{"id":2174,"date":"2015-07-27T12:45:30","date_gmt":"2015-07-27T12:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/?p=2174"},"modified":"2015-07-31T03:45:52","modified_gmt":"2015-07-31T03:45:52","slug":"werblz-a-new-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/?p=2174","title":{"rendered":"WERBLZ &#8211; A New Character"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UPDATED &#8211; July 28, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have been insanely busy &#8211; no time to create and or print things. But this weekend I found time to create a new creature I have been doodling for many months.<\/p>\n<p>Introducing <strong>WERBLZ<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/werblz-01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2183\" src=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/werblz-01-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"werblz-01\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/werblz-01-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/werblz-01-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/werblz-01.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alien creatures designed to werble. Thusly:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zin75MyN-64\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m using vending machine 1&#8243; bubble capsules in this design, like I did for my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/?p=2127\">&#8220;Mars Retaliates&#8221; UFO designs.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This time, the bubble encloses a brain with eye stalks revealing a very alien creature (with white gloved hands for some reason :-) and a mouth in his body.<\/p>\n<p>I designed everything, and modeled all but the brain. For the brain (which I will likely model myself later) was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:169184\">downloaded from Thingiverse<\/a>, and was uploaded from MRI data by Thingiverse user <strong>hyla<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>There is a 1\/3&#8243; metal nut in the base making the Werblz rock back and forth. So far I have not got the center of gravity right, because while he will wobble, he will <em>also<\/em> fall down. He&#8217;s not supposed to fall over. I&#8217;ll fix that later.<\/p>\n<p>Here are more angles.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/werblz-02.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2184\" src=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/werblz-02-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"werblz-02\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/werblz-02-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/werblz-02-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/werblz-02.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/werblz-03.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2185\" src=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/werblz-03-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"werblz-03\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/werblz-03-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/werblz-03-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/werblz-03.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/werblz-04.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2186\" src=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/werblz-04-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"werblz-04\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/werblz-04-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/werblz-04-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/werblz-04.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here is the new version (front) with yesterday&#8217;s prototype. The new one has a lowered center of gravity for better werbling. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/werblz-05.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2187\" src=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/werblz-05-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"werblz-05\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/werblz-05-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/werblz-05-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/werblz-05.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And yesterday I printed a green and gold version:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/werblz-green-01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2191\" src=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/werblz-green-01-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"werblz-green-01\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/werblz-green-01-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/werblz-green-01-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/werblz-green-01.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And a movie of all three:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AvA_F_VRoYc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As with my UFO set, this is designed to be expandable into all sorts of cute creatures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATED &#8211; July 28, 2015 I have been insanely busy &#8211; no time to create and or print things. But this weekend I found time to create a new creature I have been doodling for many months. Introducing WERBLZ. 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