2D Artwork: More than Meets the Eye Animated for Botcon 2061!

Discussion in 'Transformers Fan Art' started by Digilaut, Sep 23, 2012.

  1. JDK

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    Diggin that Sonicboom. Never thought of using the Animated twins that way, they might make a cool Squawkbox too. This is an awesome set!
     
  2. Digilaut

    Digilaut Well-Known Member

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    Thanks!

    Alt modes time!
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    Another great design! Congratulations!
     
  4. Digilaut

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    I will definitely (re)move the vents. I can't even unsee the eyelashes anymore myself :lol 

    Here's some more stuff: altmode for Crankcase, which comes with a small change to his robot mode (added the white stripe, a nod to the Cybertron Red Alert repaint - helps break up the blue!).
    Made a small change to Whirl's chest and colored his altmode.
    Changed various things to Swerve's robot mode, inlcuding his head, and added his altmode.

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    I'm thinking of ditching Atomizer, his bodyform is quite blatantly that of Sky Garry, and we already have so many Rodimus forms (one upcoming, even). If this were to ever become a real thing I guess he can be featured in the accompanying comic :lol 
    Having second thoughts on Dipstick's head and jaw. Plus I set myself a goal of making this a somewhat feasible Botcon set, and with already being at the limit of new headsculpts, I think I will use Sentinel's head instead of the new one. For some reason I already like him that way!





    If you want the good people at FunPub to know about this, I think the best thing you could do is not (just) bump this thread until somebody maybe looks at this, but rather take a more active approach: tell your TF friends who might be interested to take a look at this topic, spread the word around, and let your voice heard this is what you want.
    Another idea would be to email Funpub about it, but to be honest: I'm not sure that is the best idea. It might become borderline harassing when people start doing that - and I have no clue about how open they are on working together with an outsider like me.

    But still: let your voice be heard! The longer you/we/they wait, the smaller the interest in both Animated and More than Meets the Eye, and it takes a long time to bring these ideas from concept to actual toy at a convention/subscription. :) 


    Thanks for the continuing interest! That also goes for the lurkers! :) 
     
  5. grimlockprime

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    you could repaint whirl from tfa longarm with the antennae up to represent pre-empurata whirl
     
  6. Digilaut

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  7. Josh

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    i need these in my collection like yesterday

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  8. SPLIT LIP

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    Josh, you and me, we're gonna make Swerve a household name.

    BTW, those alt modes...

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  9. Josh

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    lets do it

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  10. Shinobi Rendar

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    I recently started reading the MTMTE and RID series and these great designs need to be done immediately. I love how you easily translated the MTMTE characters into the existing Animated body types, yet still they all look completely new! I hope at least a customizer tries to do these for real.
     
  11. Wars

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    The whole lot of them is looking fantastic!
     
  12. Digilaut

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    LAST ONE - I could go on forever and ever but I have to stop somewhere. I think there's a complete Botcon set in there. :) 
    Doesn't mean I'm fully done yet - I promised a poster!

    The idea for Brainstorm actually came from Ra88, so thanks! Another thing he suggested was putting the bow on his back, simulating the cannons of his MTMTE counterpart - unfortunately there are no holes to put the bow in on his back in robot mode :( 



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  13. Kaijumaster

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    ^SWEET Mercy man!

    This thread needs to stop, it's getting too painful!

    what would Brainstorm look like on one of the Jet Twins with his new head?
     
  14. Ømnidrive

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    How much bro?
     
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    This thread kicks ass. Needs moar DJD though.
     
  16. Rexidus

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    YES, please do the DJD!
     
  17. Josh

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    I think I'm gonna have to commission me at least a whirl from one of our kitbashers. I need these figs so hard
     
  18. Ra88

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    Looks just as good as I thought it would. :D  Though maybe you could make the area around his eyes black? Could add a bit more madness and personality.
     
  19. Wars

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    Damn that looks fantastic!
     
  20. Digilaut

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    Thank you! I hope somebody tries them out as well, would love to see it happen!

    Ok, I'll stop!

    Brainstorm using one of the Jet Twins mold would look like...I dunno, I'm not saying it wouldn't work, but I'm trying to be smart here with head/mold reuses (and in Animated, only a couple of Autobots have flight ability!)

    Ten thousand Hamiltons! Then I'll find you somebody who might customize these for you. But mostly I will use the money to go on a loooong vacation :lol 

    I love the DJD, but I can just not do them justice with simple mold reuses. I'm already stretching it as it is, but their forms and altmodes are just so out there, it would just be disappointing.

    So no, no DJD. Sorry!!

    Maybe one day I can draw them Animated style, without trying to use real toy forms. But it's not particularly high on my list, especially since I'm really tying to tone down the amount of fan-art I create in the spare time I have left. :) 

    And I'm going to commission somebody to build me a time machine, just so I can get the issues of MTMTE faster! NOW WE'RE EVEN :'-(

    Trust me, I actually tried that before I posted it. It just looked weird. Not saying this doesn't, but a bit less than all black. I'm not sure why that is. :( 

    Thanks again! ;)