What would you think about a Rampage that can stand on two legs without the help of his backpack ??
Rampage is easy one of my favorite transformers designs in robot mode but the fact that he wasn't able to stand properly kept annoying me. I did like the idea that he walks as a spider but I didn't see that in the movie (or at least i can't remember).
so after a few weeks I decided to make it possible for him to stand on two legs. after a lot of tinkering I figured it out so ... good for me.
Other new features are:
o wrist joints / elbow movement
o individual leg movement
o extra hip joint
It took me about four moths to wrap this one up , making it work and painting it. ( Not 24 -7 of course )
This is obviously a complete repaint, the main color is the type of orange used on most construction vehicles, although caterpillars are usually yellow I think.
Ive seen a lot of red repaints of Rampage but personally I like this orange better, it feels more accurate for a bulldozer. I have never had the pleasure of seeing a red bulldozer although I'm sure they exsist.
All the small parts are in different shades of grey, silver and black
I applied three different washes, so everything blends together better.
Black = bring out the details
sandbrown = making him a little pale
brown = making him look a little dirty without trying to overdo it (i wanted him to feel used but not muddy)
I drybrushed with silver, grey , an a lighter type of orange to scratch him up.
this might not be visible on the pictures very well because of the size here. checkout the detail of the logo and you know what I mean.
I think it is important not to make the scale of your scratches too big it makes the model look smaller. the drybrush layer was done with old / crap brushes they usualy give good scratch results.
The vehicle mode gets a 4 /10 for me ,
Parts that stay loose and annoy, usseles parts, his ass that doesnt close right, all that crap on the side of the threads... it just smells like bad designing. For me the transformation of Rampage is no fun. I don't plan on transforming him a lot in the future.
The transformation does still work after all these tweaks , but ... Personally I would not recommend this tweak to someone who likes to transform him, It does make transformation even harder. And some partsforming might be nessecary...
I hope you enjoy this one as much as i did. Iwould certainly be interested to read your thoughts about this custom.
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