Thanks guys!

Powder coating is largely a 'just because' Seemed like it would give a decent finish and be fairly tough. I may just default to Black Hammerite spray though.

I have been doing this for years! The first GR02's were delivered on 02/09/2013!

Is it bad I've already started designing v2? There's quite a lot architecturally wrong with this robot that requires a re-thinking and re-design. I also want to fight with it first just to shake out any further problems that I may have missed.

The next fight I can see will be the Hackspace Robot Wars at the beginning of August and then I'm going to be in German for the Chaos Communications Camp in late August.