The Energon Pub

[Boanerge]

I was able to find a way to modify the wing/body structures on the movie starscream/thundercracker mold. I think it is a great improvement. It is a fun mold and has interesting proportions but I like it better with a bit more "normal" build.



the mod doesn't affect the vehicle mode much.




critique and comments are welcome.

[keeblezak]

I dont have the fig, what did you do?

i have the fig and i have no idea either

[TM badbadryan]

I have to know how you did this!!!

[Retread]

Looks like the wings fold in now, instead of up? Shoulders look like they sit up higher, closer to the head.
Slims him down a bit and looks pretty good. I'd think about painting the grey parts too, but I guess hasbro is to blame there as well.

[TM Devastator]

How the heck did you do that?? I demand a tutorial! He really does look better now.

[J.T.Silversmith]

Hey, that does look really cool. I don't want to "steal his thunder" so to speak, but one of the things he did was add a ball and socket joint to the wing root in jet mode, this let the other parts fold up better when transforming. I do know he would like to do some other mods, and if he can pull it off, this thing will look SOOOOO much better than the original.

[rhinox555]

The arms move up WAY further now,my complaint about movie screamer was the arms,this mod actually makes him look likable.
Awesome work dude

[Boanerge]

Yes, as J.T. said I added a ball and socket joint at the base of the wing to pivot the whole wing assembly toward the back so things folded up alot more. I am hoping to post a tutorial here soon but, I am not on much. I have some pictures of some of the steps I took in the off chance some body wanted to see.

The ball I used for the joint is a bright bllue and you can see it in both pictures so you may be able to get some idea of how I did this, if you are familiar with the figure.