The very first drawing based upon my fursona made by Hobudob.

Thank you so much!

When I was building Scales, I had an elaborate plan to incorporate an actual way for Scales to create fire, however it was deemed unsafe, thus I had to replace fire with something else. I went with the idea of adding a smoke machine and a 500mw unfocused blue laser unit to illuminate the smoke.

G2-6T inspiring a youngling.

G2 is one of the other projects I made, and the first one that got this hobby started. Build in 2008 and redone in 2015 G2 has had a loving life thus far, he's small enough to be carried by one person, and he can be placed on top of elements.

This is how Scales sounds when the rest of the room is quiet.
You hear various frequencies, a Laser driver, a bunch of fans and so on. There is actually quite a bit of tech going on in her head. The eyes, however, I have been thinking to make them digital. It would make her feel even more alive!

Scales was almost finished here, Her hands and fingers were missing, and additional elements needed to be welded and such. Lighting effects were supposed to come about 6 months later.

But I couldn't wait, so I went ahead after she was first put on a parade! I moved her to my workshop.

Some up close and personal? Images of Scales.

I call her Scales (yes her) why? Honestly? I heard that name from an animated short called Sintel the story is nice, but the name stuck with me. Her wings and chest are made from polycarbonate, which look like scales, so I found the name to be fitting

Fire breathing dragon?

Yes and no! I build a flamethrower of sorts, but also got a lot of issues with people regarding the danger. Which I agreed on. So I dropped the flamethrower thing.

But a 500mw blue laser module, a tube from her lower abdomen to her mouth and a smoke machine would do fine!

All three in a row, In the front Inquisitor droid, in the middle Scales and in the back G2-6T.

Both Scales and G2-6T were due for a makeover, old LED's that were failing needed to be upgraded, new effects were added, some new hidden features were installed and a new lighting scheme was added.

When Scales was build, there was always the idea to add LED lighting in her wings, but for years I could not find the time nor the energy to do so. But in 2023 all my bots were asked to put on display at the Dutch Design Week, it was the best time to make the wings light up!

Scales and G2-6T next to each other, they were on display at an event from Saxxion College Enschede.

These are Scales and G2-6T, robots made entirely from scrap and wasted materials, to show, what you could do with a dose of creativity, wasted materials and time!