I have a lot of customs I haven't posted, and I've decided to get the crappiest one out of the way first. If any of you have read my posts on this forum before, you know I can be a bit critical. That goes double when I'm talking about my own work. I could bore you all day with all the ways this thing hasn't turned out-- crap alt mode, head doesn't quite have the right likeness, kind of stumpy-looking...bleh. So I ask you, Radicons, can this thing be saved? I've been working on it too long and I've lost all objectivity.
The alt mode is kind of nothing, but the robot mode is alot like the current comic. I really like the head, where did you get it?
Looks fine to me bro. The alt mod is a bit....weird, but the bot mod most definitely captures the IDW look.
You'd need to find a way to make the front end extend out...and maybe a way to hide the head. Otherwise, I think the bot mode is terrific.
Are you just going to follow me around asking where I get my heads? It's Energon Tow-Line (Tow-Line (Energon) - Transformers Wiki) with some pretty heavy modification. Also, posted more pictures in the OP.
Well, from what I've seen, the only real problems with the alt mode are the head's over exposed and the front end is a little short. If you could find a way to fold the head back and hide it with the black and red part in the back (or at least the black, it looks like it might be good and big enough) and extend the jet front out a bit, it would look great. A few minor things that might work to help improve is if you could fold the shoulder armor down to cover the whites of the arms, it would make the alt mode look more solid, and the cockpit/jet front move down to lock with the crotch part (I think the crotch? the blue part in the front). The bot mode, at least to me, is pretty well perfect. Great job there
Heh, have I done that before? And I need the face on that looked familiar. Alot of work done on it, yeah.
Yeah, so far I've only been making surface changes to the base mold (that Tristan thing someone mentioned above), but I think I need to do a little more cutting and pasting. I finally figured out that my big peeve is that his legs are long, but his torso is SO stumpy. He needs at least a half-inch of torso added . And hopefully as a part of that process I can make some of the changes you're talking about, because I agree with most of them.
Fixing the alt mode could be as easy as adding a shield that clips on to the front end, that could attach to the back in robot mode. You could fashion a slot for his arm wing to fit through, that way you wouldn't even need to worry about how he would hold it. I think the Bot mode is top notch, good job on that!
