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The AutoBat

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The AutoBat

Postby guarayakha » Fri Dec 13, 2013 7:21 am

Hi guys, just wanna share another custom of mine :D
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It's basically a repainted Generations Sanstorm with Batmobile parts (with some additional Gundam joints and random TF parts) slapped on him. The idea had struck me ever since I got Springer, but Seibertron's gallery of SS convinced me that the huge wheels fits better with the mod, as does the additional backkibble to rest his Batcape on. A Drift figure was sacrificed for his door-wing joints for AutoBat's feet addon, as well as the chest armor.

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Shield-roof-cape piece is now attached to Sandstorm's weapon handle via a gundam joint, so he's technically a semi-partsformer.
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The AutoBat is painted entirely with Gundam Markers plus metallic Sharpies for the Bronze/Silver/Gold details. It was quite a hassle to do because of the way some parts interlocks in some crazy ways and I'm just not that confident to start taking pins out without damaging the figure, so I had to use paintbrushes to get into some nooks and crannies.

BatEars comes from the thin plactic pieces ontop of Sandstorm's gun. Most of the hard work of this mod is the tiresome process of cutting/filing the chest to allow the ears to pass through during transformation.
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Tumbler Mode
The entire project was made just so I could fit all of the Batmobile pieces onto Sandstorm :P .
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It's just too bad I couldn't fit in the awesome rubber wheels.

It also means The AutoBat had a half-assed Jet mode :grin:
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The Batmobile parts comes from Moebius' 1:25 plastic model kit.
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More pictures from multiple angles here! :DANCE:
http://smg.photobucket.com/user/guarayakha/library/AutoBat

Currently I'm thinking of using the leftover Batmobile wheels for maybe 2 Batpod TFs which also combines into a larger bot similar Victory's Multiforce, but that sounds like too much work and I can't think of any TFs that could fit well with the thin-frame aesthetics :-?

Thanks for stopping by and cheers! :D
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Re: The AutoBat

Postby SKYWARPED_128 » Fri Dec 13, 2013 8:56 am

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Such an awesome custom deserves an applause:

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Re: The AutoBat

Postby Hero Alpha » Sun Dec 15, 2013 11:12 am

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As both a Batman and Transformer fan I have to say that is an incredible job.
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Re: The AutoBat

Postby deceptibot053 » Sun Dec 15, 2013 12:42 pm

Weapon: Acid Spray Gun
looks great :D.
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Re: The AutoBat

Postby thestealthmc » Sun Dec 15, 2013 2:20 pm

GREAT job!! I think Cybertron Ransack could work very well as a base for a Batpod!

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers- ... nsack/569/
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Re: The AutoBat

Postby morphobots » Sun Dec 15, 2013 8:12 pm

One of the better Tumbler Transformers I've seen to date. And I don't think the air mode is all that half-assed. I think it's inspired to be able to work the third mode in there in any way at all instead of just totally sacrificing it.
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Re: The AutoBat

Postby Mykltron » Mon Dec 16, 2013 5:33 am

Motto: "If I win again I'm still the champion. If you win HAH! that's just impossible.

Weapon: tea cup."
The tumbler mode works really well! Nice job.
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Re: The AutoBat

Postby guarayakha » Mon Dec 16, 2013 9:37 am

Thanks for the comments, guys! :x

thestealthmc wrote:GREAT job!! I think Cybertron Ransack could work very well as a base for a Batpod!

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers- ... nsack/569/


Thanks for the suggestion :D But scout class is kinda small (and tough!) for me to work on. And I just happened to come across the FrameArms series (http://hobbynotoriko.yumenogotoshi.com/ ... -nine.html), which is pretty cool and flexible to work on. Probably gotta pluck a few ol' TFs heads for that, heh :P Robin and Batgirl as the Batpods, perhaps? :lol:

Might as well start crackin' on ideas for a Jokertron as well.

Cheers! :PEACE:
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Re: The AutoBat

Postby Sodan-1 » Tue Dec 17, 2013 10:05 am

Motto: "Motive is a universal weakness."
SKYWARPED_128 wrote:Such an awesome custom deserves an applause:

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:lol:
I honestly don't think I could come up with more appropriate praise than that.

You've done amazing work their, guarayakha. Bravo, sir. Given what The Bat ended up looking like in The Dark Knight Rises, I think your "half-assed" jet mode is perfectly acceptable. It kinda reminds me of General Grievous' ship. Or perhaps even an airboat.

Whatever. It's indeed a splendid piece.
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Re: The AutoBat

Postby Mindmaster » Tue Dec 17, 2013 3:01 pm

Motto: "For I have dipped my hands in muddied waters, and, withdrawing them, find 'tis better to be a commander than a common man!"
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Now that's just amazingly cool. ;)^
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Re: The AutoBat

Postby Cyber Bishop » Thu Dec 19, 2013 8:13 pm

Motto: "Ker-Klick... Choom!"
Weapon: Black Magic
Holy crap... That is Awesome!!!
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Re: The AutoBat

Postby triponthisman » Fri Dec 20, 2013 9:22 pm

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Re: The AutoBat

Postby guarayakha » Mon Apr 21, 2014 3:13 am

Some Minor updates...new hands!

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Hands come from MG RX-78-2 Gundam 3.0
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The tech behind this set of hands is the work of some insane black magic. All 5 fingers have full articulated joints, so there's like, 16 points of articulation! :shock:

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Downside, he now has gorilla-ish proportion if he had his arms down :HEADHURTS:
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