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Sentient Combat Automaton specializing in close quarters brawling. Diceros Bolide is the most aggressive and savage member of the Vanguard. It uses the seismic resonators on arms and legs to cause small earthquakes, staggering targets. It's morning star fists can read and return the resonant frequency of anything they contact, enabling Bolide to rend even the toughest armor. Bolide is also equipped with a small jump jet on its back to compensate for its less agile frame. To calm it's aggressive nature, Bolide is often paired with calmer automatons such as Omen.
Build notes: Got another one of these guys. Believe it or not, this guy is nothing like the original concept that I was planning on using. He was originally going to be a ninja, then a sniper (a concept that became Omen). I came up with the idea of the resonator fists, and here we are. The resonator fist concept is something I've been wanting to do since 2016, back when I was making MRL mechs.
The actual build of this guy is just a taller variation of the frame I used on Salvo and Phantasm, though obviously the lower sections of the limbs are pretty different.
Like the other members of Vanguard, Diceros Bolide is named after an animal genus (a rhino).
Bande son que j'apprécie en regardant cette photo / Soundtrack that I appreciate looking at this photo :
Automaton (JAMIROQUAI)
The L4D is a friendly automaton for heavy lifting in warehouses.
This Moc aas been sitting on a shelf since 2021. Now it's finally immortalised in pictures.
Day 1 of SDCC:
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Bob!!!
He's is having a blast at San Diego Comic Con this year! Off he goes faster than a speeding bullet, attending panels, buying exclusive products, and so much more!
This is part of a collaboration between me and Ewokologist. To see his photo, click here.
Simple but straightforward. A Black Fantasy-ified version of the Anthony robots I made just a short while ago. If anyone here's a Halo fan and are getting Flood carrier form vibes, well that may be more than coincidence.
Character Creation
Robotman (Clifford "Cliff" Steele, called Automaton in first two appearances) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is best known as a member of the Doom Patrol, being the only character to appear in every version of the team since its introduction in June 1963.
Robotman has appeared in numerous television series. Robotman made his first live adaptation as a guest star on the Titans television series for DC Universe played by Jake Michaels. Riley Shanahan took over from Michaels in the role. He is part of the main cast of its spin-off Doom Patrol which is also on Max. Brendan Fraser provides the voice of Robotman and portrays Cliff Steele in flashbacks in the series.
Publication history
Robotman first appeared in My Greatest Adventure #80 (June 1963) and was created by Arnold Drake and Bruno Premiani. According to Drake, the issue's co-writer Bob Haney was not brought on to the project until after Robotman was created. He commented on the character's original name, Automaton:
That name was pretty stupid. I've been responsible for a lot of stupid things, but that was one of the stupidest, so, within two issues, I figured that out and changed his name to Robotman.
At the time, Drake didn't realize that there had been a previous character named Robotman, published in 1942-1953 during the Golden Age of Comic Books. DC's previous Robotman also had a human brain.
Robotman was the only original member of the Doom Patrol to appear with the team's second incarnation, which debuted in Showcase #94-96 (August 1977-January 1978). The reboot was accompanied by Robotman getting a new body, which was designed by artist Joe Staton at writer Paul Kupperberg's request. Kupperberg explained:
I was looking to update the strip, I suppose, [and] wanted to put my mark on it. There was nothing wrong with the original body designed by Bruno Premiani. In fact, ain't no one come up with a better design. Like the team's roster, I should have left that alone, too.
Staton said he patterned Robotman's new body after a young John Byrne's fanzine contribution (Contemporary Pictorial Literature) of the robot character Rog-2000 "as a joke".
Fictional Character History
Clifford "Cliff" Steele was an obsessive daredevil. He engaged in every extreme sporting event imaginable. Everything from spelunking to race car driving. He climbed the Himalayan Mountains, rafted down the Amazon River, and spent six months living in a tribal African village. At one point in his career, Cliff became involved in the NASCAR circuit.
