Lefty's Capture Mechanism- Model Showcase (Five Nights at Freddy's)

Something that's always bothered me about Lefty is that the model doesn't really match up with the design. We know that this animatronic was built to be a walking cage sent out to capture and retrieve the Puppet for Henry's grand plan in FNaF6. The trouble is, what glimpses we get of its endoskeleton would suggest it's just your bog-standard endo used in all the 'Rockstar' series, and that just won't do.

Granted, all the puppet-kidnapping business happens off-screen, but we can assume she wouldn't have just slithered in there all on her own, right? Lefty must be capable of actually pulling the Puppet inside and holding her there, and that would necessitate an entirely unique endoskeleton. So I did a little modification here, took a couple of creative liberties there... and yeah, I think I might have let my imagination get carried away just a teensy bit with this one. Hopefully it's kind of cool, though.

The plastic shell is more-or-less exactly replicated from FNaF6, excluding some extra seams for where it opens up. The endoskeleton is completely new, and for that I took some inspiration from how I imagine the descriptions for the Twisted Ones, because Lefty is a somewhat similar concept. The sound effects and music I all made myself, except for a little bit of original Lefty sound from the salvage minigames that I snuck in there. The rest of it comes form a variety of household items: doorknobs, crank-driven egg-mixers, refrigerator noise, a pair of metal barbecue tongs, a cardboard box, a tape measure, and probably more I'm forgetting about. This is my most complex project so far in terms of foley.

[TheNickofTime]

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"All this only costs five dollars"

"Looks like Iron Man"

"Looks like Darth Vader"

"Puppet mech suit"

"This non-narrative animation meant to show off the intricacies of this model is very slow, why doesn't the puppet just escape in the meantime?"

"Tentacle hentai"

[cheesestockphoto]

I find it so nice how Henry intended to be gentle because he knew it was his daughter.

[Cozmk]

Charlie: Is forced to live inside an animatronic.
Henry: Would you like to live inside another?

[lapislazulisuf]

Henry:"Any ideas on how to capture my daughter?"
Michael: "My sister was snatched into an animatronic my father made."
Henry: "Hmm."

[skeleton]

This thing looks so... oddly gentle
Like, it carefully captures you and even makes sure that all of your limbs are in correct places, like arms, legs, body and even head (which has sort of protection so your neck won't snap if the head of the animatronic goes back)

[LabyrinthDeluxe]

Nobody:
Lefty: get in loser we're going shopping

[GengUpinIpin]

Fun fact : all this complex mechanism costs *Five Dollars*

[Minister_for_Grass]

“I love how Henry built it so gently as to not hurt his daughter.”

It drags her to a new location, where she is sold to Mike for 5 dollars,
made to perform in front of dozens of kids
and then burned in a fire with her killer, her killer’s daughter
and an emotionless amalgamation of sadistic killer robots.
All the while being consistently shocked for no reason.

*So gentle*

[probablyajaegerist]

It's jaw dropping how precise this is. And how easy it would be to ever know. A trapped, angered soul is crying out for help in that suit, and you wouldn't even know.

End communication.

[melolayos]

I like how polite it is. Convo must’ve been like;
“Please get in.”
“Okay.”

[literallyalois]

William: "My son escaped his room again, I'll just beat him up."
Henry: *CREATES A HITMAN ANIMATRONIC TO CAPTURE HIS DAUGHTER AND IT'S ACTUALLY SOMEHOW SUCCESSFUL.*

[AftonRobotics]

I always imagined Lefty as a sort of spring suit that Henry made, so seeing that idea used is pretty cool

[unculturedswine]

I love how you can tell how much effort Henry put in to ensure the puppet/Charlie/Henry’s daughter is safe and not I’n pain while being held

[isaiasaguirre]

Puppet: This not a prision, this is my Super-Suit.

[purplepop]

Lefty: “Ok, Get in! :D”
Puppet: “ *C o o l-* “

[spidersquid_]

i love that your robot doesnt have an "idle animation" which makes it looks like its alive. Its a robot and you captured that perfectly.

[heathmaters]

I never understood why Henry didn’t just put in a voice line for the puppet telling her that it is him and he wants to save/help her….

[burstness]

Engineer: "I spent a full year designing this."
Henry: "Oh yes, here's your $5. Thank you!"

[dailydoseofpills]

Henry: *gently puts his daughter inside*

William: *yeets his daughter inside and kills her instantly.*

[damienseibel]

Stuff like this got me back into doing mechanical engineering stuff and designing more animatronics, thank you, Nick!