I feel like there may be some sort of Fiona Staples influence, especially in how the background is rendered compared to the foreground.
But yes, very much looking forward to this next month!
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Re: Meet Windblade: Interview with Mairghread Scott and Blurr, Chromia, Starscream Designs
Posted by Va'al Mon Mar 10, 2014 5:23 pm
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I'll add my voice to all the others: that does look really really good!
I feel like there may be some sort of Fiona Staples influence, especially in how the background is rendered compared to the foreground.
But yes, very much looking forward to this next month!
I feel like there may be some sort of Fiona Staples influence, especially in how the background is rendered compared to the foreground.
But yes, very much looking forward to this next month!
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Re: Meet Windblade: Interview with Mairghread Scott and Blurr, Chromia, Starscream Designs
Posted by padfoo Mon Mar 10, 2014 5:30 pm
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zodconvoy wrote:El Duque wrote:
That is gorgeous! Some of the best, most fluid Transformer art I have ever seen. Looking forward to this book.
Looks good, has a very distinct rendered look to it, almost reminds me of Transformers animated!
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Re: Meet Windblade: Interview with Mairghread Scott and Blurr, Chromia, Starscream Designs
Posted by Sabrblade Mon Mar 10, 2014 5:38 pm
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What about Armada Airazor?OptimalOptimus2 wrote:This is the first time ever in Transformers history that we have a female Autobot that can convert to a jet. (Beast Wars Metals Airazor doesn't count.)
Or Animated Kappa Supreme (technically a starship, but still an aircraft)?
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Re: Meet Windblade: Interview with Mairghread Scott and Blurr, Chromia, Starscream Designs
Posted by daningotham Fri Mar 14, 2014 8:11 am
Really looking forward to this. I like the part in the article where she said it's a good jumping on point for new readers as Windblade will be learning what is going on at the same time as new readers. This is the first month I will be reading Transformers comics again in years, so hopefully it helps me understand things better.
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Sneak Peek: IDW Transformers Windblade #1 (Dawn of the Autobots) Preview
Posted by Va'al Fri Mar 14, 2014 6:39 pm
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Thanks to comics and entertainment website Newsarama.com, we get an early look at the first two pages of the upcoming first installment of the four-issue mini-series Windblade! We've seen bits of this before, but check out the images below for the lettered, final version of Sarah Stone and Mairghread Scott's opening sequence to the fan-built character and her discovery of Cybertron.
Transformers: Windblade #1 (of 4): Dawn of the Autobots—SPOTLIGHT
Mairghread Scott (w) • Sarah Stone (a) • Casey W. Coller (c)
WHO IS WINDBLADE? In the aftermath of DARK CYBERTRON, WINDBLADE takes the planet by storm! But where did she come from—and what does her secret mean to the future of the TRANSFORMERS? A powerful new chapter in the TRANSFORMERS saga begins here!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
- WINDBLADE takes CYBERTRON by storm!
-Winner of the FAN BUILD BOT POLL—in which fans voted to create an all-new TRANSFORMERS CHARACTER!
- Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the TRANSFORMERS!
- Learn the secret history of WINDBLADE, CHROMIA, and NAUTICA!
- Variant interlocking cover by Livio Ramondelli!
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Re: Meet Windblade: Interview with Mairghread Scott and Blurr, Chromia, Starscream Designs
Posted by Noideaforaname Fri Mar 14, 2014 7:00 pm
I NEED a toy of Starscream with that exact expression!
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Re: Meet Windblade: Interview with Mairghread Scott and Blurr, Chromia, Starscream Designs
Posted by Doubledealer93 Fri Mar 14, 2014 7:08 pm
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Re: Meet Windblade: Interview with Mairghread Scott and Blurr, Chromia, Starscream Designs
Posted by Sabrblade Fri Mar 14, 2014 7:08 pm
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That artwork.
