Early Design Concepts of Transformers Windblade Revealed

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Transmorph633, Oct 19, 2014.

  1. revlimiter

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    1 more Knight fan.

    Knightblade? Knightmare Wind? Knight2005?
     
  2. Necromaster

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    I'm kinda disappointed that they didn't go with the knight design.

    But hey, at least I'm not alone in that regard...
     
  3. Newholl

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    Knight one looks better mainly because Mohawk one looks derpy and rest are Geisha crap.
     
  4. Darkspeed

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    Nice to see I wasn't the only one who wanted the knight-themed design to be made... I like what they've done with Windblade in the comics, but I reckon this could have worked so well too.

    Have Hasbro given any indication if they'll do another Fan Built contest?
     
  5. Dinobot Snarl

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    More like, by fans that vote multiple times to spite the actual majority, for those few, with many left wondering how...

    The resulting figure and character in IDW is nice though... If we have a fan built character again, its nice to know this design is off the table...
     
  6. RobotKnight95

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    I just had an idea. Maybe the knight design could be used for the following characters-
    1. A female Knight of Cybertron
    2. Redesigned Solus Prime
    3. Autobot seeker counterpart - Valkyries

    IDK, just brainstorming.
     
  7. MasterZero

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    Yeah, I'll just parrot what others have said.

    That's one fine looking knight look.
     
  8. Noideaforaname

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    Interesting that they didn't really explore much besides the head design. Sure, some have a lot more fans and some have that far-too-common cockpit-chest, but these gals are basically just a headswap away. I guess they worked out the engineering first then played around with the design, which I suppose they had to with the whole voting thing.

    I wonder if AoE sort of turned them away from the knight design, like they felt there would've been too many in a short span.
     
  9. T-Logicon

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    I'd like to see female Autobot seekers, and I think Valkyries is an awesome name for them. Well done. The knight design would look fantastic for such an endeavor.
     
  10. Aernaroth

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    Honestly? I really prefer design 2. The idea of a fencer-bot is really neat, and I don't think one we see very often.
     
  11. RobotKnight95

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    Thanks. :)  I'm already thinking up concepts for them. Names based off the lance, bow/arrow, and shield since they would be their assigned weapon (Windblade already has a sword). Lancer is a shoe-in given her namesake, the other two I'll get working on.
     
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    I love the fact that at every stage of design, the "Fan Built Bot" always, in some way, incorporated fans.
     
  13. Lion

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    "This is cybertron!!"
     
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    Cool stuff. The first design is hilarious - "There must be turbines on everything!"

    The last design shown looks kinda like Sarah Stone's starting point to me.
     
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    She is a cool looking character. It's too bad they made her a total wimp in her comic series. I wish she would have taken on a more Japanese samurai warrior personality that would more match her Geisha/Kabuki look. Perhaps like the new Drift who is heavily inspired by ancient Japanese samurai.
     
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    That's very interesting stuff.
     
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    A bot design for Rotating Fans, Ceiling Fans, Turbine Fans and Hand Fans everywhere.

    "Fans" all over the world and throughout history have rejoiced.
     
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    I'll throw my lot in with this notion too! Suggesting that this design could be Lancer might be a bit literal, or a pun too far. Still, I guess that notion's there for those who want to see Generations interpretations of (however vaguely) established characters.

    TFA Sentinel Prime had something that could pass for a lance, and the AOE Dinobots certainly had something of a knightly theme, though the closest we've come in the Classics Generations line is the visor-ish crest on Tracks' head. That, or the occasional sword.

    I can just about imagine this retool riding around on one of the Generations Junkions. Whoever would post in hand photos probably wouldn't pass up that opportunity. :) 
     
  19. Easy Tiger

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    I'd have loved to have seen some other colour schemes explored. Although the shades used in the final result are different, it's like they went "well, we've got another VTOL jet, let's just colour her up like Thrust".
     
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    I really like that second one, it reminds me more of a valkyrie.