The Odyssey of a little brave robot.
Last update: 15/07/08 Completed to 100%
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The robot
 
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Nome: Nono (from Ulysses 31)
Copyright: D.i.C. Audiovisuel and Tokyo Movie Shinsha .
Year: 1981
Height: 50cm
Pilot: Artificial intelligence
Weapons: Strength.
Friends: Ulysses, Telemachus and Themis
Enemies: Lots of bad divinity.
Notes: Finally a new robot in my site after a long period in which I dedicated to other projects.
This time, however, it's not a giant robot, it's a small robot from the japanese cartoon Ulisse31.
Nono is a little robot that Ulysses gave to his son Telemachus in the first episode of the series.
It's fun and happy , and almost immediately connotes itself as a real character, not a simple machine but a living being able to become a leading character like any other.
There are many cute robot in japanese animations. Their purpose is to attract the public attention of the youngest audience. They usually are strange, colorful and always ready have fun.
I wanted to give to Nono a lived appearance to witness that he had lots of troubles but I also wanted to show his smiling expression that contrasts with his ruined appearance.


 
Technical notes
 
Modeling: Created with the trial version of Modo. Modeling, painting, posing and render. The model is very simple. The proportions were guessed, also the details are invented. To give him more credibility, I imagined that some parts are made of rubber to justify their flexibility. The rust was done by hand painting a mask on the model corners. I used this map to show rust only where I wanted.
What's missing: Nothing. Maybe the rubber is too clean compared to the metal. It should be more dirty.
The biggest problem: Nothing particular. It's really very simple


 
References
 
The original robot.
This is the real Nono. Ad you can notice my version is a little bit taller.
I should shorten the legs and the arms. Years ago I saw a documentary on "traditional animation" by Bruno Bozzetto. He explained that shorter are the arts more the character is funny. He was right!

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