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Re: Meet Windblade: Interview with Mairghread Scott and Blurr, Chromia, Starscream Designs
Posted by SW's SilverHammer Fri Mar 14, 2014 7:16 pm
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Man Starscream's such a dick XD Honestly though, that's the way I like him characterized.
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Re: Meet Windblade: Interview with Mairghread Scott and Blurr, Chromia, Starscream Designs
Posted by Optimizzy Fri Mar 14, 2014 7:40 pm
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But yeah, I'd like to see deluxes of all the female transformers, including flamewar. I know we have a slipstream but Id like to see a unique version.
I have been into transformers since 1984.
While I love G1 I also love new innovations and takes on the characters.
I prefer official Hasbro releases of stuff for the most part
I'm not a huge fan of Japanese original Transformers media or designs.
It's easier for me to say which are my LEAST favorite toy lines: Beast Machines, Robots in Disguise.
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While I love G1 I also love new innovations and takes on the characters.
I prefer official Hasbro releases of stuff for the most part
I'm not a huge fan of Japanese original Transformers media or designs.
It's easier for me to say which are my LEAST favorite toy lines: Beast Machines, Robots in Disguise.
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Re: Meet Windblade: Interview with Mairghread Scott and Blurr, Chromia, Starscream Designs
Posted by T-Macksimus Fri Mar 14, 2014 9:20 pm
Going to take a bit of getting used to but I'm willing to give it a shot. I know some folks are kind of disgruntled about this Fan poll Character getting a comic but I'll support the effort especially since I took so much crap from people for defending Drift way back when it was announced he'd get a figure after only a few comic appearances. Besides, anything that supports the efforts of women in the comics industry is way cool with me.
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Re: Meet Windblade: Interview with Mairghread Scott and Blurr, Chromia, Starscream Designs
Posted by Nemesis Maximo Sat Mar 15, 2014 12:06 am
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Optimizzy wrote:
This sums up my thoughts exactly!
Starscream looks good. I wish the toy pulled off that look, but it doesn't.
I dig the art. It's...almost, maybe, a little, kinda on the cutesy side, but It's just so vibrant, like really nice water color.
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Re: Meet Windblade: Interview with Mairghread Scott and Blurr, Chromia, Starscream Designs
Posted by Henry921 Sat Mar 15, 2014 3:57 am
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This art style suits Windblade really well. And Starscream's smirk certainly looks very solid.
I'd be impressed if I weren't so determined to be indifferent.
I'd be impressed if I weren't so determined to be indifferent.
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Re: Meet Windblade: Interview with Mairghread Scott and Blurr, Chromia, Starscream Designs
Posted by Bounti76 Sat Mar 15, 2014 4:06 am
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Nemesis Maximo wrote:Optimizzy wrote:
This sums up my thoughts exactly!
Starscream looks good. I wish the toy pulled off that look, but it doesn't.
I dig the art. It's...almost, maybe, a little, kinda on the cutesy side, but It's just so vibrant, like really nice water color.
I have to agree about the art. Well...more specifically about Chromia and Windblade. Stone's art is gorgeous, especially the opening sunrise and inside Metroplex. But the two 'bots are drawn to look so YOUNG....almost like anime characters- Minerva comes to mind. Yet, Starscream is drawn with a very formidable look- moreso than in the current ongoings. I much preferred the more mature looks of Windblade, Chromia and Nautica in their first appearances in the IDW-verse a few issues back (RiD #25, and MTME #26).
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Re: Meet Windblade: Interview with Mairghread Scott and Blurr, Chromia, Starscream Designs
Posted by Nemesis Maximo Sat Mar 15, 2014 10:38 am
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Bounti76 wrote:Nemesis Maximo wrote:Optimizzy wrote:
This sums up my thoughts exactly!
Starscream looks good. I wish the toy pulled off that look, but it doesn't.
I dig the art. It's...almost, maybe, a little, kinda on the cutesy side, but It's just so vibrant, like really nice water color.
