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by **Gryphman** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 4:54 am

Yup, they're missle launchers. They're attached to the turret. They can be on either the front or back portion. If on the back they'd flip up and rotate around. If on the front then they'd just have to flip up.

I'll make a small diagram later today.

by **Iskander** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 10:09 am

Gryph wrote:Yup, they're missle launchers. They're attached to the turret. They can be on either the front or back portion. If on the back they'd flip up and rotate around. If on the front then they'd just have to flip up.

I'll make a small diagram later today.

OK, I understand the explanation but I'll be waiting for that diagram it'd be helpful. By the way I got the figure today, so we are officially a team now Gryph

by **Gryphman** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 11:31 pm

Hope you don't mind it being really simple. I just now got the chance to do it.

This idea isn't set in stone though. I was also thinking about alowing the missle launchers to detach and connect to either the shoulders or the gun.

by **Iskander** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 9:22 am

Thanks Gyph, that will help.

by **TM fourth_heir** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 5:08 pm

I had some spare time so here's a quick uncoloured preview of Shuriken's box art...

by **TF Hunter D** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 2:09 am

Wicked artwork there, fourth heir. Really looks like a total stand-out figure

by **Iskander** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 1:30 pm

Man FH Shuriken is already looking official, excellent piece.

Note, can you repost the pic at this topic: http://www.tfmaster.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2033?, it's just to have all the box art stuff togheter in one place

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by **Pepie** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 8:59 am

Time for an update

Lockdown's altmode is a mobile artillery piece:

In botmode, tha canon folds open and can be connected on his back :

I still need to work more on the chest/shoulders though, but this will be it for the most part.
Maybe some more guns (

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by **TM Devastator** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:12 am

That is awesome Pepie!

by **Iskander** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:27 am

Looks great Pepie, man, I'd be soooooooo buying this line if it were in the stores

by **Pepie** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:44 am

heh, well.. I had a problem connecting the gun to both modes, since the connection points are different.

Altmode, the white bars slide into the holes at his flipped crotch

Botmode, yay to Bionicle! again

The yellow mockup represents the bar which clicks into the grey starshaped thingie. You know, the piece which is round on one side and crossed on the next side.

It works

by **raven2k** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 11:41 am

Whoa! Pepie that looks awsome. I must admit, I have a thing for Tank-formers, but that takes the smegging cake. WHY CAN'T THESE BE MASS PRODUCED?! :cry:

Can't wait to see the finished colourscheme

by **TM fourth_heir** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 3:20 pm

He looks suitably menacing Pepie

I can't wait to see the end result.

by **Pepie** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 4:47 pm

Thanks! The paintscheme.. hmm.. I want to color him suitable for the desert continent so that has to be either a desert camo or just plain brown/red.
I want to do the first, but have no experience in it.. anyone some tips ?

by **Blastoderm** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 4:49 pm

Man oh man, Pepie, I can't wait to the finished product!

All I can say is that tank+firepower= :twisted:

by **Lord_Loqi** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 5:03 pm

pepie wrote:Thanks! The paintscheme.. hmm.. I want to color him suitable for the desert continent so that has to be either a desert camo or just plain brown/red.
I want to do the first, but have no experience in it.. anyone some tips ?

Desert Camo takes 3 colors. a light tan (not white-ish in color), a medium dark tan and a dark tan but not quite brown. Darkest you would want is snakebite leather or something comprable.

Cover the pieces you want camoed in the mid colored tan. Then add bloches of the dark tan ontop of that with a round brush. You can be messy with this on the edges. Ruff edges help to add the image breakup effect. Then add a few smaller blotches of the light tan. Light and dark tan's shouldn't touch.

Also look up a pic of the Gi-joe tomahawk (the helecopter with two sets of propoellers) it had a great camo job. That or a pic of one of the larger articulated figures or a Max steele figure with camo uniform for an example to work from.

by **Pepie** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 5:05 pm

Thanks Loqi ! I certainly will

by **Cyclone_X_2075** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 9:39 am

nice thing you did there Pepie

don't forget to give articulated upper legs like any other Armada seeker :p

by **Ra88** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 3:33 pm

Very nice, Pepie! Talk about firepower!

And to make it different, how about glueing real sand to the threads?

by **jimsloth** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 7:29 pm

holy sweetness thats a lot of added firepower! I can't wait to see the abbs painted to look like a cockpit!

by **TM fourth_heir** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 11:30 am

Having read through Ra88's script so far I noticed he'd included a flashback scene featuring Shuriken's previous self (back when she was an Autobot medic) so, just for Josh's benefit, I took the trouble to design her (still haven't decided on colours yet though)...

by **Ra88** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 1:58 pm

Looks good! And about the colors, maybe a mesh of pink/white? But not in the Arcee colorscheme, but in that of a nurse (so mainly white with some pink/red details)?

by **Iskander** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 1:49 am

A friend came with a camera yesterday so I took som pics of the WIP Whirlwind, microns and Panzer.

Whirlwind is mostly finished, just needs painting; the same goes for the microns.

Panzer still needs a little more work, I'm trying to figure out how to make the hands, I want to put them in the position of Gryph's sketch but the claws are cool too, so i'm not decided yet on keeping them or not, any thoughts? Gryph? anybody?

By the way, sorry for the pic heavy post

by **Pepie** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 2:00 am

Both look excellent Iskander! Especially Panzer!
I must admit I'm a fan of big & powered bots, cant go wrong with that

Any thoughts on their paintjob ?

by **Iskander** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 2:26 am

pepie wrote:Both look excellent Iskander! Especially Panzer!
I must admit I'm a fan of big & powered bots, cant go wrong with that

Any thoughts on their paintjob ?

Thanks Pepie, about the paintjobs; Panzer is a joint effort with Gryph, so we'll both have to talk about the colors, personally I'd go with a dark green/brown color scheme, with some dark gold details, sort of like the barrels of his cannon/machine gun. Gryph wanted to make him blue but since Tankor's TV colors were mostly blue I think we should go in a different direction.

Whirlwind's colors are becoming a problem, I want to keep some of the tan areas and add some yellow/gold details, but I also was planning on adding a lot more black to the figure, problem is we already have two almost completely black characters (Shuriken and Landbreaker) and I don't want to add some variety to the characters colors so I'm still not decided.

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