Arm comparison. Is Smooth or Flat shading better?
More work on the Tachikoma.
Mine is on the left, and has been selectively Smooth Shaded.
The finger parts were the toughest parts of this batch, though they might not look it.
Furthermore, the fingers are really very simplified compared to the opening sequence of the series.
Tachikoma Hand Reference
Also, the original model had a cylindrical drum-magazine that look weird and out of place – so I deleted it. I now see that there is in fact a magazine attached to the arm (though not much like that in the source model). That definitely has to be added. Total redo of the fingers will just have to wait till its time to start a second, much more detailed version.
Looks like the flat light grey texture will need to be upgraded to a shiny metal at some point as well.
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