Aligned Universe Sideswipe Concept Art

Posted by El Duque Nov 21, 2012 at 4:23pm CST 35,412 views

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We a second piece of concept art from artist Emiliano Santalucia, this time around it's his concept art for an aligned universe version of Sidewsipe. According to his blog this design comes from 2010 when he was working on the Transformers Franchise bible for Hasbro. Check out his design work below.

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Comment by Rushie Nov 21, 2012

A pretty cool mix of RotF robot mode and G1 colours and alt mode. Since he didn't look like this in WFC/FoC, can we expect this to show up in Prime, or its toyline or maybe that MMO game?

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Comment by PrymeStriker Nov 21, 2012

Rushie wrote:A pretty cool mix of RotF robot mode and G1 colours and alt mode. Since he didn't look like this in WFC/FoC, can we expect this to show up in Prime, or its toyline or maybe that MMO game?

It's like the Prime Ironhide concept art. He doesn't looked like that in the games, but all he got was a couple of toys.

And now for my two cents:

This is totally epic. Please give him a toy.

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Comment by RAcast Nov 21, 2012

Agreed! I always thought it was a shame Movie Sideswipe was silver instead of red! This looks great, toy please Hasbro? Even if its just a Legion class I'd be happy, the design is great. Oh, and he's a Gallardo, sweet~

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Comment by Deadput Nov 21, 2012

well i am going to recolor this on gimp to make.........sunstreaker.

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Comment by Megatron Wolf Nov 21, 2012

Now thats what sideswipe should've looked like in the movies, still not a fan of the movie/tfp designs but this is acceptable as sideswipe. I still say TFP is linked somehow to the movies and has nothing to do with the cybertron games, sideswipe & ironhide are proof enough but then throw in stupid bumblebee and its even more clear.

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Comment by SKYWARPED_128 Nov 21, 2012

From the neck down, he's all kinds of awesome, but I'd prefer a more G1-esque or at least TF Prime-esque head sculpt.

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Comment by PrymeStriker Nov 21, 2012

Megatron Wolf wrote:I still say TFP is linked somehow to the movies and has nothing to do with the cybertron games, sideswipe & ironhide are proof enough but then throw in stupid bumblebee and its even more clear.

That may be your personal preference, but it's not correct. Movie homages don't make it part of the movie franchise.

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Comment by Bubbah Nov 21, 2012

This guy is awesome!! Love the blend of style, movie inspired blades & head, G1 insprired chest ... Just pure win! I'd love for a figure of this!

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Comment by Shadowstream Nov 21, 2012

Give movie swipe a g1 paint job and set it on fire because no. Just no.

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Comment by Trikeboy Nov 21, 2012

With a bit of tweaking to look more real, Sideswipe and Ironhide would totally have worked like that for live action movies. I would have accepted them over what we got.

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Comment by Sabrblade Nov 21, 2012

June 16, 2012. Yikes!

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Comment by Dammitman Nov 21, 2012

It's cool. But for Sideswipe? I don't like it.

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Comment by Noideaforaname Nov 21, 2012

It's mostly Movie Sideswipe recolored like his G1 counterpart, but I quite like it.

Sabrblade wrote:June 16, 2012. Yikes!

Yeah, ooooooold news...

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Comment by Gundamu Nov 22, 2012

Good mix of then and now. I like it. Looks like it'd make a neat toy.

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Comment by Slashercon Nov 22, 2012

Absolutely beautiful!! :BOWDOWN:

With the cool designs that both Sideswipe and Ironhide have gotten, it would be a shame if neither of them appeared in Prime, the Jagex game, or any future form of media in the aligned continuity. (I want a deluxe figure of that Sideswipe RIGHT NOW :KREMZEEK:

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Comment by Sabrblade Nov 22, 2012

Slashercon wrote:Absolutely beautiful!! With the cool designs that both Sideswipe and Ironhide have gotten, it would be a shame if neither of them appeared in Prime, the Jagex game, or any future form of media in the aligned continuity. (I want a deluxe figure of that Sideswipe RIGHT NOW )

Well, he has appeared in both WFC and FOC, and is getting a Generations figure. But, I get what you're saying. You want his Earth-style body.

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Comment by El Duque Dec 12, 2012

Artist Emiliano Santalucia has updated his blog with designs for an Aligned Universe version of Jazz. Check out the images mirrored below, for more of Santalucia's comments on the design click here.