The Energon Pub

Hey everyone,

I'm trying to get a set of Stunticons set up using deluxe classes for the cars, I have made a custom Wildrider using the Breakdown KO kit, Breakaway for Breakdown himself, Dragstrip I just bought straight up from the Japanese release, and I just picked up a RTS Jazz to repaint/mod (the head at least) into Dead End.

But I'm having trouble with Motormaster. I have the Titanium Menasor that I thought would work but doesn't work very well (and he's up for sale if anyone wants him, just pm me for details).

I thought maybe Leader Class Sentinel Prime would work for a mod/repaint, but that might be WAY too big.

Does anyone have any advice? I don't really want to buy a 300$ Nemesis Prime on Ebay.

Dark of the moon Megatron. With some modding, he can look very G1-ish, There is a G1-ish custom of him here somewere. Also, a bit of a stretch, but have you considered modding RTS Grapple? I can see that working myself, look at the Magnus customs of him, you'll see what I mean.

That's funny I thought about both. Grappel is the perfect size, but a little too "fire-trucky" I guess. DOTM Megs might be ideal. Voyager class I'm guessing would be best. I just thought his limbs looked a little too "Bay-alien monster"ish. but it might be fixable.


Thanks!

ViperEye82 wrote:That's funny I thought about both. Grappel is the perfect size, but a little too "fire-trucky" I guess. DOTM Megs might be ideal. Voyager class I'm guessing would be best. I just thought his limbs looked a little too "Bay-alien monster"ish. but it might be fixable.


Thanks!

G1 Motormaster truck mode:

And Grapple Truck mode:

And a link to a customized Magnus made from Grapple.
http://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/my-classics-ultra-magnus-t82237.php
It can be done, just flip him!
Hope that eases your decision on the Grapple mold. While DOTM megatron is Ideal, for a combiner however, he's a bit flimsy. Barel holds up HA basics in weapon mode, Don't know how well he'd be for a combiner core.
BTW, Breakaway, how does THAT work?

How about Cybertron Optimus Prime?

I've seen him used before, and there's a guy who makes a custom Motormaster head available through Shapeways:

http://www.shapeways.com/model/258673/m ... id=sg38038

Hope this helps!

GUYS! THANK YOU THANK YOU!

Grappel was going to be it, but good lord that Magnus is AWESOME and seems I only have War Within Magnus, I might consider that idea as well for Grappel!

Cybertron Prime looks like it would work great with that custom head. I'm assuming I could just order that head off the site, right? I might go with that, and do Grappel into Magnus (but I'll need a head for that I think...meh, one thing at a time..)

Walmart Breakaway - Meh, barely works. He's too big. I basically re-decaled him to Breakdown a while ago, then when I picked up the DIY SideSwipe that came with the Breakdown head, I did that kit into Wild Rider (seems I already had a Breakdown) but now...eeehh..not loving it anymore. He's just...to big. Jazz into DeadEnd should be much better. And I might revisit Breakdown later.

Guys, thanks so much for the help! I've got a lot to work with now.

Oh, one other thing, I wasn't necessarily going to have them combine, but check this out - Grappel (actually Inferno) used as MM and they combine. Pretty awesome. http://transformers-zone.ru/transformer ... cons-1.jpg - can't figure out who he used for Dead End...maybe ROTF DE, but with a new head?

ViperEye82 wrote:Oh, one other thing, I wasn't necessarily going to have them combine, but check this out - Grappel (actually Inferno) used as MM and they combine. Pretty awesome. http://transformers-zone.ru/transformer ... cons-1.jpg - can't figure out who he used for Dead End...maybe ROTF DE, but with a new head?

That's "Classics" Prowl, as Dead end.
Inferno with Vector Prime's head! Cool!
And I'm sure you know the other ones. Maybe you could take a tip from this guy?

ViperEye82 wrote:Oh, one other thing, I wasn't necessarily going to have them combine, but check this out - Grappel (actually Inferno) used as MM and they combine. Pretty awesome. http://transformers-zone.ru/transformer ... cons-1.jpg - can't figure out who he used for Dead End...maybe ROTF DE, but with a new head?

It is Classics Prowl with new head.

ViperEye82 wrote:I might go with that, and do Grappel into Magnus (but I'll need a head for that I think...meh, one thing at a time..)

You don't need a new head. Just cut Grapple's brain tumors out and add two antennas and if you can, raise the center piece. You can read it here to see how it was done.

Looking forward to seeing your Stunticons when you are done.

Thanks fellas, I really appreciate the help!

Paul - yeah, I looked at the work in progress shots, its such a fantastically simple, yet perfect mod! Plus, I'd rather have Magnus than Grappel in my ranks

I just opened a new blog - http://paxcybertron.wordpress.com/ I'll have the pictures up.

At some point I'm going to need to replace Breakdown....meh, one thing at a time though.