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( amoebaboy http://amoebaboy.blogspot.com/, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 18:39, archived)

yay!
this is amazing, end of
(Brownpants A star sized pocket clock melts and bends in space, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 18:39, archived)

This is looking so spectacular.
You do realise after you've finished it you're going to need to make 20 more so we can all buy them?
( Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 18:40, archived)

when its finnished its going on ebay
then you can fight amongst yourselves
( amoebaboy http://amoebaboy.blogspot.com/, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 18:41, archived)

Oh I would think that my coffers are not stuffed enough.

( Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 18:42, archived)

18.55 hrs - Finally gets to leave office... G'night again!
( J Peasemould Gruntfuttock is very interested in your blog, oh yes - really!, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 18:55, archived)

Night love!

( Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 18:57, archived)

might i suggest you go somewhere a bit more specialised first?
I'm no ebay expert, but i would imagine you could get more for it if you were to aim at a specialised audience, or approach Christie's or something (I also have no idea about this kind of thing, so it may not be possible and/or helpful)

I'll just eat my dinner and shut up.
( drbroon snoogins, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 19:09, archived)

Fuck it, just see how flush Dr When is.

( Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 19:10, archived)

Keeps getting better.

( Pedantichrist twitter.com/LordManley, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 18:40, archived)

hahahah
at first glance I thought the reflection was a nice white moustache, that he was grinning those lovely teeth between!
( HappyToast http://happytoastsblog.blogspot.com/, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 18:40, archived)

:D

( SugarSpunSister www.facebook.com/pages/SugarSpun/8347697732, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 18:41, archived)

R2-D2 is Lemmy now?

( ClanSoul, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 18:41, archived)

needs more unsightly lumpy bolts

( drbroon snoogins, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 19:17, archived)

Just to the left of the moustache.
I think it's the wrong side, but close enough!
( ClanSoul, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 19:21, archived)

Wow!!
When it's finished will it move?
( ClanSoul, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 18:41, archived)

no
but it will have flickery lights in all the right places
( amoebaboy http://amoebaboy.blogspot.com/, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 18:43, archived)

Yay! :D

( ClanSoul, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 18:43, archived)

no
make it move

with science

edit: sorry, meant to add, this is really fucking tops
( Agent Muu any port in a storm!, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 18:47, archived)

chuffin' awesome!

( The Great Architect www.b3ta.com/calendar/event/20135, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 18:41, archived)

Corrr!

( Ttssattsr many words, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 18:42, archived)

R2 D2 and ha'penny

( collapsibletank Add friend, Ignore, Hide, Seek, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 18:42, archived)

Awesome

( SugarSpunSister www.facebook.com/pages/SugarSpun/8347697732, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 18:42, archived)

Cor!
Thats wonderful. Much Woo!
( Lanc in Bat country, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 18:42, archived)

Fabtastic!~

( M3Essential and The Essentials. LIVE!, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 18:42, archived)

yay!
I was thinking about this earlier, wondering how it was going on.
Looking great :)
( Mushroom http://treblethink.blogspot.com, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 18:43, archived)

That is fucking amazing
I want a Steampunk R2 unit :(
(Pimms'N'Lemonade thinks you are a twat, prove me wrong., Wed 20 Feb 2008, 18:43, archived)

Fantastic =)
Radio 4 The Blessed one is on
( Steerable_forehead Bring back Kickstart, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 18:43, archived)

Looking good!
Woo dude
( Jahled -¦ overworked ¦-, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 18:44, archived)

*applies awe*

( spacefish sparky... i am your oboe..., Wed 20 Feb 2008, 18:45, archived)

Cor!
That's braw!

It reminds me of this
www.steamwars.com/
( The Duke of Prunes, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 18:45, archived)

wicked !

( amoebaboy http://amoebaboy.blogspot.com/, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 18:47, archived)

awwww so cuuuuuute
that looks like a right pain in the ass of a project
( Sheehan forevermore owes Ttssattsr beer, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 18:46, archived)

!
you win.
( Caewan SIDEWAYS ICECREAMS YOU <3, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 18:46, archived)

Ooh! Shiny!
most wonderful!
( Mstandot may or may not be here...., Wed 20 Feb 2008, 18:49, archived)

awesome work :)

I'm sure that'll fetch a good price
( prodigy69 we want freddy for our leader..he's a man of class, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 18:50, archived)

I bloody hope so
i am skint and unemployed at the mo
( amoebaboy http://amoebaboy.blogspot.com/, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 18:54, archived)

make sure you keep plans/records of how you made it
then if it does fetch a great price (which I'm sure it will), you can then turn around more, hopefully quicker, and continue to flog 'em :)
( The Great Architect www.b3ta.com/calendar/event/20135, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 18:59, archived)

This.
Archie you speak so much sense.


Are you the glorious Mr Fry?
( Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 19:02, archived)

no no, just worldly wise :)

( The Great Architect www.b3ta.com/calendar/event/20135, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 19:04, archived)

Excellent. Top form.

( Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 19:06, archived)

no plans exist as such
but there is a blow by blow making of on my deviantart pages,
i am loathed to make two of anything so there wont be another like this.
( amoebaboy http://amoebaboy.blogspot.com/, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 19:04, archived)

that's the ticket, each one should be 'bespoke' and perhaps 'numbered' or have a specific signature.
there could be little nuances to each one which make them significantly different.

If you enjoyed making them so much, may be nice to do two or three and see how they go after this one sadly goes. I bet you'll hate having to part with it.

