Henkei Ultra Magnus

[Borgeman]

If there was to be a Henkei UM, TakaraTomy would most probably take this:

http://www.seibertron.com/images/toys/files/39/r_ultramagnus076.jpg
& repaint it in these colours:
http://www.seibertron.com/images/toys/files/03/r_ultramagnus_1079.jpg


so it would equal this:
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x24/borgeman/r_ultramagnus076copy.jpg

damn that took a while :D

George

[roller]

nice, id buy it if it was like that, the hasbro one is so bland. They didnt even get white right, mine looks dirty and is still in box

[kurdt_the_goat]

Nice borge! You got a decent looking silver on his paws there, what's your technique for recolouring?

[Borgeman]

er well, i just use some basic things on photoshop - photo filter, hue/sat., etc

for the hands, i was desaturating them but you couldnt see them when they were all white, so i left them a bit dirty to see them - but silver sounds better :P

George

[Soundwarp]

Should have been that in the first place!

[Pulse]

Thanks for that George :)

It's beyond me why Hasbro didn't attempt a similar colour scheme with him in the first place (UM does not equal White OP... )

[GoktimusPrime]

I wonder how that would look in vehicle mode.


It's beyond me why Hasbro didn't attempt a similar colour scheme with him in the first place (UM does not equal White OP... )
Wanna bet? (http://www.seibertron.com/images/toys/files/03/r_ultramagnus_1067.jpg)

To be fair, the original Ultra Magnus toy from G1 - being a repaint of Diaclone Powered Convoy, was basically a white Optimus Prime but with a different trailer that happened to transform into a suit of armour for him. While that armour has undoubtedly become an iconic part of Ultra Magnus' image the fact is that the true robot form is a white repaint of Optimus Prime (no doubt thanks to the fact that G1 artists always drew him inside his armour and we never saw him in his basic robot form).

I really liked how Dreamwave showed Ultra Magnus in his true core robot form (after having his external armour stripped away). :)

http://www.tfarchive.com/cartoons/generationone/profiles/MagnusMatrix.jpghttp://www.tfarchive.com/comics/marvel/covers/uk080.jpghttp://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/transformers/images/thumb/5/56/Magnuslongshot.jpg/250px-Magnuslongshot.jpg

Having said that, it would've been nice if they could incorporate the trailer colours with the cab robot as it would break up the monotonous white and make it look nicer. We've already seen Takara do something like that with Laser Ultra Magnus and it'll be interesting to see if TakaraTOMY will do something along those lines with Henkei! Henkei! Ultra Magnus (presuming that UM will come out in Henkei). So while I agree that doing a white repaint of Prime as Ultra Magnus all the time is very much minimal in effort and rather bland, it is inaccurate to say that Ultra Magnus "shouldn't be" a white Prime repaint - because quite frankly, it is G1 accurate! But in the absence of a trailer/armour it is bland (if you only had the G1 Ultra Magnus cab robot with no trailer it would suck as a toy).

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/Transformers/Laser%20Magnus%20Photocomic/photocomic_lasermagnus23.jpg

[Thanatos]

Everyone is so down on the white UM Classic from Hasbro. Personally I was a big fan :D

And like Gok said, it is G1 Accurate :P

EDIT: More to the point, that picture is totally awesome Borge. Top stuff

[Pulse]

Wanna bet? (http://www.seibertron.com/images/toys/files/03/r_ultramagnus_1067.jpg)

To be fair, the original Ultra Magnus toy from G1 - being a repaint of Diaclone Powered Convoy, was basically a white Optimus Prime but with a different trailer that happened to transform into a suit of armour for him. While that armour has undoubtedly become an iconic part of Ultra Magnus' image the fact is that the true robot form is a white repaint of Optimus Prime (no doubt thanks to the fact that G1 artists always drew him inside his armour and we never saw him in his basic robot form).

I really liked how Dreamwave showed Ultra Magnus in his true core robot form (after having his external armour stripped away). :)

Having said that, it would've been nice if they could incorporate the trailer colours with the cab robot as it would break up the monotonous white and make it look nicer. We've already seen Takara do something like that with Laser Ultra Magnus and it'll be interesting to see if TakaraTOMY will do something along those lines with Henkei! Henkei! Ultra Magnus (presuming that UM will come out in Henkei). So while I agree that doing a white repaint of Prime as Ultra Magnus all the time is very much minimal in effort and rather bland, it is inaccurate to say that Ultra Magnus "shouldn't be" a white Prime repaint - because quite frankly, it is G1 accurate! But in the absence of a trailer/armour it is bland (if you only had the G1 Ultra Magnus cab robot with no trailer it would suck as a toy).


I'm not buying that White Semi Cab = UM Comic tripe for a second.

IMO, These (http://www.seibertron.com/images/toys/files/03/r_ultramagnus_1067.jpg) three (http://www.seibertron.com/images/toys/files/42/r_ultramagnus027.jpg) figures (http://www.seibertron.com/images/toys/files/39/r_ultramagnus057.jpg) (amongst other white primes) are not UM.

To me, These (http://www.seibertron.com/images/toys/files/03/r_ultramagnus_1079.jpg) 3 (http://www.seibertron.com/images/toys/files/11/r_ultramagnus053.jpg) figures (http://www.seibertron.com/images/toys/files/38/r_ultramagnus049.jpg) are UM.

Maybe we should agree to disagree on this...

[k.wong23]

BORGEMAN YOUR SIG INTRIGUES ME WHO IS THE LADY FALLING LOL

[Borgeman]

dunno, but its funny as hell :D

George

[ChlorHex]

Really like what you did with the photoshop colours of UM, George.
You think you can do another of him in cab mode based on the colours you've done him up in?
Really like it :)

[i_amtrunks]

I like that recolour Borge, you even got the hands and grill chromed!

I'd be very tempted to buy that Ultra Magnus to display by his lonesome if Takara made him look like that and keep Hasbro UM in the CC armour, and I'm not even that big a fan of the mold!

[Borgeman]

Really like what you did with the photoshop colours of UM, George.
You think you can do another of him in cab mode based on the colours you've done him up in?
Really like it :)

ok i was gonna do one of the front view as well, but have been too busy....

but i did this one:
http://www.seibertron.com/images/toys/files/39/ultramagnus031.jpg

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x24/borgeman/ultramagnus031black.jpg
not as clean as the first, but uni has been all over me lately

George

[kup]

That's awesome George!

Although as mentioned its not G1 accurate, a repaint like that would be a welcomed change.

Having said that, I am the type who prefers to have a white Prime for Magnus but WITH A TRAILER!!

To me getting a white Prime is like getting just half of Magnus without the Trailer. It just feels incomplete.

My Dream Magnus toy: A white Prime with a transformable trailer that can be worn as armor just as it should be.

We know that HasTak are too lazy these days to give us something like the above and that is why I am grateful that other people such as those behind the City Commander kit have been thoughtful enough to give us one even if unofficial.