Welcome!! This is a custom art section for all you artists out there.. I originally started a thread on this in the toys forum to gauge people's reactions to a hypothetical toyline based on Gi Joe, but with Transformers in Human form.. Actually they were Cyborgs like the Terminator but with Transformers.. a pretty interesting idea.. not really received well as a toyline though.. but still a good try at something different.. My original Thread was deleted with alot of other threads, so here's the updates.. I hope you like them..
The original Threads were somehow deleted..
So here are my designs again and little explanations behind the reasoning of the idea...if you want please help me with coloring these designs.. I'm still a novice at the program I have been using for shading.. I'll upload the Ratchet and Ironhide designs I was working on as well.. and feel free to add to the thread with your own versions and art work!
So here we go:
They could change into the Cyborg Bodies to hide from the mounting Governments of the world attacking them..then the Autobots could team up with Gi Joes, and Decepticons Try to take over cobra to use to help them rule the world..as an interesting side story that is..think Terminator meets Gi Joe, only they are in the Forms of Transformers characters in Human/Cyborg bodies..fake flesh over robot skeletons..
Notes on this Megatron Design:
I was trying to get the image down pat on the computer so I apologize for the crudeness of the work.. i'm trying to clean him up as best I can and will post the revised version later on in the week.. But as for Megatron's face, i wanted him to have that old weathered and craggy look, with a scary inhuman brow.. the eyes for these Human Transformers would be beedie little red glowing eyes for Decepticons and Bright glowing Blue for Autobots..
the idea is that in the Dark their eyes glow and that is how you can really tell they aren't Human..his legs are encased in an armor like material.. like power armor..I wanted to mirror the bulky big legs that the bot had, and the side pieces next to his hips, so with that I figured he could have a Gun and some pocket packs.. plus the military type armor on his upper body.. with the Decepticon symbol in it.. I kinda figured he'd be like a demolitions expert or something, and would infiltrate cobra, defeat cobra commander and usurp the leadership role.. wouldn't that be cool.
I didn't want Megatron to look like he was in power armor, because then he'd just be a glorified Robot, and not a Human, Cobra/Gi Joe type of figure.. the less armor and the more huamn the gear and clothing the more like a Gi Joe he could be.. it's a definitely different take on our favorite characters thats for sure..
the Costumes for these guys are loosely based on existing Armor, and clothing, with Gi Joe stylings.. and a Bit of that Old Marvel Comics 80s transformers and Gi Joe influences.. overall I'd love to see toys of these designs made.. I'll keep posting more images of Characters as I finish and clean them up..
Just be aware that some of these designs will be roughs cause I really am excited about showing you the ideas for this hypothetical toyline.. feel free to join in..
I understand the skepticisms... its not unfounded.. I too found myself drawing the image and going, "what the hell am I doing!!!"
but I thought of an ingenious way to do it.. like a Backwards cross over toy line...
The Premise goes like this..
The Autobots and Decepticons are being hunted relentlessly by the worlds organized efforts, which in turn has made the Cybertronians go into hiding more so then ever.. even Megatron's plans are being thwarted by humans of all things..
A scientist int he eastern Alps has created a super powerful cyborg prototype that both the Autobots and Decepticons seek.. once found they both steal the only 2 prototypes in existence..
Duplicating the technology and improving on the design, megatron finds a way to hibernate their Original forms in stasis while transferring their Sparks into the Cyborg Bodies.. thus giving them Human appearances.. and allowing them to continue to find ways to plunder Earth's energy resources.. but a side effect of the Prototype has made the bots based on that design into Energy vampires, and Megatron and the other decepticons now in human form must feed endlessly to live...
Like wise on the Autobot's side Ratchet has found the weakness in the prototype design and with the aide of that scientist have developed a cure and have also transfered their Spark into those cyborg Bodies..all while secretly under the Protection of America's super powered Military Gi Joe!!
Megatron has secretly infiltrated Cobra, and is seeking to use their resources to conquer the world and plunder the worlds energy resources...
I often thought of how cool it would be to get a Gi Joe sized Megatron pistol, and have the Megatron Gi Joe figure wielding himself... that would be a cool toy display!! I will also do a Cutaway to explain how realistically the Fusion Canon could work.. His back pack is the generator, and his arm has connections so that when equipped with the backpack the arm canon can fire a fusion blast.. and there is a Laser sight on the outer side of the canon details..
It would be and could be a really interesting small side story, which in the end they end up with their old bodies.. or let's look at it as if they fought in the Cyborg bodies for a time, then the Doctor scientist who built them turned out to be Dr. Mindbender in disguise and had a secret chip installed in the Cyborg bodies to use them for control.. then after the Joes defeated Mindbender's scheme, they helped the Transformers transfer their sparks to Gi Joe and Cobra Vehicles, thus producing those vehicles in the story line, before finally gaining their real Generation one bodies back..
that could work.. and as a Cross over Toyline, you could have figures for the Joe collector, and Figures for the Transformer collector... and as for those who do both.. well they'd be in heaven
Why not have the idea done in reverse for joe fans as well.. plus think of the IDW stories and Such... it'd be wildly cool.. imagine that Megatron Cyborg the size of a Normal Human picking up a large armored truck and slamming it down on a Human sized Optimus Prime in a down town city scape.. they'd be like super powered Joes.. and the cobra and Gi Joe connection would be crazy.. especially with how treacherous Starscream could be in Human form...I can see him teaming up with the Tomax and Xamot twins..
I give you.....
Standard Gear:[/b]
Notes on this Prime design:
I envision the toy bing a Gi Joe size with a Backpack that is removable, and has jet bootsers...
The Helmet would be removable, and would have a slightly clear blue plastic visor for the eyes and that "Prime Robot" effect.. his Gun would be a more "Humanized" design but model the original very well... Prime would also come with an Enegron axe attachement to add to his arm, similar to that of the claw attachments that Ninja Storm shaow had.. I will do that with the removed Helmet image of Prime later tofday.. as well as a Back view of all the characters added on the First page and this one for you guys to see a Full design..
Prime's jacket would have a White stripe in the center to simulate the Truck's color scheme, with Blue Pants underneath, and the Jacket mostly red.. with some of the Pockets in a Grayish white color.. the helmet will be blue ofcourse and some yellow bits around the areas that he'd have in Botmode.. the hinge on the arm would be yellow/Gold and would be where the Energon Axe attachment is Placed... the Internal Housing of his body is where the energy comes from to power his weapons.. similar to his large bot form but on a much smaller scale being he's a cyborg.. I would also see him coming with an accessory of the Matrix, and that would have a Clear Blue (Plastic) crystal in the center for effect..
then there is Hot Rodimus, or as I would call him in this universe... just Rodimus..
Ofcourse, i'd always imagined the seelkers as an elite core of guys who are Megatron's aerial assualt team.. they fly in under the cover of night and destroy areas lay down a cover fire, jetpack off again.. I can see a side view of Starscream unleashing a volley of rounds on Joes.. he he he.. evil and villainy away!!!!
and Skywarp, ofcourse.. I'll do Thundercracker later.. haven't the time today..
and ofcourse as with most transformers it's customary for them to have a battle mask..
so that's it for now.. I'm redoing my designs for Ironhide, and boy would you guys love to see my work in progress for Ultra Magnus!!!
bottom line if Hasbor decided to do Gi Joe characters and a comic line based on this idea, I'd buy them all!!!!!