He became a professional racecar driver and participated in the Indianapolis 500. The Indy 500 proved to be Cliff's final race however. During the race, his car slid through an oil slick and toppled over. The car exploded irrevocably destroying Cliff's body, but leaves his brain intact. Dr. Niles Caulder saves Cliff Steele's brain and implants it in a robotic body. Unfortunately, one of the contacts to his brain comes loose, resulting in a criminal Robotman pursued by the police. Ultimately, Robotman is taken in by the Doom Patrol, and has his brain fixed.
Character Evolution Silver Age
Robotman stays with the Doom Patrol until they are killed by General Zahl, defending Codsville, Maine. During his stay with the Doom Patrol, he exhibits a number of superpowers, most prominently super strength, super endurance and magnetic feet. He is able to rip off his limbs to use for various things - for example, climbing a wall using his magnetic soles. Several years later, it was discovered that Robotman's brain had survived, though his original robot body had been destroyed. Will Magnus, creator of the Metal Men, builds Cliff a new body.
Cliff joins with a new Doom Patrol led by a woman claiming to be the Chief's widow Celsius. During this time period, he meets up with former Patroller Beast Boy, who has since joined the Teen Titans. The two hunt down Madame Rouge and General Zahl, who helped kill the original Doom Patrol. During the confrontation, Zahl is killed when his bullets ricochet off of Robotman's chassis.
Modern Age
The new Doom Patrol is ended during the Invasion!, which leaves Celsius dead, and Rhea Jones in a coma. Following this, Cliff voluntarily commits himself to a mental institution, angered at the loss of his teammates and his condition. In particular, he mourns the loss of his senses, which, as a robot, he no longer has.
Caulder sends Magnus to introduce Cliff to someone who has worse troubles than he: a mentally ill woman with 64 split personalities called Crazy Jane. Cliff becomes Jane's guardian, and eventually falls in love with her. The two become part of a new Doom Patrol, once again led by Caulder.
Cliff was rebooted, in this new reality Cliff is member of Doom Patrol along with Caulder, Negative Man and Elasti-Girl. He started relationship with Elasti-Girl.
During the Blackest Night, Cliff goes up against his human body, which has risen as a Black Lantern. The skull cap of the body is gone, revealing an empty head. The Black Lanterns are destroyed when the Patrol tricks them into following them through a Boom Tube style gate, directly in the center of a fight involving the JLA.
Powers and Abilities
Cybernetic Enhancement Cliff's original mechanical body possessed superhuman strength, speed, and endurance. It was also equipped with electromagnetic feet that enabled him to scale metal walls, heating coils in his hands then enabled him to melt metals, an oxygen tank that could sustain his brain in an emergency, and a video communicator strapped to his chest that allowed Caulder to maintain contact with the team in the field, complete with visual information. Later bodies have featured various other functions, such as tools and weapons systems.
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A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
Secret Identity: Clifford "Cliff" Steele
Publisher: DC
First appearance: My Greatest Adventure #80 (June 1963)
Created by: Arnold Drake (Writer)
Bruno Premiani (Artist)
First appearance cover:
First recorded in 1774, the Silver Swan was a crowd puller in the Mechanical Museum of James Cox, a London jeweller and entrepreneur. The internal mechanism was designed by John Joseph Merlin, a famous inventor of the time.
In the mid-19th century its then owner, Harry Emanuel, exhibited it at the Paris International Exhibition.
John and Josephine Bowes saw the Silver Swan while attending the Exhibition in 1867 and fell in love with it.
They contacted the seller, a Parisian jeweller named M. Briquet, and John paid £200 (approx. £20,000 today) for the Swan in 1872, a bargain for such a remarkable and rare object.
Daily performances at 2pm.
Bowes Museum
Sentient Automaton built for aerial combat and swift air-to-ground strikes. Salvo attacks using relentless volleys of seeker rockets and jet powered slashes with its wing blades. Salvo's agile flight capabilities make it incredibly difficult to target, making up for its lack of armor. Calypte Salvo's aerial superiority make it a perfect complement for ground units such as Lucanus Sentinel and Zelus Maestro.
