[priimate]

A big HOWDY! to everyone enterin or watchin how this comp progresses!

It's been a while since i've passed through here and after checkin out this month's challenge details, i'm lookin' forward to doin somethin! I'm gonna endeavour to finish this entry in spite of an increased workload [which most people can empathise with, i'm sure!] I checked all the threads in the Simply' Forums to see if anyone had the same idea as me - no one has so far - so i'm gonna try out a GOLF BUGGY transformer.

This mecha's not gonna be much use on a battlefield or fighting alien invaders - he's much too hoity-toity for that! [but if you want someone to carry your clubs or need some advice on what kind of driver to use on the fifth hole, he's your robot!]

My scanner's on the fritz at the moment, so I'll forego the sketches for the time being, but part of my design will probably incorporate some kind of golf tee dispenser in a forearm and possibly a golf-club launcher [to quickly ensure that whomever he's caddying for has the right club at the right time!]

So with all that said, stay tuned for the "Country-Clubicon"!

Cheers! priimate.

[priimate]

Hi! Here's my first progress post. In lieu of a concept sketch, i've whipped up a quick concept model - i'm using a few reference pics i got off the web as a basis for the model i'll do.

While building this I've realised just how little there is to a golf buggy! It's gonna be tough to conceal as much of the robot as possible without having to resort to "faking" alot of the transforming components [creative liscense is a wonderful thing!].

Cheers! priimate.

Here's the mock-up of the buggy:

[KrisYoung1980]

Hey mate, good to see you back - I've got too much on just now to enter this challenge, though it certainly looks like its gonna be some stiff competition so I'm kinda glad. Love the concept of a golf buggy transformer - looking forward to seeing it progess

:beer:

[priimate]

Next WIP!

Made a quick morph to work out possible locations for different bits of the buggy when it transforms, then all I need to do is add in the bits of the robot that are revealed during the proccess [like the upper legs] and decide where they are housed when in vehicle mode. This has definately given me some ideas about how to animate the transformation when the model is done!

Cheers! priimate.

[priimate]

Cheers Kris! Yeah, I wanted to do a vehicle that was even further down on the food chain than BumbleBee was in the Transformers cartoon - so it was either a golf buggy, a moped or a tricycle! Although come to think of it, a Vesper scooter's probably a bit more naff than those three [Hopefully someone does one!]

Cheers! priimate.

[mtmckinley]

nice job! Definitely looking forward to this one.

[DigiMatt]

gee.. very nice progress in so short time.. looks awesome.

//Matt

[Mark]

Sweet....

Looking forward to seeing the progress on this one,...

[t1ck135]

bumblebee and the minibots were cool - this'll be a great addition to that collective
very nice transformation!

[arran]

Originally posted by t1ck135 bumblebee and the minibots were cool - this'll be a great addition to that collective very nice transformation!

Yeah, Bumblebee was the bees knees. He could have kicked Optimus Prime's butt.

I really like your idea priimate - very funny and looks like you have the transformation pretty much in the bag. This should be a very cool model.

Good luck in the challenge. :beer:

[HACKERkatan]

Nice ,but too short animation ,keep improving it

[priimate]

Cheers! for the feed back everyone!!!

I haven't had chance to get any futher this week, but tonight's the the night! I finish work in about five minutes and I plan to pull an all night cos i'm in the mood for modelling!

Stay tuned for the next thrilling installment!

Cheers! priimate.:attn:

[magicsy]

cool really looking forward to seeing more ure transformation is very promising!!!

PS u guys get ureself over to Simplymaya n take a look at our progress!!
Good luck in the comp mate could be very good this.

[cris007]

Real nice transformation. Love how the pieces all come together/apart. I really hope you finish it.

[priimate]

Hi All!

Well, here's the much-delayed update [finally!].
Thanks to everyone one who's been checking out this thread only to find there's not been much happening!

So as a re-cap, I kinda worked out the overall layout of the golf buggy, to see which components could be used as different bits of the robot [see previous images]. I've begun construction on the robot, starting with an arm, as I can probably get that bit done faster than building the buggy. This arm has a total of 96819 polys in it, and is constructed from a combination of polygonal and Sub-patch surfaces.

I'm hoping to have the legs done by tonight!

So without further ado, here's some WIPS!

Cheers! priimate.