The Energon Pub

News Credits: 8 · by **Jin Saotome** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 11:37 pm

Hah! Thought I stopped doing TF customs, didn't ya? Well I was just working on my Halo 3 Master Chief for so long I fell behind. This week I have new TF customs! They're all fan-requests too. Be it here on the boards, email, or my livejournal, someone requested these to be made. So here's to you fans out there, thanks!

More pics and Cyber-bike mode!-----> Protoform Arcee

More pics and Concept Camaro Police mode!-----> Prowl

More pics and Mp3 player mode!-----> Ratbat

There's a new Meantime too, done as an autobot this time. He's on my main page if you want to check him out. Enjoy, and thanks for all the requests!

by **SnipeShade** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 11:46 pm

Im totally lovin' these customs!!! Arcee, CopBot, and Ratbat!! XD Coincidentally I had Ratbat open in this comic book at the moment!

Another great job, Jin!!

by **theprime8604** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 12:04 am

jin all of them are great im finally workin on my own custom hopefully have pics up soon and to be kinda honest your customs and everyone else's are the reason why i started this is geat stuff

News Credits: 4 · by **GrimSqueaker** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 12:32 am

Fowah!

News Credits: 1 · by **OPTIMUS MAGNUS** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 1:14 am

Jin Saotome wrote:Hah! Thought I stopped doing TF customs, didn't ya? Well I was just working on my Halo 3 Master Chief for so long I fell behind. This week I have new TF customs! They're all fan-requests too. Be it here on the boards, email, or my livejournal, someone requested these to be made. So here's to you fans out there, thanks!

More pics and Cyber-bike mode!-----> Protoform Arcee

More pics and Concept Camaro Police mode!-----> Prowl

More pics and Mp3 player mode!-----> Ratbat

There's a new Meantime too, done as an autobot this time. He's on my main page if you want to check him out. Enjoy, and thanks for all the requests!

Hahahaha LOVIN theese customs here! Great work! They are all awesome.

by **Bumblebee-otch** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 1:32 am

i will give you my life's savings for prowl!!!!

News Credits: 8 · by **Jin Saotome** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 1:47 am

Bumblebee-otch wrote:i will give you my life's savings for prowl!!!!

I'll take that offer! Bid on him, he's up on EBay, hehe. Don't forget all the 0's!

by **Deceptiwho?** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 5:56 am

AWESOME!! simply put.. The only gripe I have is that you might shouldve given Prowl a nightstick.. Thats it!! Kudos brother on some more awesome repaints.. P.s. The master chief owns too!

by **Sainte** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:34 am

NICE WORK !! Jin ............ :grin:

by **froggydogg69** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:45 am

That Prowl figure is one of the coolest thing I've ever seen! Never imagined that car as a police car, but it looks great!

News Credits: 2 · by **Justicity** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 8:54 am

Dude! You did the Arcee like I asked ^^
Haha, great work. Loving Ratbat, making me think about having a go at making him myself.

News Credits: 12 · by **Mulla** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:45 am

Your resourcefulness really is quite incredible. Seriously, Barricade's thumbs as ears!?

News Credits: 198 · by **DevastaTTor** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:51 am

Incredible as always.

by **Trelve** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 10:15 am

Jin Saotome wrote:

Is that an Autobot symbol? ...I'm a little confused.
Mmmm Ratbat.

These are all so mighty fine, it will be difficult to get a hold of. Great job once again Jin.

by **lookjerk** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:15 am

Nice work. And it's a rub symbol...they are all that shape. I think...

by **banevsbat2** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 2:08 pm

i think out of arcee you could make a prowl based on his transformers animated look,or update g1 figures

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 2:10 pm

Awesome!

I love the Prowl!

That mold just rocks as it seems!

by **shockticus** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 2:11 pm

More pics and Mp3 player mode!-----> Ratbat

Hawt.

News Credits: 8 · by **Jin Saotome** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:05 pm

Deceptiwho? wrote:AWESOME!! simply put.. The only gripe I have is that you might shouldve given Prowl a nightstick.. Thats it!! Kudos brother on some more awesome repaints.. P.s. The master chief owns too!

Funny you should mention that as I'm working on his weapons right now... hehe.

Mulla™ wrote:Your resourcefulness really is quite incredible. Seriously, Barricade's thumbs as ears!?

Seriously, we use every part of the Buffalo. It's Barricade thumb claw-tips turned around and glued on little posts. The wing-tips came from an Energon Quintesson figure.

And yep, Rub-signs have a uniform shape so you don't know what faction the character is until you rub it. It would give it away if the sign had the shape of a decepticon, lol!

Thanks for all the great replies everyone, and suggestions as this week's customs were in your honor!

News Credits: 1 · by **Sherade** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 5:13 pm

Great..hold up...everyone says that.
Absolutely positively without question AMAZING!
I think I score for originality

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Anyhow, I think I'll be the wet blanket to criticize this. I just think Prowl's alt mode paint was rushed. Of course, I'm not half as god, so I'd beeter keep my mouth shut. :grin:

Ratbaqt rocks, and you captured his esscence wonderfully.
wonder what you'd do with Dropkick :WHISTLE:

News Credits: 8 · by **Jin Saotome** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:11 pm

Prowl's alt mode paint was screwed up royally and salvaged from being thrown in the trash to tell the truth! I went against my own rules and used Testors gloss white spraypaint on his hood and doors to give it a gloss look like people request. This ate through the primer and right into the door paint, then seeped up under the tape I put on the windows/winshield and literally fogged up the clear blue from INSIDE the plastic. It was a sticky mess and it took me an hour of acetoning and sanding to get it looking decent again. That's the reason for the gray windows. What in particular looks rushed tho? I'll fix it in the necx version of him I do.

News Credits: 1 · by **Hyre** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:13 pm

I've only one gripe with Arcee and that's that you made her that gray color. I was going to say go for a more metallic version of her original figure's, but then again, Starscream's protoform's gold and Prime is silver, so I suppose it's a thing that's up for interpretation.

News Credits: 1 · by **Sherade** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:18 pm

Jin Saotome wrote:Prowl's alt mode paint was screwed up royally and salvaged from being thrown in the trash to tell the truth! I went against my own rules and used Testors gloss white spraypaint on his hood and doors to give it a gloss look like people request. This ate through the primer and right into the door paint, then seeped up under the tape I put on the windows/winshield and literally fogged up the clear blue from INSIDE the plastic. It was a sticky mess and it took me an hour of acetoning and sanding to get it looking decent again. That's the reason for the gray windows. What in particular looks rushed tho? I'll fix it in the necx version of him I do.

The windows, although you explained it, were the first. The black looked lumpy, and the decals..too plain.
I'm kinda being a hippocrit though, cause I've done much worse.

All's fair in love and kitbashing.

by **Sentinel Pax** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 7:23 pm

Prowl = awesome. I love Prowl, and that Highscore head is so cool. It doesn't scream Prowl to me, but in the movie-verse, it works. Ratbat's great, any chances of seeing a Squawktalk/Beastbox combo at any time? Arcee looks great, since there isn't a whole lot you can do about her alt mode as it is.

by **zemper** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 7:52 pm

as always, AWESOME job mr. Saotome. though i agree w/ Sherade, i guess the black/white color combo on Prowl looks kinda like um, painted on with a brush...but excellent work! i couldn't do anything even with a quarter of your skills, mind you. hoping you could redo Prowl's paint job - make it look less "glossier" hehe.

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