I've been working on this sucker for the last 3 or 4 months. In that time, I've gone through 3 (yes, three) different arm cannons, 2 styrene chest mods, and a rejuvenation with a few G1 parts to bring it to life. I've watched others try this custom in recent months and I've loved every single one of them. I also did some extensive searching to find others that I hadn't seen before. All in all, it had to be the Jin Saotome version that kicked me to start it. I really liked his paint apps and the general look of the figure.......but it still wasn't "G1 enough" for me (especially in that crazy space cannon mode he had--it looked great, but I just wasn't feeling it). So I did what any G1 fan would do, I shredded my old school G1 Galvatron for parts (trust me, it was ragged out already) and took the repainted figure I already had and began to breathe some old school Galvatron into it. I had already had the general robot look down, but the hardest part was trying to come up with a more modern concept of his alternate mode "tripod" cannon.

In some of these pics, you'll see the original "test" paint job I did (just to get a feel for what I wanted to do) and the original concept for the tank treads on his alternate mode (which I got by shredding the small electronic tank that came with this voyager Energon Megatron--I hit it with the dremel and glued them on to see how it held up). It didn't look too bad, but it wasn't quite big enough. Enter more G1 parts.  

It took a lot of thought and planning to get this thing just right. I used a dremel to grind down and cut out some of the "wings" in robot mode (which now serve as the "arms" to his alternate mode). I also added magnets to give me the option of keeping it attached to his body (which looks like complete crap--too much kibble) or the option of removing it (parts-former!), which honestly looks much better. So before going on the offensive about parts-formers, please note that THIS one was almost impossible to retain that G1 feel with that crap hanging on his back. lol--Anyway, I also tried some drybrushing to give him a worn look, but I didn't like it, so I gave him the more natural look. The pictures don't do it justice (my fiancee has her camera that I used for the WIP stuff and the FINAL pics are taken with another camera). The WIP pics look better and more detailed, so sorry for blurry pics on the finals. I still plan to do very small paint touch ups on him, but other than that, he's DONE.

ENJOY! (the FINAL pics will be in another thread soon)

 

That's a pretty sweet alt-mode man. My only complaint on the work you've done is the pieces on the shoulders. They don't even serve a purpose anymore, and they're an eye-sore empty. I'd chop 'em off if it were mine.