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 Apr 18 2012, 07:30 PM
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Group: Citizen Posts: 7,903 Joined: 31-January 04 From: Ct. USA Member No.: 4,093 Faction: RIRFIB  |
Had Cassettes on the mind recently thanks to the four new JTF Cassettes, and this month's contest and Redshift's awesome CGI. So I figured it was maybe a time they got an entry to themselves. (IMG:http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/5784/page22ws.jpg) I really do love cassettes, so I couldn't resist doing one design of my own. Mooncry the owl is based partially on Ratbat's transform scheme but with a few twists of her own. I'd give alot for new "exactly in G1-style" (well, with tampograms instead of stickers) animal cassettes. -ZacWilliam, non-record-ified Brontobot possibly coming next time... -------------------- Ever wonder about the speed of Turbofoxes?
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Apr 18 2012, 07:37 PM
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 Local Dinosaur Enthusiast Group: Citizen Posts: 6,308 Joined: 24-October 07 From: Dinotopia Member No.: 10,981 Faction: Autobot |
Wow, that's a pretty awesome origin for the Recordicons right there.
Also, saurian Mechanimals would absolutely make my day, Zac. -------------------- QUOTE I'm bad at puns and not much good at anything else! |
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Apr 19 2012, 12:19 AM
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 Group: Retired Staff Posts: 16,876 Joined: 23-February 04 From: Chilling on Velocitron Member No.: 4,279 Faction: RIBFIR |
That is awesome.
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Apr 19 2012, 12:28 AM
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Local Dinosaur Enthusiast Group: Citizen Posts: 6,308 Joined: 24-October 07 From: Dinotopia Member No.: 10,981 Faction: Autobot |
QUOTE(Master Fwiffo @ Apr 19 2012, 01:19 AM)  So were Rumble and Frenzy, like, tribal cybertronian pygmies before they got the upgrade? They're minicons outfitted with the Recordicon "upgrade". This post has been edited by Cabooceratops: Apr 19 2012, 12:28 AM -------------------- QUOTE I'm bad at puns and not much good at anything else! |
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Apr 19 2012, 05:21 AM
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 Lilwall Leader Group: Citizen Posts: 1,283 Joined: 10-February 04 From: Brisbane, Australia Member No.: 4,192 |
i so badly wants an owl cassette now.
i love cassettebots, this page is uber awesome (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-hotrod.gif) -------------------- Lilwall.net |
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Apr 19 2012, 06:31 AM
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  Group: Supporter Posts: 297 Joined: 18-August 08 From: Nl Member No.: 11,931 Faction: Decepticon |
QUOTE(ZacWilliam1 @ Apr 18 2012, 09:00 PM) Had Cassettes on the mind recently thanks to the four new JTF Cassettes, and this month's contest and Redshift's awesome CGI. So I figured it was maybe a time they got an entry to themselves. Very good! I love the technical fluff of the quantum-state recording drums and dual access torso ports, giving purpose to these feature long before anyone invents a magnetic reel cassette (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-hotrod.gif) -------------------- |
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Apr 19 2012, 09:34 AM
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 Yes, me. Me, me, me. Me too! Group: Supporter Posts: 25,141 Joined: 22-December 04 From: Huntington, WV Member No.: 5,666 Faction: Autobot |
Zac, you've done it again. That's fantastic! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-ironhide.gif)
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Apr 19 2012, 03:03 PM
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Group: Citizen Posts: 7,903 Joined: 31-January 04 From: Ct. USA Member No.: 4,093 Faction: RIRFIB |
QUOTE(Cabooceratops @ Apr 18 2012, 08:37 PM) Wow, that's a pretty awesome origin for the Recordicons right there. Also, saurian Mechanimals would absolutely make my day, Zac. Thanks. I'd been asked a bunch about doing the animal cassettes and whether they counted as mechanimals or not. Honestly I like my cassettes Marvel Comic style where they actually have real personalities and sentience like their profile bios, but I couldn't deny they'd also been played as being mechanimals in canon as well. Dark of the Moon actually gave me the answer when they canonized that animal-bots like their Laserbeak and Ravage were "upgraded" Mechanimals raised to sentience. Best concept to come out of the films I think. I like this origin as it's kind of a "best of both worlds" idea. BTW, as I typed that I decided that the combiner cassettes should be a later evolution of the process, where two mechanimals are spark-grafted to each other rather than to the Hub/Host robot to strengthen their sparks to full TF level. This would grant them greater independance from their "Master" and a combined robot mode of their own. Cool. I wouldn't have though about that if I hadn't been responding here. Thanks for the idea. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-hotrod.gif) Oh, and Brontobots are definately coming just as soon as I settle on a design I really like. Gone through several different version already. QUOTE That is awesome. Glad you like it. QUOTE(Admiral Lilwall @ Apr 19 2012, 06:21 AM) i so badly wants an owl cassette now. i love cassettebots, this page is uber awesome (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-hotrod.gif) Thanks. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-hotrod.gif) And me too! I just made her up for this page but I love the idea of an owl tape and I can picture in my head exactly how Mooncry tfs and I'd kill to have a real toy of it now. QUOTE Very good! I love the technical fluff of the quantum-state recording drums and dual access torso ports, giving purpose to these feature long before anyone invents a magnetic reel cassette I figure it's a distinguishing feature of the type, so it's a good idea to give it some purpose besides looking tape-ish. Anyone pic up on my little BW reference there btw? "Auric cylanders" sliced into smaller components would yeild you "golden disks." (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-arcee.gif) Thanks all for the kind words. -ZacWilliam, really glad everyone liked this one. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-hotrod.gif) I think it's really cool when I get a chance to really think about and flesh out long established facets of TFs like this. This post has been edited by ZacWilliam1: Apr 19 2012, 03:07 PM -------------------- Ever wonder about the speed of Turbofoxes?
