Animated Motormaster

October 24th, 2009

Taking some time off a project works wonders. I had been stressing for MONTHS, about just how Lockdown and Bumblebee were going to attach as legs. Then it just dawned on me. I took apart LD's crotch, carved a notch in it, and stuck the Neoshifter joint. Then i glued it together.

Then i realized that i'd have to unscrew the crotch to reassemble it back onto the torso.

so i did it all again, and it hides well in both modes. I bend the joint backwards in bot mode. i have it sit straight down in car mode, and it sits nicely where the hook used to be. I need to clean up the front of his pelvis, but that should be no problem.

Bumblebee came to me out of nowhere after months of no idea how i'd get it to work. I realized that he had no room to hide a permanent joint added to him. But he did have a trunk.

So like a carjack you'd leave in there, he carts around with his combiner joint. and it clips on nice and tight. VERY tight. Now all i need to do is put the ports in the Grimlock legs and we're good to go!!


Enjoy the new pics!

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cool is there going to be a fusion but still this is ... words can't tell say it

Radical!

EDIT: dumping original first post here, real first post will be continuously updated with new stuff.
This all started with two things - staring at the little cab from Optimash Prime and seeing Spurt Reynold's Dinotitan. I have been on a combiner kick, and an Animated one as well. I wanted to do something different, so when i started thinking about Motormaster, i didn't want to start from another truck bot.

Ani-MM is designed to include parts from Grimlock, Bulkhead, a little bit of Ratchet, and some Activators Optimus. I will be preparing him for combination, but right now i just want to get him done. The other four Stunticons won't be such heavy bashes, but I just wanted to get to work on what i felt would be the most unique of the group, and also would give me the biggest learning curve, as this is my very first heavy bash.

Enjoy!

first thing i did was remove Bulkhead's forearms, and hollow them out. Then i removed Ratchet's forearms, cut off the flip out magnets, and grinded it down into a thinner shape. then put them back together. A couple errors with a hot knife, but i'll be able to putty them out.

then i put them back on the bicep/shoulder area.


I had removed the outer torso on grimlock, and put 3 notches on each side to accomodate the attachment of the bulkhead arms.



Then i put matching holes on the hinge from bulkhead's arms and in grimlock's back.




that gave me a swivel option for the transformation, which made all the difference in the world.




I gotta get to work, so i will post the rest tonight.

Comments and crits welcome.
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thanks guys! there WILL be fusion. i've digipainted 3 of the other 4. lockdown is breakdown, bumblebee is wildrider, jazz is dead end, and prowl is dragstrip. their mods wont be as extensive.

thanks for checking this out! lots more wip pics tonight.

thanks guys! there WILL be fusion. i've digipainted 3 of the other 4. lockdown is breakdown, bumblebee is wildrider, jazz is dead end, and prowl is dragstrip. their mods wont be as extensive.

thanks for checking this out! lots more wip pics tonight.

i always thought blurr would make good vehicle modes for mirage and dragstrip but what ever nice custom man

Looks pretty good so far, but prowl as dragstrip? Can't wait to see that!

I agree. I just think he'd match up better with Lockdown, size-wise.
But as for MM, he's coming along really well. I can't wait to see him finished!

My thoughts exactlly! I always have only pictured the Stunticons as Cars. I'm not sure a motorcycle will blind in well with this set.

Also (H)i(GH)con I guess our minds are still working on the same wave link.

Indeed