Studio Scale AT AT With Full Animation Armature

[GEEK1138]

Absolutely outstanding work!

 

[publiusr]

Now for future automation…don’t some medicine bottle caps lift and lower the lid a bit?

If so…applying that to any further gears might capture the jerky stop motion artifacts…you don’t want it to be smooth…

 

[Big C]

Heh! Yeah maybe so. I'm actually "only" trying to capture the design intent of the original builders so this model will be purely a stop motion armature with detailed body.

Automation would sure be fun though!

 

[joberg]

There's only a few YouTube videos featuring a small scale AT-AT fully automated. I think it's from a South American country

 

[Big C]

There's only a few YouTube videos featuring a small scale AT-AT fully automated. I think it's from a South American country

Would be really really awesome if done well.
I once did a servo driven AT-ST that could walk under its own power. Wish I could show vids of it motating. Was for a client. Sorry for the tease!
I'd love to do this project again but with out any production or marketing constraints.

 

[joberg]

You're, indeed, teasing to death Big C

 

[Big C]

Got almost all the aluminum in. Every block of aluminum has an AT-AT part inside it and it is the task of the builder to discover it! I just need to remove a little to discover the legs. Hope to machine the first leg part(s) this weekend.

 

[Big C]

Made some chips today! I'm no machinist, so I started with the easiest leg part. I'm pretty happy with how they turned out. More complex parts up
next.

 

[flimzy]

definitely following

 

[Big C]

Thanks flimzy! I've been following your Orca build. That is some seriously inspiring work you're doing. I wish I had even a tenth of your modeling skills.

 

[joberg]

"I'm not a machinist" he said You could've fooled me Big C!! I 'ain't falling for that one

 

[eagle1]

Incredible work!. Your machined parts look perfect. You'll have a fantastic working replica when you're done, very exciting & thank you for sharing your progress here.

Stu

 

[Big C]

"I'm not a machinist" he said You could've fooled me Big C!! I 'ain't falling for that one

Heh! I've done a LOT of CNCing and manual machining with plastic (ABS, Delrin, Polycarb) doing toy prototype work. Almost nothing in metal. With plastic, I can hit the start button on the CNC mill and walk away and do other stuff. With aluminum, I have my hand hovering over the emergency stop button a lot lol. I'm hoping I'll get to the point where I can relax and just listen to the mill in the background like I do with plastic. Maybe when all the AT AT leg parts are done I'll know enough to deserve the title of machinist

 

[Big C]

Couldn't resist putting this video together. Both fun to do and helps me remember how I did something down the road.

 

[JediMichael]

The video is unavailable because its private.....
Hope that can be fixed. I want to see what you have here.

 

[joberg]

Yep, doesn't work for me either

 

[Big C]

Yep, doesn't work for me either

Sorry about that. I forgot to make it public after upload. Now fixed!

 

[Big C]

The video is unavailable because its private.....
Hope that can be fixed. I want to see what you have here.

Now fixed!

 

[JediMichael]

Now fixed!

Awesome. Looking really good so far.
And now that I think about it, even though this was made entirely for stop-motion, I suppose when everything is all put together correctly, you could move a leg in real time amd all the parts should move, but guessing only one leg at a time.

 

[joberg]

Very nice metal workmanship