"Old School" Optimus Prime
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 11:50 pmFor this custom Optimus Prime, I took a 2007 Movie Optimus Prime (Hasbro) and painted him in his Generation 1 colours. I chose to use the first movie version figure as I thought it was more fitting to do a G1 scheme for a G1 movie figure, instead of ROTF Prime.
While adopting the G1 colour scheme, I also wanted him to look detailed realistic at the same time. So the influence of the movie version Optimus Primes can be seen in my detailing. This is not meant to be movie or G1 accurate. It is a 2007 movie prime inspired by G1.
I also wanted the figure to look less bulky and blocky which the 2007 movie Prime tended to look.
Mods, customs and repainting included:
1) Complete repaint to G1 colours of red & blue without the flames. This meant reversing several of the colours that were changed for the movie
2) Repainting certain parts that were made in blue and red plastic to gun metal, red, blue and chrome silver
3) Repainting the entire exo-skeleton with 4 different silver paints
4) Colouring and detailing all piping in copper and electrical wires in green, yellow and blue
5) Highlighting the front grill, bumper, smokestacks, tool box, fuel tanks, steps, sun shields, rims, light covers, back panels and other parts in chrome silver
6) Highlighting all joint/ gear covers and certain pipes in gold
7) Repainting and detailing were also done for the inside the forearms
8 ) Repainting and detailing of the hands
9) Repainting and detailing of the head
10) Modifying, repainting and detailing of the gun. This included fabricating a triple barrel out of brass and aluminum, adding an ammunition drum and fabricating an aluminum handle so that Prime can actually hold the gun
11) Adding a sword to the left hand that is held in place with earth magnets. Sword can be detached or rotated back along forearm.
12) Replacing the soft rubber smokestacks to slimmer angled-end metal ones. This involved cutting off the old rubber smokestacks, hollowing up the base, adding steel pegs and adding the new metal smokestacks. This also ensures the smokestacks always remain straight, unlike the original pliable ones that always slant.
13) Adding a silver plated “Autobot” logo emblem on his left shoulder armour plate. This is a call-back to the G1 figure that has the “Autobot” emblem on his left shoulder
14) Sealing, finishing and waxing the entire figure
See rest of photos at my blog http://backstagebusiness.wordpress.com/ ... -complete/
Thanks for reading!
J C
While adopting the G1 colour scheme, I also wanted him to look detailed realistic at the same time. So the influence of the movie version Optimus Primes can be seen in my detailing. This is not meant to be movie or G1 accurate. It is a 2007 movie prime inspired by G1.
I also wanted the figure to look less bulky and blocky which the 2007 movie Prime tended to look.
Mods, customs and repainting included:
1) Complete repaint to G1 colours of red & blue without the flames. This meant reversing several of the colours that were changed for the movie
2) Repainting certain parts that were made in blue and red plastic to gun metal, red, blue and chrome silver
3) Repainting the entire exo-skeleton with 4 different silver paints
4) Colouring and detailing all piping in copper and electrical wires in green, yellow and blue
5) Highlighting the front grill, bumper, smokestacks, tool box, fuel tanks, steps, sun shields, rims, light covers, back panels and other parts in chrome silver
6) Highlighting all joint/ gear covers and certain pipes in gold
7) Repainting and detailing were also done for the inside the forearms
8 ) Repainting and detailing of the hands
9) Repainting and detailing of the head
10) Modifying, repainting and detailing of the gun. This included fabricating a triple barrel out of brass and aluminum, adding an ammunition drum and fabricating an aluminum handle so that Prime can actually hold the gun
11) Adding a sword to the left hand that is held in place with earth magnets. Sword can be detached or rotated back along forearm.
12) Replacing the soft rubber smokestacks to slimmer angled-end metal ones. This involved cutting off the old rubber smokestacks, hollowing up the base, adding steel pegs and adding the new metal smokestacks. This also ensures the smokestacks always remain straight, unlike the original pliable ones that always slant.
13) Adding a silver plated “Autobot” logo emblem on his left shoulder armour plate. This is a call-back to the G1 figure that has the “Autobot” emblem on his left shoulder
14) Sealing, finishing and waxing the entire figure
See rest of photos at my blog http://backstagebusiness.wordpress.com/ ... -complete/
Thanks for reading!
J C