Also from Color Theory was this sexy fembot I named Allura. I drew inspiration for her design mostly from the original Transformers TV series (especially the character Arcee) a little Beast Wars (See Blackarachnia) some Fritz Lang's Metropolis, a dash of The Rocketeer and a little Alexander McQueen for the heels.
I've always LOVED robots, female ones especially. I find the idea of constructing a woman so intriguing, plus they tend to be the best characters in science fiction.
Metropolis is iconic. I wonder who was the designer of that fembot?
ReplyDeletefrom wikipedia: The Maschinenmensch, the robot character played by Brigitte Helm, was created by Walter Schulze-Mittendorff. A chance discovery of a sample of "plastic wood" (a pliable substance designed as wood-filler) allowed him to sculpt the costume like a suit of armour over a plaster cast of the actress. Spraypainted a mix of silver and bronze, it helped create some of the most memorable moments on film. Helm suffered greatly during the filming of these scenes wearing this rigid and uncomfortable costume, which cut and bruised her, but Fritz Lang insisted on her playing the part, even if nobody would know it was her
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