The Energon Pub

This is part of my series of new galleries replacing ones that were lost recently due to a server problem.

Ironhide is my least exciting looking repaint so far, although subtle is a nicer word! I've seen quite a few customs of Ironhide by other people and they're all rather too colourful. As my goal with the toys from the 2007 Transformers Movie is screen accuracy and his CGI is mostly black I made most of his robot parts very dark metallic grey then made some parts black to add depth. Canons and hands were made lighter then some parts were highlighted with silver or gold.

There are two things I don't like about this toy:
1) the lack of ball joint neck means he lacks some articulation and seems to be looking down slightly
b) the head is too far back and should be level with the shoulders
I removed his head and inserted a ball joint with split socket in a position that rectifies both problems yet still allows transformation. This also covers up the small gap in front of his neck.







There are more pictures here. Please take a look and leave your comments/questions below!

I kinda of like this.... More sophisticated robot look....

I think it is really amazing how much of a difference the head/neck mod made on this figure. It really makes the figure come to life. I also think that you did a really good job making this figure just look "real". The color choice and application is very powerful. Movie Ironhide is one of my favorite movie molds, and you have done a very good job of making it look like much more than a little plastic toy.

A little ball here, a socket there and Voila! the dreaded hunchneck ironhide is looking lean and mean! I dispised the way this figured turned out off of production but you saved him..

What..no red !?!?!?!?!?!? GASP!