Date: Sunday, February 21st 2010 10:16pm CST
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Hello Seibertronians,
First Gen here with your newest addition to the Art of Transtopia Newsletter! We have some more great custom figures, kit bashes, fan artwork and for the first month in Transtopia history, we will be featuring non Transformers artwork also. Lots to see this month, so scroll down to check it out!
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First up, we have a group of repaints for your viewing pleasure. When it comes to customizing Transformers, the repaint is often the first type of customization that a Transtopian will undertake. This group of Transtopians have mastered there craft with unique styles and unique figures.
We had an abundance of postings this month for repaints. Unfortunately, we can’t showcase them all, but you can see them all in our
Repaint Forum.
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zfeakye has done a couple repaints that have been showcased for us. His first is a repaint of an extremely popular mold, Classics Universe Starscream. Here we get this mold made into an Autobot incarnation Starfire!
A second piece done by zfeakye is a Revenge of the Fallen Jetfire.
Next we have
Skyfire77 with a Revenge of the Fallen repaint of Construction Scavenger.
Resident Transtopian
omega666 has treated us again to a couple more repaints of his, the first being Revenge of the Fallen Lockdown.
Second up is his take on the Target exclusive Universe 2.0 Leo Prime.
Grimlockprime108 has given us a look on his take of Transmetal Rhinox.
Grimlockprime108 also gave us a new figure out of Cybertron Undermine: Skullcruncher.
Next up are the kit bashes. From a simple modification to a full out custom built, kit bashes take creativity to the next level. Here are some great submissions by our members.
Blobatron got shot by Cupid and made a custom heart transformer. At the time of posting, the figure didn’t have a name.
Magnus510 used Universe 2.0 Prowl to give us Classics Jazz
Viagra Prime took an Omnicon Arcee and a Transformers Movie Bumblebee to make a new Arcee that has four wheels instead of two
Streetsweeper made a custom Leader class movie figure: Barricade.
First up under our Featured Artwork is a new take on a G1 Favorite. Rodimus_Major86 did this piece of his version of Shockwave.
HOWEE74 did this piece initially in pen and pencil then colored it in photoshop: Blackarachnia.
As I said at the beginning of the newsletter, we are featuring non transformers artwork this month and once you see them, I think you’ll understand why.
Joshua Vallse is our first featured non TF artist with his rendition of the Thundercats leader Lion-O.
Here is some digital art by Joshua Vallse, depicting a worldly scene.
Next we have one of our newest Transtopians,
Kristian. Kristian is credited with the creation of the Non Transformers Art thread with these pieces that he’s shared with us here.
We would love to see your artwork, whether Transformers related or not.
Normally our fan fiction section is dominated by resident Fan Fic writer hell kitty, but this month we have a brand new Seibertronian stepping to the plate with fiction,
NemesisUK‘s: Nemesis Prime Chronicles
Part 1
Planet Cybertron
A peaceful day (Sarcasm)
Nemesis prime (with shadow commander trailer) is driving down a highway having just killed his creator Straxus (see fans project shadow commander comic for more details) when in the distance a gun fight is happening, Nemesis prime decides to investigate.
As he get nearer he sees that a small transformer (Shadow Warrior) is being attacked by a larger transformer (Blaster).
He speeds to wards them (his honorable side kicking in) and fly’s up in to the air transforming in to his robot mode, both of the transformers stop shooting at each other as nemesis prime stands with his stellar converter cannon pointed at blaster, his right eye lights up red as he blasts Blaster.
Blaster falls to the ground, nemesis prime walks up to the small transformer who is shaking scared that he’s next.
Nemesis prime
“Are you ok?”
He says in his gravely voice down at the small transformer. He then walks away to wards his trailer.
Blaster stands up and ejects a cassette out of his chest that splits in to two guns, nemesis prime transformers in to Shadow commander but is being bombarded with laser fire.
Shadow warrior seeing nemesis prime in trouble he scans a weapon that is discarded on the floor, he transforms in to a double barrel Gatling gun and combines on to shadow commander’s shoulder.
