Anyone hate Universe 2.0 Galvatron? Anyone else REALLY hate it? Because I REALLY hated it. The only things that looked good on it were the head and chest. So I cut them out and built an entirely new Deluxe-sized Galvatron out of the Universe 2.0 "mold": -Arms are from a Bayverse Bumblebee. Gave me a good place to set his arm. -Legs are a Prime Vehicon with the back of the legs glued so they won't unfold into a car hood. -Shoulders out of a Universe Optimus Prime. -And the cannon is actually made out of a Bayverse blackout's helicopter missiles, this gave it the right kind of crescent separation to resemble G1 Galvatron's animation model. -Hands are posable 1/144th scale gundam hands. -Transforms into a proper Cannon mode, not a tank. The transformation is very simple, obvious, and doesn't scrap any parts together. The cannon can actually be angled up&down based on if you spin the legs around or not. To go along with this I made a completely new Matrix out of clear resin and gave it a proper chain for Galvatron to wear just like in the movie. The blue inner crystal is painted to maintain transparency with metallic blue flake airbrush apint, essentially making the entire thing lightpiping. Granted, only one side of the matrix looks great. The backside was rough because I wanted to make sure it wasn't brittle on the handles. I ACTUALLY made the resin matrix so that it would be LIGHTER than the metal one, allowing Galvatron to hold it just like in the movie...But it's still pretty hard to do because of the sheer size of it. Now if only I had a decent Hotrod to pose him with...
