The Energon Pub

First Post, and first TF Kitbash! With pics! He still needs paint, and I'm not entirely sure what to do with the graphics... Critics welcome! Enjoy







...sorry about the picture quality....

I like it! I agree with that paint, but once it gets more paint it will be cool

Thanks.. actually, made a couple more mods to it since that post... the original hinge jambed and broke off, so, I put a new one on and the roof now folds all the way back



I might modify the head a bit more.... not sure on that...

The roof thing sounds good

Nice. Normally I'm not a fan of that mould, but this is looking pretty cool. I'd definitely recommend modding that head, though, as the 'bunny-rabbit ears' look way off.
Looking forward to seeing how you finish this.

Yeah... not a fan of that mould either... it just happened to be best suited to what I had in mind...as for th head... I noticed G1 Jazz's helmet to be very wide... currently looking into ways to emulate that...

Oh... Graphics...





Opinions welcome.

Like 'em a lot. But is the text on that spoiler sticker supposed to be backwards?

yeah.. those blue trapezoids go on the flat risers of the spoiler.

Well.. due to the transformation, I don't think I can make the head any wider... Only real options are to shorten the ears, or just leave them.. unless, of course, I could find a BW non-transmetal Cheetor junker... come to think of it... Machine Wars Primes head would be even better... to bad I junked mine lol

still needs a couple more coats of silver on the back deck and spoiler.

Might I suggest you skip the multiple layers of silver for a a base of flat white (primer) all over THEN apply the silver.

Flate whit paint is a great Idea... to bad I'm out lol... none the less, he is done!







Autobot emblems courtesy of reprolabels.com

Looking good. I wasn't expecting him to be silver, but it works.

Knyghtmare wrote:Well.. due to the transformation, I don't think I can make the head any wider... Only real options are to shorten the ears, or just leave them..

Shorten, definitely. That's all I was suggesting in the first place; it's just that as is, he looks like a mecha bunny rabbit, and as cute as that is, I doubt it's what you're going for. Normally he just has short, sort of horn affairs, a bit like G1 Cliffjumper or Sideswipe. If you trimmed them down to a millimetre or two, and maybe a bit longer toward the centre that the outside, it'd look the biz.

I tried to trim the antenna down and they broke off... I had an old junker R.I.D. Prime... needless to say, he's now ear less.... epoxy on Jazz is setting..

Definitely a lot better.

looks like a rendition of movie jazz

I'd be lying if I said that movie Jazz didn't have some influence (i.e silver instead of white), but it's a lot closer to old school Jazz, even though he's not a porsche.