Critter Challenge 1: Hissing Cockroach

Posted in animals | Wednesday, October 25th, 2006 | 4 Comments » Trackback

A cockroach dissection was what turned me off the life sciences several years ago (that, and the endless memorisation. It’s overhyped anyway). Still, handling paper ones is just about manageable.

Here’s a design for the first critter challenge: a hissing cockroach. The distinctive features for this bug would be the segmented body, in addition to all the usual cockroach bits (long antennae, legs). Packing all of these requires a 40×40 grid:

Square packing
Square Packing

Partial CP
Partial CP

Full CP
Full CP

Roach photo 2

Roach photo 1
Views of the finished model

And it’s still lacking some essential cockroachness. Maybe ‘cos the ones I’m using to seeing around here tend to be poisoned, electrocuted, and flattened.

4 Responses to “Critter Challenge 1: Hissing Cockroach”

  1. Android raptor Says:
    March 21st, 2007 at 1:41 pm

    Awesome! I also designed a much simpler hisser. The legs are a bit odd on yours, though. However, my model really doesn’t have any legs, so I probably shouldn’t be talking :X

  2. Wolf Says:
    March 21st, 2007 at 9:43 pm

    Yep. Like I said, the only reference sample I had was rather mangled when I finally pinned it down.

  3. Android raptor Says:
    March 23rd, 2007 at 1:12 pm

    Ah! I could provide you with reference pics if you need them :)

  4. Wolf Says:
    March 25th, 2007 at 4:05 pm

    Thanks; I used quite a few reference pics, but somehow I just can’t do bugs unless I physically handle them. :)