TFA Axalon Crew Completed

Wow. More please!!!

Originally Posted by Twin Twist Jam sucker

Seriously, folks, Blurr is huge. It'd be like "I AM CHEETOR SUPREME. I MUST FIGHT MOTHRA! OH NO, GAMERA! TRANSFORM TO ULTRAGEAR!" Which would be great in its own way, I suppose.

Bottom line, yeah, Blurr is based on TransTech Cheetor, but TransTech Cheetor doesn't actually look that much like Season 1 BW Cheetor. I stand by my choice.

Groovy.

Like.... Terrorsaur?

Don't worry, I've got plans for the Preds, yesssss. With September, and the last year of my degree coming up, however, you probably shouldn't hold your breath, nooooo. I will say that my take on Scorponok and Tarantulus makes sense within Animated, but will probably get me branded a heretic. Fair warning!

Very clean work, very impressive!! More please!! I especially like the mods you did to the heads. Good job!

Have I told you how awesome you are? NO???

Well you are AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow! These work amazingly well! Nicely done!

very cool! i never would have thought of them!

This is GENIUS

thats cool but im missing rhinox and rattrap

You said, "more," I give you more. Works out well, eh?

A Decepticon turned mercenary who left his faction over what he perceived as a lack of honour, Dynobot had the misfortune of visiting Cybertron during Sentinel Prime’s brief administration, which made little distinction between former and current ‘Cons. Thrown into the Stockade, he ended up sharing a cell with Rattletrap, an Autobot lowlife implicated in the Shockwave scandal. Though the pair took an immediate and vocal dislike to one another, they agreed to work together to escape. Evading guards and security systems alike, their plan was succeeding, until they both attempted to double-cross the other at the last moment. The attempt brought them to the attention of Primal, however, who decided Dynobot and Rattletrap might be just what he needed to track down another rogue Decepticon and Stockade escapee.





Alright, now, I know a lot of you were expecting me to use Bumblebee for Rattrap, but hear me out. Unlike the rest of the Axalon Crew, he actually appeared in Animated, as Rattletrap. As such I based him primarily off of that character model. Take a look at the shoulders and chest, and I think you'll see why I went with Swindle for his base. Besides, he's short, and hidden, flip-out heavy artillery seems very Rattrap, eh? I'm especially pleased with the way the head turned out.

Dinobot is almost certainly the least surprising of the crew. Let's face it, Nemesis Predaking, Terrorcon King and others have all been there, done that and bought the novelty t-shirt. All appropriate kudos go out to them for blazing the way. Standard hand-fix is in effect. It took a little while to mix a chocolatey brown I was happy with, as well as the colour used for his 'helmet'. I really wanted to give him his helmet fins, but there was no way they would fit in vehicle mode. I'm quite happy with his scarred faction symbol, though, which was inspired by Armada Wheeljack/Shattered Glass Drench/Shattered Glass Sideswipe.

One thing that away set Dinobot apart on Beast Wars was his heavy use of a sword. Obviously in the melee-weapon rich Animated environment that's not such a big deal, so I wanted to give his something a bit more unusual. I also wanted something that he could spin around, like his old tail-propeller-shield-thing, so a polearm seemed like a natural choice. I ultimately decided on a naginata, which is made from styrene and a 1/8' dowel.

Before anyone says anything, yes, obviously Dinobot wasn't part of the original Axalon crew. Like Animated as a whole, by storyline here is a bit of a re-imagining, if you will.

these are wonderful. I really like them all but I do think Air Razor is my favorite, even with the power ranger feel.