08-19-13 Update Wow. I knew it's been awhile since I've updated this but 9 months? I have to stay on it this time around. Still got quite a bit of work to do on him. Oh, an that last pic? Things to come. Anyways, the pics: 11-10-12 Update I really love the Armada seekers but I felt Thrust got the shaft. I mean how do you go from this: to this: Besides being deluxe sized (I prefer my seekers to be at least voyager), nothing about that figure screams Thrust to me. And even when they do get it right, it's both a deluxe AND the wings aren't sized and shaped right. What to do? Make my own of course. Still got to paint him among other things. I finally got a hold of an Armada Ramjet so I could start on the custom. I thought since I can't make him into a conehead that maybe I could use Skywarp/Ramjet as a substitute for Thrust (and the eventual Dirge and Ramjet with their G1 wings and likeness as well, hence the 1 of 6) and use a Thundercracker or Starscream and repaint him into Skywarp's colors, keeping Starscream, Thundercracker, and Skywarp unique from Thrust, Dirge and Ramjet. I'm waiting on Shapeways to send me a set of TreadshotA1's nullrays (Null Rays for Classics Seekers by Treadshot A1 on Shapeways), fakebuster83's DotM Starscream Weapon Set (DOTM Deluxe Starscream weapon set by fakebusker83 on Shapeways), and a set of artfulshrapnel's rocket pods (Rocket Pods by artfulshrapnel on Shapeways). In the meantime, I'll busy painting up this guy but that's the plan. C + C is welcomed and encouraged.
Thanx. Well, yeah, that's clearly an Armada Thrust, what I mean is that figure doesn't really feel like Thrust (to me). Starscream, Thundercracker and Skywarp all carried over some of their color schemes and have nods to their original designs. But Thrust was like this completely other thing to me. That's what I mean. Comparing him to G1 Thrust he doesn't really seem like him compared to how Starscream and co. figures turned out.
He knows that,what he's saying is that Armada Thrust doesn't feel much like the character he's based on,while the Seekers feel much more similiar to their original G1 counterparts.Armada Thrust is obviously an entirly new character,but an homage still. I personally disagree with him,as I think Armada Thrust is actually pretty cool design wise. But I'll be looking foward to this custom,I like the Armada seekers,and I like what you did so far.I hope you give the mold some more articulation.
I feel like it was all coincidental, and then the design team realized and thought they should name him Thrust due to the few small similarities. So no, I don't believe he's a homage. Not everyone outside of G1 is.
He's a conehead,with an engine thing randomly thrown in to make the homage even more obvious,and even has a repaint that futher homages G1 Thrust. I don't remember how he was on the cartoon but TFwiki says this: "Like the Generation 1 Thrust, the Armada incarnation is portrayed as a braggart." Obvious homage is obvious,but whatever man,this is irrelevant.
Many parts of him homage his G1 counterpart, yes, but he is not in his entirety an homage. Some figures are, he is not. For example, TF 2010 Lugnut is an homage. TFP Bulkhead, who takes obvious design elements from TFA Bulkhead, is not. This is just my personal opinion.