Blaster is now being bombarded and is over powered, he retreats.
Shadow Commander
“Why did you help me?”
Shadow warrior
“You helped me so I repaid the favor”
Shadow commander walks away but Shadow Warrior follows him.
Shadow commander
“Why are you following me?”
Shadow warrior
“We should become partners”
Shadow commander
“Partners?”
You can read the rest of the story by clicking
here.
Its been a while since we featured our Photograph section of Transtopia, so we’d like to try and reboot this feature by sharing these submissions.
Seibertron.com News Crew member
Nekoman submitted this pic titled Urban Battle.
Drecepticon submitted these great pieces featuring Buster Optimus Prime and Battle Rollar.
Chuuzetsu got creative with an Armada Unicron figure and a Cybertron Primus figure to create this pic titled Unicron’s Snack Time.
There is so much more artwork that you can find in our
Transtopia Forums, so feel free to stop by, check it out and comment on them. A huge thank you to all the Transtopians that submitted work, we try to feature as much as we can, but ultimately work gets left out, so get on over to the Forums and check it out.
We’ll be back next month with more custom goodness that you can find right here at Seibertron.com!
Date: Thursday, April 16th 2009 11:43am CDT
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Hello and welcome to the April edition of the
Transtopia Newsletter. Sadly Stormrider who's usually in charge of the Newsletter is not with us for this issue, he is currently moving home from one country to another and has left it in my hands to take over till he comes back.
Remember, to check out the
Transtopia forum for the latest action.
How to Showcase Your Work
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Newsletter Credits:
Design - Flix
Formatting - Stormrider
Fan Art/ Guide - Mykltron
Interview - Burn
Editing - Stormrider, Dead Metal, hellkitty
They're the curse of every TF collector's life. I often keep things, just in case I can find a use for them one day, and boy am I glad I do this! Here are three uses I've found so far for these troublesome little blighters:
1) DRY LAUNDRY
My washing line was sagging under the weight of bed linen and trailing on the grass so I took a garden rake that has a hole at the end of the handle. Using a twisty-tie I secured the middle of the washing line to the handle so the line could be held high enough to keep the laundry clean without danger of the line slipping off.
2) HOLD TF PARTS WHILE APPLYING PAINT
If the part has a convenient hole it helps keeps fingers clean and paint finish smooth.
And now the one I'm particularly chuffed with:
3) FULLY ARTICULATED HANDS FOR DELUXE FIGURES
Using a 1/100 gundam hand and twisty-ties I have made a new hand for Universe Sunstreaker. This size is also suitable for Prowl, Cliffjumper, Voyager Megatron and Ultra Powerglide, maybe others too! This is my first attempt and I have an idea that will make it look slightly better and easier to pose.
As can be seen, this hand can make a pretty good fist:
It still fits inside his car mode:
Of course, it can still hold a gun but I forgot to take a photo of that.
So, anyone got any other ideas of how to use those horrible twisty-ties?
Do you have modeling or art tips to share with other members? Why not write a guide? Feature tips from - repainting, kitbashing, drawing, sculpting, and even computer graphics: Send an email to
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This months repaints section brings us some more great work from resident Transtopian omega666. Here he treats us with his versions of Classics 2.0 Shockwave and Soundwave:
omega666's version of Soundwave holds a very sweet third alt mode G1 enthusiasts will definately get a kick out of:
Our next Transtopian repainter flix brings us a custom Movie Soundwave:
Flix also gives us a good look at his take on Movie Swindle too:
What would custom work be without Kitbashes?! This month features some amazing work by Transtopian L_K, the same kitbasher that brought us the custom
Unicron of Lightfigure. Here he gives us his take on Arcee of the Transformer Movie, both of them that is:
Newsletter contributor Mykltron also added to the mix with a more movie accurate version of Barricade:
Even Frenzy got the treatment:
Sitting down with us and breaking his interview virginity is zero-kaiser, who, for the record, volunteered willingly for this and I didn't have to stalk or harass him for it. (In fact he was so enthusiastic he was bordering on harassing me!)
