The Energon Pub

by **Hobbyist Prime** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:06 am

Your bringing a happy tear to my eye!

News Credits: 1 · by **TFmaster** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 7:17 pm

Viagra-Prime wrote:Update: made the rear treads more forward and added some stuff.

The most complimentary thing I can say is "I hate you".

This is the second thing you've made that I want!

Love how he's turnning out man!!! Can't wait to see more.

TFM

by **Ramrider** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 7:29 pm

Right... this from the guy with the green-making Megatron scratch..? :wink:

by **TFLobo** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 9:33 pm

Looks great VP!

Did you wrap the wood rod in styrene?

by **Pun-3X** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 9:35 pm

Damn, that thing is coming along. I'm amazed at how you even do it.

by **Viagra Prime** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 9:43 pm

Overlord wrote:
The most complimentary thing I can say is "I hate you".

This is the second thing you've made that I want!

Love how he's turnning out man!!! Can't wait to see more.

TFM

Heh, thanks. And I want your MP TWW Megatron.

So here's the head. What do you guys think of the size? Seems a tad too big?

by **Viagra Prime** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 9:47 pm

Lobo wrote:Looks great VP!

Did you wrap the wood rod in styrene?

Yes, I did. The rod wasn't quite big enough so I wrap styrene around it to make it wider.

by **gawd6sic6** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:10 pm

not too big , maybe a little wide.....

by **gawd6sic6** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:10 pm

edit.. oops double post....

by **Pun-3X** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:23 pm

Yeah, the head seems a bit too big. Not just too wide, it feels a little too tall as well. (and mostly too tall)

Dunno if you can take it apart and cut pieces down or not. :/

by **Viagra Prime** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:34 pm

Pun-3X wrote:Yeah, the head seems a bit too big. Not just too wide, it feels a little too tall as well. (and mostly too tall)

Dunno if you can take it apart and cut pieces down or not. :/

Once you glue the styrene together with cement glue (which fuses the styrene together) its hard to take apart. But it's not too hard to build from scratch so I'm just going to make another one.

by **Tramp** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 11:41 pm

I take mine apart when building all, the time. There are a few ways to do so. One is to reapply some of the plastic welder to the seam and then use a knife to split it. Or, you can just cut the seam and forego the solvent all together. For pieces with a lot of surface area glued together though, applying more solvent is a necessity.

by **Greyryder** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 1:37 am

The head looks perfect to me, but I've found that the proportions most people preffer strikes me as being a bit pinheaded.

If anything, I'd say the neck looks a little long and/or thin.

by **piranacon** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 4:01 am

i dunno why but the upper body looks a bit small compared to the picture you showed

by **nobody1898** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 8:32 am

maybe have the head angle in towards the front like energon shockblast.

by **Viagra Prime** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 1:31 pm

piranacon wrote:i dunno why but the upper body looks a bit small compared to the picture you showed

It is smaller, but I like it that way better. Often times, in the comics certain body parts are drawn out of proportion (e.g. oversized chest) to emphasize something (e.g. to make said character more brute like) and this seems to be the quite the case in TWW. I kinda went with it with Grimlock (bigger chest, smaller head) since I don't mind seeing Grimlock more brute like. But not as much with Shockwave though.

by **piranacon** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 2:09 pm

i knew it would have been on purpose but didnt know why, i thort mayeb differant pictures drew him differant
cant wait to see him all painted up now

by **TM TM2 Dinobot** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 3:15 pm

You do know that Shockwave was his regular mold in TWW, right? :p

Other then that... Looks amazing!

by **Viagra Prime** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 3:24 pm

TM2 Dinobot wrote:You do know that Shockwave was his regular mold in TWW, right? :p

Other then that... Looks amazing!

Yes, I know, which is why I put "concept art style" on the thread title to differentiate it from the style they used in the comics (which is the space gun). I like this design alot though so chose to scratchbuild it.

by **Viagra Prime** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 8:35 pm

with new head:

by **Tramp** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 9:14 pm

Much better.

News Credits: 1 · by **TFmaster** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 11:38 pm

Viagra-Prime wrote:with new head:

That's what i'm talking about man!!!

Looks great. My only real beef would be the hand gun. If you look again at the concept art it's actually double barreled. (That is if your trying to make it as accurate to the concept art as possible)

Othere then that this bad boy does make me salivate. Maybe find some energon weapons you can cut up to make the other barrel and still have it clear.

TFM

by **Viagra Prime** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:12 am

Overlord wrote:
Viagra-Prime wrote:with new head:

That's what i'm talking about man!!!

Looks great. My only real beef would be the hand gun. If you look again at the concept art it's actually double barreled. (That is if your trying to make it as accurate to the concept art as possible)

Othere then that this bad boy does make me salivate. Maybe find some energon weapons you can cut up to make the other barrel and still have it clear.

TFM

May not be clear in the pic I provided but I positioned the gun on the upper portion of the arm (instead of middle) for precisely that purpose...to add the 2nd smaller barrel (or cartridge or whatever that thing is) later. I was just going to make it out of styrene so it won't have the translucent effect but I figured it was a cartridge or battery of some sort for the gun so it won't be needing to light up.