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Movieverse/Bayverse Cyclonus and Scourge

PostPosted: Wed Jul 04, 2018 5:53 pm
by deceptispoon
Alright, so (to my most current) knowledge the infamous "Bayverse" will be ending with "Bumblebee".
I say 'ending' because while I know there's an apparent 'reboot' on the way that'll technically be a different "universe".

I ended up concocting ideas for my second and third favourite characters to appear in 'Bayverse', heck I even have enough ideas that I could write a pretty neat fanfic/send-off to this set of films but I don't have enough ideas and I have a super-bad habit of starting fics but never finishing them so that'll likely never happen (though who knows I may still give it a go one... distant day)
BUT
I still drew up ideas for these two lovely fellows as they are in my ideas/this half-baked story, so heeeere we go!

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Name: Cyclonus
Faction: Decepticons
Alt mode: A space-faring jet.
Height: Between 57-61ft (minus horns)
Voice: Jörmungandr from God of War Except he only ever speaks Cybertronian, almost never speaks “Human”.
History:
Cyclonus is the guy most people feared, be it his sheer size, intimidating appearance, or the deep rumble that constituted his voice he tended to make everyone nervous.
Thankfully he didn’t speak often and was content to stay in his quarters or in a small corner of the base he had ‘taken over’ and pray quietly.
That was the be all and end all really.

No one realised he never worshipped Primus until it was far, far too late…

On some faraway planet horn-like spires began jutting out from the ground.
It was the invisible signal for him, with a bellowing cry:
“PRAISE UNICRON!”
His former team had barely any time to flee before they became contemporary art as tribute to the great Unmaker.
Even the ones that did get away did not escape it. It’s hard to flee when the guy you’re fleeing from can fly in space and has absolutely no regard for safety at all.

Once his former crew were slaughtered and ‘offered up’ Cyclonus finally left his post to answer the call of his lord.

Crashing down on Earth all he saw was filth.
Disgusting filth entombing the glory of Unicron!.
He prayed to Unicron vowing to free him of this wretched atrocity.

Like a divine answer a voice lead him to a measly sand-covered area of the planet but, like a glorious arrow to the sky a great horn grew from the ground!.

He was not alone either.
Cyclonus was greeted by two beings he’d never seen before, initially he was about to kill them, but once more the divine word of his god spoke to him.
They were his new team, and he will work with them.
Quintessa and Galvatron.

It’s time for Unicron to rise.

Notes/Extra:
  • He makes sounds/roars that are like an awful giant metal elk (loud).
  • He's a walking Biohazard.
    No, really.
    Cyclonus possesses what is essentially a 'crop' like birds, except he likes eating his victims and either storing body parts or their chewed up corpses in there.
    He basically has rotting corpses stewing in their own juices stored in there. Gross.
    This means he has a plethora of nasty bacteria and diseases festering away in there that he is somehow immune to. These diseases mean his bite is horribly infectious and likely to give you a bad case of cyber-gangrene.
    If in a pinch or an especially bad mood he can and will force eject corpse-riddled ooze at an enemy. It's nasty.
  • Big enough to bite Optimus's head off and would likely try.
  • Anything his lord and master Unicron says goes. If Unicron wants Cybertron gone then Cyclonus will rip that mothertrucker apart piece by piece to do it.

    Design notes:
  • He is largely themed off a dinosaur in many aspects. The tail, the raptor claw, the way I made his crotch look like a pubis bone on a dino-skeleton.
  • Seeing as he has the tusks, horns, skull-face and dino-like body I felt butterfly-like wings would make an amusing/interesting contrast.

Onto Scourge (and a Sweep)! He's not AS detailed as Cyclonus both in Bio and in artwork, I couldn't bring myself to try out so many details again, I mean I know it's nowhere near as detailed as the actual movies but still...
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  • He is very, very ancient.
  • Scourge is a long-lost explorer from Cybertron who came to Earth eons ago, he became trapped inside Unicron himself at that time and never escaped.
  • As such he has been acting as a 'personal caretaker' for the dark god, keeping his insides groomed and kept... This is where the Sweeps come in...
  • The Sweeps are actually semi-living tumors that grow on Scourge's back, their growth deliberately encouraged by Unicron himself, they then drop off their 'host', sprout limbs and continue maintenance and protection of Unicron's insides. Yes, they're deliberately horrible.
  • Scourge is... like Jetfire, a little... off his rocker so to say.
  • Due to neglect, lack of use and sunshine Scourge's wings are useless and very frail. He merely keeps them wrapped around himself like a cape.

Re: Movieverse/Bayverse Cyclonus and Scourge

PostPosted: Sun Jul 29, 2018 2:57 pm
by Wingz
How did I miss this? :lol:

Love the detail on Cyclonus! :D Bayverse isn't really my thing, but I enjoy seeing art of other characters in the style. It's quite difficult to pull off well, but you managed to merge it with your style nicely. Well done! (the drool is marvelous XD)

If you do start a fic, would you be posting it on Seibertron? I'd definitely give it a read. The synopsis you provided is written poetically, and it's apparent you've put some time into the idea.

Re: Movieverse/Bayverse Cyclonus and Scourge

PostPosted: Sun Jul 29, 2018 3:54 pm
by deceptispoon
Wingz wrote:How did I miss this? :lol:

Love the detail on Cyclonus! :D Bayverse isn't really my thing, but I enjoy seeing art of other characters in the style. It's quite difficult to pull off well, but you managed to merge it with your style nicely. Well done! (the drool is marvelous XD)

If you do start a fic, would you be posting it on Seibertron? I'd definitely give it a read. The synopsis you provided is written poetically, and it's apparent you've put some time into the idea.


