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by **Taiki** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 11:01 am

Hi... Kinda new here.
really wasn't sure if this would work... and even now, I'm STILL not sure if it works, but...
I kinda like Jazz quite a fair bit?... and it irritated me that he wasn't in TF Prime, even as a mold repaint?... so...
After some mold comparisons...
Door wings?... check.
Legs that resemble G1 and United Jazz somewhat?... check.
Car front chest?... check.
Sporty alt mode?... vaguely?... check.
...
and so I settled on FE Bumblebee. /facepalm
headswap with an extra Generations Jazz that I had around, with his gun as well, kept in it's retracted form so it's like a pistol. no storage room in alt mode sadly.
removed the clip bits from inside his chest to let the hood bits sit a bit lower and more compact...
and did some shaving down of the sharp pointy bits at his elbows and his knees to give it less of a Bee feel...
silver spray paint on, with markered on stripes... and some purposely markered on silver on the forearms and thighs so he doesn't look like a solid block of silver.
...
GODS I hope they come up with a sportier mold so I can redo this...
Thanx for bearing with the verbosity...

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by **warwik311** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 2:40 pm

Interesting choice for the base figure. Well done. :APPLAUSE:

News Credits: 2 · by **xyl360** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 8:45 pm

I'm not generally a huge fan of Jazz, but what you did with that mold is leaps and bounds better than what we got.

Very nice

by **Taiki** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 6:34 am

Thanx guys. XD

News Credits: 3 · by **caked-up** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 7:04 pm

I love the FE Bumblebee mold for BB, but this is amazing! Good choice all around, even if I am not a huge fan of Jazz.

by **Taiki** » Thu Aug 02, 2012 10:24 am

Heh, thanx. XD
I realize the mold is more versatile than most give it credit for?... Given how it mimics some transformations in G1, you can get Prowl/Bluestreak/Smokescreen outta him too, and possibly more besides...

by **Gundamu** » Sun Aug 05, 2012 5:12 am

Oh that is a thing of beauty! I'd buy that mold all over again if it was done as Jazz like this.

by **Taiki** » Sun Aug 05, 2012 5:16 am

Heh, thanx. XD
It's a simple enough custom, if you can get your hands on FE BB and RTS/United Jazz...
but yeah... I'm hoping for an official Jazz on TF Prime at some point, or at least an official remold...

by **Gundamu** » Mon Aug 06, 2012 9:37 am

Taiki wrote:Heh, thanx. XD
It's a simple enough custom, if you can get your hands on FE BB and RTS/United Jazz...
but yeah... I'm hoping for an official Jazz on TF Prime at some point, or at least an official remold...

Being that he's my all time favorite character I can wholeheartedly agree.

by **Taiki** » Mon Aug 06, 2012 8:59 pm

I'm hoping that the TF Prime game spawns us a couple of toys... either new molds or repaints?...
I love the released concept sketches for Prowl and Barricade... hoping to see them as toys at some point...