Automaton Atkins

[ffutures]

This is Automaton Atkins, the automaton soldier described in previous entries. The left hand is a grenade launcher, other is a human-style hand. Not sure about the look of the head, I'm thinking of changing it to look like a painting rather than a photograph. Comments gratefully received.

Comments

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Say 1900. I'd prefer photo on the whole, but I'm not satisfied the head looks right. Steel engraving may be a possibility.

The rail gun is a nice idea. I'm not sure it quite fits with the background I'm developing for this setting, except as a red herring to divert attention from the real threat, but it's a good example for the section on calculating engines (e.g. dedicated computers rather than automaton brains) which I'll be writing soon.

head

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Don´t see what you have against the head. Of the doctored parts i´d say
it blends in the best with the rest of the original image.The right hand gun seems a little dainty.

Re: head

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The RH gun is actually part of the original picture. It's supposed to be a .50 rifle, which would normally look big, but since Atkins is supposed to be about eight feet tall it's presumably built to scale with him.

Re: head

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Forgot to say that my main problem with the head is that it looks a little asymetric. A bit too much like something a masked wrestler might wear.