Minor/Repaint: Lockdown classic-movie hybrid

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  1. SentinelPrime

    SentinelPrime I NEEDED THAT!

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    Hi there! Thanks for stopping by!

    I've always had fun with movie-classics hybrids, so I thought I'd give it a shot with ol' Lockdown.

    Using a base of Classics Red Alert, I took the head from Crosswise and went to work. I decided to leave the lights on the car mode, because even though they aren't in the movie, I really like that it gives him this CIA/FBI search look, while playing into being a bounty hunter. The claw is from a movie insecticon leg, which attaches to a screw on the door with a rare earth magnet.

    The challenge was in not making him a plain gray figure. I tried to bring in as much color as I could in the bot mode with accents, while giving any non-car parts a worn two tone gray. I like that in the bot mode there's a lot of colors, but in vehicle mode barely any. Thanks for your time!

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  2. binga750

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    Looks freaking amazing! Makes me wish I had the spare money to be able to get into customizing more.
     
  3. trnsfrmrs1980

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    WT?! AMAZING! I am speechless! Awesome work! Although, for me, maybe you should have remove the sirens! But other than that this is perfect! Good job!
     
  4. char_leigh

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    That works so well! Looks fantastic. I was surprised that I hadn't seen something like this sooner. Love the paint work, very clean and the fig just looks so top notch!
     
  5. Deonasis

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    This is better than the proper figure.
     
  6. Dachande

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    It looks fantastic and clean, but without knowing it was meant to be Lockdown, it would be hard to distinguish it as that character. I believe a sleeker hook or more integrated 'head gun' would help (the first thing that came to mind when I saw the cannon was that it looked like that GoBot tank guy).

    Still, this doesn't take away from how nice and crisp the paint looks.
     
  7. Tomiku

    Tomiku black repaint fetishist

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    Brilliant work here. And I agree about keeping the siren, makes it seem less out of place for Cemetary Wind to just happen to have a lambo hanging out with them.
     
  8. AgentAlabama113

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    Wow. That looks awesome. Nice job. :thumb 
     
  9. Matthew22 37

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    Super cool. I was blown away when I saw that you even included the gunface mode. this is sweet!
     
  10. Barricade24

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    This really works. I would buy this and I am not really into a Classics stuff. Nice job. :thumb 
     
  11. Solrac333

    Solrac333 G1 got it right!

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    This is awesome. Love everything about this except the light bar but that's just a minor nit pick. The gun head looks great too. Very nice.
     
  12. Wolfguard

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    OK...what you did here?

    It rocks.

    I absolutely LOVE it. The bots parts used to make it, the clean paint apps + colors used, the add-ons. It's good. Everything about it is good. Yeah, I have to say this is my new all-time favorite custom.


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  13. tom servo

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    Wow. That works surprisingly well.
     
  14. SG hailstorm

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    that works sooooo freaking well! i need to find a spare red alert now XD
     
  15. Mizzinno

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    It was bound to happen, and I'm glad it did!
     
  16. Unicron9

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    I love the custom, but don't like the siren lights on the car. Lockdown never had those and even in the AOE he wasn't exactly part of the CIA. No matter how ya spin it it looks out of place to me.
    Everything else is great!
     
  17. kaijuguy19

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    This is an epic repaint. :D  Makes me wish we could get a Generations Lockdown that has elements of both his TFA and AOE designs in it.
     
  18. Raiju

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    That's pretty slick! Nice job!
     
  19. Autovolt 127

    Autovolt 127 Get In The Titan, Prime!

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    Wow just wow. This is incredible.

    The Crosswise head actually works decently as the head and despite the body style being bulkier this just works for me.
     
  20. deliciouspeter

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    Looks great. Love the concept and great job incorporating the gun face. I love seeing characters represented in other universes.