WIP: Master Blaster

[stencilator]

No it's not a new song by Stevie Wonder... I made a start on my Masterpiece Blaster.

Nobody wanted to buy my spare MP SW so I decided to turn it into a MP Blaster. My wife went out for dinner with her girlfriends tonight so I thought I'd get started and as it turns out.... I got HEAPS done.

It still needs some head sculpting and painting, buttons added to his pelvis, speakers added to his shins, and heaps of minor detail painting but you can definitely get the picture. Tape door obviously still works perfectly well. It was a perfect fit over the original door. The head was a bit trickier with plenty of carving down the neck and inside of the head but the end result is also a perfect fit. He even has a tight grip on the gun.

Enough talk.... more pictures.... the photos don't show the colour very well but his torso and arms had a coat of silver, a coat of yellow, followed by a coat of red and the final colour is a good match for the original.

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n113/stencilator/IMG_6070_zpsa645d255.jpg (http://s110.photobucket.com/user/stencilator/media/IMG_6070_zpsa645d255.jpg.html)

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n113/stencilator/IMG_6072_zps4d54c4ba.jpg (http://s110.photobucket.com/user/stencilator/media/IMG_6072_zps4d54c4ba.jpg.html)

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n113/stencilator/IMG_6074_zps191ac5d7.jpg (http://s110.photobucket.com/user/stencilator/media/IMG_6074_zps191ac5d7.jpg.html)

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n113/stencilator/IMG_6075_zpsa5443c9f.jpg (http://s110.photobucket.com/user/stencilator/media/IMG_6075_zpsa5443c9f.jpg.html)

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n113/stencilator/IMG_6076_zps960845a1.jpg (http://s110.photobucket.com/user/stencilator/media/IMG_6076_zps960845a1.jpg.html)

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n113/stencilator/IMG_6078_zps03385759.jpg (http://s110.photobucket.com/user/stencilator/media/IMG_6078_zps03385759.jpg.html)

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n113/stencilator/IMG_6079_zps36e5abcd.jpg (http://s110.photobucket.com/user/stencilator/media/IMG_6079_zps36e5abcd.jpg.html)

Hopefully I'll get the rest finished by the weekend and I'll post some more pics.

Enjoy.

[ILikeSoundwave]

Wow looks amazing!, I'm impressed with what you've done.

[CBratron]

Not bad so far.

But I was expecting something more like this.
http://www.marcianise.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/mad_max.jpg

[AJ_Prime]

Wow dude! That looks amazing already! Certainly more than anything I could ever do. Very nice man!

[UltraMarginal]

exceptional work, I'm looking forward to the rest.

[lancalot]

that turning out great , can't wait to see more of the work

[1AZRAEL1]

I didn't think it would actually look different enough from Soundwave, but it does. Anyway all things considered you did an amazing job lad. Amazing. :)

[stencilator]

Thanks for the encouragement. I'm not sure what to do with the speaker parts. I'd like to fit some sort of hinge part so that they could swing around from one side of the leg to the other - so that they could be in the right position in both modes - but I don't think there is room as I'd like to use the G1 parts and they only just fit. I could make them attach via a peg that fits into a hole on each side or I could use magnets. Anybody here have any ideas for how they would go about it?

[Bidoofdude]

Nice job. Looks pretty good. :)

[Hursticon]

See, now as a custom I can completely get behind this as you've done an amazing job Stencilator! :eek::cool:
(Conversely, that 3rd Party piece of thievery (http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showthread.php?t=17714) just grinds my gears! :mad:)

[ChlorHex]

Very nicely done!

[griffin]

It's amazing how well that works, with just a swapping of a few minor parts or panelling, and some new colours. I wonder if there was ever an initial intention by TakaraTomy or Hasbro to see if they could design Soundwave to be modified into Blaster (like Voyager Springer into Sandstorm or classics Sideswipe into Sunstreaker) buy looking into being able to transform it both ways (blaster has the legs outside the arms - soundwave has the arms at the back)... but then decided to just stick with the Soundwave design and keep it "pure".

