Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Fitor!

I've seen so many digibashes of Classics Ramjet into Fitor it makes me sad. Not to say it's a terrible idea, but I like Fitor being a futuristic jet. And Universe Cyclonus just screamed Fitor from the moment I saw him. Chop off the bunny ears, some new color, and wallah!  Did oldschool Fitor have a bit of a conehead, sure, but to me there's nothing wrong with normalizing it a bit, especially when the body structure of Cyclonus is such a spot on match for the character. My digibash is very chrome looking mostly because that was the only way I could get a realistic looking swap from Cyclonus' natural deep purple to the color I needed. Not what I originally intended, as I was thinking more of a flat red, but the more I worked on it, the more it grew on me.

Also, did you know the GoBots also had bots that turned into guns?  Indeed they did, look up Rogun Gobot and you'll find no less than three to five different Rogun Gobots that were made. So even Cyclonus' targetmaster could benefit from a little repainting.

Credit for the base images goes to Seibertron.com.


 

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Get ready to rumble

Just finished a couple more GoBot conversions that I think Hasbro refuses to acknowledge.
The GoBot Boomers, Blast the Renegade(blue), and Rumble the Guardian(gray).




These were two large six-wheeled rolling armored vehicles that actually made it into the cartoon (Rumble anyway) albeit he was never referred to by name, nor was it confirmed whether or not he/it was sentient, as he/it usually just served as a transport for Nick and A.J.
When the second wave of Classics hit, I remember thinking of these two Boomers the instant pictures of Classics Onslaught were leaked.



I mean, just look at them, it's as if there is secretly a GoBot fan working at Hasbro and manages to slip one of these babies in under the radar just to appease lunatics like myself.
So here are two repaints into characters we'll probably never ever see, the GopBot Boomers.  Credit for the base pictures goes to Seibertron.com.
I took the liberty of changing Rumble's name to Rumbler, just beacause I can hear the rabble rabble of TF fanboys who can't accept there being another 'Rumble' being in existence. That and I actually like the sound of Rumbler better, I think it plays better in thinking of what this guy is and what he does.
 


And Blast:



I didn't come up with bios for these two just because I'm not sure if they're supposed to have personalities or not. maybe I'll come up with something at a later date.

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Meet the Creeper

So simple I almost felt bad even spending the time to do this digibash, Jeeper Creeper took about twenty minutes once I found some nice pics from seibertron.com. I pulled some of the silver and replaced it with black, since I figure it would help accentuate the darkness of the character. And make no mistake, Jeeper Creeper was a frighteningly dark character, all they'd have to do is push the fact a bit in the bio and wallah, repaint with slight remolded head adds plus one to the growing Renegade ranks.
Jeeper Creeper lives for making others wish they were dead. He takes great pleasure in hearing his targets scream and will continue to torture his captives long after he's wrenched the last useful byte of information out of them. Most Renegades shy away from him, as even a lingering gaze makes them uncomfortable. They know he's thinking of ways to torture them too.
Refining his knowledge of the most excruciatingly sadistic torture methods under the tutelage of the sinister Herr Fiend, Jeeper Creeper anxiously waits for Cy-Kill to point him towards his next victim.