So heres my first custom on the TFW boards. I'm a fan of Nova Prime's character and I don't have the budget to purchase Maketoys' Hyper Novae.
Nova Prime was the predecessor to Nominus Prime. An expansionist and a supremacist, Nova Prime believed that Transformers were the greatest among all life forms and that they should bring their glory to the myriad of lesser races throughout the universe.
After being sucked into the Dead Universe, Nova was chosen to be the host for the Darkness, an otherworldly counterpart of the Matrix of Leadership which worked by transforming the inhabitants of the Dead Universe into undead wielders of anti-life. Upon merging, Nova was reborn as the sinister and extremely powerful Nemesis Prime. He now sees it as his mission to fulfil the Darkness' imperative by expanding the Dead Universe's hold into the living realm.
Nemesis may seem to hold sway over both his troops and the Darkness, but nothing could be further from the truth. The powerful Galvatron sees the Darkness as his rightful inheritance. And then, there is the fear. The fear that the Darkness has more in common with the Matrix than Nemesis is comfortable with. He feels he has earned this power, and isn't willing to see it follow its natural path. It is for this reason he must eliminate Optimus Prime. And it is for this reason he fears to face his successor. (courtesy of tfwiki)

DCJosh on Devainart

I got this figure from my friend cam1170 (not on this forum) for an excellent price.


Stay tuned to this forum thread for updates









EDIT: does anyone know how to remove these pins without heating them?



UPDATE: Pins have been removed by prying underneath near them

 

So, whose Nova Prime artwork is that? I only ask because you've not sourced it.

 

Good to see you've started

 

DCJosh over on devianart. I'll fix that on the main post

 

They sell cheap soldering iron at wal-mart.

 

Any way other than heating the pin? I fell not at all confident with that.

 

If you can see the other side of the pin, use pin removal kit and a hammer.

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/tutorials-how-tos/214537-how-remove-pins-rivets.html

 

I await seeing this custom with bated breath :3

 

It's really simple to heat up a pin and remove it man. PM me and I'll make you a quick video on that exact same figure on those exact same pins.  

 

Aside from taking the figure apart, what other work have you done so far?

 

I'm currently having camera troubles but I have begun painting some parts

 

Ah, gotcha. Hope you get that fixed soon!

 

Yeah not really camera but transfer issues.

 

Awesome idea! But it breaks my heart seeing that figure so brutally dismembered!

But seriously, that's a really cool idea. Good luck!

 

Dude it's just been unscrewed.

 

UPDATE 6-17-15 The figure has now been totally disassembled and now can be fully spray painted. (torso now disassembled)

 

I did one of these a couple months ago.
Looks really great when finished!