The Energon Pub

[flix]

Finally finished my movie Swindle.
made from a landmine body and a wreckage head.


I thought this DPV (desert patrol vehicle) had a close visual connection with G1 swindle. So I decided early on to do a repaint in that direction.
I believe this vehicle is black in real life but that couldn't stop me.

I'm glad he's done because there were a lot of small pieces to repaint here and although it looks like there aren't that much colors on him on first sight. I can assure you every part has a slightly different color just to increase reality and depth.

This repaint was quite time consuming because of the different washes and weathering I did on this. there was also some mild dry brushing involved and a lot of matte finish.

I started with a nice even airbrushed sand color brown, and after adding different brown washes and a thicker black wash the figure got a lot of color depth.

original color versus brown wash


black wash



created some decals for this one as well. true Gijoe freaks should be able to figure out what the vehicle number referres to

new color pallette:
brown, black, dark grey , dark brown, sand brown, sea grey, light grey


enjoy!





































posing with his buddy Onslaught
http://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/viewtopic.php?f=159&t=47067

[Valandar]

Excellent work! I love the "Life's a Bargain" slogan at the base of the windsheld! How'd you do it - print out decals, or use an airbrush and a template?

[Mykltron]

Looks so real! It really looks dirty and used (no rudeness intended!). Did you consider writing 'wash me' somewhere in bad handwriting?

[Solrac333]

Jeez! AWESOME!

[Bryon1024]

Flix, I gotta say you do a damn good repaint and such. You managed to capture Swindle down par! It's as if he was done for the movie itself!

-Bryon

[OPTIMUS MAGNUS]

Dude...this is beyond badass. Spectacular work!

[Swiftpaw]

Now -that- is a Movieverse Swindle, not the silly car (... though, I could see Swindle with a car mode to run a chopshop) this certainly suits him!

LOVE the 'Life's a Bargain' detailing. It's SO Swindle-y.

[shonenfan4]

Great figure, almost as if it was an official release!

[Convotron]

Excellent work! The Landmine mold and Wreckage head sculpt work so well for a movie version Swindle.