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OdeeanRDeathshead wrote:From memory, I don't think Dreadwind had that much chin. I seem to recall him having closer to a cylinder like face plate?
What will you make the nebulon out of?
jimsloth wrote:just saw the official version and yours already looks much better.
Mega-Prime wrote:I have to agree with jimsloth, yours looks much better than the official one!!
Ramrider wrote:jimsloth wrote:just saw the official version and yours already looks much better.Mega-Prime wrote:I have to agree with jimsloth, yours looks much better than the official one!!
Thanks, guys!
Having seen the official one myself now, I quite like it, but it really doesn't scream Dreadwind at me - the robot mode pretty much looks the part (except when it's got the armour on, which completely throws it out), but the jet mode's just way out. And they missed out some key paint app opportunities that would have boosted the resemblance, like the light blue/turquoise colour on the wings, shoulders and pelvis. I know they've got that aqua colour, but it's almost green, and in the wrong light (or if you're colourblind) it almost just looks like another shade of grey.
The new headsculpt's not bad, but while a nice idea, it wasn't really necessary to do a completely new headsculpt when the original's pretty close anyway.
And they missed out on the lightpiping..!
RavageX-9 wrote:it looks cyan to me, which looks like the G1 version. then again, I don't own the G1 version. then (yet) again, we don't know for sure how the BotCon version looks compared to the G1 version, since photos aren't always accurate.
They have the color on his wings and pelvis. They only missed it on his shoulders. Turquoise is actually more green than cyan, so I don't know why you're saying their cyan looks more green than a turquoise would. He does have very greenish paint apps on his wings, but that's something else. I don't know if the G1 version has such green on his wings, but it does look more green than the cyan he has on the rest of him.(I've said it before)
Rawhide wrote:After seeing this the botcon version just couldn't live up to it and it looked bland in comparison. (I definitely agree they should've left the head as it is and just make new wings: would've made the figure look much more G1.)
Rawhide wrote:I will from now on keep an eye out on all those CL Jetfire at the local TRU. Should they ever drop in price, I'm probably going to pick up two to copy your Dreadwind and adding a Darkwing.
Ramrider wrote:Rawhide wrote:After seeing this the botcon version just couldn't live up to it and it looked bland in comparison. (I definitely agree they should've left the head as it is and just make new wings: would've made the figure look much more G1.)
Thanks. I think the head needed modding, there's no doubting that. They wouldn't have been able to make it look DW enough without some structural changes (I basically added the ledge under the eyes and gave him a faceplate). But they didn't need to completely resculpt the head. It might not have saved them much money in the long run (I don't know how much they pay for sculpting vs mouldmaking), but it might have been enough to add the wing changes.
Ramrider wrote:Rawhide wrote:I will from now on keep an eye out on all those CL Jetfire at the local TRU. Should they ever drop in price, I'm probably going to pick up two to copy your Dreadwind and adding a Darkwing.
Look forward to it. Bear in mind if you do that, Darkwing probably won't be very G1 in robot mode, as it'd take a fair chunk of modding to do that. But if you can do it, and get them to combine, I'll be proper impressed...
Rawhide wrote:Ramrider wrote:Rawhide wrote:After seeing this the botcon version just couldn't live up to it and it looked bland in comparison. (I definitely agree they should've left the head as it is and just make new wings: would've made the figure look much more G1.)
Thanks. I think the head needed modding, there's no doubting that. They wouldn't have been able to make it look DW enough without some structural changes (I basically added the ledge under the eyes and gave him a faceplate). But they didn't need to completely resculpt the head. It might not have saved them much money in the long run (I don't know how much they pay for sculpting vs mouldmaking), but it might have been enough to add the wing changes.
I think with the limited funds available to the Botcon project, they could only remold one part. Going for the head which is only visible in robot mode when you remove the helm, wasn't the best choice IMO. If I'm going to change Cl Jetfire into Dreadwind and I can only change one part, I would go for the wings: the jet will look more like the G1 jet, while the robot will also look different and a bit more like the original.
Ramrider wrote:(like I said, admittedly I'm a little bit colourblind, but still...).
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