The Energon Pub

by **keeblezak** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 1:47 pm

since there are that many pics, i'l just post a link to my photobucket account. this was actually finished in mid august but i never got round to taking decent pics :lol:

dammit, i just checked the pics and they are terrible, the lighting is fine but detail is hazy. oh well, best i could do.
http://s20.photobucket.com/albums/b203/u3a/ths%20magnus/
how do you likey?

by **Nemesis Sturmvogel** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 3:04 pm

It keeps the G1 Look.

by **Tramp** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 4:20 pm

Not really, G1 Ultra Magnus is white when not in armor.

by **keeblezak** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 4:34 pm

shut up tramp- can't you deal with it now? anyway, it has a charecter of a more warrior oriented magnus. warrior magnus, or get-out-of-my-face-or-i-will-slaggin'-kill-you-magnus he really has a drill sargent. you could just imagine him telling decepticons to wait thier turn as he dismembered galvatron or something :lol:

now, i need to find something to stop my rambling

by **johndillinga2003** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 4:40 pm

keeblezak wrote:shut up tramp- can't you deal with it now? anyway, it has a charecter of a more warrior oriented magnus. warrior magnus, or get-out-of-my-face-or-i-will-slaggin'-kill-you-magnus he really has a drill sargent. you could just imagine him telling decepticons to wait thier turn as he dismembered galvatron or something
now, i need to find something to stop my rambling

I agree, Tramp Lighten Up!, If he's happy with how it turned out or how it looks just leave it at that and click the back button and go look at someother thread....

by **Tramp** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 4:45 pm

I was just replying to what Sturmvogel said, when he said it looked like G1 Magnus. I'm just sayng no, it doesn't look like G1 Ultra Magnus because G1 Ultra Magnus was white in truck mode and without his armor. I am not commenting on whether that is a good or bad thing. In that regards, to each his own.

by **keeblezak** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 5:23 pm

sorry tramp, i was just looking for an excuse to crack the joke and you fell in the trap

by **Tramp** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 5:31 pm

No problem.

News Credits: 1 · by **TFmaster** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:19 am

Tramp wrote:I was just replying to what Sturmvogel said, when he said it looked like G1 Magnus. I'm just sayng no, it doesn't look like G1 Ultra Magnus because G1 Ultra Magnus was white in truck mode and without his armor. I am not commenting on whether that is a good or bad thing. In that regards, to each his own.

Truth is this. Who the hell made you the authority? You have some great ideas and do some pretty good work but you nit pick at everything and how people do it or portray it. There are time I like you and times where I just want to tell you to "Shut the F**K up already".

It's one thing to be opinionated but Over-opinionated can be a bit much some times. Not all comments and personal peves need to be voiced. Ever think that maybe your nitpicking as often as you do could run off newbies? Give people some slack will ya?

Now that I voiced mine, back on subject.

TFM

by **Caliburn** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 12:37 pm

Hmm.... I have to say it doesn't look bad, but the photo's are a bit too blurry to make a definite comment on it.

by **keeblezak** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 1:47 pm

photography tips?

also YAY my topic isn't dead!

News Credits: 1 · by **evilratbat** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 2:36 pm

tramps correct on the white part but from the look of this its interesting seeing this as a all in one. Original yes and i like it for that. Its a rare thing at times somebody thinks awwww hell lets try to do and good job and do it.

and from that image it shows creative ideal and more so on that note i like the piece Keep it up

by **Tramp** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 4:00 pm

evilratbat wrote:tramps correct on the white part but from the look of this its interesting seeing this as a all in one. Original yes and i like it for that. Its a rare thing at times somebody thinks awwww hell lets try to do and good job and do it.

and from that image it shows creative ideal and more so on that note i like the piece Keep it up

Exactly. While definately not G1 accurate, which I doubt he was going for anyway, it is definately a good job.

by **CX-1** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 6:09 pm

Like his bot mode, not to keen on the blue truck color. But great work dude.

by **keeblezak** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 6:58 pm

the truck colour is a bit forced since i didn't want to paint the legs, though it inspired the 'shut up or puck up boy!' attitude

by **TM Rawhide** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 3:20 am

Pics are a bit too hazy too really make out what everything looks like exactly. Nevertheless, the general outline is obvious and it looks good. You've made it a nice hommage to G1 Magnus. As for the truck, just call it a double hommage: robot mode the G1 supermode, truck the diaclone version.

As for the picture taking:
- enough natural lighting (no flash)
- the macro button for when you take pics up close
- make sure the camera is steady (place it on something, buy a tripod stand; just don't hold it)
- use the timer function (removes all human induced motion)
- take lots and lots of pics (is a trick used by professionals: the chances that you get 5 good pics is bigger when you take 50 pics, then when you just take 5)