The Energon Pub

[Venomous Prime]

I kind of hurried through this at times.

and once I realized I forgot where certain screws when I basically got irritated and annoying so rushed even more.

This mold was a pain in the ass to work with anyway.

The pins refused to be taken out no matter what I did.

It was a KO Robot Masters Optimus Prime.

So I give you, Venomous Prime with no hands!

Oh, and the pictures are pretty crappy because I have to use my phone camera

[Bumblebee-otch]

you used MP prime as your first paint!?? good job, though!

[Venomous Prime]

no no no, its not MP Prime.

i am not a lunatic! lol

Its a KO Robot Masters Prime.

But thanks for the compliment

[Grahf]

I'd say that it's pretty good for a first try. Knock offs are what I started on myself. Patience pays off with painting. I find if I start to get frustrated, I should just put it down and come back to it in a few hours. While I take whatever I'm working on at the time apart, I leave the pins in.

It's a great start and you only get better with time.

[olokin]

Its a nice first try.

[Giga Prime]

Nice job. My first repaint was a G1 Blurr into Arcee.
Now I just call him Crossdresser Blurr.

[Death-Shed]

Thats a good first try.

My first was a sun-yellowed Kup into e-hobby Orion Pax. I made the mistake of using a thick enamel paint and now have a figure you can see the brush-strokes on from twenty feet away!!

I sill have him but am too ashamed to put up pics.

[Skice]

it's not that bad keep it up Sin! A for effort good buddy!

[Liege Evilmus]

It's Darkamus Blurime!

Kos are great for kitbash trials, but man adjust the lense!

[Venomous Prime]

It's Darkamus Blurime!

Kos are great for kitbash trials, but man adjust the lense!

Like I said, its a camera phone.

Crappy pictures tend to come from them lol

[Dead Metal]

Fear him, he dosen't need hands, he'll kill you with his bar arms!

That doesn't look to bad, but you forgot to put on the Spider!

[waaaaghlord]

If it's the same KO RM Prime that I picked up a while back then I know what you mean about it being a pain. Plastic quality is damn flimsy, to be honest I wouldn't bother working with that version of the mould since I'd expect it to crumble as it came apart. The Wrecker Hook from the same set of KOs is even worse, the ball joints on the elbows actually come glued solid right out of the pack. Kudos for starting out with a figure that's such a git to work with.

I'd like to be able to give some decent feedback on the actual paint application but the quality of the pics makes it hard to assess how smooth you've managed to get it. It looks neat enough though and things can only get easier with a bit of experience, right?

There does seem to be some red showing through on the edges of parts in the alt mode pick. I'm wondering if that's the result of wear since you put him back together. Did you use anything to seal the paint? A decent clear coat over acrylics (left at least a day to cure before you reassemble) should help to minimise this on any future projects.