custom classics Huffer

[snaketales]

Made from an armada Optimus Prime and Cyclonus head.

I received the Optimus as part of an ebay lot. It didn't have its smokestacks or targetmaster, so once I found a complete one (thanks Primetime!) I started on this one.

I had been saving the head for a custom Brawn using Hound, but I can't figure out how to do the chest, so I repurposed it.

I know G1 Huffer is a cabover and not a longnose prime mover, but what can you do? My main goal was to have a truck that didn't look like classics Optimus.

http://i52.tinypic.com/2qk8nit.jpg

http://i52.tinypic.com/35l9739.jpg

http://i51.tinypic.com/6j0y7t.jpg

http://i51.tinypic.com/52j59c.jpg
G1 robot mode... trouble is his shoulders are just above his head

http://i51.tinypic.com/2v32c29.jpg
Anatomically correct but not G1 correct - what to do, what to do?

[UltraMarginal]

no one ever said that his shoulders had to be like a humans!, a lot of the g1 cars had oddball arm locations.

I really like the silver, is that a chrome finish? how did you do it?

[snaketales]

The silver is a silver-chrome spray paint (the cheapest one from Bunnings, IIRC). I sprayed a bit in the lid and used a brush to paint the arms. I was surprised at how well it turned out.

The engine grill has also been painted silver but that doesn't seem to have come out as strongly as the arms.

EDIT: damn just found out someone else had the same idea more than a year ago! http://procustomizers.com/showthread.php?t=1690

[kristofferrer]

mate this mold actually works! fantastic!

[GoktimusPrime]

EDIT: damn just found out someone else had the same idea more than a year ago! http://procustomizers.com/showthread.php?t=1690

Great minds think alike (and fools seldom differ :p ;) jkz)

I like the "WhY mY ShOuLdErS hUrT?" (http://www.redshirt.co.uk/tall-tales/armada-the-real-story/) configuration. :D