Seen too many Bumblebees? Try Movie Hotshot!
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 12:18 pmThis is my first time customizing a toy that is NOT an Alternator. A few of you may know me from other boards, but I figured I'd sign up over here too.
For those of you that are new to my customs, you can check out my photobucket account here:
http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a178/Squall42080/
So, now that you a little about me...
I present to you, my first non-Alternator custom. Movie Hotshot. I had the intention to turn this extra '08 Movie Bumblebee into a movie accurate version, however, after seeing 101 customs (that were all awesome) I figured it was pointless to throw another out there.
So, here's alternate mode:
And here's bot mode. I painted the robot parts with a color called Fire Pepper Red. The paint is very strong and resiliant, as I have transformed this guy at least 50 times by now.
I thought the color fit Hotshot. No blackwash ...but I did highlight some areas with Testor's gloss red. I detailed some other areas with a combination of black, silver, and gold.
The helmet was created with a lego space man visor, and is held in place by two eyeglass repair kit screws. It is able to move up and down.
I'm anxious to hear what everyone thinks...during the movie I kept picturing Bumblebee as a cross of G1 Bumblebee and Armada Hotshot...and thats where I got the idea.
So...for those of you that don't like Hotshot...you can think of this as Allspark Bumblebee...hahaha
Taking a look at the pics, I realize now that you can see the license plate numbers through the red paint. The flash must have brought that out, cause you can't see it in person. Weird.[/url]
For those of you that are new to my customs, you can check out my photobucket account here:
http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a178/Squall42080/
So, now that you a little about me...
I present to you, my first non-Alternator custom. Movie Hotshot. I had the intention to turn this extra '08 Movie Bumblebee into a movie accurate version, however, after seeing 101 customs (that were all awesome) I figured it was pointless to throw another out there.
So, here's alternate mode:
And here's bot mode. I painted the robot parts with a color called Fire Pepper Red. The paint is very strong and resiliant, as I have transformed this guy at least 50 times by now.
I thought the color fit Hotshot. No blackwash ...but I did highlight some areas with Testor's gloss red. I detailed some other areas with a combination of black, silver, and gold.
The helmet was created with a lego space man visor, and is held in place by two eyeglass repair kit screws. It is able to move up and down.
I'm anxious to hear what everyone thinks...during the movie I kept picturing Bumblebee as a cross of G1 Bumblebee and Armada Hotshot...and thats where I got the idea.
So...for those of you that don't like Hotshot...you can think of this as Allspark Bumblebee...hahaha
Taking a look at the pics, I realize now that you can see the license plate numbers through the red paint. The flash must have brought that out, cause you can't see it in person. Weird.[/url]