Or the proverbial ailerons of Titanium Moosebots? *Visit the one and only Cybertronic Bestiary. For a mechazoologic tour of the mechanimals of Cybertron. |
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Apr 19 2012, 10:04 PM
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Local Dinosaur Enthusiast Group: Citizen Posts: 6,308 Joined: 24-October 07 From: Dinotopia Member No.: 10,981 Faction: Autobot |
QUOTE(ZacWilliam1 @ Apr 19 2012, 04:03 PM) I figure it's a distinguishing feature of the type, so it's a good idea to give it some purpose besides looking tape-ish. Anyone pic up on my little BW reference there btw? "Auric cylanders" sliced into smaller components would yeild you "golden disks." (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-arcee.gif) I sure didn't, but it's awesome that you did that anyways. Very clever. -------------------- QUOTE I'm bad at puns and not much good at anything else! |
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Apr 19 2012, 10:05 PM
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 Weathering the storm. Group: Forum Moderator Posts: 7,339 Joined: 8-July 03 From: Tyrone, PA Member No.: 3,138 Faction: Maximal |
QUOTE(Admiral Lilwall @ Apr 19 2012, 06:21 AM) i so badly wants an owl cassette now. I know, right? The first thing I thought when I saw that was, "Wait... ORLy!?" -------------------- Ursa Magnus avatar by Jake and Hansime. Thanks, guys!
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Apr 20 2012, 03:15 AM
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Lilwall Leader Group: Citizen Posts: 1,283 Joined: 10-February 04 From: Brisbane, Australia Member No.: 4,192 |
Mooncry requires her own full page of awesomeness
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Apr 20 2012, 06:31 PM
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Group: Supporter Posts: 297 Joined: 18-August 08 From: Nl Member No.: 11,931 Faction: Decepticon |
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Apr 20 2012, 08:17 PM
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Group: Citizen Posts: 7,903 Joined: 31-January 04 From: Ct. USA Member No.: 4,093 Faction: RIRFIB |
QUOTE(Redshift @ Apr 20 2012, 07:31 PM) OH MY DEAR GOD! That is amazing. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-hotrod.gif) THANK YOU SO MUCH! That is the coolest thing I've seen in forever. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-hotrod.gif) I've never had anyone else draw one of my designs before. Really. I can't use caps or emoticons enough to express the huge smile on my face just at the sight of her. Colors you ask... Colors... (SHOOT I'VE ONLY EVER DRAWN HER IN BLACK AND WHITE! THINK! THINK!) Heh, no problem, give me a minute. I'd pull a color scheme together. -ZacWilliam, if he wasn't already sitting at the computer would be skipping there like an excited schoolboy... soooo cooool. Edit - Oh,before I forget, I like your version of her chest plate better than my own. The lines I had were making it read a little skull-like and I wasn't thrilled with that. Your cleaner chest it nicer. This post has been edited by ZacWilliam1: Apr 20 2012, 08:22 PM -------------------- Ever wonder about the speed of Turbofoxes?
Or the proverbial ailerons of Titanium Moosebots? *Visit the one and only Cybertronic Bestiary. For a mechazoologic tour of the mechanimals of Cybertron. |
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Apr 20 2012, 09:13 PM
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Group: Citizen Posts: 7,903 Joined: 31-January 04 From: Ct. USA Member No.: 4,093 Faction: RIRFIB |
Fiddled around a little. Here are the two options I came up with on short notice.
