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Camera-headed evil scientist with a penchant for purple and brain transplants, Arnim Zola or Shockwave? Why not both? Some minor modding of the head, plus added a sheet of styrene on the chest for a better surface for painting the upper face. ---Dave

Yeah, silver Browning is true to the toy that got released in the Masterforce year, but the anime went with brown-for-bronze and I wanted to stick with that. I wish I could find the Shapeways mini of Browning I painted a few years ago to compare and make sure I used the same shade of brown...

As usual for Studio Series Gamer Edition toys, Gamer Edition Ratchet doesn't have enough neon, so I fixed that. Also, I was kinda miffed that the gun almost but can't quite mount on the roof in robot mode (they really dropped the ball on connection points here), and I found that shaving a...

Really didn't care for wedging Bumblebee into the Collaborative like that, so I reshaped the head and did some paint removal and paint covering to get Dunestriker, inspired by Dunerunner. ---Dave

Since I'm not getting any Missing Link toys, I decided to use my chrome markers to zazz up the G1 Universe Optimus Prime from Legacy. I did end up leaving the side stripe as factory silver paint, and not messing with the face. I did discover the whole window piece just pops out, in case anyone...

One of the last things I bought from Trent Troop's Shapeways store before Shapeways went kaput, this was designed to go on Titans and the like who have 2mm pegs. I drilled out one foot so it could also stand on 3mm pegs, then painted it. Well, I started painting it months ago, finally finished...

In retrospect, maybe I should've skipped dyeing and just went with clear green over silver instead. ---Dave

I have many neon paints and few opportunities to use them, so touching up Gamer Edition toys is a welcome chance to get some use out of 'em. Mostly neon red, but also neon blue on the eyes and Matrix. I've also used some platinum paint to touch up the dark silver here and there, or make it...

A lot more. No UV flashlight pics, turns out the silvery gray plastic also glows under UV, which kills the effect. The larger areas are in Color Shift Purple Flash (purple to blue) paint, most of the other panel lines are in neon purple. Robot mode to come once I finish it, I focused on...

Basically just added an Autobot symbol and painted the gun in dull silver and matte black. ---Dave

(I decided to not try to match the spot pattern on the original NS Cheetor, which was almost more giraffe-like than cheetah-like. But it did need some gold there in general.) ---Dave

Added more UV glow effects, painted the hinge on the roof silver and red, and painted the gun to match the forearm colors. Regular light and UV flashlight enhancement. ---Dave

https://www.modelsandminis.com/product/beat-all-buggy as Bumblebee in "What if the Ark landed on an Ork world?" colors. Faux-Tyranid is a Zuru capsule toy. ---Dave

So, lots of doubles in the third assortment, so I decided to strip the paint from them and try other stuff. An "easy" (yeah, wasn't actually) mod is to have them join the Electrum forces, since the third assortment had Optimus and Soundwave in gold. My first try used gold paint on Prowl and a...

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I considered doing more, like using clear green Tamiya paint to make the green bits look more transparent, but decided to stop where I did. ---Dave

Mainly just added the dropped glow colors back, added a few more glow bits, and some minor details. Decided that extending the fender stripe to the back was too much hassle, and my Minerva Shelley custom demonstrated the problems with painting the tail lights. ---Dave

The Freedom Dragon is a thing that exists, and can be purchased from Safari Ltd. But it's got a pretty boring paint scheme, so I got one and...improved?...it. ---Dave

I found a spare G2 Megatron at Ross the other day, and decided it needed to be painted to be closer to the comics colors (with some interpretation on my part). ---Dave

While reviewing the toy I realized it looked a lot like a B.A.T. Trooper, so a day of dyeing and some painting later, my spare (I ordered one on Pulse before finding it in-store) became Cobra's latest asset: ---Dave