Check out these photo effects online images:
Model Richmond
Image by Derek K. Miller
Fake tilt-shift lens effect created by TiltShiftMaker (thanks to Scott for the link). Richmond, B.C., June 2002. This is a real aerial shot; it just looks like a model because of the focus effect.
E-G.A Personnel Mollification Unit
Image by n.stauffer
A planet-wide ban on the import of all Ephra-Goll Assemblies products has gone into effect until the security forces of the city of New Refiun regain full control their mechs. Although no one has yet been injured or killed except while attempting to incapacitate either IPUs or the USNU, there is no consensus on when, if ever, they will respond to issued orders again.
The apparently busy "SMITH, JOHN" and another so-called clerical error have resulted in a large shipment of Personnel Mollification Units being shipped in by E-G.A. Although just over a meter tall and running software that barely qualifies as AI, they've shown themselves to be remarkably crafty hiding themselves throughout the USNU's bay. They have been observed to disassemble still-online robots while giggling using sound samples of children's laughter from the planetwide archives.
Frankly, this would be absurd if it weren't so dangerous. Overwhelming force will be brought to bear on the bay soon if the mechs' AIs continue to refuse killswitch commands.
I wanted to build something a little more animalistic. I also wanted an excuse to do stumpy, bladed legs which suggested that I'd need a quadruped or at least knuckle-walking mech which led me to this ape-esque design. Unintentionally, it happens to resemble some of the colossi from the game 'Shadow of the Colossus'.
Dinky downtown L.A.
Image by Derek K. Miller
Fake tilt-shift lens effect created by TiltShiftMaker (thanks to Scott for the link). Downtown L.A., August 2006. It's a real aerial shot, but looks like a model because of the focus effect.
