The Energon Pub

by **TM TM2 Dinobot** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 11:42 am

Dear God above, I HATE this movie. There is NOTHING good that can come of it. Actually, I mean the movie movie toys. The others (Robot Heroes, Target Energon repaints, ect. Those are awesome) are just awesome. But the movie toys aren't worthy to be scrap.

...Or are they? I got movie Blackout, thinking he'd be awesome. He wasn't. He was out of the box all of 10 mins before he went under the knife. I'd already planned to put a Snow Cat head on him, and maybe change out his hands and feet. As it was, I yanked out the entire arm assembly and replaced it with Evac (a scrapped BW Silverbolt project. Don't use spray paints!) Hollowed out the chest and put in Snow Cat's head, the replaced the feet with Lazer Prime's.

I started painting and went with an urban cammo, but I didn't like the way that looked. So I figured with a name like Blackout, what other color could he be? Fortunately (Thank You, God!) the plastic wasn't vynal based, so it stood up to enamel high gloss black paint.

So, He's in the middle of being painted. I just need to get some other colors on him. I was thinking maybe silver and teal. Any thoughts?

Website · by **Skullgrin140** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 1:30 pm

Looks good so far, I like the use of Snowcat's head

by **rhinox555** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 1:37 pm

I just can't share in your opinion,sorry,but i really like everything about the movie and it's toys.

by **TM TM2 Dinobot** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 1:41 pm

rhinox555 wrote:I just can't share in your opinion,sorry,but i really like everything about the movie and it's toys.

Opinion that Blackout looks better kitbashed, or opinion that the movie is trash?

Thanks Skullgrin!

by **rhinox555** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 1:55 pm

'bout the movie,the kitbash is...well i can't put my finger to it,what kind of paint di you use,cause it looked like you forgot to ungrease the figure first.

by **TM TM2 Dinobot** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 2:37 pm

High gloss black Testors enamel. He's far from done though.

by **rhinox555** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 3:38 pm

Yeah,enamel tends to look bad,i reccomend Tamiya spray paint.

by **Greyryder** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 3:38 pm

Can that guy still transform? Good luck with the kitbash.

Have to say that I really like most of the movie toys, and Blackout is one of my favorites.

by **TM TM2 Dinobot** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 7:31 pm

Oh yeah. He is still 100% fully transformable.

by **TM TM2 Dinobot** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 11:33 am

Finished!

by **TM divebomb** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 11:35 am

Looks nice dude, much better than the first couple of pics!

by **TM TM2 Dinobot** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 11:38 am

Thank you! Yeah, I pulled a doomtron on this one, I painted him twice. I should have gotten some WIP pics from the beginning, but I only took some when I started in with the black, and I know it really POed some people. The Urban Cammo didn't look good and I learned an important lesson: turn the flash off when photographing gloss.

by **TM divebomb** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 11:40 am

TM2 Dinobot wrote:I learned an important lesson: turn the flash off when photographing gloss.

by **jimsloth** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 5:18 pm

much better. I always said with a name like blackout and the fact that he's supposed to be all stealth and whatnot, he should be black.

by **DTM** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 7:35 pm

did you use the classic Optimus/ or Magnus's arms for the arms?

by **Nemesis Sturmvogel** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:29 pm

That head would be good on Movie Blackout instead of the BW-Inferno like head

Nice work!!

by **Greyryder** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 2:09 am

Da Tran Man wrote:did you use the classic Optimus/ or Magnus's arms for the arms?

He said he used Cybertron Evac.

Website · by **Skullgrin140** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 4:02 am

Lol, your version of Blackout looks good enough for a Movie cartoon

by **DTM** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 7:25 am

Greyryder wrote:
Da Tran Man wrote:did you use the classic Optimus/ or Magnus's arms for the arms?

He said he used Cybertron Evac.

ohh. When I looked at the shoulders it had the similar "wires" as the classic version

by **TM TM2 Dinobot** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:42 am

Thank you guys. I've found the reactions on this one more fascinating then anything else.

by **Kryptokron** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 3:09 am

Thats pretty cool work, even though I'm a little iffy on the paint. But then it's yours, so you do it the way you want to. I'm going to attempt my very first kitbash on a movie Blackout, coincidentally. I want his legs to look more like they did in the movie, with the quasi avian look.Would you happen to have any suggestions on how I might go about it without totally destroying the figure?

News Credits: 1 · by **Repair Bay** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:36 am

Wow. Well, I'll tell you what. I was kind of skeptical of how this wold come out at first, but it looks really great! I'm almost surprised it transforms, too. I think its kind of ironic how you used Evac's arms, since Blackout was remolded into Evac

News Credits: 1 · by **TM2 Dinobot** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 7:42 pm

Wow, never realized that this got back up and running.

Repair Bay wrote:I think its kind of ironic how you used Evac's arms, since Blackout was remolded into Evac

Yeah, the irony of that wasn't lost on me either.

Kryptokron wrote:Thats pretty cool work, even though I'm a little iffy on the paint. But then it's yours, so you do it the way you want to. I'm going to attempt my very first kitbash on a movie Blackout, coincidentally. I want his legs to look more like they did in the movie, with the quasi avian look.Would you happen to have any suggestions on how I might go about it without totally destroying the figure?

I can sum up my advise in one word: Don't. Blackout is by far the crappiest Transformer I've ever had the displeasure of spending money on, beating out the wave 1 Titanium Megatron, hands down. I did everything in my power to fix this blasted mold, and this is the best I could come up with. So honestly, you can try if you want, but Blackout's legs are like the Winchester House; it has pieces that do nothing.

I appreciate all the great comments guys. It's been a while, and even with all the negative reaction on my choice of paint, the compliments shine through.

by **Thundercracker Prime** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:12 am

that could be repainted as armada cyclonus and look reeeeeeeally good. but it looks reeeeeeeeeally good anyway. :grin:

TM TM2 Dinobot wrote: The Urban Cammo didn't look good

any pix of the urban camo 1? it sounds ok

News Credits: 1 · by **TM2 Dinobot** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 11:52 am

Thundercracker Prime wrote:that could be repainted as armada cyclonus and look reeeeeeeally good. but it looks reeeeeeeeeally good anyway.
TM TM2 Dinobot wrote: The Urban Cammo didn't look good
any pix of the urban camo 1? it sounds ok

You can see some of it in the first set of pics. The blue/blue gray.