[stencilator]

I think that, even as a masterpiece, the transformation is so simple for Soundwave and Blaster that they should just design a new mould for MP Blaster. I couldn't do it, but for transformers engineers it should be pretty straight forward. In the meantime, SW does make a simple base for a Blaster custom and I'm pretty happy with how well it's coming together.

[Wheelie]

Very nice, didn't think it would turn out so good

[gamblor916]

Nice work!

[stencilator]

Progress...

Buttons added, some head sculpting, and some minor paint details added. I seem to have lost my small paint brushes so I used my daughters face painting brushes for the arm details. Think I'll wait till I find the right equipment before doing any more painting.

The speaker parts and original feet are just blue tacked on at the moment while I decide what to do. I could stick on the G1 feet or I could paint what look like speaker parts on the SW base black as a representation of the original. Any thought?s

Anyway... here he is nearly done.

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n113/stencilator/IMG_6087_zpsf8292e92.jpg (http://s110.photobucket.com/user/stencilator/media/IMG_6087_zpsf8292e92.jpg.html)

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n113/stencilator/IMG_6088_zpsd07ed3bc.jpg (http://s110.photobucket.com/user/stencilator/media/IMG_6088_zpsd07ed3bc.jpg.html)

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n113/stencilator/IMG_6089_zps8cd30e3c.jpg (http://s110.photobucket.com/user/stencilator/media/IMG_6089_zps8cd30e3c.jpg.html)

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n113/stencilator/IMG_6094_zps0e131a91.jpg (http://s110.photobucket.com/user/stencilator/media/IMG_6094_zps0e131a91.jpg.html)

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n113/stencilator/IMG_6098_zpsa8c3fed2.jpg (http://s110.photobucket.com/user/stencilator/media/IMG_6098_zpsa8c3fed2.jpg.html)

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n113/stencilator/IMG_6100_zps8b1000c3.jpg (http://s110.photobucket.com/user/stencilator/media/IMG_6100_zps8b1000c3.jpg.html)

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n113/stencilator/IMG_6101_zpsa765c63d.jpg (http://s110.photobucket.com/user/stencilator/media/IMG_6101_zpsa765c63d.jpg.html)

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n113/stencilator/IMG_6102_zps3fcac8ff.jpg (http://s110.photobucket.com/user/stencilator/media/IMG_6102_zps3fcac8ff.jpg.html)

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n113/stencilator/IMG_6104_zps6c44d180.jpg (http://s110.photobucket.com/user/stencilator/media/IMG_6104_zps6c44d180.jpg.html)

All comments, opinions and ideas welcome.

Cheers

[ILikeSoundwave]

Probably one of the best customs I've ever seen, Good job!

[Sinnertwin]

Spectaular!
:clapping:

[janda the red]

That looks awesome!

Nice one...

:D

[lancalot]

Wow that very nicely done man .... with the speakers if there any way to try to make it sit more flush , as it looks like a button stuck on ATM ... maybe it just the way it looks because that behind the speaker you can see the white ,so remember to paint it black behind there and it might not standout that much ... but that very awesome custom man , that definitely MP blaster!!

[MayzaPrime]

Wow :eek: :eek: :eek:

Very impressive :D

[stencilator]

Wow that very nicely done man .... with the speakers if there any way to try to make it sit more flush , as it looks like a button stuck on ATM ... maybe it just the way it looks because that behind the speaker you can see the white ,so remember to paint it black behind there and it might not standout that much ... but that very awesome custom man , that definitely MP blaster!!

Agreed. I was even thinking of making some stickers instead of the actual parts. I don't want to try to recess them for fear of ruining the leg transformation. Maybe a raked border in silver to make it look more built in.

Thanks for all the encouraging comments... much appreciated.

[gamblor916]

Looks good! I agree with the speakers looking a bit like button stuck on. Maybe a bezel or edging around it perhaps. Definitely paint it black behind it though.