EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:And these Testor's enamels actually dried on TF plastic instead of staying perpetually tacky? What sorcery did you use to pull that off?
Yep, they seem to work pretty well! To be honest, I know absolutely nothing about painting transformers, I just used the paint I've used on models in the past. Do acrylics usually work better?
In my experience, yes. My attempts at painting TFs with Testor's enamels, the paint never fully dried like it did on models, it stayed tacky forever and got filthier and filthier over time, and was prone to rubbing off on my hands. The metallic paints were especially bad about this.
Never had that problem with acrylics. You've got to be careful what brand you pick, though: Avoid Americana, it tends to be a little on the chunky side and not come out smooth. I've generally had good results with Apple Barrel, CraftSmart, and DecoArt. Tamiya (which is pricier) is the brand you always here "pro"'s and magazines bleating about, and it
is decent quality... at first. But it's vulnerable to turning to gum in the jar, especially the red (also had that happen to me with the Testor's Enamel red). Apple Barrel, DecoArt, and CraftSmart have never done that to me. Despite being cheap brands.
More comments on SS Megatron: As I was saying, the main purpose of the gappy torso would seem to be to enable transformation into an accurate tank mode. On the CGI model, Megatron's arm performs a somewhat complex transformation to become the main gun (the claw folding back and flattening out, his hidden right-hand fingers or at least what look like them forming a muzzle extension - possibly a focusing array - for his fusion cannon, etc). That'd be fancy hat trick to pull off in toy form, especially at Voyager size, and even if they did manage it at that size... from what I've seen it would probably just end up being bashed as overly fiddly
. So instead a main gun that doesn't actually transform from anything is stored in his torso in robot mode, and his arms have to tuck away into the torso in tank mode. The torso is hollow to make room for that, and has exposed gaps because it doesn't look like there wouldn't be anywhere to hide the cover panels in tank mode without them partsforming
Moving on from his torso, I'm not sure if I've seen him configured into the "flying tank" mode. Can the Studio Series toy actually assume that mode?