The Energon Pub

News Credits: 1 · by **Optimist_Prime** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 11:31 am

Hey Jin, Dude the stuff just keeps getting better. I made those detachable hands for jazz I suggested a week ago.
I'd love it if you could take a look and give your two cents of advice/constructive critisim

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http://www.seibertron.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=11448&sid=

by **sdefedder** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 10:09 pm

glad nemesis-kidd didn't win all the auctions, sick of him lurking to last second and bidding high. Think he won all the auctions apart from Jazz. He must be loaded paying up to $800-$900 for each figure, crazy, least someone else can appreciate your figures. Hope you do Starscream and BumbleBee again though

News Credits: 8 · by **Jin Saotome** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:14 am

sdefedder wrote:glad nemesis-kidd didn't win all the auctions, sick of him lurking to last second and bidding high. Think he won all the auctions apart from Jazz. He must be loaded paying up to $800-$900 for each figure, crazy, least someone else can appreciate your figures. Hope you do Starscream and BumbleBee again though

I was TOTALLY blown away there, people fighting towards the very end but everyone paid in full right after the auctions ended. Quite often people bid at the last minute and I make sure to keep an eye on the bidders making sure they're not messing around. It's perfectly ok to try and sneak in there at the end. To some that's pretty exciting!

by **sdefedder** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:39 am

i know there's nothing wrong with it, must be loaded though. Just sneaky but its not illegal

by **shockticus** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 11:43 am

does that Jazz mod split in 2?

by **starhorse** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:04 pm

Great stuff! Keep it coming.

I've been meaning to ask you Jin (since I couldn't seem to find it anywhere in your website tutorials). What exactly do you use for panel lining on your figures?

News Credits: 8 · by **Jin Saotome** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 3:24 am

Yep, Jazz pops apart via posts in his torso. And what do you mean by panel-lining, the black lines? That's just diluted Dragon Black paint that I blackline in with a tiny brush.

by **sdefedder** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:29 am

Jin Saotome wrote:
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

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maybe more yellow color, its too green but still very impressive

News Credits: 8 · by **Jin Saotome** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 2:22 pm

Ratchet buzzsaws!

News Credits: 5 · by **decepticonjon** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 2:57 pm

Jin Saotome wrote:Ratchet buzzsaws!

now that's bad ass

by **qwailo** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 3:31 pm

Dude your stuff is getting better and better each time you post a new one. I'm currently re-painting my movie figures in a similar way to yours but with a few differences. I started with Ratchet and i wanted to post it before you posted yours, but oh well. You are the master and you've beat me to it.

I can't wait to see your Barricade, Ironhide and most of all Leader Prime.

Keep it up man!

Oh by the way what did you use to attach the Buzz Saw on Ratchet? Was it a mini-con connection? Oh and does it spin???

by **Sonray** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 5:12 pm

qwailo wrote:Dude your stuff is getting better and better each time you post a new one. I'm currently re-painting my movie figures in a similar way to yours but with a few differences. I started with Ratchet and i wanted to post it before you posted yours, but oh well. You are the master and you've beat me to it.

I can't wait to see your Barricade, Ironhide and most of all Leader Prime.

Keep it up man!

Oh by the way what did you use to attach the Buzz Saw on Ratchet? Was it a mini-con connection? Oh and does it spin???

I wanna see pics of your stuff too man

by **sdefedder** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 5:23 pm

man the wait is killing me, Need more Jin TFs customs

by **CyberCustomizer** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 7:16 pm

Jin you are the master!!! Keep up the good work.

News Credits: 4 · by **tom brokaw** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:18 pm

wow.... you got some really nice figures there. keep up the good work.

News Credits: 8 · by **Jin Saotome** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 12:32 am

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 **Nujevad** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 1:17 am

Dude, you're my customizing hero.

by **Tramp** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 1:24 am

Those repaints look great Jin. The only problems I see are with Prime and Bumblebee. On Prime you forgot to paint the mock doors on his chest so that they match his real ones. Also, Prime's hand doesn't get replaced by the sword, the sword simply extends out from the wrist along the back of his hand. On Bumblebee, his final battle mask doesn't hide his eyes. They remain exposed. You covered them with those "lenses" which were not used in the final movie. Other than that, they are incredible. Good work.

News Credits: 8 · by **Jin Saotome** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 2:21 am

Tramp wrote:Those repaints look great Jin. The only problems I see are with Prime and Bumblebee. On Prime you forgot to paint the mock doors on his chest so that they match his real ones. Also, Prime's hand doesn't get replaced by the sword, the sword simply extends out from the wrist along the back of his hand. On Bumblebee, his final battle mask doesn't hide his eyes. They remain exposed. You covered them with those "lenses" which were not used in the final movie. Other than that, they are incredible. Good work.

Do'h! They had flames didn't they! Those doors are so small I totally forgot they were therer, good eye! The battle mask for Bee in the movie had some weird sort of 'grating' over it. I made it with little wires at first, but the more I looked at it, the more I didn't like the grates. So I used that control art that shows his mask with the lenses.

by **Tramp** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 2:25 am

I've seen the movie twice now, the first time front row center, and the TV spots innumerable times. There is nothing over his optics when the battle mask is down. They are the only parts of his face left exposed.

News Credits: 4 · by **GrimSqueaker** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 2:43 am

wow-Jin Strikes again!

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 8:04 am

Cool you did it once more!
But how did you make Prime's sword?

by **Sonray** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:49 am

Great work, i was thinking of doing something like that with leader prime and giving him the sword. BTW, how did you make the sword? :grin:

News Credits: 4 · by **Briggs** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:23 am

If you keep this up, I might kiss you.

News Credits: 3 · by **Samsonator** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:00 am

Tramp wrote:Prime's hand doesn't get replaced by the sword, the sword simply extends out from the wrist along the back of his hand.

untrue, when he retracts it you clearly see the blade slide in and the hand slide back out.

Edit: Here's a couple of screenshots illustrating my point (not the greatest quality, but I use what I have to work with):