I like the idea, and the figs are pretty well-drawn, but I'd have to disagree with the styles, particularly of Starscream and Barricade.
They both look just too 'rough'. Bear in mind the point of the hologram is to make it look like the TF is just another vehicle, so they really should look more generic, in a sense, and certainly not stand out as much as these guys would.
Starscream looks pretty good except for the fact that he's got his sleeves ripped off. You would
never see an F-22 pilot (or any other jet pilot) without sleeves on his jacket, no matter how much of a maverick they were. He probably should at least be shown with a flight helmet, even if he's not wearing it.
Similarly Barricade's just unrealistic. No shirt, long hair; if you came across him in real life, you wouldn't be convinced for a second that he was a genuine cop. Personally, I think the guy in the movie worked better as Barricade's holo than Blackout's; he worked fine as Blackout too, but considering how little you saw of his face anyway, almost anyone could have done the job. With Barricade, he looked like a fairly generic cop, but with that slightly unsettling air (probably helped by the fact that he never spoke), which I think was just right.
Megatron's pretty cool. I'm not sure about the long hair, character-wise, but if, as you say, he has this disdain for Earth culture (as characterised by the armour), then I guess anything goes really. To be honest, given the unsubtlety of his vehicle mode, I can't see him even
bothering with a holo, but if he does feel like it (just for the yuks
), then this works.
I'd recommend Googling up pics of real cops and jet pilots, and getting ideas from them; for the holograms to serve their purpose effectively, they shouldn't stand out too much from the norm as these guys do.
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