The Energon Pub

hi Im a bit of a novice to both social networking and customising so im sorry if I unintentualy break any networking eticete rules. I have been doing customs for about two or three years to expand my collection of transformer villains I simply couldnt wait for them to release a toy for airachnid so I went to work straight after the episode predetary went on youtube so if the helicoptur mode appears like an afterthought its cos it kind of is so as a result is far from perfect. I would have loved to incorperated the spiderlike leggs into the helicopter mode perhaps as some of the blades but sadly the legs I had chosen for it at the time wouldnt work in this way. despite this I am really pleased with the transformation I eventualy reached as it gains a kind of duocon like quality alongside its drill mode and the drill bit expands to give it something to help it balance it (two leg) robot mode. I would really appreciate any opinions of feedback on this. I would also love to know how people think the eventual offiial toy is gonna work cos it quite a different design

Would love to see some more pics of the alt mode!

But otherwise, you captured the bot mode perfectly! That is awesome!

these are cool but what are you gonna do with em when toys of them are out? knockout if official and i would bet any amount of money that hasbro will make a arachnid and breakdown.

im not sure what I plan to do when they release the official ones I had the same problem with my really cool straxus custom I did when they released that darkmount toy. when I heard the rumours of airachnid having a new alt mode of a helicopter I thought mine would be unique as changing its alt mode would also change its robot design and mine would be a pre earth protoformish spider version but in the cartoon she keeps her strange spider design so I couldnt resist trying to give mine a transformation to match. I do customs to further my collection of transformer vilains and because I find it fun and rewarding even tho I knew I would be a bit pissed when the proper one comes out I guess im just very impatient

HOT DIGGITY DAMN THOSE ARE AWESOME.

(caps for emphasis, not screaming, though these deserve to be screamed about.)

The head sculpt on Knockout and Airachnid are awesome! If you didn't tell me Airachnid was a custom, I'd have thought it was a fig you bought off a guy who smuggled it out of a factory.

As for Knockout, using ROTF Sideswipe's body was a good choice for him.

ok I have taken some more photos today I tried to get some more photos of its alt mode as I was asked earlier. As I said earlier the helicopter is far from perfect to improve this Im thinkin of atempting to try and add a ball and soket joint into the wrist area so I could fold the hands under to be less visible in helicopter mode this could be really difficult due to it slender shape and I havnt fully thought it through yet

Screw the helicopter mode, I love that robot mode!

Wow! That's amazing. Knock Out and Breakdown look incredible too. I never would have thought of making those 2 out of the movie Sideswipe and Stockade molds. I'd like to see more images of them.

Too... Much... Awesomeness...

prowl123 wrote:Too... Much... Awesomeness...

This ^

This has been in Customs for ages! Why did this take so long? AAAaaahhh... well, who cares, true talent is showcased here today, Bravo!

Bot- and Spider-modes are awesome. I fail to see how any official release could compare on those two modes. Too bad you couldn't incorporate the legs as the helicopter blades to avoid the duo-con bit, but reality IS a bitch.

What are those spider legs from? They look really familiar.

Lapse Of Reason wrote:What are those spider legs from? They look really familiar.

SAME.
Wanting to say some Animorph thing, but I know I'm WAY OFF!
Can you enlighten us please? Legs from.......?

Lapse Of Reason wrote:What are those spider legs from? They look really familiar.

the legs originaly came from a dr who toy called racnoss

Un-friggin-believable! Completely badass!

NemesisMonkeySupreme wrote:Bot- and Spider-modes are awesome. I fail to see how any official release could compare on those two modes. Too bad you couldn't incorporate the legs as the helicopter blades to avoid the duo-con bit, but reality IS a bitch.

I went to work on her a few days after predatary first aired on youtube so I wasnt aware of the alt mode until a few weeks later when I heard some rumours start to appear about the helicopter mode. By then the legs that I had already selected and started to custamise could never be helicopter blades. the duo con bit isnt ideal but it gains a drill mode which is at least fitting with the character. I have wonderd since to myself if I was to start again how I could get the legs to blades element of the design. I notised an autobot which had a helicopter alt mode from the resent dark of the moon range (I cant remember its name but it might be an old one re-used like whirl or evac) where the blades crisscross his chest and fold down under its armpits and over its shoulders. these blades could work as a starting point as its quit rare for helicoper blades to have joints in them that fold down but the blades would have to have lots of extra joints worked into them at several points going down them which could kinda work but would be extremly difficult given how thin the blades are. has anyone else got any ideas how this could be achieved thanks for feedback and interest