The Energon Pub

News Credits: 9 · by **Mykltron** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 8:29 am

The main complaint about this figure is the lack of real hands. By cutting off half of the grey gun barrels I've exposed his long claw-like fingers. I also added a joint to the middle of each finger so each hand has six moving parts. By trimming tabs out of his hips I've increase range of motion for his thighs allowing him to lift his knees higher and swing his legs across his body, giving the illusion of a turning waist. Of course, adding a ball-joint neck is always an improvement! To mimic Starscream's '07 Movie arsenal I used magnets to attach a gattling gun to Skywarp's right arm and made a weapon similar in design to what Startscream uses with his left arm. This was made with offcuts from his arms and ice cream tubs as well as the shafts of his missiles.

I tried giving him a complex paint job but it didn't seem to work so I settled for covering the cheap-looking grey plastic and silver paint with black, adding a few black details to the arms, silver details in the middle of his chest, black lining the red torso area and adding scuffs and scratches all over, but mostly down his left side.

This was nowhere near as complex as the custom I need immediately after (Unicron) but I had fun doing it and love the result.

As usual, there are more pictures here.

News Credits: 2 · by **Convotron** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 11:23 am

Great work as usual!

I'm not a fan of the movie Starscream design but this paint job and custom work on the "hands" definitely elevates the figure.

News Credits: 1 · by **cybercat** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 7:30 pm

I have, alas, no ability to judge the difficulty of your modifications, but the results are just awesome. The 'hands' solution is great! (Yay! Hands!)

HK, drool.

News Credits: 9 · by **Mykltron** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 11:24 am

hellkitty wrote:I have, alas, no ability to judge the difficulty of your modifications, but the results are just awesome. The 'hands' solution is great! (Yay! Hands!)

HK, drool.

Thanks! I know how much 'little hands' can please you! (yeah, I saw that post!)

News Credits: 1 · by **shonenfan4** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 12:06 pm

Nice repaints, but the missiles were suppose to be his "hands"

News Credits: 9 · by **Mykltron** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 5:37 pm

shonenfan4 wrote:Nice repaints, but the missiles were suppose to be his "hands"

Yeah, and you may have noticed that they sucked! I considered using parts of the missiles as armour plates for his fingers but decided it wasn't worth the trouble.