Concept Daemon Operative
The Razorback; a sword-wielding robotic riderless motorcycle. It sounds like something from a childhood saturday morning cartoon… but deadly. A motorcycle designed for killing and driven by a computer; Razorbacks are truly the stuff of nightmares. Daniel Suarez’s Daemon describes these machines, and I am attempting to bring one to life in 3D. I hope to do the detailed, vivid descriptions in the books justice.
Before I go on, I have to give a bit of a “spoiler alert”. The series of screencasts that will follow contain information about the books (Daemon and Freedom™) on some level. If you haven’t read the books yet, go read them. I’ll wait. This post will still be here when you get back.
The Plan: A Buell as the Platform
The first video in this series talks about the machines, my plan to hack apart the Buell XB12R as the base for the Razorback, and potential design decisions that could happen over the next few weeks.
If you like what I’m attempting here, please leave a comment and let me know what you’d like to see in the future.
James Clarke
June 7, 2021 — 10:00 am
I’m working on a short youtube video “petition” for getting Daemon made as a movie.. did you ever complete / share this model.. would love to incorporate into the video if so. Thx
Jamie Hamel-Smith
June 7, 2021 — 12:47 pm
Sure, I could always donate what I have. One thing to note is that Daniel Suarez said my model wasn’t really what he was thinking/describing in the books.
He mentioned that he was thinking about a much sleeker, smoother looking machine. I think I kind of went in the direction of “what if a bunch of PHD students at MIT dismantled the self-driving car projects and built a killer bike instead” kind of route.
Stephen Waterhouse
June 30, 2014 — 6:29 am
Hey dude, I’m no English major but I believe it’s pronounced dee-mon. The
letter “a” is essentially window-dressing, though the spelling does explain
we are talking about a computer program and not a satanic being, however
“dee”-monic.
Cyrus Mir
March 10, 2015 — 10:40 am
This is inspired by the book Daemon.
Bigbuzz Xking
March 11, 2014 — 3:29 pm
THX 4all the tips u made! rly hlpful!
steadiworkz
June 27, 2013 — 10:13 pm
Awesome, did you model the Buell from scratch ?
MrBXSERG
June 27, 2013 — 8:59 pm
where did u get the number texture? if u dont mind me asking
Matt
June 27, 2013 — 3:16 pm
Awesome project, I remember seeing your Duc a few years ago and hoped to see more 🙂
Plizze
June 8, 2013 — 11:11 am
You’ve done a great work making the motorcycle. I had wanted to see how you
Teach Us to make the bike step by step. Understand me, I have no interest
in seeing how you put blades at the motorcycle. A step by step, making
wheels, shocks, body, engine, handlebars, fairing, etc… Then you and we
would participate in a common project Maybe the most ambitious project
published for Cinema 4D. Abundant for Maya&Max, but almost nonexistent in
C4D, therefore, highly valued Greetings from Spain, ¡Adios!
Leigh Taylor
June 13, 2012 — 3:51 pm
I must say Jamie this is the most ambitious and interesting project you have to date. From watching your work over time the majority is based of reality and existing objects. I am looking forward to seeing you work on this concept. Good luck!
Jamie Hamel-Smith
June 13, 2012 — 4:59 pm
Great to have you on board Leigh, hopefully I won’t disappoint. I’m really excited to start publishing some of the other work I’ve done on it thus far. (I’ve actually recorded about 4 or 5 screencasts to date)