The Energon Pub

Mon Jul 16, 2007 7:34 pm

Finished this today.
Pics are bad but can't seem to get any better.
Small painted black and silver details don't show much but in person, this guy kicks a$$!

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Enjoy!

News Credits: 4 · Mon Jul 16, 2007 7:44 pm

Brilliant-so where are the rest of them?

Mon Jul 16, 2007 7:55 pm

GrimSqueaker wrote:Brilliant-so where are the rest of them?

I may need financing...

Mon Jul 16, 2007 8:24 pm

Fantastic! I can't believe that you got the legs to line up in dino-mode!
So, who's the crotch doner?

Mon Jul 16, 2007 8:58 pm

I was wondering that myself, but forgot to ask at Transtopia. I think it's one of the Devastator frontloaders, most like from the Universe Dev.

News Credits: 1 · Mon Jul 16, 2007 9:02 pm

Yeah, this is effing awesome. I like that you didn't change too much from the original. that's what always bothered me about classic grimlock. he doesn't come close in dino-mode. Well done. a little quick step-by-step might be in order;;). I think a lot of us on here would appreciate it.

cheers.

News Credits: 3646 · Mon Jul 16, 2007 10:22 pm

This looks great. Man, I can't wait to get the kitbash section going on the site.

News Credits: 4 · Mon Jul 16, 2007 10:29 pm

haha thats funny. I was just transforming my g1 sludge, then sat down and happend to click on this thread by accident and looked at hte pics and said "What the hell, my sludge cant do that!"

now wonder! hahah thats awsome.

Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:31 am

News Credits: 5 · Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:37 pm

man that thing looks great

News Credits: 767 · Tue Jul 17, 2007 1:52 pm

Now I know what to do with my Grimlock and Sludge.

Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:16 pm

Fantastic work ptitvite

Sat Jul 28, 2007 5:41 pm

****New Dino neck mod****

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Sat Jul 28, 2007 8:31 pm

Now Sludge can fish!
Genius.

Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:20 pm

Good stuff!

Sun Jul 29, 2007 4:16 am

Just out of curiosity, why did you decide to make a classics Sludge?

Sun Jul 29, 2007 5:01 am

Bounder wrote:Just out of curiosity, why did you decide to make a classics Sludge?

The toys given to us in the 80's lacked articulation so I decided to improve the G1 toys mostly of season 1 and 2 to give them the look they deserved and try to make them as good and mighty as they were in the cartoon.
To make it short, I expand the classics line we will never get.

News Credits: 767 · Sun Jul 29, 2007 5:08 am

Don't know about the neck, it's very well done, but you shuld ad a little detail to it, color in the lines that are on the Transmetal Megatron tail you used and it'll look purrrrrrrvect!

News Credits: 226 · Sun Jul 29, 2007 5:46 am

ptitvite wrote:
Bounder wrote:Just out of curiosity, why did you decide to make a classics Sludge?

The toys given to us in the 80's lacked articulation so I decided to improve the G1 toys mostly of season 1 and 2 to give them the look they deserved and try to make them as good and mighty as they were in the cartoon.
To make it short, I expand the classics line we will never get.

So basically you articulated a G1 Sludge?

Which brings up the question I asked in a whole thread about it, why call it Classics when it's a G1 mold?

Not criticising you, just curious. Because I do hate you for doing such a damn good job.

Sun Jul 29, 2007 6:36 am

Burn wrote:
ptitvite wrote:
Bounder wrote:Just out of curiosity, why did you decide to make a classics Sludge?

The toys given to us in the 80's lacked articulation so I decided to improve the G1 toys mostly of season 1 and 2 to give them the look they deserved and try to make them as good and mighty as they were in the cartoon.
To make it short, I expand the classics line we will never get.

So basically you articulated a G1 Sludge?

Which brings up the question I asked in a whole thread about it, why call it Classics when it's a G1 mold?

Not criticising you, just curious. Because I do hate you for doing such a damn good job.

Well, I guess if they did a classics Sludge, I'd want it to be like that. Unlike Classics Grimlock or Devastator who does'nt look anything like the G1 so why did they call him a classics?
The classics line is based on G1 caracters. Improved articulation and better looks of a G1 makes it into the classics line. I did take a G1 mold but with so many articulation added and mods to his body to allow his transformation he is now a classics!
Tell me the one you would've want for christmas!!

News Credits: 767 · Sun Jul 29, 2007 6:43 am

Lets say I sent you my busted one how much would you want to make him into a clasics?

News Credits: 6 · Sun Jul 29, 2007 6:47 am

ptitvite wrote:
Burn wrote:
ptitvite wrote:
Bounder wrote:Just out of curiosity, why did you decide to make a classics Sludge?

The toys given to us in the 80's lacked articulation so I decided to improve the G1 toys mostly of season 1 and 2 to give them the look they deserved and try to make them as good and mighty as they were in the cartoon.
To make it short, I expand the classics line we will never get.

So basically you articulated a G1 Sludge?

Which brings up the question I asked in a whole thread about it, why call it Classics when it's a G1 mold?

Not criticising you, just curious. Because I do hate you for doing such a damn good job.

Well, I guess if they did a classics Sludge, I'd want it to be like that. Unlike Classics Grimlock or Devastator who does'nt look anything like the G1 so why did they call him a classics?
The classics line is based on G1 caracters. Improved articulation and better looks of a G1 makes it into the classics line. I did take a G1 mold but with so many articulation added and mods to his body to allow his transformation he is now a classics!
Tell me the one you would've want for christmas!!

I know which one I want!
(The middle one, in case you didn't know

)

News Credits: 226 · Sun Jul 29, 2007 6:51 am

ptitvite wrote:Tell me the one you would've want for christmas!!

Well actually it depends on the quality of chrome on your unaltered Sludge.

Oh who am I kidding, i'll take both Sludges. I don't mind having a second unaltered Sludge, he's a wonderful figure.

Of course if you really want to provide instructions so I could turn this knock-off Sludge I have into more than just a repainted Bludge that'd be pretty nifty.

(Actually just what parts you used. I articulated a Stalker, how hard can Sludge be?)

News Credits: 767 · Sun Jul 29, 2007 6:53 am

I'll take the one on the right!

Sun Jul 29, 2007 7:18 am

Burn wrote:
ptitvite wrote:Tell me the one you would've want for christmas!!

Well actually it depends on the quality of chrome on your unaltered Sludge.

Oh who am I kidding, i'll take both Sludges. I don't mind having a second unaltered Sludge, he's a wonderful figure.

Of course if you really want to provide instructions so I could turn this knock-off Sludge I have into more than just a repainted Bludge that'd be pretty nifty.
(Actually just what parts you used. I articulated a Stalker, how hard can Sludge be?)

I don't take commissions but parts used are:
Classics Bumblebee balljoints for head, shoulders and elbows.
Energon Sledge for waist, upper legs and knees.
metal pin, spring and washer and putty for mods to his inside of torso. If I can avoid using crazy glue I use hot glue sticks to hold parts. It's stronger.
Look at the first page of this thread, there is a pic of his inside.
oh and I forgot, the last mod I did...TM Megs tail