Optimus Trailer/Weapons Cache

I'll make some test models out of paper. Rev Optimus is 14cm tall. I'm thinking the shield could be 8 or 10cm tall. Will post pictures soon. Also are you gonna get the revoltech optimus Prime DX?
edit: I made them and took some photos
I think I'll have to make a 9cm version. 8cm looks too small and 10 too large.

The 8cm tall shield:


The 10 cm tall shield:


More below.

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OK cool that helps. Wow I didn't realize he was that small, my shield is almost 12cm tall.

No I don't plan on getting any of the Revoltech figures. I like my Transformers to... transform, personally.

That looks awesome! You should pose him fighting voyager Shockwave.

Small update, I received the new shield proto today. It's awesome. I'll post pics tomorrow, I need to get a new card reader. I accidentally ordered WSF Polished which is actually pretty nice, however the moving parts are a bit looser than I'd care for. Perhaps that will allow me to be more liberal with paint and sealant.

The gun had a problem and I was informed it was unprintable. Shapeways has held payment for that item captive and I had to ask them why I haven't received a refund or credit for it. They used to be really good at this, now it seems to be hit or miss. I guess that means they're growing. Still, I'm not ordering another print that I've already paid for.

I'm still at least 4 weeks away from having my own printer.

Here are pics of the latest shield proto. I'm really happy with it. This was printed in WSF Polished which looks and feels pretty good, but I just wouldn't recommend it because of the gears for the folding mechanism.

Let me know what you guys think!

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wsf will give it a more weathered look when painting ^_^ but polished looks sweet too >.<

Looks great Big Hache. BTW, does this store away in alt mode?

hehe thanks, yeah I've left both available and leave it to whomever orders to make that decision. Personally I think the polished is just too loose.

Thank you. Actually I've not even thought about trying to store it anywhere on the tractor itself. I'm still plugging away at the full trailer and that was the only intent I had. I'm open to suggestions if you can think of a way to attach/store directly to Optimus. I guess as a fast example I could make a holder that secures to the back end, though I don't know how that would look exactly.

Well, you can either put it inside the trailer, which is where OP pulled it from in the Movie, or you can make it part of the trailer... Like the roof of sorts.

Yes, inside the trailer has been the plan. The trailer actually has three shields.

On a related note, the new, larger cannon is in and it's pretty sweet and available now.