More Robots

The robot-making bug did not stop at one. That very same day I used an old corned beef tin (clean and washed of course), a broken alarm clock, more of those pipe holding thingies, washers, buttons, the clock innards, rolled brass sheeting, split pins and 2 wooden earrings to make this cute little fella.

He looks very wistful and innocent with his bead and washer eyes, his button nose and his rubber ring mouth. The beads on the head and the large flat feet are both wooden but coloured over with a gold Sharpie. The ends of the arms are pinched together with a long split pin with a little clippy thing threaded through the middle (like the ones you clip keys on with but much smaller). He had to have a golden stick added at the back to ensure he didn't topple over.

If you're wondering what he was standing next to when the picture was taken, the silver thing is a Christmas  tree decoration and the blue is the Tardis Tree I made and showed you on my blog for Christmas day. If you missed it try this link
http://socklet-world.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/tardis-tree.html

 All Christmas decorations are now taken down but the robots remain in a kind of space age display of metal and aliens. I'll show you sometime if you're interested.