Originally Posted By: Toast
Well if you really want to do sort of a copy of that movie's tripod design the legs are way too short. You can find some more pics here (although I can't remember how far they actually really were shown in the movie as there were either close-ups or it was night or something else):

http://www.moviesonline.ca/movie_gallery.php?id=4797


You might be right, the legs might be short, I think I need a person or other object in there for scale.

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Here you'll find a good design sketch from the side:
http://waroftheworlds.wikia.com/wiki/Tripod


That's the one that I hadn't seen before.

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Here you'll also find a good screenshot from the movie where you actually can see a bit of one walker:
http://www.theblackvault.com/wiki/index.php/Tripod_(The_War_of_the_Worlds)


Yeah, that was where I got the general shape from. These damn shots are always so obscured. There's either too much fog, crappy lighting, or total bloody darkness. Guess those are the challenges.



Sketchup. Know of a converter for SKP to 3DS or X?

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Mark


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