Burn - So tell us a bit about yourself.
zero-kaiser - Well, as of the 15th of February I'm 24 years old. Originally I'm from the south of England but I've lived in the northwest since I was about 4... yet I've somehow managed to keep the 'posh' southern accent--make of that what you will.
When I'm not wandering around Seibertron.com or looking for a job, I can usually be found playing either my Wii or DS lite; reading; painting either Warhammer 40K models or Transformers; shooting TF video reviews for my YouTube channel; or spending time with my wonderful fiancee
...good to keep yourself busy right?
B - I'm finding myself too busy to work on my own kitbashes, unfortunately! Now tell us how you got into Transformers and a little about your own collection.
z-k - Like most fans I had some of the older toys when I was a child and foolishly gave them away.
Back when I was in college I stumbled across BWTF.com and saw photos for some of the Robots In Disguise toys. The designs and detail on the Autobot Brothers alone are probably the main reason I got (back) into Transformers. That summer I picked up the Super (blue) repaint of Prowl and I was hooked. It took some time for my collecting to really take off though, mostly due to only working part time whilst I was at college.
As it stands my collection stands at just over 100 TF's ranging from RiD right through to the current Universe and Animated lines.
(Photos of my collection are here if you're interested)
I can honestly say there isnt really one single character I go for above all others…it depends on the mold and the line. Classics 2.0/Universe/Henkei is really impressing me at the moment; there’s very few characters from that line that I wouldn’t pick up. That said there’s a couple of TF's from past lines that I wouldn’t mind hunting down someday...mostly from the Cybertron range and a handful from RiD.
B - So give me at least five toys and characters you like the most.
z-k - In no particular order what so ever....
Toys:
1• TF Cybertron Leader Class Optimus Prime
2• Primus
3• Henkei Convoy
4• Movie Leader Class Optimus Prime
5• Masterpiece Optimus Prime
Characters
1• If it wasn’t obvious from the above list: Optimus/Convoy. Which continuity? Probably Cybertron, I'd say.
2• Galaxy Force Starscream: his Japanese voice is brilliant and he goes toe-to-toe with Primus—if that isn’t cool I don’t know what is!!
3• Kup: I had a newfound love for that character after reading his IDW Spotlight.
4• Grimlock: him king, got it?
5• IDW Galvatron: it’s as if that’s the way he should have been all along—a brooding badass .
B - What would you consider to be "holy grail" for you to obtain for your collection? Aside from Fortress Maximus, because everybody wants a Fortress Maximus.
z-k - Ha! Besides Fort Max? If I had to pick just one...RiD Omega Prime. That thing is awesome beyond words.
Besides him? RiD Rail Racer and the Classics Devastator Giftset. I'd be pretty chuffed if I could find any of those without killing my wallet
B - Moving onto your creative side, when did you first start churning out your creations and where did you learn to do what you do?
z-k - I suppose it was about 12 years ago now. When I started high school I made friends with someone who got me into the Games Workshop Warhammer 40,000 range. It took me a long time to get any good at painting but one thing I did a lot were conversions—think of them as kitbashes for 40K. Twelve years later and I still have a lot of the miniatures I have made from various bits and pieces I had lying around.
As for where I learnt to do the things I do? Trial, error, practise and patience. Even if I did something 'wrong' or it didn’t come out the way I wanted it to, I learnt from the experience. I like to think that something is only a mistake if you don’t learn from it.
Band-Aids/Plasters have proven invaluable over the years, too, but that’s just me occasionally being a bit ham-fisted.
B - You mention band-aids/plasters: tell me more about your injuries you've sustained kitbashing over the years! I have a lovely bump on one of my fingers where I kinda missed the plastic and found finger instead….
z-k - Well…there’s a nice deep scar on the tip of my left index finger. I got that from trying to cut a Space Marine arm in half. The blade snapped and plunged straight into the side of my finger. I didn’t realise how deep it was until I ran it under a tap to wash it and saw the bone…yeah, that needed stitches. Still don’t have all the feeling back in it either.
On another occasion I managed to saw the skin on the knuckle of my thumb off…which was pretty stupid of me.
