Thanks to everyone for the praises, I wont be at the competition so I will never see them fully finished with the name plates and medallions. But I am very pleased with how they came out.
The "ribbons" (why didnt i think of that, much quicker than saying "the bendy bits") and bases are made from 1/8" thick steel, the bases are brushed and clearcoated to look in the oiled steel way. Its just one way of trying to capture the energy of a competition through sculpture.
Mike missed the first year of trophies the 2003 Robot rodeo....
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...3&postcount=36
They were made from donated parts from various scrapyards around orlando (can anyone say bithlo?) I still see the team spirit one when i go visit 179's work area. Big thanks to tytus and 179 for helping me out with the trophies this year too bad tytus got hurt and couldnt help with the final build.
If you want to see the whole gallery of this years trophies be sure to check out the flickr page
http://www.flickr.com/photos/4465190...7594151282113/