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News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 8:50 am

Artist Alex Milne has updated his deviantART page with his design for Sentinel Prime's predecessor, Nominus Prime, from Transformers Ongoing #23. According to Milne's post he intentionally went with an aircraft vehicle mode because so many previous Prime's have had land based alt modes. The design is also featured in the Transformers: Alex Milne Sketchbook.

by **griftimus prime** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 9:06 am

vehicle mode is crap.

News Credits: 1 · by **Dark Ops** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 9:20 am

Vehicle mode looks like a proto-Thunderwing. I like it. This Nominus fellow was above the peasants, literally and figuratively.

by **Astronopolis** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 9:48 am

i really like how that looks, even though he seems to have been channeling Gundam ZZ: http://www.mahq.net/mecha/gundam/zz/msz-010.htm

News Credits: 60 · by **fenrir72** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 10:02 am

Nominus Prime

Sentinel Prime

Zeta Prime

Optimus Prime?

by **Cougartracks** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 10:50 am

I like it; but being a jet, you know he's just a Decepticon in disguise! I ain't falling for it! :twisted:

by **Mizuno** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 11:09 am

perhaps hes from a time where cons and bots where one :p

I like his vehicle mode though. looks gundamishly nice

by **starwarrior1227** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 11:34 am

griftimus prime wrote:vehicle mode is crap.

agreed, but i still want a figure of this guy.

by **Praxus Prime** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 1:15 pm

I like his design, but... Nominus? My mind immediately went to "nom noms".
:PACMAN:

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Like Michael Alex Kawa on Facebook · by **Michael Alex Kawa** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 1:16 pm

I love the design :APPLAUSE:

.Great work :grin:

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News Credits: 15 · by **Ravage XK** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 1:29 pm

I like. I see a slight hint of the Cybertron Starscream design in there.

News Credits: 62 · by **#Sideways#** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 1:36 pm

fenrir72 wrote:Nominus Prime

Sentinel Prime

Zeta Prime

Optimus Prime?

Sentinel came after Zeta, only in WFC (Or some other continuity that isn't movieverse or G1) does Zeta Prime come right before Optimus.

Looks cool, I want a toy figure of this. =P~

News Credits: 6 · by **BeastProwl** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 2:28 pm

A prime that's a jet? :KREMZEEK:

News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 2:40 pm

All we saw of Nominus Prime in #23 was of his face, and he's got Dai Atlas colors. Sentinel looked much cooler.. even though he was a prick.

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 5:08 pm

As soon as I saw the title for this article, the first thing that came to mind was "Hey look, it's Nom-Nom-Nom-Nominus Prime!". No lie, thats wxactly what I thought. 8-}

In other words, the design looks really great! :APPLAUSE:

by **johnnetee** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 9:47 pm

Um... Hello! All other Primes are land based vehicles because they were Autobots. Autobots are SUPPOSED to be land based. That's been established since day one. The design looks really cool and all but this guy especially if dated way back before Sentinel Prime should be a land based vehicle. Decepticons mastered the ability of flight only in the time of Orion Pax if we're going to go with G1 history. This just makes no sense. Am I wrong?

by **skyquake23** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 10:22 pm

.....skyfire/jetfire....same batch as starscream....old flying Autobots....

by **johnnetee** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 11:27 pm

Weren't they neutral scientists and not associated with either faction?

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 11:58 pm

johnnetee wrote:Um... Hello! All other Primes are land based vehicles because they were Autobots. Autobots are SUPPOSED to be land based. That's been established since day one. The design looks really cool and all but this guy especially if dated way back before Sentinel Prime should be a land based vehicle. Decepticons mastered the ability of flight only in the time of Orion Pax if we're going to go with G1 history. This just makes no sense. Am I wrong?

This doesn't take place within the G1 universe... or does it? If it does, I apologize, never read Ongoing before. :lol:

News Credits: 9 · by **triKlops** » Wed Aug 17, 2011 12:57 am

i'm game for this
waiting to see what happens before judgement

by **dinogeist** » Wed Aug 17, 2011 1:29 am

griftimus prime wrote:vehicle mode is crap.

I agree.

it looks like one of those space power rangers vechicles.

News Credits: 127 · by **Counterpunch** » Wed Aug 17, 2011 9:00 am

Stupid name is stupid.

It's a play off him being "Prime" in name only.

by **MysteriousDewd** » Wed Aug 17, 2011 3:28 pm

I like the alt-mode, it reminds me alot of the alts for WFC.

News Credits: 1082 · by **Tigertrack** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 7:25 am

I want him to be a triple changer...

I'd like to see what weapons he has too.

by **snavej** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 9:09 am

Think of a name ... hmm ... name, num , neme, nom ... Aha! I nominate the phe-nomenally nominal abdominal abominable abnormal Nominus Prime! Genius. Now, let's go for a drink.