Well, it's certainly been a while since I've done any half-decent TF modelling (with the exception of working on Primus's excellent Blockables project); having finally found the time to put something together, I found myself inspired not by the content of the excellent Generations , but by the book itself.

I always thought that the book itself would work well if redone in the style of DW's MTMTE series, but swapping the profile art for a 3D model of the relevant toy (posed in their box-art style), and exchanging the other info for their bio and tech-specs. The mockup pages themselves are still in an embryonic state, but here's stage 1 of the first model...

C&C always welcome!

 

Stage 2 - upper and forearms:

 

Stage 3 - elbow joints and thigh sections:

 

Stage 4 - legs and feet:

 

Stage 5 - transformation to robot mode, inclusion of hands and head:

 

Stage 6 - inclusion of thruster guns.

 

Amazing work so far, definitely looking forward to seeing the end result.

 

Stage 7 - throw some procedurals at it!

 

And of course, stage 7a:

 

Admittedly, the textures themselves are still a bit rough and ready (no actual bitmaps used), and I'm still looking for a decent chrome tutorial, but as soon as the page art is done, I'll get the finished images up.  

 

Holy cow! Its excellent! What software did you use? I want to learn how to do it too

 

awesome

 

very nice. expected nothing less.

 

Really nice work - I especially like the extra chest detail and the rubsign. These guys are on my list of models to make - you've set the bar high for me.

p.s. If you'd like me to contribute my toy accurate models of Laserbeak/Buzzsaw, Bombshell + Slugslinger let me know.

 

Great work Rob!! You never fail to impress.

 

excellent.

 

Looks awesome, very accurate.

 

Cheers all, much appreciated!  

(Liking that avatar, Jeff!  )

 

Very well done, this must have takena good bit of time to complete.

 

Not long, really - a few days in all; if anything, it was more time-consuming getting the right reference pix as I don't own either Rumble or Frenzy (more's the pity).