Most of my other injuries are minor cuts or burns where I've tried to pull freshly dremeled plastic off, forgetting that it’s red hot.
I guess you could say I suffer for my art.
B - With the amount of TF-related artists there are out there, who has influenced/inspired you the most?
z-k - I guess my inspirations come from a lot of places really. E.J Su is amazing. I picked up Infiltration issue 0 a while back and was fascinated by the interview in the back, especially the technical drawings he had done.
I was equally blown away after reading Stormbringer and seeing Don Figueroa's amazing artwork. Same goes for Alex Milne and Nick Roche; I love their styles and can spend hours looking over their work.
Yoji Shinkawa is name that definitely springs to mind, too. He did the concept artwork and designs for the Metal Gear Solid series of games, as well as Zone of the Enders. With the exception of Metal Gear Rex, his blending of organic and mechanical is really quite awesome.
One other thing I will mention when it comes to inspirations, is my fellow Seibertronians who submit their work to the Transtopia section. If I named names I would be here all day, but suffice to say there are some extremely talented people out there and the caliber of their work is something I kind of aspire to.
B - When looking at the creations of others, do you prefer to see their takes on a canon character or a fan-made character?
z-k - I'd honestly say it’s half and half. Seeing people’s takes on a well-established character is always fun and can sometimes take more planning and thought than some might think! On the other hand I have a lot of respect for people who create their own characters. With such a diverse and rich roster of existing characters, it’s hard not to come up with something that’s not similar to an existing TF.
B - You draw, but you seem more inclined to kitbash a figure. If you could do this sort of thing for a job, what genre (kitbashing, drawing, scratch-building) would you prefer?
z-k - Man, that’s a tough one to answer, Burn. To be honest I love creating things in many mediums, but given the choice of the three I would probably say scratch-building. Over the years I've had so many ideas that so far I've only been able to commit to paper. Some day I'll hopefully have the skills, funds, and parts to give them form.
A job where I spent all day in a workshop building things? That would be awesome! (More so if it was building TF's!!)
B - And what would be your dream design if you could pull it off?
z-k - Thats easy: a scratchbuilt combiner. I love combiner teams and I don’t so much as have a problem with Hasbro's efforts, but I have always wanted to try my hand at it. Truth be told I've been wanting to get my hands on the ROTF Constructicons that have individual robot modes so I can see if there’s a way of getting them to combine.
Failing that I wouldn’t mind trying my hand at making a Headmaster from scratch. I drew up some designs a couple of years ago that I might revise and have a go at.
B - So the one question that everyone is dying to have you answer: how did you stumble across Seibertron.com?
z-k - Believe it or not, kitbashes and repaints. Doing a Google image search for them one afternoon kept leading me back here. After that, I came to the site to look at what is now the Transtopia section on a regular basis. Eventually I registered and started posting. Almost two years have fallen off the calender and here we are.
B - So out of all your creations, which one would you consider your favourite?
z-k - I would have to say one of my recent pieces, a
Rodimus Major custom...
He's been a headache to work on in places -coughlegscough- but as soon as the whole thing was together and working I felt very very proud of myself
His rifle looks wicked, too. lol..
B - So let's wrap this up with a couple of games, first up: Word Association!
B - Machine Men/GoBots -
z-k - That annoying scooter thing.
B - Starscream Fangirls -
z-k - caution.
B - Unicron -
z-k - "Hunger" - Spectre General
B - Machine Wars -
z-k - Tiny Megatron..
B - Action Masters -
z-k - 'They're alive ALIVE
ALIVE!!'
B - Michael Bay -
z-k - Lolsplosions!!!
B - Simon Furman -
z-k - ..likes ending things with -tion.
B - Stalker -
z-k - Loud.
B - And now for something a little different: VERSUS!
B - Megatron -vs- Optimus Prime -
z-k - Optimus.
B - Starscream Fangirls -vs- Jazz Fangirls -
z-k - Ack!! Damnit, Burn. Er,…Jazz Fangirls? (Hell my mum’s one after the first movie.)
