Autobot E Work in progress UPDATE 2: Photos of robot mode progress. Warp capable robot mode (Space Merman), regular robot mode, and it sticks to my fridge with the magnetic saucer and weapons holding set up I installed. Lots more to do of course, and even more sanding and tidying up once the scratch build/sculpt stuff is all done. I'm thinking of more of a silver color for this than white. What do you guys think? UPDATE 1: robot mode rough WIP look added. So much to do... It will look WAY better when done. I've been planning and working at this for months and it is finally starting to come to life. The premise is that Picard's crew finds evidence that the Borg have greatly enhanced their tech through studying an alien artifact. An away team infiltrates the Borg cube and steals their data and the relic, but soon after the relic is on board the entire Enterprise begins to change on its own. Impulse engines get 2X faster, shield strength more than doubles, and various small structural changes appear each day. The only decipherable information recovered from the stolen Borg data is the location of the relic's planet of origin... a planet called Cybertron. So the crew sets course for the alien world and on arrival they encounter a massive Borg fleet. Under heavy fire and with all hope seemingly lost, the Enterprise begins instructing personnel to evacuate to specific areas of the ship, then transforms to an enormous humaniod robot to take on the threat, all on its own, as though it was somehow now... alive. Its all still pretty rough right now but I have everything pretty much planned out. Originally the saucer section was going to split in half and rotate to the rear of the bot mode shoulders as wings, but it looked like beetle wings. I didn't like it. Eventually I decided the saucer would be removable to become a large shield, since the E saucer hull makes a bad ass looking shield. It will also be able to attach to his back when not used as a shield. Nothing else parts-forms (as long as my plans work out without too much sacrifice in either mode). The starboard nacelles will act as heels to the feet and will be aligned along the sides of the legs. I am considering making them removable to become a big double plasma discharge cannon, or warp wings on the shoulder backs, but I don't know about that just yet. Even if that is just an option, it might make him seem a bit parts-formery. The robot head top will have the main deflector on it, which will be visible from the front of starship mode. I'm hoping to make it look like a crown on the head or something- but I'm getting ahead of myself now... It will be a while before this build is finished, then lots of painting and TONS of decals to add.
NO way! I designed a transformer Trek ship a long time ago named Phaser. I will be watching this with keen intrigue! GL and awesome so far mate!
Post a pic! I want to see Phaser. Star Trek and Transformers are probably my favorite sci-fi universes, and the Enterprise E is hands down my favorite starship design ever. I'd love to see your ideas. Thanks you! There are still details to work out on the story. I just tossed my ideas thus far out. I'm already thinking E would likely transport the crew to safe areas rather than call for evacuation and give them a couple of hours before transforming. Also I think the saucer shield will be neat in theory if we say the shield itself has powerful energy shields over it. Its DOTM Skymammer chopped up and resculpted with styrene parts added. Oh, and parts from a model Enterprise E.
Well I wasn't sure this would even generate much interest, but you guys seem to like the idea so I added the robot mode pics to prove it does transform just how I explained. Don't judge it's roughness just yet though, haha! I have a LONG way to go.
yah---me too. imagining in my head (cuz I am not qualified to create and build) romulan, klingon and ferengi bot ships too. Thinking E might oughta be a fembot? bucket
I'd have rather seen star trek tfs crossover myself. This is neat on it own, I remember a DS 9 crossover with bruticus and swindle or somesuch a ways back. Was a good story too.
I considered making it a her because Picard always referred to it as "she", but I just didn't like the idea of it having an obvious sex for some reason. I'm just going for basic 'robot'. I love the Romulan Warbird. Maybe one day...
Not sure how feasaible it would be, but could you do the deflector as a 3-part separating unit? The central unit that becomes the crown of the robot head, and the other 2 parts that separate from that, fold to the sides to become a form of shoulder armor? If you could do it right, it would give him a little width in the shoulder area, and keep him from looking like he's wearing a hat. As for the nacelles forming a weapon, why not? Could easily create a story as for why he doesn't do it too often, like doing so reduces his agility, or every time he uses it it risks shattering the dilithium crystal. But, done correctly, it would be no more partsforming than Cybertron Sideways was. Remember, he had the wings on his legs that could become the double-bladed sword. All in all, I love the design, and the fact you thought out a story for it that actually makes sense and could fit in continuity with both universes is an additional plus. It shows the love you have for it, and I'll be watching this.
Ha! That's exactly what I planned to do- sculpting the outer hull rim around the deflector on the 2 small shoulder connection parts so it splits to beef up the shoulder joints in bot mode a bit. If I didn't do that you'd see the head in ship mode. I only want the top of the head visible as the deflector. You have a good eye for what's going on with this! Its cool to see someone thinking of how its going to work. I still need to mod and sculpt the head though. I'm going to try to give him a Geordi visor since I'd assume the relic would have mimicked some of the best tech on the ship, and his is probably the best vision tech. But wait... in the E era, Geordi had the new eyeballs...
