Firestorm's Fan Characters

[Firestorm]

Welcome to my new thread. here I will be posting drawings I do of my various fan character creations.
I'm not the best artist around. especially not when it comes to digital colouring. but I'll no doubt improve over time.

"If on Decepticon turf you happen to rumble, look out robot, 'cause here comes TUMBLE?"





Names: Rough and Tumble
Allegiance: Autobots
Alt Mode: Monster Trucks
Motto: Two heads are better than one, and four fists are better than two
Bio: Autobot twins Rough and Tumble may not have the brightest of minds, but their child-like enthusiasm and monstrous strength more than make up for their lack of intelligence and clever planning. at least they think it does.
constantly roughhousing with one another, the twins may not always get along but all those tussles have made them skilful fighters, able to put their strength to use ploughing through decepticon forces like the gladiators of old. when they're getting along and not fighting each other....

the first character(s) I'm gonna post in this thread is a two for one.
I've had the concept of a Monster Truck transformer with fists made out of his massive wheels for some time now, and last night since I couldn't sleep, I decided to finally put pen to paper. the design became much more Super Deformed and "Chibi" than I was going for, but you can see what I was aiming at I hope. (although now I'm considering keeping the chibi-childlike looks despite them obviously being huge since they're monster trucks)
after drawing the design, I started trying to come up with a name for the new Truck-bot. unable to think up a good one that conveys the brawler personality and physique of the character, I eventually came to the idea to make what was once one Decepticon into twin Autobots. and thus Rough and Tumble were born!

still not sure on their colour schemes though, I fear the red mixed with the head design comes out looking too much like Knock-Out from Prime.
Plus I'm not really happy with the simple designs of their arms, legs and shoulders. so I may redesign them eventually. but for now here they are.

Alternate colour scheme Idea.


original sketch


and no, I'm not sure which one is Rough and which is Tumble

[SMHFConvoy]

They are all sorts of awesome

[GoktimusPrime]

Hahah, nice. They're like ROTF Skids and Mudflap, only better.

and no, I'm not sure which one is Rough and which is Tumble

RIRTIG vs TIRRIG!!!

[Firestorm]

They are all sorts of awesome

Hehe, thank you

Hahah, nice. They're like ROTF Skids and Mudflap, only better.


RIRTIG vs TIRRIG!!!

I certainly hope they're better than Skids and Mudflap. Thanks Gok

TIGRIR all the way!
or is it RIGTIR...
or RIPTIG?

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CLEAN UP ON POST 4!



Name: Cleansweep
Allegiance: Autobot
Alt Mode: Street Sweeper
Motto: "Time to clean up crime!"
Bio: Cleansweep dreams of being a great hero. Joining the Autobot cause, he expected to be making a difference and fighting for peace in the universe against the forces of evil. these dreams however, are a little out of reach of the little sanitation-bot.
Lacking much in the way of physical strength, combat skills, or weaponry beyond being able to expel high pressure blasts of water from his palms. Cleansweep isn't really "soldier material" and thus wound up as part of Optimus Prime's Deep Cover division. maintaining his civilian appropriate alt mode and spending his days pretending to be an actual street sweeper in a far off city somewhere in the world. to be able to report any Decepticon activity
Cleansweep knows that this is just a pity mission, to keep him out of the action whilst making him feel useful. but it doesn't help curb his ambitions. someday he'll be a big hero, someday.
Until then. at least he can fight against the crime of littering.
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Here we have Cleansweep. one of the first transformers I ever designed, back when I was a kid. I always enjoy designing characters with less-common alt-modes.
I plan on someday using Sweep here for a one shot fan-comic. which is where a lot of the bio I wrote would come in to play. I wanted to create this character as a sort of average Joe turned unlikely hero type of situation.
His design has remained fairly consistent over the years, with only minor alterations. I'll probably be sticking with his current design going ahead.

I think next time I'll try to post a Decepticon instead. try and even out the ratio after 3 Autobots.

Original Sketch

[Firestorm]

a little sketch I did

Some people just don't appreciate Cleansweep's talents

[GoktimusPrime]

Cleansweep is awesome! And it's great that you came up with this concept years before IDW did it with Tailgate. As much as I like IDW Tailgate, he is a deviation away from his original persona (someone who thinks that all vehicles are living). I totally agree on seeing not just less common alt modes, but mundane alt modes that don't stick out and draw undue attention. Everyone loves exotic sports cars, but they really do draw loads of attention to themselves, which isn't good if you want to be in disguise and blend -- especially if your mission is to gather intelligence. I always find it interesting when see someone driving something like a Lamborghini down the middle of a busy street and everyone turns around to look at it. It's an understandable reaction, but yeah, not a great choice of alt mode if you want to be able to freely move around unnoticed.

[Firestorm]

Cleansweep is awesome! And it's great that you came up with this concept years before IDW did it with Tailgate. As much as I like IDW Tailgate, he is a deviation away from his original persona (someone who thinks that all vehicles are living). I totally agree on seeing not just less common alt modes, but mundane alt modes that don't stick out and draw undue attention. Everyone loves exotic sports cars, but they really do draw loads of attention to themselves, which isn't good if you want to be in disguise and blend -- especially if your mission is to gather intelligence. I always find it interesting when see someone driving something like a Lamborghini down the middle of a busy street and everyone turns around to look at it. It's an understandable reaction, but yeah, not a great choice of alt mode if you want to be able to freely move around unnoticed.

funny you should mention Tailgate. reading MTMTE I saw a lot of similarities in him to Cleansweep. which is partially one of the reasons I came to like Tailgate in the comics.
I don't know much about G1 Tailgate but based on TFwiki, yes, he's quite a deviation to that in MTMTE
I've considered changing Cleansweep's personality a bit since he's pretty similar to MTMTE Tailgate, but this is how I had always envisioned him so it's how I'm keeping him.

and I completely agree on Mundane alt-modes. one of my biggest problems with the Bay movies for example was that the Autobot's altmodes were all top of the line, fancypants sports cars that stick out like big glossy yellow and black sore thumbs.
yes the appeal of all these sleek stylish expensive cars is part of the draw for the audience, but in universe it makes no sense at all.
Really doesn't help one remain a robot in disguise when all eyes are on you because you stand out so much from the crowd.

Thankfully Cleansweep is simultaneously uncommon, AND mundane. ... somehow.

I'm hoping I can dig up some of my old sketchbooks that have earlier drawings of Cleansweep as well as easily a dozen other characters I designed as a kid. refresh my memory on some of the ones I had forgotten, and also show how some characters have changed and also to show how my drawing skills have improved