FrenzyRumble's Sludge for Sleeve.

[Sleeve]

that is truly a thing of beauty, pity there aren't quite enoigh other vehicles (in my mind) in the generations line up yet that could be well suited to the rest of the dinobots. Overall the group would look incredible if tey all took that quality and level of inspiration.

well commisioned sir.

That's what I'm planning now. I'm trying my hand at painting so have been planning molds to fit the other four Dinobots. Snarl and Slag are locked in, Grimlock is pretty much sorted too, but Swoop has been giving me some issues. I'm aiming for only having to repaint and not kitbash, and keeping everyone in size comparison, so Swoop is causing grief.

Obviously the four I paint won't hold a candle next to Sludge and FR's work though, but it may compel me to do my own repaint of him too.

[UltraMarginal]

That's what I'm planning now. I'm trying my hand at painting so have been planning molds to fit the other four Dinobots. Snarl and Slag are locked in, Grimlock is pretty much sorted too, but Swoop has been giving me some issues. I'm aiming for only having to repaint and not kitbash, and keeping everyone in size comparison, so Swoop is causing grief.

Obviously the four I paint won't hold a candle next to Sludge and FR's work though, but it may compel me to do my own repaint of him too.

terradive.

[Sleeve]

terradive.

Too big. Sludge and Grimlock I'm going for deluxe, so Snarl and Slag are scouts. Swoop needs to be a scout or smaller, so I was thinking Cyberverse commander as legend is too small unless I can find a perfectly suited legend. The choices I have for him are RotF Skystalker/Sunspot or DotM Powerglide.

I was looking at the new basic SWTF Obi-Wan the other day and thought he'd be a good choice for a WFC-style Swoop, but the theme I'm going for is Earth-mode.

[UltraMarginal]

Too big. Sludge and Grimlock I'm going for deluxe, so Snarl and Slag are scouts. Swoop needs to be a scout or smaller, so I was thinking Cyberverse commander as legend is too small unless I can find a perfectly suited legend. The choices I have for him are RotF Skystalker/Sunspot or DotM Powerglide.

I was looking at the new basic SWTF Obi-Wan the other day and thought he'd be a good choice for a WFC-style Swoop, but the theme I'm going for is Earth-mode.

Well, I thnk skystalker is a better fit then, but to be honest, I would have expected all of them to be deluxe size, I've always pictured the dinobots as a large team of large guys. swoop had a lower profile than the others due to his alr mode but his robot mode was as tall as the average I thought. another option is to use universe onslaught as Grimlock... but now I'm opening a can of worms for you so I'll just stop.

[M-bot]

The choices I have for him are RotF Skystalker/Sunspot or DotM Powerglide.

I'd vote for Sunspot here. Not sure if Powerglide's the right fit or scale. Sunspot's head is on a ball joint, so you may be able to use an alternate head rather than the odd-looking one he has.
I'd also vote for Sunspot rather than Skystalker, if you have a choice, as the Skystalker's darker colours may be more difficult to paint over than Sunspot's white and yellow.

[Sleeve]

Well, I thnk skystalker is a better fit then, but to be honest, I would have expected all of them to be deluxe size, I've always pictured the dinobots as a large team of large guys. swoop had a lower profile than the others due to his alr mode but his robot mode was as tall as the average I thought. another option is to use universe onslaught as Grimlock... but now I'm opening a can of worms for you so I'll just stop.

I'll most likely display them together but with no other figures, so I'm looking more for the scale between each team member than in comparison to the other figures in my collection. I'd love to be able to do them all as deluxe class and bigger, but this seems to fit more for me.

I'm working with the scale that Sludge is biggest, then Grimlock's a little shorter, then Slag and Snarl both shorter but same height as each other, then lastly Swoop who is a little shorter again. Like this guide that Paulbot found for me:

I'd vote for Sunspot here. Not sure if Powerglide's the right fit or scale. Sunspot's head is on a ball joint, so you may be able to use an alternate head rather than the odd-looking one he has.
I'd also vote for Sunspot rather than Skystalker, if you have a choice, as the Skystalker's darker colours may be more difficult to paint over than Sunspot's white and yellow.

I'm going with all military vehicles, and I figured Powerglide's alternate form fit better in the whole scheme. But Skystalker/Sunspot could still work well if I can find a suitable head, especially as his legs flip down and can 'swoop' up prey.

And the colour choice doesn't really matter either as I'm priming the pieces. It's a shame I can't find Krylon Fusion anywhere, because I'd love to be able to do a full base coat in black in one hit. Instead I've had to use a grey spray primer and then paint on the black base with a brush.

I've taught myself to digibash (rudimentarily), and this is an idea of what I'm currently in the process of doing. Any guesses?

[UltraMarginal]

Probably slag or Snarl I guess

The size comparison chart is cool, I've always just thought more along the lines of the g1 toys as that's pretty much been my only exposure, I can see where your going though, and I think it's going to be very good, even if we do differ on a scale opinion.

[Sleeve]

Probably slag or Snarl I guess

The size comparison chart is cool, I've always just thought more along the lines of the g1 toys as that's pretty much been my only exposure, I can see where your going though, and I think it's going to be very good, even if we do differ on a scale opinion.

Snarl. I was going to make this mold into an original character, but once I noticed it had a lot of places that could be solar panels I changed it.

Slag is going to be from United Rumble/Frenzy, or once the Hasbro Demolition Rumble is hopefully released so a hell of a lot cheaper. When I first saw the mold it screamed Slag to me, three horns and all.

[iceburn]

swoop for minicon size?

[Sleeve]

swoop for minicon size?

I'd thought of that but I figured it may be a bit too small. I also thought Legends G1 Starscream, but I'm also trying to keep alt modes in proportion to each other, so a tiny jet next to an APC didn't work for me. I'm really leaning towards Skystalker/Sunspot, because to me the spy drone alt seems to be best in comparitive size.