Hi! Thanks everyone for the input! Hold onto your hats too ;)…the “making of” is still in the making hehe I’m hoping to get to it tonight since I was at the beach all day and didn’t have time 
Hi Buga,
What renderer do you use?
Everything was rendered with the standard Scanline Renderer.
Hey +disciple*,
What method are u using to animate the robot? Character Studio?
The robot was animated with a simple custom rig. Basically, the head and flexible torso parts were just objects linked to each other (so FK)…and the arms/legs consisted of simple 2-bone Ik chains, (so IK).
Thanks again everyone! Your feedback gives me reason to continue on with these FX Wars challenges…because it’s great! 
… Well done …and I will wait to see this tutorial …