The Energon Pub

by **Knyghtmare** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 3:17 pm

First Post, and first TF Kitbash! With pics! He still needs paint, and I'm not entirely sure what to do with the graphics... Critics welcome! Enjoy

...sorry about the picture quality....

by **DTM** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 5:57 pm

I like it! I agree with that paint, but once it gets more paint it will be cool

by **Knyghtmare** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 6:09 pm

Thanks.. actually, made a couple more mods to it since that post... the original hinge jambed and broke off, so, I put a new one on and the roof now folds all the way back :-)

I might modify the head a bit more.... not sure on that...

by **DTM** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 6:59 pm

The roof thing sounds good

by **Ramrider** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 6:48 pm

Nice. Normally I'm not a fan of that mould, but this is looking pretty cool. I'd definitely recommend modding that head, though, as the 'bunny-rabbit ears' look way off.
Looking forward to seeing how you finish this.

by **Knyghtmare** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 8:38 am

Yeah... not a fan of that mould either... it just happened to be best suited to what I had in mind...as for th head... I noticed G1 Jazz's helmet to be very wide... currently looking into ways to emulate that...

Oh... Graphics...

Opinions welcome.

by **Ramrider** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:33 pm

Like 'em a lot. But is the text on that spoiler sticker supposed to be backwards?

by **Knyghtmare** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 11:28 pm

yeah.. those blue trapezoids go on the flat risers of the spoiler.

by **Knyghtmare** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:32 pm

Well.. due to the transformation, I don't think I can make the head any wider... Only real options are to shorten the ears, or just leave them.. unless, of course, I could find a BW non-transmetal Cheetor junker... come to think of it... Machine Wars Primes head would be even better... to bad I junked mine lol

by **Knyghtmare** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 12:40 pm

still needs a couple more coats of silver on the back deck and spoiler.

by **Primus_feather** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 4:28 pm

Might I suggest you skip the multiple layers of silver for a a base of flat white (primer) all over THEN apply the silver.

by **Knyghtmare** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 4:46 pm

Flate whit paint is a great Idea... to bad I'm out lol... none the less, he is done!

Autobot emblems courtesy of reprolabels.com

by **Ramrider** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 2:56 pm

Looking good. I wasn't expecting him to be silver, but it works.

Knyghtmare wrote:Well.. due to the transformation, I don't think I can make the head any wider... Only real options are to shorten the ears, or just leave them..

Shorten, definitely. That's all I was suggesting in the first place; it's just that as is, he looks like a mecha bunny rabbit, and as cute as that is, I doubt it's what you're going for. Normally he just has short, sort of horn affairs, a bit like G1 Cliffjumper or Sideswipe. If you trimmed them down to a millimetre or two, and maybe a bit longer toward the centre that the outside, it'd look the biz.

by **Knyghtmare** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 11:24 am

I tried to trim the antenna down and they broke off... I had an old junker R.I.D. Prime... needless to say, he's now ear less.... epoxy on Jazz is setting..

by **Ramrider** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 2:28 pm

Definitely a lot better.

News Credits: 2 · by **grimlockprime108** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 7:27 am

looks like a rendition of movie jazz

by **Knyghtmare** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 7:48 am

I'd be lying if I said that movie Jazz didn't have some influence (i.e silver instead of white), but it's a lot closer to old school Jazz, even though he's not a porsche.