Build Notes:
I'm having a lot fun with these builds. Salvo was built over about four hours. I've been wanting to use pink in a MOC for years, so it was pretty satisfying to put all those D.Va pieces to use. Even though Salvo does not have feet, it can balance without a stand, but that limits how it can pose. As with the other two automatons, Calypte Salvo is named after an animal genus. In this case, it's a hummingbird.
The Year is 1872 - England is a battlefield.
From within the smoking hulk of Parliament a woman has (literally) fought her way to the top.
As the New Prime Minister of England Lady Margo Hatchet seeks to quell the rebellious Unions of the North.
The Proletariat are revolting (at least that is what she says), and the "Iron Lady" is intent on once more making Britain "Great" but this time with herself as Commander in Chief and a puppet Monarch to rubber stamp her authority. Privilege and Wealth must be restored at all costs.
Fighting in campaigns all the way from the tin mines of Cornwall to the ever precious Coal Faces deep underground in Newcastle, Lady Margo has never been bested in combat.
Her Hard-Skirt armour protects her from most attacks and she is deadly with the weapons available to her. Preferring to mix it at close quarters she lets her clock work automaton Goliath soften up opponents before she sweeps in for the coup de grace.
Lady Margo is armed with twin powerfists, knuckle duster, The holy sword of Westminster and a Titanium Cricket Bat gifted to her by W. G. Grace himself from the Long Room Armory at Lords
Inspiration - you guessed it the real Iron Lady. Baroness Margaret Thatcher who has recently passed away. Englands one and only female Prime Minister.
Photo by GmanVespa - you sir are a legend <3
"I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me! A day may come when the courage of men fails! But it is not this day! A day may come when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship! But it is not this day! An hour of wolves and shattered shields when the age of men comes crashing down! But it is not this day! This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good earth, I bid you stand! Men of the West!"
Based upon this scene from Return of the King.
Hope you enjoy!
Sentient Combat Automaton specializing in close quarters brawling. Diceros Bolide is the most aggressive and savage member of the Vanguard. It uses the seismic resonators on arms and legs to cause small earthquakes, staggering targets. It's morning star fists can read and return the resonant frequency of anything they contact, enabling Bolide to rend even the toughest armor. Bolide is also equipped with a small jump jet on its back to compensate for its less agile frame. To calm it's aggressive nature, Bolide is often paired with calmer automatons such as Omen.
Build notes: Got another one of these guys. Believe it or not, this guy is nothing like the original concept that I was planning on using. He was originally going to be a ninja, then a sniper (a concept that became Omen). I came up with the idea of the resonator fists, and here we are. The resonator fist concept is something I've been wanting to do since 2016, back when I was making MRL mechs.
The actual build of this guy is just a taller variation of the frame I used on Salvo and Phantasm, though obviously the lower sections of the limbs are pretty different.
Like the other members of Vanguard, Diceros Bolide is named after an animal genus (a rhino).
Here is my R5-D4, also known as Red. One of the last droids produced in the low cost Industrial Automaton R5 line.
This year the FFF+ Group have decided to have a monthly challenge called "Freestyle On The Fifth". A different theme chosen by a member of the group each month, and the image is to be posted on the 5th of the month.
This month the theme, "bird" was chosen by Beverley (www.flickr.com/photos/137349496@N06/).
This is my first invitation to participate in "Freestyle On The Fifth", so I would just like to thank the FFF+ Group for allowing me to add my photos to the pool.
This final third entry was inspired by the "L'Air du Temps" Lalique perfume bottle which stands before the mirror. It was the very first collectible I ever bought with my own money at an auction house. I saw it sitting on a shelf beneath a spotlight and I just loved the elegant bird stopper. Nina Ricci's most famous perfume, "L'Air du Temps", created in France in 1948, means "Air of Time". French glass designer René Jules Lalique designed the iconic avian bottle stopper.
So the lady whose dressing table this is must love birds because she has a number of avian themed items sitting on it.
In addition to the Nina Ricci "L'Air du Temps" Lalique perfume bottle, she has a beautiful eighteen carat and seed pearl lovers swallow brooch from 1914. It comes in its original box. It must have been a gift to her from her sweetheart; perhaps a soldier from the trenches in Flanders Fields, given to her as a token of love and a reminder of him whilst she waited for him to come home. I wonder if he did?
