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Autobot Greyryder (pic heavy)

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Autobot Greyryder (pic heavy)

Postby Greyryder » Sat Aug 26, 2006 1:42 am

Finished!

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I built a new barrel for the shoulder cannon, because I thought the old one made it look too much like a TV camera. I meant to put the pegs that hold the arm covers in place on the covers themselves. But for some reason, I wound up putting them on the thigh covers, and putting the holes in the arm covers. Considering how thin the arm covers have been cut down right there, it's probably better this way. I'm also trying a new technique to preserve the paint on the pegs. I smeared a thin layer of super glue over them. They're holding up well, so far.
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Postby TM TM2 Dinobot » Sat Aug 26, 2006 6:12 am

Is that a scratch built launcher that really fires?
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Postby MacrossFA19 » Sat Aug 26, 2006 7:45 am

I tell ya it is amazing. Nice work there, doesn't remind me anything of prime at all. I love what you did with the head, and gotta love all those massive weapons.

Keep up the great work.
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Postby Hobbyist Prime » Sat Aug 26, 2006 7:49 am

That sir, is some sweet a$$ work!!!!! :D
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Postby Transtopias Rodimus Prime » Sat Aug 26, 2006 9:19 am

I really thought he looked like prime all along until these last pics. I want one now. Looks amazing. Let me know how that superglue thing works, sounds like it might be what we've been looking for. Anyone else tried superglue for hinges and posts?
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Postby Hobbyist Prime » Sat Aug 26, 2006 11:03 am

I am also curious about the super glue trick! I would have thought it would fog up to much when it turns powdery like battery acid does.
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Postby Ramrider » Sat Aug 26, 2006 12:42 pm

I would've thought so too - in my experience, superglue usually winds up drying with white patches. But hell, if it works, fair play.
And Dino, as far as I can tell, the shoulder cannon isn't actually a launcher; I certainly can't see any signs of a missile.

Gorgeous work there; it's incredible how a combination of subtle mods and some new weapons can completely change the look of a fig! :D
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Postby Greyryder » Sat Aug 26, 2006 3:53 pm

Thanks guys. The shoulder cannon doesn't go anywhere in vehicle mode. I don't generally worry about integrating weapons into alt modes. He only got the smokestack rifle, after Ramrider put the idea in my head to make the smokestacks into a weapon.

There is no working launcher. What looks like a spring release on the rifle, is the slider up against the double hinge. That slide peg plugs into the hole in the other section of the gun, to lock the smokestack mode together.

With the superglue I'm putting a dab of it on the tip of toothpick, then smearing about as thin of a layer as I can over the pegs. I'm using a thick gap filling CA. Don't know if that has anything to do with it, but I haven't had any fogging problems with it. I'm getting it thin enough that it dries really quick. Don't know yet how it well last in the long term, but it's a lot more durable than paint alone.
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Postby Caliburn » Sun Aug 27, 2006 3:09 am

Now that is one fantastic piece of work, if this ever goes on sale I wouldn't doubt that a fierce bidding-fest would follow. :shock:
The smoke-stack weapon array is already worth noting, but that sword isn't any less impressive :o .
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Postby alpha_alternator » Sun Aug 27, 2006 10:40 am

VERY NICE
i really like it a lot
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Postby Skullgrin140 » Sun Aug 27, 2006 12:07 pm

Super Nice! I would buy that in a heart beat
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Postby TM Devastator » Tue Aug 29, 2006 12:36 pm

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Postby Vanishing Point » Tue Aug 29, 2006 2:41 pm

excellent, I'm absolutely blown away by that fender job kudos, man kudos
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Postby Greyryder » Tue Aug 29, 2006 6:41 pm

Thanks for the gallery, Dev!

Vanishing Point wrote:excellent, I'm absolutely blown away by that fender job kudos, man kudos


Thanks. Everytime I set this guy next to Prime or Magnus, I'm surprised by just how different his alt mode looks. It's all from those fenders. I still remember thinking I had everything planned out, getting the stock fenders cut down where I need them, and thinking "okay, now what?" The best laid plans, of mice of men.... :lol:
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Postby Greyryder » Tue Aug 29, 2006 7:19 pm

They're built from sheet styrene, over the remains of the originals.
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Postby gunman_sr5 » Wed Aug 30, 2006 12:36 am

Any chance of getting a couple comparison shots next to Prime and Magnus? Very nice work! Very inovative.
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Postby Greyryder » Wed Aug 30, 2006 4:00 pm

I'll try to get some comparison pictures, tonight.
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Postby Greyryder » Thu Aug 31, 2006 1:32 am

Comparison shots.

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Postby Dark_Fool » Thu Aug 31, 2006 2:03 am

That is a stunning piece of work there. Wish I could do that!
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Postby Flashback77 » Thu Sep 07, 2006 8:18 pm

Amazing work. My hat is off to you sir.
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Postby TM 1987olds442 » Thu Sep 07, 2006 10:01 pm

Your Kitbash makes this mold so much better...Great Job
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Postby OdeeanRDeathshead » Fri Sep 08, 2006 8:37 am

That looks more like a real truck with the arms horizontal, its a wonder the toy didn't do it this way to start with. They look like fuel tanks. Good job.
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