Machinima Transformers Combiner Wars Victorion Design by Andrew Griffith

Posted by Va'al Sep 8, 2016 at 3:54am CDT 34,477 views

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After yesterday's Devastator concept lineart from IDW artist Andrew Griffith for Machinima's Transformers: Combiner Wars animated series, we also have another of his designs - courtesy of his Twitter account - for a gestalt character: the fan-made combiner Victorion, from the Torchbearers/Rust Renegades team! Check out our gallery of the toy here, and a review of her first appearance in IDW right here, then compare Sara Pitre Durocher's concepts to the art by Griffith below.

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Comment by Sabrblade Sep 8, 2016

fenrir72 wrote:Didn't even foresee that those intro movies were a red herring? Designed to confuse/cover up the plot?

I have the feel of the Underbase Saga. Old SS is gonna get the "hives" from being ODed with the enigma and explode in the end. Or see Jeebus aka Primus at the end of the tunnel and repent.

Except it was extremely obvious what Starscream was up to and plotting in the Underbase Saga, what with all his asides that made his plans perfectly clear to the readers. In that story, there was no lying to the audience.

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Comment by 1984forever Sep 8, 2016

all the complaints about Starscream being treacherous.

I was actually surprised that Starscream crapped on everybody for a second. But then my surprise was overshadowed by happiness that the old Starscream was back. My Starscream. Character development is so overrated. Characters change and then go right back to how you first were introduced to them with the next franchise reboot. Why bother? Just keep everyone the same.

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Comment by o.supreme Sep 8, 2016

1984forever wrote::lol: all the complaints about Starscream being treacherous.

I was actually surprised that Starscream crapped on everybody for a second. But then my surprise was overshadowed by happiness that the old Starscream was back. My Starscream... Characters change and then go right back to how you first were introduced to them with the next franchise reboot. Why bother? Just keep everyone the same.

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Comment by Autobot N Sep 8, 2016

1984forever wrote::lol: all the complaints about Starscream being treacherous.

I was actually surprised that Starscream crapped on everybody for a second. But then my surprise was overshadowed by happiness that the old Starscream was back. My Starscream. Character development is so overrated. Characters change and then go right back to how you first were introduced to them with the next franchise reboot. Why bother? Just keep everyone the same.

...

You've got to be kidding me.

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Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Sep 8, 2016

Autobot N wrote:
1984forever wrote::lol: all the complaints about Starscream being treacherous.

I was actually surprised that Starscream crapped on everybody for a second. But then my surprise was overshadowed by happiness that the old Starscream was back. My Starscream. Character development is so overrated. Characters change and then go right back to how you first were introduced to them with the next franchise reboot. Why bother? Just keep everyone the same.

...

You've got to be kidding me.

He's not.

I preferred the character development, but poor Screamer fell victim to the show

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Comment by DedicatedGhostArt Sep 8, 2016

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:
Autobot N wrote:
1984forever wrote::lol: all the complaints about Starscream being treacherous.

I was actually surprised that Starscream crapped on everybody for a second. But then my surprise was overshadowed by happiness that the old Starscream was back. My Starscream. Character development is so overrated. Characters change and then go right back to how you first were introduced to them with the next franchise reboot. Why bother? Just keep everyone the same.

...

You've got to be kidding me.

He's not.

I preferred the character development, but poor Screamer fell victim to the show

I liked Screamer as he was first introduced. This show really needs to have had longer episodes though. I wanted to see why Screams acted the way he did. How he got where he was. Unless we get a comic to go along with the same story, I'm not satisfied. At least he looks cool combined with all the combiners though.

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Comment by Gaudreau Sep 9, 2016

It's been a mediocre show, but I enjoy it for what it is. I wish there were more characters and character development; but I get it's hard to do that in a 5 minute show. I look forward to the new shows and that's that

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Comment by fenrir72 Sep 9, 2016

Gaudreau wrote:It's been a mediocre show, but I enjoy it for what it is. I wish there were more characters and character development; but I get it's hard to do that in a 5 minute show. I look forward to the new shows and that's that

More characters to "SELL" that is. The primary purpose for this is just its a very flashy advertisement divided into many parts.

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Comment by Va'al Sep 12, 2016

We sort of missed on these when Machinima first shared them last month, but they seem to be making the rounds again via social media and artists sharing them - so we thought to highlight their existence again! Check out below four promotional pieces of art for the animated series Combiner Wars, featuring some of the major players in the show, as imagined by Guido Guidi, Chris Antoin, Keron Grant, and Skan Srisuwan!

Click on any image to download it in higher resolution.

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Comment by MarkNL Sep 12, 2016

That's some really fine artwork right there. :APPLAUSE:

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Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Sep 12, 2016

I really like the artwork on all of those

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Comment by Big Grim Sep 12, 2016

That battle scene and Computron art are both fantastic!

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Comment by Sabrblade Sep 12, 2016

Wouldn't it have been nice to see these kinds of scenes in the show itself?

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Comment by Guido Sep 12, 2016

The Computron art is based on my model sheet pencils too

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Comment by Sabrblade Sep 12, 2016

Guido wrote:The Computron art is based on my model sheet pencils too

Oh. wow, hi Mr. Guidi! :shock:

Welcome to Seibertron!

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Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Sep 12, 2016

Guido wrote:The Computron art is based on my model sheet pencils too

Well I'll be, that's pretty awesome!

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Comment by william-james88 Sep 12, 2016

Sabrblade wrote:
Guido wrote:The Computron art is based on my model sheet pencils too
Oh. wow, hi Mr. Guidi! Welcome to Seibertron!

This is pretty cool.

Thanks for stopping by sir, I am a big fan of your work!

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Comment by Guido Sep 12, 2016

william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Guido wrote:The Computron art is based on my model sheet pencils too
Oh. wow, hi Mr. Guidi! Welcome to Seibertron!

This is pretty cool.

Thanks for stopping by sir, I am a big fan of your work!

And I'm a big Seibertron.com fan

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Comment by King Kuuga Sep 12, 2016

Sabrblade wrote:
Guido wrote:The Computron art is based on my model sheet pencils too
Oh. wow, hi Mr. Guidi! Welcome to Seibertron!

Guido
Joined: 24 Mar 2005, 10:38

Sabrblade
Joined: 06 Dec 2007, 21:22

Looks like he's been here longer than you.

Man this is some nice art. If only the show had these awesome scenes.

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Comment by Galactic Prime Sep 13, 2016

Kurona wrote:Again, I... I really don't get it. All the kibble's there, transformation is used as a plot point, as a way to build mystery and intrigue; while other series use transformation as... just a thing they can do and that's it. Sorry if it sounds like I'm singling you out; but I've heard IDW described by quite a few people as the one series to not use transformation when it's the one series to really actually take advantage of transformation.

IDW is garbage, has been since day one.

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