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Hello Transtopians,

Seibertron.com is in the process of bringing back this great resource to full force and we're looking for your help.

If you have any custom works of any fashion (repaints, customs, fan fics, art) we'd love for you to share it with us.

Got a an idea you'd like to see on the site? Let us know and we may implement it.

I have a suggestion I would like to see implemented: more cardboard models and such. Example: the awesome Ark model that you can print out.

One thing I have ALWAYS wanted some fantastic transfan to try and create is a transformable and printable Masterpiece Prime trailer complete with Roller! That would be the Ultimate kitbash and a welcome accessory to those of us with 20th anniversary OP.

I think it's obvious that ANYTHING creative should be added and not restrict things to just one or two mediums.

I make Transformers on Lego digital designer, I dont know anyone else who does it and its pretty handy as I dont have the room to keep all my lego in my room.

Up until now I've only posted them on tfarchive but im gonna start posting here soon.

until then have a quick looksee.http://www.tfarchive.com/community/show ... hp?t=43390
They get better as it gets going.

i guess one thing u could do is custom scrathbuild the transformers from the movie (if need be) to make them scale size

Everything's good, although it might be an idea to have the text submissions (fanfic etc) separate from the photos/images/art.

Im working on sketches to design a classics blitzwing: but Im wondering how other people would take to these ideas based on the G1 version.

1. should I keep the tank turret on his back like in G1, have it mounted to one arm or as I want to do, hide the jet nose inside his forearm with the Tank barrel able to flip out at his wrist for a Shockwave style arm in robot mode. (when transformed into a plane the nose would flip out with the tank barrel folded as a undermounted cannon similar to BM obsidian).

The arms would make the middle of the plane (from nose to engine). The cannon arm would make up the nose of the plane and the other arm would make the back half of the plane (where the jet engine is located)with the wings unfolded out, they would be covering the Tank treads on the bottom of the plane.

2. The Tank Treads would be Blitzwings legs in robot mode and would have the main wings fold around his legs to hide most of the treads showing. Rear wings would work in a similar fashion to the classics seekers

3. cannons on his shoulders would be able to flip forward in robot mode and in both vehicle modes would show as machine guns

4. Tank mode would just be the shoulders with the machine guns squeezed together around the cannon arm and sitting on top of the Treads. His other arm would be inside or going up the very rear of the tank.

4. his sword would be Translucent Red plastic as a Fire style sword (animated Grimlock) and inserted into the barrel of the Tank to give a blast effect and in the rear of the Jet mode to represent fire coming out the engine.

5. I also want to keep his big bulky german look, ALOT of swivels and hinges are in place especially dealing with his arms, his chest would open up to hide his head in a similiar fashion to RID Landfill's torso section

any opinions or ideas?

I like the description. Go for the asymmetric version - it'd be interesting to see a new take.

I like the idea of the tank barrel folding up and the treads being covered in jet mode, G1 Blitzwing had the underside pretty much being Obvious Tank Is Obvious, and the Animated version had huge tank tracks hanging off the rear sides of the jet. A clean jet mode would be a nice change.

Leg treads would homage AniBlitz, while having them half-concealed by wings is a great idea - just hinting at the altmode instead of making it obvious.

Shoulder cannons - another great reference.

I don't have a mental picture of the tank mode yet, but a clean jet mode deserves a solid tank mode. I'm actually hoping that it's not too much like the Animated version there - that tank was not terribly impressive.

The sword idea's OK - I'm not a personal fan of such things (preferring robot weapons to stash away in other modes), so I'll let others comment more on that.

the tank idea was basically him folded in half at the waist (chest touching front of calves) both shoulders, and forearms would fold to his back to make a "block" to sit on top of the treads with the tank barrel pointing out. but theres a problem with how to make the turret rotate.

his treads would be visible in plane mode from the bottom, but his main wings should be wide enough to hide them from the top. I am doing everything I can to make the treads not obvious in plane mode and the wings hide in tank mode and in robot mode the wings would look like armor for him on his legs

His sword would stow away if it was stuck in the rocket of the jet showing as afterburn or tank blast(like how ROTF bludgeons sword is the tank barrel) in robot mode the sword would be able to attach to his arm im sure like an extra gun. I also like the idea of giving him notched wings like G1 and giving him that big bulky look with the slanted shoulder tops
obviously id colour him tan black and purple with a few silver highlights (purple mostly for chest)









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If you want to get really funky with joints and hinges, you could make the turret rotate by using a trick similar to that in Movie Brawl, and have the arm attachments to the body actually be themselves attached to an apparatus reaching across the back which, when the arms are unlocked from the sides of the robot, pivots around an appropriate point on the dorsal centerline.

I don't know how much it might affect the necessary arm transformations to jet mode, though.

Do you have sketches, models, or mockups that show how things connect together?