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Arms Micron Heavyweight

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Arms Micron Heavyweight

Postby Flashwave » Thu Jun 11, 2015 2:25 am

Motto: "Our society's downfall will not be this war. The war IS our society. That which will get us will be the little things. Some humanoid race, some tossed cannon, the little things that no one looks out for. THAT is for what we must be vigilant."
Weapon: Twin Shoulder-Mounted Rocket Launchers
I'm back, and with more Microns.

Today, you;re gonna get something of a LIVE view, because as I write this, the Micron in question is to my immediate right, drying.

So who am I painting?

Heavyweight.

Who?

You know, the bubblegum guy that comes with the Botcon 2015 Boss Megatron. Yeah. When Botcon revealed that to us, I said "That's Awesome. Why didn't I think of that? Why is he PINK?" Nothing against the color pink, but for Megatron? I get it that he's supposed to match Meg's Energon Mace from the G1 cartoon, but that mace always struck me as a glowing purple. Although as bright as it is, it's hard to call it purple in some shot. And since transparent plastic, the usual go-to for energy weapons was out, and I wanted a mace for my Generations Megatron, I found a B.H on sale at BBTS for 6 and change. He padded my order for the Fembots and Protectobots.

The Color Purple:
I decided to reuse the Grape color I used for Razor-Sharp. Saves money, and not bad. It's a little dark, compared to a glowing energon thingy, but then it's also important to remember this is not a glowing Energon thingy.

With my Arms Microns, I like to paint on the Sprues. In cases of 2 colors, I will try to cut the sprue around the parts to make two pieces, or pop larger pieces loose and paint them. The nice thing about painting with the Sprue, besides keeping everything together, is that if you're smart and don't paint a small corner, you can turn the sprue over and paint both sides almost simultaneously. The downside, you'll need to touch-up any flashing after you cut the pieces, but that's small potatoes.
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Heavyweight looks like that on a Sprue. LOTTA Purple.

By luck, the same Itime I bought him I bought a Jida to do as Lionizer. They have identical chest crystals and opposing factions, so I can swithc faction stickers and crystals. BH's original orange makes more sense with Lionizer's colors. And when I put the green crystal, BH started looking like another Megatron's sword. Which is awesome.

After I cut him from the sprue, I assembled him and transformed him. I don't see detail colors until I have him whole and the figure can tell ME what to paint. Which is what Heavyweight did for me. I knew I wanted green details to match his chest crystal. I didn't know I wanted them on the flail. He told me that. He also told me to do his nosepiece in green. I did those with a small paintbrush. the green is an acrylic "Spring Green."
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The pink splotches are camera flash. There are places where you can see his original blue. I'll touch those up soon.

Next, I knew I wanted Silver to detail. But my Silver is not with me. He said "I want my gunbarrels Black." "Ooohkay. I said. Black I had. I did his armports and Shoulderpads to round out both halves of him.
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At this point, I started getting a Transtech Shockwave vibe from him. We've lost a lot of the purple, but I think I'm okay with that.

More to come!
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Re: Arms Micron Heavyweight

Postby Thadicon » Thu Jun 11, 2015 7:03 pm

Motto: "Theatricality and Deception, Powerful agents to the unintiated"
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Another micron really done well. great job :D
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Re: Arms Micron Heavyweight

Postby Flashwave » Thu Jun 18, 2015 10:23 am

Motto: "Our society's downfall will not be this war. The war IS our society. That which will get us will be the little things. Some humanoid race, some tossed cannon, the little things that no one looks out for. THAT is for what we must be vigilant."
Weapon: Twin Shoulder-Mounted Rocket Launchers
Thadicon wrote:Another micron really done well. great job :D


Thanks, but I ain't done yet!
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Re: Arms Micron Heavyweight

Postby Flashwave » Mon Jun 22, 2015 1:13 am

Motto: "Our society's downfall will not be this war. The war IS our society. That which will get us will be the little things. Some humanoid race, some tossed cannon, the little things that no one looks out for. THAT is for what we must be vigilant."
Weapon: Twin Shoulder-Mounted Rocket Launchers
Alright, internet points to anyone who can tell me what glaring error I didn't do first...

Yes, that's right, the chain, also known as the single most importaant piece fo the weapon mode, is supposed to be attached BEFORE the spikeball halves are snapped together... two screwdrivers later, I mnaged to seperate both halves without braking a tab, and the chain has been reattached. Which means, it's time for more detailing.

I'm in love with the figure. It's a dumpy little robot with no proportions, but the detailing in the plastic is amazing. Even compared to some other Arms Microns. In painting the individual spikes, which I had intended to do, I also found myself wanting to bring out the details in the center. Even the seam, where both halves came together had rectangular patterns. I didn't want to draw too much attention, but they needed to be brought out. I toyed with doing them in green, but decided on the more subtle black.

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And while I had the silver out, I gave him silver hands.
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His eyes ARE Silver, but hard to draw out the details in the lighting. and his nose piece is green
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Re: Arms Micron Heavyweight

Postby Flashwave » Mon Jun 22, 2015 1:59 am

Motto: "Our society's downfall will not be this war. The war IS our society. That which will get us will be the little things. Some humanoid race, some tossed cannon, the little things that no one looks out for. THAT is for what we must be vigilant."
Weapon: Twin Shoulder-Mounted Rocket Launchers
"Total Domination is Total Living"
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Could this be the day that Megatron has finally had enough of Starscream's slag? SOMEONE certainly hopes so...


In the often fondly called "Golden Ages" existed a class of Cybertronian that was as important as they were replacable. The disposabel class Heavyweight fit into this worl as a spre power core and memory backup to a failing master with a violent habit of overcharging. When present, Heavyweight was constantly and belligerently punted aside."Not to be seen unless needed". Yet, when Heavyweight stayed to the shadows, he would be vocally tortured for keeping his master waiting. This endless, repeating cycle taught Heavyweight that being in control was what seperated Him from Them. He began to idolize a pair of Senate Enforcers using the meager scrapings of others of his class to afford black market modifications from a mantis like Super-Surgeon. When War broke out, this Doctor recruited him into the Decepticons, and ultimately as the dispensoer of pain for Megatron himself. Ultimatley, Heavyweight is the happiest he's ever been. He's doesn't mind being manhandled, because he knows that as a tool, he's the one causing someone else's misery.

Some fun in demoing his weapon forms.
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