by Captain Crooks » Fri Oct 13, 2006 1:31 am
Up in the Master's forum, inspired by his awesome Menasor Alternator combiner, I pondered the idea of a 1:24 scale Bruticus combiner....
Well, i thought i would open up a thread to discuss an idea I have to do a half-scale version of this idea - a 1:48 Bruticus, using real-life military vehicles, sort of 'Alternator' style. If this is successful, i might consider upping the ante and doing the full size - but if not, there will be sufficient material for someone else to attempt it if they wish!
In this conceptual period, i'd like to get some ideas from everyone regarding what vehicles to use - I really want them all to be the same scale, for aesthetic purposes more than anything, but obviously there are going to be problems when it comes to some of the vehicles used in the original transformer combiner - e.g. Swindle is a jeep, and Brawl a tank - there is quite a size variation!
Also, while i liked the original 'Blast-off', i always wondered why a space shuttle was included in a set of strictly military vehicles (unless he was helping launch defense satellites or something, he just seems a bit incongruous...). So, i was wondering about maybe changing him to a military jet of some kind, what are your thoughts?
Ideally, i would like to have a whole set of re-envisioned Combaticons, fully transforming - at the very least, i would like to do my own version of Brawl and Vortex, as they were my two favourites.
Lets throw this one up for discussion eh? I have a few ideas already, but i really want lots of input on this one, so lets do it!
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