The Energon Pub

News Credits: 1 · by **Wheeljack-S70** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 2:51 pm

Welp, here you have it folks. I had one comment on my weak attempt at a digibash and decided to go for it anyway. the crankiest of the them all, GEARS.

The head is sculpted with QuickPlastic (sorry Servo, they were out of quickwood).

The chest will be a modified air freshener I've been eying for a few weeks. if you ever want to feel crazy, catch yourself studying air fresheners for 30 minutes at your local walmart.

anyway, here are the first images. I got the day off today so maybe I'll have more updates later tonight.
cheers!

News Credits: 1 · by **Sherade** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 3:09 pm

*Greatness*
Nice going there, creative use of air frehener.
You also made a good head, but, are you going to smooth it out?

News Credits: 1 · by **spiritofcat** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 5:20 pm

Well done!
The air freshener looks like it will work really well.
For the head, looks good, but I'd suggest you mould some more on the bottom of the sides of his head. The pic of his G1 head shows it shaped like the top half of a sphere...

by **zemper** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 5:41 pm

cool idea with the air freshener!

:MAX:

News Credits: 1 · by **Wheeljack-S70** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:13 pm

hey,
just a quick update to show how things are going. This is taking a little longer than I had anticipated. and I agree the head needs some work. I'll keep this posted as I get more going on it.
thanks for lookin' fellas.

News Credits: 1 · by **spiritofcat** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:39 pm

That's looking really good. The resemblance is showing well.

by **zemper** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 3:15 am

cool!is that a longarm body?

edit: d'oh! idiot. i didn't see the thread title.

:MAX:

by **Saber_Wulf** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 4:46 am

can we see it transformed?

by **DJs in Disguise** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 12:11 pm

looking good cant wait to see him finished you must have a keen eye for parts , airfreshener!! dont think i would have seen that and thought gears but it works.

by **Tom_Servo** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:14 pm

Looking great! Quikplastic always seemed a but gooey to me, but you seem to have gotten a truly great result there! As far as smoothing goes, you can do some nice detail sanding with an Exacto knife, and paint always helps.
The air freshener is a stroke of genius worthy of Star Trek prop builder. Dare I say Funky Fresh...
But does he still transform?

by **timshinn73** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 11:37 pm

Looks good so far. Look forward to seeing more.

News Credits: 1 · by **Wheeljack-S70** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 12:18 am

thanks fellas for checking out the gearster. hear's a few updated shots of the guy. this is taking astro-seconds longer than I had anticipated. did I say astro-seconds? #-o

I meant astro-minutes. he still needs some more work. anyway...

zemper wrote:cool!is that a longarm body?

thanks, yeah it is long...

zemper wrote:d'oh! idiot. i didn't see the thread title.

...arm.

Saber_Wulf wrote:can we see it transformed?

not yet. he's wet and sticky. mostly sticky.

DJs in Disguise wrote:...you must have a keen eye for parts , airfreshener!!

as it goes, it's more of a disease than anything. like stopping at walgreens for a bottle of water and ending up staying there for thirty minutes studying random crap...and then walking out with nothing at all. but thanks for compliment.

Tom_Servo wrote:...Quikplastic always seemed a but gooey to me, but you seem to have gotten a truly great result there! As far as smoothing goes, you can do some nice detail sanding with an Exacto knife, and paint always helps.
The air freshener is a stroke of genius worthy of Star Trek prop builder. Dare I say Funky Fresh...
But does he still transform?

thanks servo. yep, the quickplastic was a but gooey, bit they were out of quickwood. and I'm outta quickwit. thanks for the advice on the sanding techniques.
funky fresh??? I got nothing, I'm outta quickwit.
and yes he does transform. I'll prove it in a couple of days. he can also transform a room's sent into "clean and fresh." or was it "sea breeze"?

thanks guys

News Credits: 1 · by **Sherade** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 7:38 pm

Very good lookin' there. I'd buy it.
I'd concur, Alt mode!
But I like the current suspense. Also, nice job fixing up his head.

News Credits: 2 · by **An_de** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 9:01 am

WOW! Perfect work! Can you show us pics of his alt mode?

by **Fugazi** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 9:15 am

that is a beautiful custom!

by **olokin** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 1:00 pm

Gears looks wellmade. Nice work! How about pics in alt mode?

by **zemper** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 5:58 pm

awesome. you really captured the look and feel of Gears, albeit on a new, more athletic and even more aesthetic body. i'd really love to see a close-up pic of this toy's head as well as well as its alt-mode.

:MAX:

News Credits: 1 · by **Wheeljack-S70** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 7:54 pm

hey all. here are some shots late in the game. I just have some minor painting left. I'll get some final pics tomorrow or the day after. oh, and close-ups of the head too.
thanks all for taking a look and the kind words.
here he is.

News Credits: 1 · by **Sherade** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 7:57 pm

Sweet.
Love his ford Truck look. Also, the back stationis a nice touch.

by **timshinn73** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 8:24 pm

Fantastic custom. Quality work.

by **Decatron** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 8:35 pm

Impressive! Very nice!

News Credits: 1 · by **Wheeljack-S70** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 12:25 pm

thanks guys.

here's a quick 1-2 on how to make the box on the back.

1) get yourself an ambulance road ripper
http://www.boscovs.com/StoreFrontWeb/Pr ... pe=Product
Wal-Mart has 'em for $5.99

2) take it apart and save the rest for something else down the line. remove the stickers carefully and use those for a ratchet down the line.

2) measure your marks and cut the part that you need.

3) attach clips made of styrene that will engage the inside walls of bed side panels.

4) test - make adjustments.

5) paint.

by **Knight Hawk** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 6:00 pm

wow, its definitely come together and became an awesome piece of work! Thanks for sharing

by **Tom_Servo** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:16 pm

You clever little monkey! Nicely done!

by **zemper** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 11:31 pm

great job! that pickup bed cover was a nice touch. the metallic blue really came out awesome. did you handbrush that or airbrush?

it's amazing what good bashers can do to a stock Longarm body. i've seen 2 so far, this and the Wreck-Gar bash, and both are excellent homages to their G1 counterparts.

can we have close up pics of the finished head and gun?

:MAX: