Minor/Repaint: Thundertron: Micron THUNDERBEAK!! (and sword mod)

Discussion in 'Radicons Customs' started by FakeEyes22, Dec 7, 2012.

  1. Hooper_X

    Hooper_X hit dogs holler

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    posting in soon-to-be-legendary thread.

    seriously, though, this is brilliant and creative and hilarious all at the same time. THESE ARE A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS.
     
  2. Switch625

    Switch625 "Up, up, and away!"

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    This is awesome and hilarious at the same time! Now I have to have Thundertron!
     
  3. Karhukjnsi

    Karhukjnsi Universal Wrestler

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    TAGGING THIS SO EHF'ING HARD!

    I am now so grateful I bought a gold sharpee.
     
  4. Rumble02

    Rumble02 Radicon of Obliticons

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    Now that is brilliant and making great use of what you have. now I want Thundertron
     
  5. Fallout

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    i have to get this, i hope my mom gets him for me for christmas.
     
  6. Boy Blunder

    Boy Blunder Terrorcon King

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    I am so going to do this later. Thank you, sir - you are truly a visionary.

    Or maybe even a Visionary.
     
  7. Dinodigger97

    Dinodigger97 germinates within you.

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    I'm sooo doing this!
     
  8. robb0429

    robb0429 Well-Known Member

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    This discovery makes it in my Best Things Ever In The History of Ever list.
     
  9. dominomist

    dominomist Well-Known Member

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    Very very clever. This is an amazing find. Thank you
     
  10. MegaMoonMan

    MegaMoonMan OFFICIAL MMM REP

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    If I wasn't going to rip that stupid mechtech sword apart before, I sure as hell am going to now.

    YES.

    EDIT: And done. I also found you can wedge the tail on the bird up on one of his shoulder claws.
     
    Last edited: Dec 8, 2012
  11. daelf1980

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    great idea!! you started something here that is epic.
     
  12. JCthegreat

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    you can stick the parrot on his shoulder via the claws, which you can stick up in thunderbeaks middle
     
  13. manyoufactsure

    manyoufactsure Maximal TFW2005 Supporter

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    Excellent find. You have lead the way for a new custom that is being copied by myself and many others.
    I had already worked on the sword but when I read this, last night, I immediately shaped the parrot beak. I don't know if I will try adding legs but for now I trimmed down the clear piece from the Mechtech weapon for a perch. It is a little less bulky now.
    Another thread showed me the earring. I didn't even know it was there. I drilled mine out (so it is a hollow ring) but I don't recommend it. I almost came through the edge and it isn't as smooth as it could be. Someone could try replacing it with an actual metal wire but that may be hard to do as well. I hope someone can make a Shapeways hilt for the sword with a centered handle. I don't know if an entire new sword would have as much detail. I noticed the sketch has a lion head on the sword and Hasbro included it on the finished product.
    Does anyone know which side is the true blade. The edge that looks like it would be the sharpen edge is shown as the top edge on the sketch. Wouldn't the standing figure have that edge down? Or were both edges supposed to be a blade and the finished product needed some thickness to strengthen the plastic?
    I'm planning on adding damage like the orig sketch has. Don't know when I will get to it, but I tend to stop everything else and jump on to new things, too much. That's why I have so many unfinished customs. Thanks
     
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  14. RedMars11

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    I really want to give this a go. What straw are we talking about exactly?
     
  15. Philister

    Philister Teutonicons Rising!

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    Unpacked my Thundertron today and immediately applied your idea. Parrot, Sword, everything took me about ten minutes and it works great. Thanks a lot for this great idea.

    I don't know whether anyone else saw this, but you can still make use of the golden claw thing that was on the sword, too:

    [​IMG]
     
  16. robb0429

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    Did this. Thundertron is now one of my favorites ever.
     
  17. Rewind

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    This guy was already my favorite Hasbro release of 2012, but the parrot is just mind-blowing and makes him even better. It's just too bad the removable foot doesn't have the same rear claw that the proper foot has because that one looks exactly like a beak.
     
  18. Saitou

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    Wow, Thundertron just became 10 times better. All Hail Thunderbeak!
     
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    Creative! It works! :)