Thanks to a discussion in the "Transformers Discussion" forum here at the Allspark, I've been inspired to create this:





The bumper and square bit in his belly will actually be silver, as will the fuel tanks on his thighs, and the clear parts may end up painted opaque red and blue.

I made the dumper bed grey with dark blue as a throwback to G1's trailer.

The flames (or whatever) on the bumper and his toes will obviously be left out.



This has officially gone from digi-concept to real project.

I used a Bendy Prime head in the digibash, but I have no extra Bendy heads and I have used/am using the heads from other Prime toys for my other Optimus KB's, so I've decided to build one.

Behold! The front half of Cybertron Downshift's head (left over from my c-Shockwave) and the back half of Universe Ransack's (left from my "Optimus Hoist"), along with judicious applications of epoxy putty = Optimus Prime.



So far, I've got putty in place for a remolded faceplate, as well as a new crest and smoothing out the crest at the back of Ransack's head.

I'm still contemplating what to do for Op's "ears".. so far, my only idea is to simply sculpt them out of more putty.

I'm trading some stuff to my buddy for his damaged Demolishor (the left elbow snapped, but he sent me a pic of it and I'm sure I can fix it), so when he sends it to me, this project can really get started.

YOU'RE INSANE!


Insanely talented, that is. Why should that work so well? Search me.

I made this digibash sometime last year. Demolishor has a nice Prime-like build.
I really wanna see this when you finish

For the antennae things..do you have any plastic bits from models or previous bashes or anything? I keep a little box of scraps like that handy, even though I rarely actually make anything. Heh.

I'm going to "armchair kitbash" and predict that the head is going to be tricky. Demolishor's head is squat and short so it can fit into the compartment, and it just fits as-is. To make the new head fit, you'll probably either have to cut down in the back of the head so that it can collapse against the base of the neck like Demolishor's does, or cut away a section of compartment wall to let the bigger head through.

Yes, I know this topic is from October, but as I've finally started working on the project for real, I'm resurrecting it. @smilepunch@


I've finished constructing the Optimus head (Cybertron Excellion head + epoxy putty and modified visor), and thought you'd like to see it. It needs a little more cleaning up, then I can paint it.

o-o

Keep us updated, please!!

Arise, Optimus Prime!

Dude... x.x Sick!!

Okay, that's just super-cool!:D

it's the return of G2 General Optimus Prime!

I kinda like the prepainted version better, but I guess black and gold aint very Optimus-y.