The Energon Pub

[clay]

Copied in part from my post back at the Archive.

I was never happy with my Viper Stunticons - being some of the very first customs I did, they weren't especially well done.

Took a friend's suggestion to just use Decepticharge as Dragstrip, so I just needed to make a new Wildrider and Breakdown. The Mazda and Acura are my favorite molds, so...

Wildrider - very simple Meister repaint.

http://tfarchive.com/visions/clay/images/wildrider1.jpg
http://tfarchive.com/visions/clay/images/wildrider2.jpg
http://tfarchive.com/visions/clay/images/wildrider3.jpg
http://tfarchive.com/visions/clay/images/wildrider4.jpg
http://tfarchive.com/visions/clay/images/wildrider5.jpg

Breakdown - repainted Binaltech blue Prowl w/Reprolabel stickers

http://tfarchive.com/visions/clay/images/breakdown1.jpg
http://tfarchive.com/visions/clay/images/breakdown2.jpg
http://tfarchive.com/visions/clay/images/breakdown3.jpg
http://tfarchive.com/visions/clay/images/breakdown4.jpg
http://tfarchive.com/visions/clay/images/breakdown5.jpg

Motormaster is just a Nemesis Prime with the leg extension mod and a vanity plate.

http://tfarchive.com/visions/clay/images/motormaster1.jpg

I'm out of my mind. I had never painted an Acura before, so what did I do? Buy a $50 version of a mold I have no experience with and paint it white, one of the hardest colors to work with (I did very carefully examine my Prowl first to make sure I could disassemble one, though).

Craziness!

[tentagil]

Look pretty good. I'm currently turning a Classics Mirage into a Dragstrip for a Stunticon set of my own.

[Superquad7]

I really like that Breakdown a lot! Keep up the good work!

[clay]

Tinkered with Wildrider a bit more. I reshaped the pegs on the arms slightly (thanks Ratbat!) so that the doors can be mounted there for robot mode (like on the original toy), and sprayed it with a glossy clear coat yesterday to give it a shine. First time I've ever used the stuff: I'm pleased with the result, but it takes forever to dry compared to everything else I use.

Shiny like a real car!
Arm mod
Arm mod in action
Arm mod in action (different angle)

I still need to do some minor touch-ups, but I'll get some higher-resolution pictures taken soon.

[TENIME_art]

Those're awesome. What kind of paint did you use? Have any chipping/flaking/scratching problems?

I want to do Classics Stunticons, and your paintjobs are amazing...

Do the rest!!

[evilratbat]

no probs clay to honest i am honoured that someone used my mods.

And looking at the work on Him its really Helped bring out the Character that bit More

[clay]

Tinkered with Breakdown a bit today. Drilled a small shaft in the handle of the nightstick so that it can combine with the engine block to make a rifle, and added the door mod I saw Pun-3x use on his Red Alert.

I think I'm going to wash and repaint the head, though. It's a bit sloppy for some reason.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f303/claywyatt1982/kitbash/stunticons/P8270280.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f303/claywyatt1982/kitbash/stunticons/P8270281.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f303/claywyatt1982/kitbash/stunticons/P8270282.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f303/claywyatt1982/kitbash/stunticons/P8270283.jpg

[freeway]

hi, saw those nice repaints u did.
May i knkow if those are binaltech or alternators?
I'm trying to take appart my diecast binaltech for repainting but i can't remove the door rivert.

Any advice will be great!

[StarThunderWarp]

I like the Breakdown the best

[StarThunderWarp]

He looks super special awesome