The bird in the cage is obviously not real. It is a French Regency automaton clock from the 1820s. When wound, the bird shakes itself from side to side and serves as the minute hand on the clock as it works itself around the circumference of the cage. The hand that moves around the centre is the hour hand of the clock. The clock itself is made of brass, which was very fashionable in the Regency period. Considering its age, it keeps remarkably good time and loses only around a minute a day.
So here we have my "Bird Lady's Dressing Table" entry.
"Soulmates".. "Flickr Friday".. A pair of novelty singing dogs and yes they do sing "Singing in the rain"..
Amazing builder, Walton F. Wainwright, created an amazing stage with what looks to be like a chapel, a library, and a steaming birthday cake all rolled into one huge monument. Don't miss this one in the back and well worth the trek after listening to one of the talks
Visit this location at The Automaton: SL13 Stupendous Stage Left in Second Life
Built for the Wandering Skies Contest 2022, a Fig and a Vig category. Trans pink round plate on Tesla Sword is a cut off 42445 / 99784.
Story:
Princess Peony was a protagonist in a small children book. She wanted to grow as a character, so she convinced the Author to let her take part in more and more dangerous adventures. Her bravery and wit won the hearts of young readers, making her the most famous little princess in the world. Along the way she found new friends, learned kung-fu and received a truly impenetrable plot armor. Now she has to constantly chase away hordes of evil Automatons, even before breakfast. This is not a character arc she had imagined.
This month the theme of The Instruments is Dolls, Automaton's, Robots and Steam punk so inspired on steam punk specially on one of my favorite TV shows this 2 items where created.
1.- TASHI H.G.Wells is a mesh skirt that comes with a HUD and 3 color options
2.- TASHI Claudia a nail polish set only for the Maitreya body
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Automatons in one of the rooms of the Bradbury Building in that excellent Blade Runner sim.
I suppose we're not so different, ultimately, those manufactured things and me.
Except for this ghost in my machine.
If you like it, please support this project on Lego Ideas: ideas.lego.com/projects/fcdce334-4222-403a-bf6d-60586e4041ee
War for steam-o-lite is raging on the Red Planet. A peripheral base of the Empire is in turmoil: Her Majesty's brave soldiers are running to defend their position.
Sentient Combat Automaton specializing in long range sniping and marksmanship. Aquila Omen rarely enters the battlefield, instead striking from a safe distance using its Sniper Arm. It's rifle uses special Phase-Tech bullets that can phase through all obstacles between Omen and its target. The scope on Omen's arm can switch between IR and X-ray modes, making it nearly impossible to hid from Omen's piercing shots. Omen is not suited for close combat, instead relying on support from other Vanguard automatons such is Bolide to protect it. Omen is particular calm in its demeanor. It is often seen staring at trees, birds, and flowers with an almost human-like sense of wonder.
Build notes;
Another quick build. This one only took a few hours to put together. I tried scaling down my standard Vanguard frame for Omen's torso and legs, and I am really happy with the result. I feel this one has a bit more personality than some of the others. Since Omen is so small, it poses really well. Also, the clip on the sniper rifle can be removed. And... teal parts! yay! I finally got a chance to use this rare color! What fun. Now, time to get back to those bonkle builds I've been putting off.
Thanks to my brother Automaton Pictures for some help on the editing, and to delgax for his constant inspiration and original "corridor" concept. Complete credit for the idea goes to him. Hope you enjoyed!
Insert a coin and the monkey automata musicians dance and play. Always the same song
Hasselblad 500 C/M, Planar 80mm, NONS Instax back.
Instax square film
Alschwil, Switzerland
17. April 2024
Based upon the hilarious scene from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug where Gloin is interrogated about his locket by Legolas.
Hope you enjoyed!
This image is based upon this scene from The Desolation of Smaug.
This is another commissioned photo for Forrestfire101. More photos will be posted soon.
I think this shot turned out okay, but I'm pleased with the way that Orcrist looks (It was accomplished by modifying one of these in PS).
Hope you enjoy!