Brown, white and grey? (IMG:http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/5387/mooncol1.jpg) or Blue, white and grey. EDIT: Think whiter helmet is a bit better... (IMG:http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/3254/mooncolor2.jpg) It was tough. I wanted to avoid Cassette color schemes that have been done And I kinda wanted to suggest a snowy-owl, but too much white was... well too much white. I also liked a soft, dusky color scheme that suggested night, but anytime I added anything purpleish it immediately read as "Decepticon." (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-waspy.gif) I like things about both of these, but I'm not quite satisfied with either... Thoughts or suggestions? Anyone want to vote? -ZacWilliam, teach me not to come up with color scheme when I invent a character. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-arcee.gif) This post has been edited by ZacWilliam1: Apr 20 2012, 09:26 PM -------------------- Ever wonder about the speed of Turbofoxes?
Or the proverbial ailerons of Titanium Moosebots? *Visit the one and only Cybertronic Bestiary. For a mechazoologic tour of the mechanimals of Cybertron. |
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Apr 20 2012, 10:16 PM
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Lilwall Leader Group: Citizen Posts: 1,283 Joined: 10-February 04 From: Brisbane, Australia Member No.: 4,192 |
Holy crap Redshift that is AWESOME. Maybe I should commission you for all my cassettes...
As for colors.... both of those schemes looks great imo. Although I would give the brown one gold weapons and the blue one silver weapons, or maybe even light blue like Rosanna. Mooncry = blue and white Barnsniper = brown and white This post has been edited by Admiral Lilwall: Apr 20 2012, 10:27 PM -------------------- Lilwall.net |
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Apr 22 2012, 07:19 AM
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Group: Supporter Posts: 297 Joined: 18-August 08 From: Nl Member No.: 11,931 Faction: Decepticon |
My Mooncry model can now be found in my cassette galore image thread!
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Apr 25 2012, 10:11 AM
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Group: Citizen Posts: 7,903 Joined: 31-January 04 From: Ct. USA Member No.: 4,093 Faction: RIRFIB |
Howdy mechs and femmes! Well, since we got to see a "Cassette-ified" version of a Brontobot last time I though this time we'd take a look at the big beastie in its natural configuration. Few Cybertronians have ever ventured as deep into subcybertronia as the Outer Core, and fewer still have ever returned from the deadly Dyno-Jungles.
(IMG:http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/7258/page23w2.jpg) Impressively, at the height of the War this forbidding place served as secret headquarters for the Lightning Strike Coalition, which earned the team their eventual nickname. -ZacWilliam has a few more (less saurian) jungle inhabitants on tap for next time. This post has been edited by ZacWilliam1: Apr 25 2012, 10:31 AM -------------------- Ever wonder about the speed of Turbofoxes?
Or the proverbial ailerons of Titanium Moosebots? *Visit the one and only Cybertronic Bestiary. For a mechazoologic tour of the mechanimals of Cybertron. |
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Apr 25 2012, 11:52 AM
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Local Dinosaur Enthusiast Group: Citizen Posts: 6,308 Joined: 24-October 07 From: Dinotopia Member No.: 10,981 Faction: Autobot |
I love you. This is amazing. I want more Dyno-bots. Space T-Rex. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-silverbolt.gif)
(Almost makes me consider making Sludge electric themed rather than toxic themed in my Dinobots redesign...) -------------------- QUOTE I'm bad at puns and not much good at anything else! |
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Apr 25 2012, 09:21 PM
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Group: Retired Staff Posts: 16,876 Joined: 23-February 04 From: Chilling on Velocitron Member No.: 4,279 Faction: RIBFIR |
You made a Transformers version of the Journey To The Center Of The Earth.
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May 10 2012, 05:20 AM
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Group: Citizen Posts: 7,903 Joined: 31-January 04 From: Ct. USA Member No.: 4,093 Faction: RIRFIB |
Between Botcon weekend capturing my attention and a couple of different sicknesses passing through our house I gave the Bestiary a week off last week, but we're back this week for another look into the deep lost world of the Outer Core, far below the surface of Cybertron. The mighty Machadron hail from IDW's Spotlight: Arcee and the Flaminglow was a request from the wife. Both women it's good to keep happy. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-arcee.gif)
(IMG:http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/1241/page24web.jpg) -ZacWilliam, hope you like. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-hotrod.gif) -------------------- Ever wonder about the speed of Turbofoxes?
Or the proverbial ailerons of Titanium Moosebots? *Visit the one and only Cybertronic Bestiary. For a mechazoologic tour of the mechanimals of Cybertron. |
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