Ken Christiansen has updated his blog with concept art for Transformers Prime Ironhide! Christiansen actually came up with this design over a year before Transformers Prime footage was shown at SDCC.
Now that the Cyberverse toy is out, Christiansen has posted 2 images of his Ironhide design, showing Ironhide in vehicle and robot modes. Here’s what he had to say:
“As always, the way my brain works, I want the vehicle completed first. I want to see the vehicle cues, and get a sense of weight, that can be translated into robot form and characterization. And colors of course. I turned it in originally all red, (G1 all the way, baby!) but feedback suggested all black to match the current movie version. I may have done all black with the yellow and red stripe, but then Archer suggested a two-tone look, and that sealed it! What a great idea, and I have seen it used since on other versions of Ironhide.
I’m super proud of this design – I think it captures G1, with Movie, and a sense of something new. Of course, I had help, with Aaron Archer’s input, and my man crush Eric Siebenaler at Hasbro was directing me on this project, he took the legs of one of my designs, and combined it with the torso of another drawing I’d done, and outlined the movie style gauntlet guns, and did a quick redesign of the gut, and gave it that cool shape where the Autobot emblem sits. Then I took that image, and painted it out, and that’s what you see above.”
See the Ironhide concept art for yourself, after the jump!
Zhadow
That's what i like about Ironhide, go off Optimus way of handle things and improvise. If he's going to appear in Prime. Then i expect to see a badass who like to fight and be aggresive with style .
Talyn Prime
I'm getting a Gurren Lagaan vibe but I Like It!
Lumpy
i had a chance to play with Ironhide at Botcon, and i totally want him… i was trying to hard to resist Cyberverse, but these suckers are pulling me in… I can't wait to get one now…
grunge
not slamming the character, but very happy not a bulkhead repaint.
Rob
A truer statement about Ironhide has not been said.
PS: give him a Southern accent
Onslaught24
but if Ironhide doesn't follow orders and ends up surrounded, he could probably survive longer than Bulkhead. while i like Bulk, i'd prefer to see Ironhide. he's also not as clumsy
Stepper
Right on,Bulkhead maybe hot headed sometimes but at least he do listen to instructions issue by Optimus Prime
jgoss
what can i say EPIC!!!
Cyber Star
Well thats an interesting mashup design.
Zhadow
I was thinking more of Clint Eastwood.
Ironhide1706
Ironhide should be like what he always has been, a trigger-happy Optimus Prime.
Autovolt 127
Ironhide should be like Rooster Cogburn. Grizzled, old, and onery brings the law into his own hands kind of guy.
Zhadow
And isn't fat like Bulk so to speak .
Rob
Plus old, Bulk feels more like he is in his 30s
Zhadow
Bulkhead doesn't have to go, I find Ironhide more of a hot headed guy.
Rob
He Doesn't have to, they are different character's.
aimop95
I wonder if He'll be in the show? If he does show up, Bulky might have to go.
Bountyan
Yeah I really hope they redeco Kup sometime soon. I like that design but the Kup just looks like a green Ironhide.
Rob
Prunus knows, they said he will show up in other medias. I hope it's The MMO and not Rescue Bots
kookookajew
fuckkkk. Why is hasbro releasing Kup first? As much as I love kup … I love my Generations one just fine, and its just been too long since we got a good Orange/Red version of Ironhide. .. and the Cyberverse/commander class is such a tease.