Evasion Optimus custom paint job.

I thought the Evasion mode Optimus looked very dull, so I decided to give him some paint apps to make him more movie accurate in bot mode, while retaining his G1 look in alt mode.

The only thing I was a bit disappointed with is that I think I slopped on the paint a bit thick, or added too many coats. I know that sometimes the enamels had started to dry up a bit while I was working with them under the lamp, I probably should've thinned them down a bit.

Sorry for the poor quality of pics, I used my phone camera.

Overall I'm quite happy with it though.

Firstly, a comparison pic:

http://i1162.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5c73e8a7.jpg

Now for pics:

http://i1162.photobucket.com/albums/...ps7b559f31.jpg

http://i1162.photobucket.com/albums/...psda692207.jpg

http://i1162.photobucket.com/albums/...ps669af36e.jpg

http://i1162.photobucket.com/albums/...psdaaa0af9.jpg

http://i1162.photobucket.com/albums/...ps305784ea.jpg

Very nice

Such an improvement. Great job indeed!:)

Very good. All it needs now is a face plate.;)

That legs, torso and arms look miles better. :cool:

Nice work. That's a huge improvement on the original.

It makes the original look like an unpainted prototype. If only it were.

Great job! :D It really shows what a good job the designer of the toy have done with the sculpting, only to be let down by the lack of colour apps. :( This has been an ongoing problem pretty much since TF Prime, which also gave us several toys that had neat sculpt details that were essentially lost in a sea of visual blandness.

Cheers guys, there's an amazing amount of detail in this mould just waiting to be brought out. I've only used flat colours, but a good dry-brushed effect would just look absolutely stunning.

It's such a shame that Hasbro didn't include more paint apps, although I understand why they didn't. Still, it's nice that they added the detail in for anyone who wants to bring the figure to life with a brush.

That is definitely a huge improvement.
It's unfortunate that Hasbro don't put such
effort into their paints.

Btw how does he look transformed? I'd love to
see some comparison pics there.