Bootleg Classics Megatron repaint WIP
Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:09 pmLots of people loathed the original Classics Megatron's silly color scheme. As for me, the color ruined the toy for me. It was just too much - the yellow greens, the purples, the oranges...
When Jin Saotome came out with his excellent repaint, lots of people followed his example. Which is good.
I, however, can't afford to purchase and experiment on an original Megatron toy. I don't even know where to find one. So I picked up the bootleg which, surprisingly, has a much better color scheme in Robot mode.
Here's what I started with...
Red face, black eyebrows, gold highlights...
My challenge here is to improve on this bootleg, make it more G1, but deviating from the metallic silver Megatron that almost everyone did with their own toy.
What I did first was to detach the "wings" from Megatron's back. On the original toy, you have to drill/carve the plastic so you can pull out the metal pin that holds the hinge. The good news with this bootleg is that there's no metal pin! The hinge itself clips behind Megatron, so you just pull out the joint. and yeah, it can be replaced and detached anytime!
With the wings gone, I started to erase most of the gold highlights and the red face paint. This is what I got...
I have to admit, I very much like this look. Very simple, clean, and uncluttered. But this only looks better in pictures. The angle of the light and the time I took these pics, shadows brought out the details in the mold. Megs, although looking much better than with the bootleg paint application, looks like a big chunk of white plastic.
The plastic color is good enough for me, so what I did was do some panel lining by giving Megatron some light washes. Thanks goes to my girlfriend who mixed up a small batch of paint for me to use.
Here's what I have now.
Bootleg Megatron has no lightpiping. I added red paint for his eyes. It's more obvious under brighter conditions.
I used a thin wash of gray acrylic, applied with a toothpick and cotton swabs.
Up next are the wings!
To be continued!
When Jin Saotome came out with his excellent repaint, lots of people followed his example. Which is good.
I, however, can't afford to purchase and experiment on an original Megatron toy. I don't even know where to find one. So I picked up the bootleg which, surprisingly, has a much better color scheme in Robot mode.
Here's what I started with...
Red face, black eyebrows, gold highlights...
My challenge here is to improve on this bootleg, make it more G1, but deviating from the metallic silver Megatron that almost everyone did with their own toy.
What I did first was to detach the "wings" from Megatron's back. On the original toy, you have to drill/carve the plastic so you can pull out the metal pin that holds the hinge. The good news with this bootleg is that there's no metal pin! The hinge itself clips behind Megatron, so you just pull out the joint. and yeah, it can be replaced and detached anytime!
With the wings gone, I started to erase most of the gold highlights and the red face paint. This is what I got...
I have to admit, I very much like this look. Very simple, clean, and uncluttered. But this only looks better in pictures. The angle of the light and the time I took these pics, shadows brought out the details in the mold. Megs, although looking much better than with the bootleg paint application, looks like a big chunk of white plastic.
The plastic color is good enough for me, so what I did was do some panel lining by giving Megatron some light washes. Thanks goes to my girlfriend who mixed up a small batch of paint for me to use.
Here's what I have now.
Bootleg Megatron has no lightpiping. I added red paint for his eyes. It's more obvious under brighter conditions.
I used a thin wash of gray acrylic, applied with a toothpick and cotton swabs.
Up next are the wings!
To be continued!