Just think of all the other sci-fi robots/droids etc you could embrace with this sort of skill and patience :)

I haven't checked out your deviantart page on this, which I really should. Is it a blow-by-blow account of everything?



edit: you know, there is another way to perhaps give everyone a fair crack of the whip, rather than sell it straight on. If so many b3tans (etc) love it, perhaps they'd be willing to pay £1-£2 for an online 'raffle' ticket for the chance to win it. You'd only have to shift 500 at £2 a go for £1000, and you could give a percentage of that to charity as well. Or, 200 at £5 ticket each. I'm sure you'd rustle up 200 to 500 'interested' parties with the chance to win that as well. Plus, £2 isn't a great lot to shell out for the chance to win it, some people donate more for icons here :)

/just an idea
( The Great Architect www.b3ta.com/calendar/event/20135, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 19:07, archived)

A steampunk Terminator would be time consuming
but thoroughly excellent.
( Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 19:08, archived)

Ooh!
Or a Dalek!
( ClanSoul, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 19:18, archived)

Steampunk daleks would sell like hot cakes
the present mrs. architect indulges in card making as a hobby, and managed to get hold of some dalek and cybermen rubber stamps to use.

She's sold shedloads of cards with 'em on since, and at £2.99 a pop minimum (as they're all hand-made) it's been quite a money spinner on the side.
( The Great Architect www.b3ta.com/calendar/event/20135, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 19:19, archived)

Oh yes.

( Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 19:21, archived)

Yes! A raffle would be great!
And I'd have a chance of getting it too ;)
( ClanSoul, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 19:16, archived)

Gambling is a vice for 18+

( drbroon snoogins, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 19:20, archived)

I have a father don't I?

( ClanSoul, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 19:22, archived)

heres me devart account
amoebabloke.deviantart.com/
i might consider this idea it could be a bastard to set up thogh, we shall see.
( amoebaboy http://amoebaboy.blogspot.com/, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 19:20, archived)

hmmm, good point
perhaps set up an entry on /calendar for people to 'sign up' to show their interest in paying £2 a ticket for a raffle, and link up loads of piccies, and a link to your deviantart pages. That way you'll see the level of interest for doing it that way.

Then 'whore' the link here in your profile and sig, maybe on deviantart as well, and maybe even some blogs.

get rob to newsletter it (if poss.) with the promise that, say 25% goes to charity, so it's not just all going in your pocket, although you'll be getting paid for time spent and materials etc, (75%)

then, but a cheap book of raffle tickets, assign all those who pledged £ a number, then just do a webcam 'ticket out of hat' winner and stick it up on /links :)

/maybe needs more thought this, btu be willing to help if you wanted, seeing as I did suggest it


Of course, it all depends when you need the money by ;)
( The Great Architect www.b3ta.com/calendar/event/20135, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 19:27, archived)

You said £1-£2 a ticket,
but just knowing the effort put into it I'd easily pay a fiver for it.
And of course, he could advertise it on deviantart, and wherever else, the more tickets sold the better :)
( ClanSoul, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 19:30, archived)

I was thinking most people would perhaps pay a fiver, but didn't like to say
£2 for 1 ticket or 3 for £5
( The Great Architect www.b3ta.com/calendar/event/20135, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 19:35, archived)

I would buy a good few tickets for sure
I would love to get my hands on that robot.

( Flowerpot watches through the railings as they play, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 19:46, archived)

[The raffle idea is a good one...
...but figures are not guaranteed.

I suggest setting up his own blog, setting up the goolge ads, and simply put a price on it.

The site should generate interest, especially if it's posted to digg or boinboing or make, etc...]
(DrZaarlon Is Not As Cool As He'd Like., Wed 20 Feb 2008, 19:47, archived)

an equally good point :)

( The Great Architect www.b3ta.com/calendar/event/20135, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 19:57, archived)

Maximillian from the
Black Hole would be good =)
( Steerable_forehead Bring back Kickstart, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 19:31, archived)

which does explain
how you have time to do this sort of excellence
(gobbledegook is eating soylent green, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 18:59, archived)

good luck..you should make a living out of doing this

( prodigy69 we want freddy for our leader..he's a man of class, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 19:01, archived)

I <3 Steampunk!

( Lizzy_Bee is a mac user now, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 18:53, archived)

really, immensely fucking incredible
nice work indeed
( drbroon snoogins, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 18:54, archived)

muckin' a-fazin
that's quality, that is.
you'd better provide us with a link when it goes on ebay
(polished turd hasn't changed his sig since, or before, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 18:54, archived)

you, sir
are a genius of colossal proportions
( Fishcat, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 18:59, archived)

ooh
that is rather wonderful
(william_shatner, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 19:00, archived)

glad i logged on now!
genius
( kingsuperspecial wants wild living, fast, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 19:01, archived)

Bloody excellent!
*clickety clickety click*
( Puromycin If Carlsberg made laxatives..., Wed 20 Feb 2008, 19:03, archived)

Wants Wants Wants Wants Wants Wants Wants
Wants Wants Wants Wants Wants Wants Wants
Wants Wants Wants Wants Wants Wants Wants
Wants Wants Wants Wants Wants Wants Wants
Wants Wants Wants Wants Wants Wants Wants
Wants Wants Wants Wants Wants Wants Wants!

Tuely 'king awesome.
( Aenesis, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 19:07, archived)

*pounds knob furiously*
keep going, i'm nearly there.
( urbane legend i have known the inexorable sadness of pencils, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 19:26, archived)

When I saw earlier pics of this
I thought: What cool 3D CAD rendering program were you using?
( tubaman, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 19:44, archived)

wow
have a shiny steampunky woo yay and hoopla.
(norumbegan, Fri 22 Feb 2008, 19:54, archived)