Yesterday, the amazing robot sculptor Tom Torrey sent me these images of the finished Ghost Birds sculpture.
The sculpture is based on the “Ghost Birds” header-illustration I use for this blog. The model is about 3lbs 4 oz, two feet long, with arms made out of flexible gas lines, and a wooden chassis tacked in copper and aluminum.
The birds are cut from “sanded plastic sheet”. The eyes and shoulders are steel.
For a bit of background on the sculpture, check out the initial paper-craft designs for the sculpture, photos of the wooden base here, and progress shots of the full-sized sculpture here.
Check out Tom’s “GammaRayBots” Etsy shop, where he sells his hand-made robot sculptures.
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That’s f**ing fantastic.
That is SOOOO awesome! :D :D :D
Wow! That came out very nice!!!
How neat!
Drooool….
The more I look at it, the more details I discover. Like the scratches on the body and face correspond almost exactly with the scratches in the illustration.
It’s wonderful!
By the way, I feel sorry for the robot, should I be?