Not too much effort here - with a housefull of kids I can't spend too long painting/cutting on toys... I used Tamiya silver spray paint on the wings, and updated Shrapnel & Bombshell's antlers (?) to match. Then the chest was airbrushed with yellow/gold Tamiya acrylic mix. Lastly I painted the bottom of the hinge black to square off the chest panel, and added a reprolabel Decepticon symbol...
Wow those simple changes make a huge difference in the overall look, not only of Kickback but the whole group. Great job!
That paintwork looks real nice! One of the things that began to bug me about Kickback was all the trans-yellow plastic on him that seemed to set him apart from the other Insecticons. The clear parts are visually interesting on him when alone, but together with Bombshell and Shrapnel the lack of any sort of grey near his head/shoulders started to be a letdown. The mold itself is so good so I'm still gonna buy two more of him to start my swarm though, haha. Again, love this custom work!
That's great. I hope all three get released together as a boxed set, with a unified paint job one day.