2D Artwork: Yet another custom Kreon decal thread!

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  1. x01618

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    Hi again everybody! I've fallen in love with the Kreon line, and I've enjoyed customizing my figures with painted Shapeways parts, mostly by the uber-talented Tresob. If you're interested, you can find my custom painting thread here: http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/radicons-customs/998912-yet-another-custom-kreon-thread.html

    However, Hasbro hasn't yet put out all of the characters I want, and I'm a little worried about the difficulties in availability in recent waves. Also, the upcoming Kre-o product seems to be leaning away from expanding the G1 cast, which is what I'm mostly interested in. I've been inspired by mightyspacepope's previous decal work, and I have an abiding desire to find excuses to need ever more of Tresob's amazing Shapeways stuff, so this has led me to start creating some decals of my own. Hence this thread, of course! I've been refining my technique for several weeks now and I'm finally comfortable posting what I've come up with.

    Some notes on the decals themselves:
    • My intent was for these to be made into water-slide decals, which allows me to cover more of the body than just the flat areas like the chest. While the shoulders are fair game, I think the rounded arms are too curvy even for water slides.
    • Note that some of these designs assume I'll be using one of Tresob's helmets, so I might give a character a mouth instead of a faceplate if I know the helmet will provide the faceplate anyway.
    • If you're interested in printing these out for your own use, they are scaled at 600 dpi (which, I believe, is the same as mightyspacepope's), so the decals should be highly detailed.
    • I've tried to match decal colors to standard Kre-o plastic colors as best I can, mostly by eyeballing it. I got some really close (according to my own printer) like the purplish blue, but others like the red are kinda close but noticeably off.

    Please let me know what you think! I hope you guys enjoy, and I am open to requests if anyone has a favorite character that I haven't posted yet. Also, I have access to a color laser printer and water slide paper, so I'm also open to producing these for a small fee if there's any interest.
     

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    Reserved: I may collect all the decals I've done so far in this post for easy reference.
     
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    So here's my first batch of decals:

    • Seaspray
    • Cosmos
    • Blurr
    • Wreck Gar
    • Ultra Magnus
    • Tracks
    • Grapple
    • Drift
     

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  4. x01618

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    I've taken a number of mightyspacepope's chest decals, traced them and tweaked them slightly to my style, and added decals for a few other body parts. Full credit to mightyspacepope for the bulk of this design:

    • Blaster
    • Astrotrain
    • Nightbeat
    • Shrapnel
    • Skullcruncher
    • Weirdwolf
    • Sludge
    • Swoop
     

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    A little more love for seasons 1 and 2:

    • Reflector
    • Blitzwing
    • Slag
    • Snarl
    • (silver) Bluestreak
    • Smokescreen (& wings)
     

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  6. Barricade24

    Barricade24 The Decepticop

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    These are quite cool. Never seen an Autobot with the :3 face before.
     
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    I love the personality Kreo allows figures to have. This was my inspiration for that facial expression: Seaspray had just been blown a kiss from a mermaid. :D 
     

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    Here are some Wreckers:

    • Roadbuster
    • Whirl
    • Topspin
    • Twin Twist
    • Broadside
    • Impactor
     

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    Some Autobot Headmasters and Targetmasters:

    • Chromedome
    • Hardhead
    • Brainstorm
    • Pointblank
    • Crosshairs
     

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    And now, the Actionmasters:

    • Banzaitron
    • Krok
    • Rad
    • Kick Off
    • Over Run
    • Mainframe
     

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    These are great! Very convincing! I might just have to dig up that waterslide paper after all!
     
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    Thanks, I'm glad you like them!
     
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    And now for the rise of the Decepticon Pretenders:

    • Octopunch
    • Skullgrin
    • Bomb-Burst
    • Stranglehold
    • Thunderwing
    • Black Shadow
     

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  14. aikitim

    aikitim G1 Autobot

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    Gah these are incredible! Much better than many of the ones I have been bodging together. Bookmarked for the future!

    Are you taking requests? Could you do a Swerve?
     
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    Thanks for the compliment! Sure, I'm open to requests -- I'd be happy to try a Swerve. Are you thinking IDW or G1? ... or maybe Alternators. :lol 
     
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    Man, the Autobots are going to need some Pretenders of their own! I've left off the heads because there are a million Kreon human heads out there to choose from.

    • Landmine
    • Cloudburst
    • Waverider
    • Metal Hawk
    • Longtooth
     

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    aikitim G1 Autobot

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    IDW-esq would be great. Some kind of mixture!

    I like to think of the Kreons as an artistic representation of the characters, so as long as its an obvious nod it's perfect!
     
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    I'm with you on that: I kind of think of kreons as composite characters across multiple incarnations, to a certain degree. For me, what details become dominant depend on what iteration of the character has left the strongest impression on me. Swerve is one of those G1 guys with limited original characterization who has later become much more interesting in the comics. Here's my take on Swerve:
     

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    aikitim G1 Autobot

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    Couldn't have asked for better!!!
     
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    Nice job. I don't have a sticker printer do I'll use Krazy Glue instead