Originally Posted 06/03/2009

I still haven't decided the best method of fabrication for the body shell of Bob; vac-form or fiberglass.

Both have positive and negative aspects to them. Fiberglass is something I am fairly familiar with after working with it on a recently completed project, but I am allergic to the glass fibers and the smell inside the suit would likely be too much for me. Vac-forming, on the other hand, would be lighter weight overall and would not smell, but would require me to build a 4' x 4' sheet capacity vac-form machine. Which is a fairly complicated and expensive thing to build up-front. The masters/plugs/bucks (whatever you want to call them) would have to be constructed differently for each method, so I can't start building anything until I decide. Grrrr...

Originally Posted 04/27/2009

Well, I have a new ear design rattling around in my head and will post a sketch soon. I would like to have some kind of spinning component like B-9 (originally had) and Robby, but I think what I'm envisioning will look alright. It will also reflect a design element of the first toy robot I ever had and I do want this to have a toy robot-like appeal. Plus, I don't want to weigh the head down with too many motors and batteries...

Originally Posted 03/28/2009

This is a picture of a small-scale prototype I sculpted of the top section of Bob's head, the brain area. I am satisfied with the resulting shape and will work out the detailing when the full sized section is built.

Originally posted 03/28/2009

 This is a concept sketch I did about ten years ago for the brain section of the head.

Originally published 03/2/2009

Here I will chronicle the design and creation of the automaton to be known as Atomic Robot Bob or RoBob for short. RoBob is intended mainly as a tribute to two of the most famous robots in film and television, B-9 from "Lost in Space" and Robby, the Robot from "Forbidden Planet".

RoBob will be named RoBob because of three people who influenced me as a child (though from afar): Gorilla man and props savior, Bob Burns (who I am proud to now call a friend), B-9 and Robby designer Bob Kinoshita and Bob May, the man who gave B-9 his soul. It was Bob May's recent passing that helped push me over the fence when debating doing this project (or a different one) just one day before his untimely death. Here's to you, gentlemen!

All designs and utterings on this blog are copyright T.M. Lindsey unless otherwise noted.

Shifting Focus

I recently decided that rather than delete this sadly neglected blog, I will change the focus of it to chronicle projects I am working on rather than to give opinions on films. This is partly to create a record and timeline of my works and also because I just don't seem to care about seeing most new movies that come out, and even when I do, I'm mostly left with the same feeling of "meh" after most of them.

Most of what I am working on these days is my 1:1 scale robot project "Atomic Robot Bob" or "RoBob" for short. More to follow...

War of the Worlds: Goliath

War of the Worlds: Goliath
This has all kinds of excellence written all over it! A sequel to H.G. Wells' classic story, with steampunk and dieselpunk influencing the production design!

Director Joe Pearson sent me this:

Nice to hear from you and great timing as we actually have news to announce.

We (Tripod) are going to be hosting daily signings and giveaways of tons of material—posters, 24 page art books, and t-shirts on "War of the Worlds: Goliath" at the SDCC next week!

We'll be operating out of the Heavy Metal magazine booth (look for our large banner above the booth) and hosting daily autograph signings and giveaways.

And here's a new Blog which I've written for our Heavy Metal magazine micro site...

It's got a production update, announcements and some screen shots from our finished footage.

Make sure to check out Epoch Ink's blog for great sneak-peeks at the great art, design and updates on this exceptionally cool project! And if your anywhere near San Diego Comic Con make sure to stop by their booth! They are very nice people!