B - Mini-Cons -vs- Micromasters -
z-k - Mini-Cons.
B - Animated -vs- Generation 1 -vs- Beast Wars -
z-k - Man, that’s a tough one.. I'd probably have to say Beast Wars..
B - Well, I just have to say a big thank you to zero-kaiser for a great interview. I hope you all enjoyed it. For those of you who haven't seen z-k's work, here's a sampling!
Animated Galvatron
Classics Nightbeat (WIP)
War Within Ironhide (WIP)
Scourge/Nemesis Prime Fan Art
Un-named Female Cyborg (WIP - non-tf)
And if YOU are interested in being interviewed, just drop me a pm, otherwise, I'll just have to start stalking people!
Date: Saturday, February 14th 2009 8:06am CST
Categories: Reviews,
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The excitement continues to build in Transtopia. Lots and lots of repaints, kitbashes, and scratchbuilds. New members and veterans have posted many awe inspiring figures. If you are interested in doing customs but don’t know where to begin, then check out the Transtopia forums for tips from the experts:
Transtopia
The newsletter has undergone a face lift, thanks to Seibertron member, Flix for his creative design work. We also have a winner to announce from our banner contest featured last month: Technically Weird gets the bragging rights to show off his artwork as one of our subheaders.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/Angelic_Prince/seibcontest.jpg
We thank everyone for their participation. You can check out the other entries
here
And remember, to check out the
Transtopia forum for the latest action.
-Stormrider
How to Showcase Your Work...
The newsletter is your opportunity to show off your work and talent. We rely on your articles, artwork, and customs to make it interesting. Entries will be reviewed on a monthly basis. You can submit your work here:
Repaints,
Kitbashes,
Scratchbuilds
Fan Art
Fan Fiction
Guides
Newsletter Credits:
Design - Flix
Formatting – Mattyc1007
Fan Art - Mykltron
Fan Fiction – Sledge
Editing – Stormrider
Shattered Glass Aerialbots – Trikeboy
Cyndicate/GESTAULT OPPRESSOR - sentinal supreme
Alternator Dinobots (with special guest) - Broadblasts short shorts
Shattered Glass Cyclonus - Trikeboy
BW Animated Blackarachnia – Psyke
Animated MotorMaster - sentinal supreme
G1 Unicron – Trikeboy
WST G1 Waspinator - grimlockprime108
Rain Makers - sentinal supreme
Premium Barricade – flix
Shattered Glass Prowl – Trikeboy
Hoodswipe – Grimpoo
MovieRepaints - Hakka
Hearts Of Steel Optimus Prime - Sabsabby85
Starscream – Mykltron
WIP Ironhide - Zero-Kaiser
Revoltech Skywarp & Thundercracker - Chris-morada
Abominus Prime/ Medic Prime - Sentinal supreme
Legends G2 Beachcomber - grimlockprime108
Legends Electrum Beachcomber - grimlockprime108
Mercenary Driveshaft – Grimpoo
WIP Shattered Glass Wheeljack - Trikeboy
Universe Dinobot - Softimus Prime
WIP Cybertron Classics Sideswipe – Shadowstream
TFA G1 Prowl- grimlockprime108
Arcee WIP - ServO
WST Shattered Glass Sideswipe - grimlockprime108
Universe Runabout - grimlockprime108
Classics Hydrostorm - Spurt Reynolds
Animated Starscream – Spurt Reynolds
Animated Snarl - Spurt Reynolds
Animated Slag - Spurt Reynolds
Animated Sludge - Spurt Reynolds
Animated Swoop - Spurt Reynolds
Reflector - wan_de_real
Movie Optimus Prime – Sabsabby85
BT Bumblebee - wan_de_real
Custom alternator Perceptor - Customtoysandmore
Jetfire - Transtopias Rodimus Prime
Classics Special Ops Shockwave - Asepticon
Movie Custom Starscream – Crefigz
Alternator Ratbat and Overkill - Broadblasts short shorts
Plush Trailer - mattyc1007
- by Mykltron
This month’s featured artist is Kyrie with his computer design
Valkyrie, a female quadrochanger.
