18" Custom Optimus Prime - stand alone movie version
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 2:48 am
Hi all, this is my very first attempt at a Transformer scratch build, paint or modification. Now I am hooked! I have always had a lot of respect for those who spend big money on these 'not that cheap' toys then mod them and make them look like they are worth a million times more. Great work and there are some heavily skilled fans out there.
This Optimus Prime is the oversize KO version of the toy with a 1:24th Peterbilt 379 and lots of other model parts and plasticard to make up the short falls. Very much influenced by the awesome Encline Designs version I feel it falls a little short but makes a nice statue to have in the collection. It is poseable and has the lights in the eyes and body. He has the sound chip from a leader class movie one toy too. I will admit the flames are terrible and the head nothing like the movie version but there are many good qualities it has for now. Given limited time and budget it hasn't turned out bad and when viewed through the display case and not subjected to ultra-close inspection he looks great.
I have seen so much good stuff over the years and needed to give something back to the fans.
Thanks for looking. I now plan a much larger and in the same scale Grimlock as soon as I get to see the movie version of him for 2014. Maybe I could do a G1/Fall of Cybertron inspired cross over in the mean time? Hmmmmm.
See more at http://www.danwhetton.co.uk and on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zjg_TjvMtCs
[youtube]http://youtu.be/Zjg_TjvMtCs[/youtube]
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http://youtu.be/kuaHL0qlILI
This Optimus Prime is the oversize KO version of the toy with a 1:24th Peterbilt 379 and lots of other model parts and plasticard to make up the short falls. Very much influenced by the awesome Encline Designs version I feel it falls a little short but makes a nice statue to have in the collection. It is poseable and has the lights in the eyes and body. He has the sound chip from a leader class movie one toy too. I will admit the flames are terrible and the head nothing like the movie version but there are many good qualities it has for now. Given limited time and budget it hasn't turned out bad and when viewed through the display case and not subjected to ultra-close inspection he looks great.
I have seen so much good stuff over the years and needed to give something back to the fans.
Thanks for looking. I now plan a much larger and in the same scale Grimlock as soon as I get to see the movie version of him for 2014. Maybe I could do a G1/Fall of Cybertron inspired cross over in the mean time? Hmmmmm.
See more at http://www.danwhetton.co.uk and on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zjg_TjvMtCs
[youtube]http://youtu.be/Zjg_TjvMtCs[/youtube]
[youtube][/youtube]
http://youtu.be/kuaHL0qlILI