The Energon Pub

When I got Excellion, the first thing I did was swap his visor and weapon with Hot Shot's, 'cause the clear yellow looks way better with Excellion, and the clear blue weapon and gold visor look better on Hot Shot.

Of course, you know I couldn't leave well enough alone...


Some paint (and a minor hip-mod) later, I present "Cybertron Hot Rod"!

His head, torso, forearms and feet are now burgandy, while his Cyber Key port is now red with silver accents.



I dunno why Hasbro only painted half of the silver shoulder bits, but it didn't look right, so I painted the other half. Here, you see a close-up of his new torso apps.



The visor is just Hot Shot's clear yellow one, with a dab of transparent red in the top-center. His eyes are now transparent blue over silver. (I love the effect I got from the camera flash reflecting off the orange plastic through the sides of the visor!)



Here, you see a close-up of one of his now-burgandy arms, as well as the silver pipes, and I painted the bottom and tire-facing edges of the doors red. I'm gonna fix that on Hot Shot, too, when I find the right shade of blue.



And, finally, a close-up of his feet.




Next post: alt-mode!

Not a whole lot different in alt-mode. Just the repainted key-port I mentioned in my last post, and I stripped the silver paint off his headlights, painted them glossy transparent blue, and painted the headlight wells silver.

Oh, yeah! I forgot to mention in the last post: I also swapped the blue and yellow wings!




Here are a couple different angles on the key-port. I painted it gloss bright red and dry-brushed silver onto the three vents and the bit around the arrow over the keyhole.




Lastly, a shot of the back, to show how the repainted feet look.

Pretty nice.
I think the gold on his legs could stand to be repainted to match the gold on his chest. maybe... but then you might want to redo the gold on the car front. *shrug*
Not sure the silver drybrush on the key port vents works, with the red underneith.

Oh, what's the hip mod? I never owned this mold.

RavageX-9 wrote:Pretty nice.
I think the gold on his legs could stand to be repainted to match the gold on his chest. maybe... but then you might want to redo the gold on the car front. *shrug*
Not sure the silver drybrush on the key port vents works, with the red underneith.

Oh, what's the hip mod? I never owned this mold.

I carved a little bit out of the front and back of the socket, to give the hips a little more lateral movement.

I would have left the engine sliver and maybe gave it some dusty/Blackened vent highlights they way you have it now kind of kills the look.

You've seen my Cybertron "Hot Rod," so maybe you'd like to see what became of the Hot Shot I swapped parts with?




Gold visor (with spiffy blue "jewel" in its crest):




Shiny silver pipes:



And alt-mode, with snazzy blue Accel-Wing and blue cannon/gun:




I think I need to pull the headlights out and paint the wells silver, but other than that, he's done.