(click the link to see larger pictures)
Not only has Kyrie designed a fully transforming character, but he also has presented it beautifully as if it were a photo gallery of an actual figure. The transformation process between modes gives us an indication of how much thought and planning must have gone into it, while touches of realism are included - such as light glinting off the corners, shadows and reflections.
Using the extremely sleek car mode as the starting point, Kyrie used engineering drawing techniques to design the robot, followed by the other two modes. Once those stages were complete, Maya 8.0 was used to create the 3D work of art presented here.
The first thing that struck me about this figure was the amount of blue that was used. Beautiful as this colour is, a little more variety of colour may make it easier to understand, although gold and dark grey have been used for some internal parts.
What I particularly like about the robot’s design is how femininity is suggested through slenderness of build rather than actually giving her breasts like Blackarachnia. Another noteworthy feature is what appear to be gun holsters on her hips in robot mode, although we can’t see any guns. If that’s what they truly are then it’s very cool and this should be used on some real TF toys. Perhaps the only thing missing would be fold-out claws for the front feet to match the rear in tiger mode making her more ferocious.
I’m sure Kyrie would appreciate your feedback on this stunning creation, so please leave your comments on the Valkyrie thread
here.
Honorable mentions this month go to Nench for his eye appealing Unicron creation. Click
here.
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Art entries are reviewed on a monthly basis for the newsletter. Send your entries
here by February 28th for the March newsletter.
Do you have modeling or art tips to share with other members? Why not write a guide? Feature tips from - repainting, kitbashing, drawing, sculpting, and even computer graphics. Send an email to
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- by Sledge
Hello, fellow Seibertronians, and welcome to the Fan Fiction section. First things first, last month's winner. Sabrblade takes it with the first installment in his "Machine Wars: Transformers – The Fanfic Series." In his own words, it's "within both the U.S. and Japanese G1 animated continuities without interfering with each other." I don't know about you, but I think that's pretty ambitious, and I'll be interested to see how it pans out. Chapter 1 can be read
here, with chapter 2
here. If you enjoy those, start pestering Saberblade to write more. Well done, Saberblade, and I hope to see more writing from you soon.
This month is going to be slightly different, as we're setting two contests:
The first is for the end of February. As that's only two weeks away, and that doesn't leave much time to come up with an idea AND get the final version written, February's competion is open to any TF fiction you've got ready for judging at the end of the month. So if you've got something already written, or have a great idea ready to go, this is for you.
The second is for March. For this one, I've decided to mix things up a little by setting a theme. What I'd like to see is something on the topic of "Transformers Go To The Movies." What does that mean? Whatever you want. Transformers starring in films, TFs watching films, TFs covered in a pile of DVDs, whatever that topic suggests to you is what I want to see. Funny, serious, romantic, tragic, anything. If that topic immediately makes you think "Oh, that would be a story about..." start writing it down.
A quick recap of the rules (don't worry, there's not many):
1) 10,000 word limit. Rough guideline to start with, I won't be automatically disqualifying anything that comes in over.
2) Decent spelling, grammar and punctuation. Run a spell check over your story, and maybe get a friend to read it before submitting.
3) Be specific as to where/when the story is set. So what continuity is it in (G1 comic, G1 cartoon, Armada comic, etc) and where is it set? Before the events of the show/comic, after, during? If during, where does it fit?
4) Fan characters are fine, but please avoid making them those annoying "I am more powerful than any other Transformer!!!" types. Also, consider if there's an under-used existing TF who'd fit the needs of the story just as well as someone new. Existing characters are almost always more interesting to everyone else.
And that's all there is to it. Now you have the easy bit of writing it, which involves (if I may paraphrase Douglas Adams) staring at a blank screen until blood appears on your forehead. Please don't bleed on your keyboards, just have fun.
Send your entries here.
Hey Transtopia folks - Burn wants to interview you. How did you get into Transformers? Why are you addicted to kitbashing? What was your first repaint like? What do you do with your spare time?
Don’t keep Burn waiting any longer – he’s getting bored at work.
Send him a PM here.