The Energon Pub

by **Sonray** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 6:08 pm

Quick update:

I am painting the toy now (have been for the past few days on and off). Waiting for the paint to dry is torture as i just want to finish this now and for whatever reason the yellow spray paint im using takes forever to dry solid.

I still need to make two or three more body mods, but they are minor. After that its just a case of fitting it all back together and hope it all looks ok.

I am waiting on a set of reprolabels to come in the post, but for some reason they have been stupidly slow to ship out my order this time, and this was last week and they STILL havnt arrived yet!

I heard there might have been a postal strike over here though, so knowing my luck they have probably got delayed somewhere.

Bloody useless postal service. Like they dont suck enough already...

So if i get all the paint finished and body mods done, i wont be able to finish or post pics of the finished product until those darn stickers come so i am at the mercy of the useless postal service now.

by **Sonray** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 7:06 pm

Man this is taking for freaking ever!

Hey its exactly the 1 month anniversary of my procrastination and mistake riddled project! :sad:

News Credits: 5 · by **decepticonjon** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 4:32 pm

oh come on now, you'll pull it together. it'll happen.

by **Sonray** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 4:55 pm

decepticonjon wrote:oh come on now, you'll pull it together. it'll happen.

Maybe sometime this decade. lol

Actually (i know i said this before but i messed up and had to restard on a few bits) im almost done. Just a few more licks of paint and then i can put him back together. Im gonna stop obsessing for perfection so if bits come out looking a bit iffy screw em. Thats what happened before i didnt like one bit, i went to go fix it then i found another bit i didnt like and had to fix that then somewhere along the line i messed it all up and had to restart. Its his feet giving me all the trouble, everything else has come out lovely.

I should have him finished tomorrow IF i can work a good hard day on him, hopefully there wont eb too many distractions and hopefully i have enough paint left otherwise thats ANOTHER setback.

Next time im drawing up a diagram first! lol

by **Sonray** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 12:58 pm

Ok, so i have finally gotten this to a stage where i can show it without embarrisment.

Its not complete, as i still have to refine a few bits and pieces of the paintwork, and add the autobot symbol on his chest but overall this is what my months worth of procrastination and mistakes and disasters and trial and error has resulted in.

His head looks messed up because it is, that was all i could salvage from the debacle that was working on his head, and since i wasnt willing to pay £10 for another classics BB figure just to use the head this is what im left with. Oh well, its my first ever kitbash/scratch-build so sue me!

Yes, i said scratchbuild. The hood that folds under his chest was scratch built, as is 40% of the doors. The plates on his waist are also scratch built.

His gun is a modified Uzi 9mm i took off of a Matrix Neo figure i have. I lengthened it with a cue tip stick, and repositioned the clip.

He is fully transformable but he is no toy anymore, he is very fragile and delicate and since some of the glue hasnt fully hardened yet im not willing to transform him until it is completely dry incase i mess everything up...again.

I'll post more pics when i have fully completed the project if people are still interested after all this time. lol

by **Charger426** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 1:13 pm

Congratulations! :APPLAUSE:

He looks great. Especially in that last pose.

News Credits: 5 · by **decepticonjon** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 2:36 pm

nice man, you did get it together.

News Credits: 4 · by **Briggs** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 9:16 pm

Practice makes perfect and that's a ridiculously good start, good job.

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:41 am

Nice, but wy did you play with the head?

by **Sonray** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:43 am

Dead Metal wrote:Nice, but wy did you play with the head?

I wanted to get rid of his goatee.

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:46 am

Sonray wrote:
Dead Metal wrote:Nice, but wy did you play with the head?

I wanted to get rid of his goatee.

Oh, he has a goatee? Neve3r relised, but then again, I don't have him, I'm hopping on finding him wen I go to England.

by **Sonray** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 2:15 pm

Dead Metal wrote:
Sonray wrote:
Dead Metal wrote:Nice, but wy did you play with the head?

I wanted to get rid of his goatee.

Oh, he has a goatee? Neve3r relised, but then again, I don't have him, I'm hopping on finding him wen I go to England.

Yeah check out the gallery on here. Him and cliffjumper have em. I dont mind them, but i was going for the G1 look and bumbles never had a goatee in the 80's