Haha Thank you! It took a long while to get Cyclonus done for all the detail on him being more complex than my usual simplistic/cartoony style, but I am very happy with how he came out! Scourge too, though I did cheat a little by having his wing-cape cover most of him, though I did create a Galvatron to join them (kind of a 2.0 of the one already featured in the movieverse) but he's not on this post.
(The drool just had to be added, there's no way I could've waxed on about his biohazardous bite and saliva without actually adding drool to his image!)

I actually have a good chunk of a story conceptualised with a few angst-ridden twists and some cute moments (Cyclonus getting a pet being one) though it has a long way to go just yet but it's definitely getting there, I mean for one I do have an idea that minimises the amount of human-time in it so it's Cybertronian-focused and it hopefully could kind of wrap the Bayverse up like an actual finisher rather than the cut-off we got in TLK.

If I do, the current concept/maybe name is "A Heretics Gamble/Choice" so if something pops up in the fanfiction area by that title that'll be it. So yes, if I do write it, it'll DEFINITELY be posted here for everyone to read!

Re: Movieverse/Bayverse Cyclonus and Scourge

PostPosted: Sun Jul 29, 2018 4:33 pm
by Wingz
Wrapping him in his wings was a good way to improvise :lol: Something I didn't realize before I picked up digitally coloring my own projects is how much time it takes to complete projects like your Cyclonus. (who most certainly couldn't go without the drool!) :KREMZEEK:

Sounds like a fun read. Thank you for the heads up. I'll definitely keep an eye out! ;)^

Re: Movieverse/Bayverse Cyclonus and Scourge

PostPosted: Sun Jul 29, 2018 5:04 pm
by deceptispoon
Wingz wrote:Wrapping him in his wings was a good way to improvise :lol: Something I didn't realize before I picked up digitally coloring my own projects is how much time it takes to complete projects like your Cyclonus. (who most certainly couldn't go without the drool!) :KREMZEEK:

Sounds like a fun read. Thank you for the heads up. I'll definitely keep an eye out! ;)^


Well after doing Cyclonus, I most certainly didn't want to do all those details again, even though Scourge was going to be heavily simplified I still ended up covering him in the wings hahaha, though I was more focused on his face and facial hair when drawing.
Oh yeah Cyclonus took a while, he started out traditionally but the only things from the traditional sketch that made it to the final digital form were the head, crotch, tail and some portions of the chest. Sometimes projects are easier like that but sometimes they're not, it's weird.
Finding shortcuts and such is fun in its own hahahahaha.
(Specifically greenish drool for the 'yuk' factor)

Awesome! I'll definitely go to work on trying to make it a story then! I'd debated on kinda leaving it but heck this is the motivation to at least take a focused/serious attempt at getting this story launched! That and thinking about writing Cyclonus and Grimlock duking it out like a Godzilla movie hahahaha
Thank you! I sure hope that it'll live up to any expectation! :-D

Re: Movieverse/Bayverse Cyclonus and Scourge

PostPosted: Mon Jul 30, 2018 11:53 pm
by Wingz
Not a problem! No hurry or pressure, but I'm happy you're writing it out! :D

Wasting inspiration and talent is a tragedy. I gave up my art for several years, and it's taken me a while to get back into the swing of things. That said, it'd be a waste to have so many thought out ideas and not go through with writing it ;) Will look forward to reading it when it's finished! Especially that fight scene :lol: I imagine that'll be awesome!

Re: Movieverse/Bayverse Cyclonus and Scourge

PostPosted: Sun Aug 05, 2018 11:21 am
by Carnivius_Prime
They look cool. I'd like to see a toy of that Cyclonus. :)
And using Scourge's wings as a cape isn't far off what has been shown in the movies with Crosshair's and his duster coat.

Re: Movieverse/Bayverse Cyclonus and Scourge

PostPosted: Mon Aug 06, 2018 5:07 pm
by Sheba
this is very interesting. Much better looking than the average Bayformers designs at any rate! :-D

Re: Movieverse/Bayverse Cyclonus and Scourge

PostPosted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 3:35 pm
by deceptispoon
Carnivius_Prime wrote:They look cool. I'd like to see a toy of that Cyclonus. :)
And using Scourge's wings as a cape isn't far off what has been shown in the movies with Crosshair's and his duster coat.


I would probably kill for that toy haha, but thanks that's a big compliment for me :-D

True, even if I wasn't thinking of that at the time and more "how can I cut corners on detail, because the style looks cool but murders my used-to-simplicity hands". Still, glad it works! :D

Re: Movieverse/Bayverse Cyclonus and Scourge

PostPosted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 3:39 pm
by deceptispoon
Sheba wrote:this is very interesting. Much better looking than the average Bayformers designs at any rate! :-D


d'aawww thank you! I'm so very glad these designs are well-received! I only hope the very slowly coming along story can give the looks the tale they deserve!

Re: Movieverse/Bayverse Cyclonus and Scourge

PostPosted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 6:37 pm
by Wingz
deceptispoon wrote:I only hope the very slowly coming along story can give the looks the tale they deserve!


Still looking forward to this ;)^ The scenes you've described were a good teaser for it!