I know the web site hasn't been updated in over a year, and I know that's lame.... but
I've been very busy doing movie design and videos and crap, and being a new dad.
I'm working on a new website and more robots.
Here's a peek.

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The Silver Edition of the Hamilton-D6 is off to be chromed.
Now that's some sexy firepower! It's going to be on display at Noreascon in Boston, along with a Deathray if I can get one ready by the deadline.

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Thru the magic of underground, no effort marketing (also know as dumb luck) The Electrolux Deathray commercial is being screened at the FANTASIA sci-fi film festival in Montreal, Canada. Unfortunately I won't be able to attend, so if your a local, or just happen to be heading to the fest anyway, let me know how the show goes over. Here is the Fantasia site for more info on the July 24th show.

(dope.. site changed it's URL, link has been updated)

Some new progress in the scale city from the Brotronian future. It may drive me insane... but then why drive when it's walking distance? The shot on the left is just a taste of how rediculously detailed the models are.

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The new project.
So I'm finally going back to the drawing board (not the metaphoric one) and working on a graphic novel. I don't want to hype it too much while it's in progress but I'll tell a little bit about the approach. It's a combination of sculpture and illustration. The characters are drawn over scale background sets that are lit with miniature lights kits. It has a really great look and it gives me the opportunity to draw a book like I'm directing a film. It's infinitely slower than just drawing backgrounds and could never be seen as cost effective but I love doing it anyway. I'll try to make pieces from the process available as I can to make up for the lapse in sculpture production. When this book is done I promise to continue building an army of robot woman to take over the earth.The poster on your left appears painted on a building 5 stories high in the background of a night time city scene. I drew the original with plans of doing a limited edition printing... and here it is.

Propaganda poster featuring the Hamilton D-6 Pulse Cannon. Limited edition print of 100 signed and numbered. 23" x 31". Heavyweight matt stock. Archival quality printing. $150.00 plus shipping.

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Sidetracked again.

I'm on a new project that's going to require a lot of smaller scale pieces. On the left is a shot of a robot lab surgery table that is about 10 inches long. The rest of the lab is to follow along with a few city blocks of the dark future of the past. I'll post it all in the gallery as it becomes available.

I'll have to pick up the casting experiment later. In the meantime if your interested in learning more about casting metal check out Lindsay's Technical Books. They are a great source for all kinds of dangerous hobbies and experimentation.

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5-10-04

Some progress on the Girl 5 leg, but I've taken the knee back to the drawing board and can't do much more till I figure out the way it all connects with the new design.

The good news is that I'm back in the foundry for mold making fun and rubber tooling madness to produce simulated die castings. Click on the photo below if you want take a step by step tour of the process.

This is the first in a series of documented experiments that cover various techniques I use. Let me know if you find them useful and would like to see anything specific.

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5-5-04

This week was slow on the robot front because I'm still finishing up new construction on the Lab. Unfortunately it's not the grand scheme I had originally cooked up. Because of zoning regulations and setback requirements I couldn't add the second story that would have been really cool. It's still pretty cool, if a little crowded.

I finally added a local exhaust fume extractor that makes welding much more pleasant. It vents out of the roof and probably added a few years to my life. The tunes are running out of a 150 watt PA system that also runs the audio for the playstation. It must sound like my neighborhood is under attack when I play Metal of Honor.

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4-29-04

Progress has resumed on my life's work... an army of robot women to take over the earth. The Girl5 prototype is evolving nicely and I have begun targeting the bugs one by one.

I was unhappy with the mechanics of my original foot design and undertook a complete redesign last week. The new feet have a much more organic feel. The positioning and balance is definitely improved.

The pictures show the wire frame of the right foot in a few different positions. The new lockable ball joints I developed are working out nicely.

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