Okay, but you asked for it: The Body is TFTM Ironhide, heavily sanded at the arm, elbow, shoulder, rear cab attachment, door hinges and points of contact and stripped in 91% rubbing alcohol. (a lot of rub on this guy) The head is from TFTM Incinerator (or as I like to call him, Mr. Happy Fun Crappy hands) The Cannon arm is from one of the MANY extra parts from my Cyb. Prime stuff (yes, I'm looking Thypeira...it's just...overwhelming ) The other hand is a Gundam hand, mounted to TFTM Ironhide's ball joint The two fins are from another Gundam weapon (read first post for details ) The crane comes from the Energon Landmine/Landquake/Botcon 09 Landhark trailer. But you have to take the whole thing apart to get to the screw and wires that hold it into place. You also have to sand down the screw post at the bottom, and sand down about 45% of the rear mount (where the crane swings) so that it can move with this arm and not scratch of paint on the arm and the door in the process. Afterwards, drill holes that line up with the posts on Ironhide's arm in length and size in the bottom, accomodating for the amount of primer and paint you'll use (The crane was hand painted with Games Workshop Blazing Orange and drybrushed with Golden and Sunburst Yellow, as opposed to the Krylon Fusion Spring Green and Satin Black that made up the rest of the piece.) You have to drill and mount a magnet into the bottom of the Crane hitch as well as one in the rear of his truck bed. The other detail work came from GW Chaos Black, Mithral Silver, Brazen Brass, a lil Burnished Gold with some more Blazing Orange and Sunburst Yellow (paint and washes) for the color scheme. The decals were created in Adobe Illustrator CS4 and printed on Testor's Waterslide decal paper. Sealed with Testor's Glosscote.
Yeah I saw your Trailbreaker a while back. It's actually what gave me the idea to do one. While I was originally gonna use Rachet, now I really want to use the Ironhide mold for mine. I just need to find a cover that'll fit on the truck bed, though I haven't really looked for one yet
Probobly one of the absolute best customs I've seen on this forum. The concept, the excecution, everything is perfect! Great job!
Great use of that head! I'm a Hoist fan, but I have to admit, I hadn't even though about the Ironhide mold for him. Good thinkin!
