm

[Meltdown]

That looks totally dope
I wonder how much?

I don't like what they did with the arms though.
That way the shoulder is very restricted in sideways movement.
I know why they did that though.
It's because they didn't add 2 extra servos in the legs
like they did in the arms to keep the proportions right.
I did that with my KHR-1 and it looks much better that way.

[EC]

Are there other suits like this? The only other ones I know of are the paper ones in this website's shop.

[Sir_Kero]

That's the ScopeDog from Armored Troopers Votoms (1983, Sunrise).

In fact, it looks to me like they've modified Yamato's 1:12 model. Pretty awesome use for thing really

[limor]

Poseidon hobby shop site has added a manual describing how to mount the armature..

http://www.poseidon.co.jp/3F/sd/manual.html[/img]

[Guest]

That's the ScopeDog from Armored Troopers Votoms (1983, Sunrise).

In fact, it looks to me like they've modified Yamato's 1:12 model. Pretty awesome use for thing really

Finally! a 1:1 model..

[robosavvy]

Just noticed that the Posjeidon workshop has uploaded a new concept model for KHR-1 dressing
There are some 10 hand designs and 19 concept rendering of these designs at http://www.poseidon.co.jp/1F/1f.html

[tempusmaster]

Just noticed that the Posjeidon workshop has uploaded a new concept model for KHR-1 dressing
There are some 10 hand designs and 19 concept rendering of these designs at http://www.poseidon.co.jp/1F/1f.html

It'll be interesting to see how many of these show up at the Robo-One contest here next month.

Some of the regular competitors have been experimenting with vacuum forming to create their own shells. The basic equipment is pretty cheap - dollar store stuff - but the challenge is designing and fabricating the basic shapes. If you start with an existing model you can measure, scale up (or down), and modify to fit the robot geometry its a lot easier.

Durability can be a big issue, especially if you do any sort of active tricks or combat with the shells on. All of the competitors robots have major nicks, dings, scratches, and even broken brackets. The thin plastic painted shells scratch very easily.

[limor]

More about Poseidon in recent article at Robots-Dreams:
http://www.robots-dreams.com/2007/05/cr ... harac.html