The Energon Pub

by **rhinox555** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:56 pm

jimsloth wrote:
rhinox555 wrote:
Jin Saotome wrote:I'm going to do a movie Shockwave after this, using a Swindle probably, hehe.

That doesn't make sense,movie shockwave is a helicopter,i'm not saying it's a bad idea,in fact: i can't wait to see it,but what i would do is a headswap and repaint between swindle/dreadwing and blackout.

don't forget he is a triple changer (in Transformers The Movie The Game, what a dumb title). He's also a giant stationary cannon. Your choice of bots is about the same as I'd use though. Maybe figure out a way to use the helicopter blades on the bottom as the stabilizers for the cannon mode.

Yeah, i think the cannon mode would be a bit of a long shot.
Also,the official name is Transformers: The game. the armada game being just called transformers. (because the name Transformers Armada: prelude to Energon was too long)

However someone could pull a tataki on him.

News Credits: 8 · by **Jin Saotome** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 8:45 pm

It's the SMALLSPARK! Easy to make. Go to Michael's, find wood section. Buy bag of tiny 3/8th inch blocks. Thin some black paint or ink, paint all black, making sure to soak thw wood. Drybrush dark silver. Drybrush copper highlights, some grey streaks, some green corrision. Use tip of X-acto knife and mini flat-head screwedriver to make indentions. Black paint shows up in indentions. Design as you wish.

These suckers are tiny too, you can tell by Wreckage's hand there. Kudos to the person who carved their 2" wooden AllSpark, that was a great idea!

by **Superquad7** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 7:53 am

Jin, I just would like to say that your work has been VERY inspiring to me recently. Everything looks so nice! You even made the movie Scorponok look cool. I particularly love what you did with Booster X10; great work!

News Credits: 8 · by **Jin Saotome** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 8:40 pm

I finally got my hands on a Bumblebee 08 and man... this is one sweet figure. I'll be surprised if it doesn't win some figure of the year award for its design. But with that new concept Camaro form he needed a new movie-accurate paint job...

More pics! -----> Bumblebee!

Enjoy!

by **cody2003** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 10:38 pm

very nice. now you just need to do voyager ratchet and leader prime so I can copy you.

by **TM TM2 Dinobot** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:34 am

How dare you increase my wanting of a acursed movie toy. Now no thanks to you Bumblebee must be mind!

:p Great work as always. Now get back to work on more Black Cats.

by **Lord_Loqi** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:53 pm

The bee is to nice man. I may have to try and copy that one. I just want to try and find a way to make him look less cross eyed (the toy not your paint)

News Credits: 8 · by **Jin Saotome** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 2:28 am

They say a picture is worth a thousand words...

Lots more pictures here!----> Mass-Shifting AllSpark

by **gawd6sic6** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 3:29 am

simply... badasses... well done jin...

by **Lord_Loqi** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 10:56 am

That's his 08 camero BB custom. check the previous page, lots of nice repaints

by **Retread** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 4:51 pm

Those wouldn't be the remnants of Doc Ock tentacles then would they?

Another amazing peice.

by **wldchld0783_338** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 7:31 pm

dude... that allspark rocks...

News Credits: 8 · by **Jin Saotome** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 6:22 pm

[quote name='Metru' post='1189095' date='Jul 20 2007, 04:32 AM']Think about giving a shot at Ironhide Or Ratchet there Jin? Would love to see how those turn out[/quote]
Why yes... funny you should mention them/..

It's Ratchet! Um... dunno what else to say. He was a pain to repaint in all those little sections! And I -almost- matched the color of his shoulders with my apoxie sculpt. Allllmost!

More pics here!-----> Ratchet

by **wldchld0783_338** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 6:57 pm

Jin that ratchet is freakking awsome!!!!! I cant wait to see you leader repaints!

News Credits: 8 · by **Jin Saotome** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 2:13 pm

Buzzsaws finished!

by **TM doomtron** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 8:23 pm

thats some sweet work

by **Ramrider** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:20 pm

Ooo... wicked-sharp. I take they're Dremel blades or something?

News Credits: 8 · by **Jin Saotome** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 12:42 am

Ramrider wrote:Ooo... wicked-sharp. I take they're Dremel blades or something?

Yep, some off-brand hobby saws that fit the Dremel.

Man, here's an update for you of epic proportions!! You'll have to click on the link if you want to find out how I painted them or made something. Because if you say, "How did you make Prime's sword?" I'm going to reply, "Click the link below him!" hehe..

First up, Optimus Prime Voyager class!

More pics!----> http://www.angelfire.com/mech/jinsaotom ... Prime.html

Bumblebee with battle mask!

More pics!----> http://www.angelfire.com/mech/jinsaotom ... eMask.html

Barricade WITH HANDS, amg!

More pics!---> http://www.angelfire.com/mech/jinsaotom ... icade.html

Wreckage 'Stryker' from the BotCon proto art!

More pics!----> http://www.angelfire.com/mech/jinsaotom ... ryker.html

Hopefully I'll have my Swindlewave clone, Leader Megatron, and Blackout done before the SDCC. Maybe.

by **Lord_Loqi** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 8:44 am

The paint apps are to cool. Do you just dry brush or use another technique?

News Credits: 3 · by **Darth Zax** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 4:16 pm

Frikking awesome dude!

by **TM Devastator** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 6:58 pm

Every single one of these customs is amazing. They're my favorite kind of repaint - make a toy more show or in this case movie accurate. Bee's mask is fantastic, but my favorite work so far has to be Prime. He looks so boring right out of the box but you managed to breath some life into him.