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Futuristic fire-fighting boots and a robot dog may not be the focal point of this piece of concept art, but they're definitely the most intriguing. We're not sure what these boots are supposed to do in the first place, but we know that the artist calls them "fire pumps."
Do they spray water out of the soles or give the wearer the ability to leap through flames? The robot dog with a hose for a tail is a lot more self-explanatory. He could scout ahead for hotspots and then take care of them himself with a flick of his hind end.
While we wouldn't mind living in a world populated with artist Neville Page's civil workers, we doubt that much work would get done. Everyone would probably be busy taking the day off to pose for calendars. Still, we love the attention to detail in these boots, even if neither we nor Neville know what they do. He tossed the whole piece together in a day and a half, wanting to work mainly on a pinup in some futuristic fire-fighting gear. Looks like he succeeded. Pair her up with the futuristic fire engine and you're playing with fire.
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Can the human body even go all "praying mantis" like that? Maybe in the future?
Am I reading that part with the same intent it was written with?
you know when paris hilton shows up at her next Halloween party in a cyberpunk out fit you'll all be sorry you were mongering this kitsch.
She really lights my fire.
@92BuickLeSabre: It's a robot dog with a hose for a tail. He sniff ahead, finds some burning embers, then reverse pisses on them with his hosetail.
@Kevin Kelly: Yeah, I thought his relationship to the firefighter was the self-explanatory part. Yours works too.
PointS
Focal points.
This is... awful. Out of all the concept art out there, you picked this?
D:
That's basically what the characters on the kids' show _Rescue Heroes_ look like, although they also wear firefighter jackets, so you can't see their G-strings and whatnot.
I don't think Ed Benes and Michael Turner should have been asked to consult on this project.
Aren't those the super jump boots from the Super Mario Bros movie?
Is that a super smoke detector belly button thang, or did she tatoo her firehouse's logo on to her stomach?
Looks like the boots are part of that old punchline about putting burning bears. I think if the dog had a mean streak, it could knock cats out trees with that hose; certainly not enough volume in it's gut to put out any real fires.
Nike + Mac *rocks*.
Does RoboFiredog run Vista?
Last, imagine the garbagemen in this future.
Robo-rats!
The pelvis position is all wrong for that squat.
If you follow the femur, it doesn't connect.
The bottom half is thighs-forward, the top half is sticking the butt out backward.
Looks like a badly photoshopped centaur....
Looks more like Fairchild from Gen 13
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