The Sea Beast - a 12 Legged Walker

This beast has 12 legs and is driven by a motor in the center. The legs walk the same as those from the "Strandbeest", made by the famous kinetic sculptor Theo Jansen.




Piece list for one pair of legs:
Rods
10 white
8 green
1 Blue

Connectors
18 black hinge halves (These are a must!)
10 gray 1-way
10 gray 2-way
8 tan

2 blue spacers

note: In my own model I used black snap-on caps instead of tan connectors, you could use them as well if you have them.
note 2: This uses a lot of black hinge parts, you can buy these at knexusergroup if you live anywhere but in the US.

Enjoy!

~ Kairah ~

This step is for making one pair of legs. You will have to make this part 6 times.


So the legs are pretty tricky, lets start with making all the loose parts for one leg first.

Once you have made these you can put them together like shown in the next pictures.

Alright, then you have to make another one, and connect them together with a blue rod, two spacers and two gray connectors, and your'e done!

Alright, this part that goes between the pairs of legs. Simple.

You could also use a gray connector instead of the black hinge I've used.

 Make this two times.

The motor can be any motor, but preferably this type (not the ones with a red batterypack). As for the axle, its a yellow size rod. Make sure to put the connectors at a 90degree angle!

Also at one side the green rod should pop out a bit, see picture 4.

Now we have to lace 3 leg pairs together on two gray rods. Just follow the pictures, but make sure you don't miss any blue spacers.

In the fourth picture you have to shove the axle part onto the blue rod from the legs.

Make two of these

 Right time to put the head together! :D

 The last step is to put all the parts together. You might want to zoom in on the picture.

Congratulations you're done! Say hi to the sea beast! ^^