DotM Shockwave and Laserbeak!
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 8:09 amI heard people wanted a Shockwave with a yellow eye and the gun on the left hand but decided to go even further than that. He now has a ball jointed neck, ball jointed wrists, a G1 style smaller arm cannon, Cybertanium scimitar attachment, and swappable forearms/eye color so you can switch between G1 and Bayverse looks. I also added new articulated shoulder pads from a Megablocks Halo EVA kit to add some bulk to him. Shockwave's tank mode was redesigned with an articulated central turret base and new front end, removing the 'training wheels' and giving it a more solid look. A new longer hose came from a Spawn Desiccator, the tank end from an Armored Core figure.
Now it's time to paint this beast. I used Testors One Coat Lacquer Purple-Licious which is a metallic. It works WONDERFULLY! Exactly like Tamiya Lacquers, it goes on super smooth, covers any basecoat color, doesn't make pvc sticky (as far as I can tell) and dries in less than a half hour. I also used Tamiya lacquer gunmetal and silver leaf, then detailed with testors gunmetal, mithril silver, quicksilver, Boltgun metal, copper, brass, bronze, and whatever else I could fit in there. Every edge of Shockwave's mold has been given a metallic scrape/scuff then polished into the finish. Oil splatters, dust/debris specks, and scrapes, and blast marks were added. WHEW.
More pics here----> DotM Shockwave
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"You were always my favorite Jerry..but my superiors demand that I must suicide you!"
Oh that creepy Laserbeak, I squealed with joy when he actually started talking. So when making the custom I wanted an equally creepy look for him instead of the baby pigeon face. Laserbeak's eyes were replaced by Modeling Support Goods parts along with other fodder pieces for the lower beak hooks to give him a beady-eyed look. All of his whatever-the-alt-mode-hover-thing was sections removed and his legs for modifications. His hips were then shortened and attached to the main body, hip feathers added, leg coverings trimmed back/resculpted, ball jointed added to wings and longer bladed feathered attached.
I turned his breastbone into a C-clip bar so Breacher's cannon could fit in there making a new breastplate that flipped up (Whirl's gatling works too). Two of WFC Cliffjumper's guns made nice little basters for his wings. His paint job consists of Tamiya Light gunmetal with Testors one coat lacquer diamond dust highlights, copper, bronze, Quicksilver, gunmetal, and tamiya clear red for engine sections. Now Laserbeak is fully poseable with tons of movement, though he no longer has an alt mode.
More pics here----> DotM Laserbeak
Now it's time to paint this beast. I used Testors One Coat Lacquer Purple-Licious which is a metallic. It works WONDERFULLY! Exactly like Tamiya Lacquers, it goes on super smooth, covers any basecoat color, doesn't make pvc sticky (as far as I can tell) and dries in less than a half hour. I also used Tamiya lacquer gunmetal and silver leaf, then detailed with testors gunmetal, mithril silver, quicksilver, Boltgun metal, copper, brass, bronze, and whatever else I could fit in there. Every edge of Shockwave's mold has been given a metallic scrape/scuff then polished into the finish. Oil splatters, dust/debris specks, and scrapes, and blast marks were added. WHEW.
More pics here----> DotM Shockwave
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"You were always my favorite Jerry..but my superiors demand that I must suicide you!"
Oh that creepy Laserbeak, I squealed with joy when he actually started talking. So when making the custom I wanted an equally creepy look for him instead of the baby pigeon face. Laserbeak's eyes were replaced by Modeling Support Goods parts along with other fodder pieces for the lower beak hooks to give him a beady-eyed look. All of his whatever-the-alt-mode-hover-thing was sections removed and his legs for modifications. His hips were then shortened and attached to the main body, hip feathers added, leg coverings trimmed back/resculpted, ball jointed added to wings and longer bladed feathered attached.
I turned his breastbone into a C-clip bar so Breacher's cannon could fit in there making a new breastplate that flipped up (Whirl's gatling works too). Two of WFC Cliffjumper's guns made nice little basters for his wings. His paint job consists of Tamiya Light gunmetal with Testors one coat lacquer diamond dust highlights, copper, bronze, Quicksilver, gunmetal, and tamiya clear red for engine sections. Now Laserbeak is fully poseable with tons of movement, though he no longer has an alt mode.
More pics here----> DotM Laserbeak