Project: Chobits

[agnat]

Just like Sgtm, I thought this was just a pic with an animation chopped in... but I am totally blown away!!! Awesome work and really looking forward to learning from you as you post your worklog here.
Thanks,
Agnat

[LostBoyNZ]

Thanks for the link sirkillalot617, very interesting! I see they used water cooling which is a good idea. Previously I built my computer to be quiet, so it's in a Antec P-180 case, with Nexus 12cm fans, truly massive CPU heatsink etc... I was thinking the heatsink would have to go in one of the breasts, but without giving Chi 'implants' I doubt it'll fit. Not sure I could afford water cooling though, I might just have to go for a smaller heatsink.

I'm planning on making her in a sitting down position, so there's no balance problems.

I hope you have time to see Chobits soon Silenced_Coyote, along with Fruits Basket and Ranma, it's one of my fav animes. A sewing machine for the clothes? haha, I hadn't thought of that actually! I was figuring I'd go clothes shopping for her (I have many friends who would love to help in that area!), but that's a good idea actually... I've never tried making clothes like that before, but I have made someone a dress out of duct tape, and also a bikini top out of candy

One of my friends happens to be the same height and similar build as Chi, so I took her measurements yesterday.

It's interesting that the person on that other site used styrene foam to create their model. I'll have to have a think about what I want to use and see what's available around here.

[Omega]

Heh. I'm acquiring all of the Chobits anime tomorrow, with hopes to finish it within this week.


I'm watching this one. Sounds cool.

[Silenced_Coyote]

What kind of components are you planning on using for this build?

[b4i7]

dang...i TOTALLY forgot about the power switch...HAHA


and thx for postin the Lain pic.....im gonna have a lain project coming up soon actually....the red Navi from the first ep

[LostBoyNZ]

You're gonna make her red navi? That's awesome! I'm really looking forward to seeing that project.

Hope you enjoy the anime Omega!

The components? This is my PC at the moment:

Athlon 64 X2 4400 L2 cache 1MB + 1MB
Asus A8N-SLI Premium nForce4 SLI
Crucial Ballistix BL2KIT12864Z503 2GB kit (1GBx2) 184-pin DIMM (2gb)
74gb Western Digital Raptor WD740 SATA (10,000 RPM)
300gb Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 ST3300831AS SATA with NCQ
GigaByte GeForce 6800 GT GV-NX68T256D-B Video Card 256mb
Seasonic S12-500W Power Supply
Dell 2005FPW 20.1" LCD 1680 x 1050
Logitech Z-2300 2.1 THX-Certified 200-Watt Speaker System
I'm not sure now exactly what heat sink I use, but it's very similar to the Scythe SCNJ-1000 Ninja
Panaflo 120mm Ultra High speed Fan
Nexus 120mm Real Silent Case Fan
BenQ DW1640 DVD Drive
Logitech MX1000 Laser Wireless
Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000

I just bought several meters of polystyrene today (it was actually very cheap indeed, and probably much easier to shape than wire) which I'll practice shaping and cutting this weekend.

[LostBoyNZ]

Hmm, I've been using a human drawing to try and create the shape, which I'll then print in life size and trace it onto the polysterine. Because of the size of my heatsink, I decided against having it in her breast, and will now have it hanging out her butt. This should solve cooling issues and since she's sitting down and has very long hair it shouldn't be noticable. It's a shame we won't be completely self contained though.

Anyways, because of the width of the motherboard and such, I had to keep making the girl wider, but have kept her the real height so far. The results look... quite weird. She'll be clothed, but still... other than making her a lot taller, does anyone have any thoughts on how to get her looking better?

Thanks so much for reading!

[LostBoyNZ]

Hmm I shrunk her legs so I had room to adjust the rest of her, then just randomly I slapped on the head of Chi from someone's fan art.

I think she looks much better than my earlier attempts, but still... I dunno... what do think of it? Before I go cut this all out I gotta get it as good as possible. Any suggestions at all would be SO welcome.

[agnat]

I am so impressed with your talent I feel totally unworthy of offering a suggestion... but you asked. If I understand correctly, she will be sitting down... why not make the surface (maybe a 3" X 12" X 12" box) she is sitting on and mount the mobo in that with the tall things like the heatsink being up through where she is sitting? I drew it up real quick in paint, but I have no place to host it so I can't post it here. if you want to, you can email me at agnat77@yahoo.com and I can send it to you.
Thanks,
Agnat

[LostBoyNZ]

Oh no, I didn't draw that myself (I mean *looks shifty* yerrrs, what I meant to say was... I did!). I used http://www.renaigames.net/alice/BodyFemale_Alice00B.png as a base, then adjusted her to the right size. Thanks though

Interesting idea, and I know what you mean. I've sent you an email now. Her butt would probably be about 310mm (12.2") looking at the image there (I have a copy enlarged where 1pixel = 1mm, it makes finding out any sizes much easier), so it's probably possible.

Then I could make Chi's tummy more curved, and her body smaller in parts. I mean Chi's very small and cute, and I could keep enlarging her head to make her cuter, but at some point it probably just looks stupid. I should make her arms and legs just a little skinnier too I think. But yes that sounds like a very good idea, I'll work on that, thanks!!