I have to agree about the art. Well...more specifically about Chromia and Windblade. Stone's art is gorgeous, especially the opening sunrise and inside Metroplex. But the two 'bots are drawn to look so YOUNG....almost like anime characters- Minerva comes to mind. Yet, Starscream is drawn with a very formidable look- moreso than in the current ongoings. I much preferred the more mature looks of Windblade, Chromia and Nautica in their first appearances in the IDW-verse a few issues back (RiD #25, and MTME #26).
Yes, YOUNG is exactly how I feel. But I think it works in terms of conveying the sense that this is all so new to Windblade and Chromia; although they may have been around for who knows how long, it's the youth of a new experience.
But I just can't get over how much I like Screamer's look. I keep thinking Tom Hiddleston's Loki.
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Transformers: Windblade #3 (Dawn of the Autobots) Cover Revealed
Posted by Va'al Sat Mar 15, 2014 12:18 pm
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Thanks to IDW Publishing and artist Sarah Stone, we get a look at both the official cover and clean artwork for the third issue in the Windblade mini-series! Check both of them out below.
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Re: Meet Windblade: Interview with Mairghread Scott and Blurr, Chromia, Starscream Designs
Posted by Mindmaster Sat Mar 15, 2014 1:17 pm
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Re: Meet Windblade: Interview with Mairghread Scott and Blurr, Chromia, Starscream Designs
Posted by Banjo-Tron Sat Mar 15, 2014 1:23 pm
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Damn. This looks like futurist concept art. It doesn't look like Transformers, it looks better.
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Re: Meet Windblade: Interview with Mairghread Scott and Blurr, Chromia, Starscream Designs
Posted by Sabrblade Sat Mar 15, 2014 2:17 pm
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BEAUTIFUL!!!
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Re: Meet Windblade: Interview with Mairghread Scott and Blurr, Chromia, Starscream Designs
Posted by Dead Metal Sat Mar 15, 2014 2:48 pm
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The cover is awesome. The interior art is very good, but there are a few things I'm not too hot about. Like the overly cutsy expressions and Starscream.
the colours are fantastic though.
the colours are fantastic though.
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Re: Meet Windblade: Interview with Mairghread Scott and Blurr, Chromia, Starscream Designs
Posted by OptimalOptimus2 Sat Mar 15, 2014 3:21 pm
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This is a bit sad and scary at the same time. 
It looks like this colorful comic may have a dark and evil plot, since I see Starscream in Windblade's eyes. 
It looks like this colorful comic may have a dark and evil plot, since I see Starscream in Windblade's eyes.
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Re: Meet Windblade: Interview with Mairghread Scott and Blurr, Chromia, Starscream Designs
Posted by Darth Zax Sat Mar 15, 2014 6:44 pm
I really like the art.
My guess is she will have some kind of love/hate relationship and maybe show some understanding towards Starscream's point of view.
Ha, she could be the comic version of a Transformers fangirl, although i believe the writers have something else planned for her.
Can't wait to pick up this comic and see.
My guess is she will have some kind of love/hate relationship and maybe show some understanding towards Starscream's point of view.
Ha, she could be the comic version of a Transformers fangirl, although i believe the writers have something else planned for her.
Can't wait to pick up this comic and see.
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Re: Meet Windblade: Interview with Mairghread Scott and Blurr, Chromia, Starscream Designs
Posted by Burn Sat Mar 15, 2014 6:59 pm
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Guess I'm one of the minority who isn't impressed so far with the art.
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Re: Meet Windblade: Interview with Mairghread Scott and Blurr, Chromia, Starscream Designs
Posted by Convoy Sat Mar 15, 2014 7:15 pm
I'm not sure why they decided to flip the picture in the final version. A little surprised Stone was responsible for the cover. Only a little surprised! That woman can draw.
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Re: Meet Windblade: Interview with Mairghread Scott and Blurr, Chromia, Starscream Designs
Posted by fenrir72 Sat Mar 15, 2014 7:19 pm
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I'm in love? So kawaiiii
Btw, izzat Starscream on her optics?
Btw, izzat Starscream on her optics?
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