The Energon Pub

by **Viagra Prime** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:49 am

When I saw 3-D rendition on iaconcity I thought it was a really cool design so wanted to see if I can make one. This is based on Adam Alexander's fan character Botch the crab. You can read more about it here:

http://www.botchthecrab.com/about/botch.asp

It was harder to make this than I expected due to the small scale of it. It was difficult to try to get all 6 legs to fold up neatly in cassette mode. It didn't come out as clean as I would wanted it. Also, I am awaiting cassette stickers to be made for me so the front of the cassette mode looks plain at the moment.

Some WIP pics:

News Credits: 2 · by **Justicity** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:52 am

Thats great!
I'd seen the artwork and WiP for this ages ago and completely forgotten about it since. It's nice to see it finished. Well done.

News Credits: 1 · by **Repair Bay** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 12:38 pm

gah! I was working on this too! Though mine is being cut from a real cassette. I wish I could finish it, but I lack a good knife at the moment T . T

Still, looks really nice dude, better than mine's gonna turn out lol. Nice choice of colors too.

by **Viagra Prime** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 6:50 pm

Justicity, it probably was another Botch build that you saw previously because this is the first time I've posted this and never posted WIP pics of the project. Or maybe you remember me posting WIP pics of my TWW Shockwave (which I'm still not done yet though).

Repair Bay, making this from an actual cassette would be very cool. But yeah, finding a tool to cut the tape up in nice pieces would be difficult. Were you planning on using a mini cassette (like the size of the G1 cassettes) or the regular size one?

by **Elvaan** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:37 pm

Botch the crab, ftw.

Also on of my more favorite sites.

News Credits: 1 · by **Jeep?** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 9:07 pm

This is some quality, innovative work - something like this is rarer than rocking horse **** these days. Bravo.

News Credits: 1 · by **Repair Bay** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 11:02 pm

Viagra Prime wrote:Repair Bay, making this from an actual cassette would be very cool. But yeah, finding a tool to cut the tape up in nice pieces would be difficult. Were you planning on using a mini cassette (like the size of the G1 cassettes) or the regular size one?

Microcassette, like G1. Soundwave is my favorite, so I have to keep it his size :grin:

News Credits: 5 · by **decepticonjon** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:07 am

i was unaware of botch till now.

News Credits: 1 · by **rpetras** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:27 pm

Don't know the character, but it is freakin' awesome work!

News Credits: 1 · by **Wheeljack-S70** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 12:01 am

this is great. very nice work.

decepticonjon, every time I see your signature I crave whiskey. and now every time I drink whiskey I'll be thinking of botch. sigh