First 2 all done - Optimus Prime and Gutcruncher. Took longer than I anticipated - a back injury to my better half back in Feb really impeded my work flow and I have not been able to be as productive as I would have liked.

For OP, I went a little silly - lots of colours and detailing, including use of a Molotov chrome pen, which is awesome and so easy to use. For some of the red areas on OP, I contrasted the red of the truck grill and shoulder pieces by making them metallic rather than just straight red. I also ditched the plane wings (no plane mode needed) but I had to keep a piece of the rear fins (the engine part) as in truck mode, there was a big hole in the cab without it. Finished off with Reprolabels conversion set.

The commissioner also did his own photo shoot, which included a base mode (that I had not thought of at all). Photo of his used with permission.











Gutcruncher. Oh Gutcruncher. I will never, ever paint this mould again. Too many pins, too many friction points, too many headaches for me. There are some spots I painted and scratched and filed down and repainted and scratched again, ad nauseam, and a few places I just wasn't happy with. Overall though, he looks imposing, so that's a win (barely). Again, a few photos by the commissioner, used with permission, including the use of the yellow cannon over the shoulder, which I should have done for my shoot but didn't think of it. Also, base mode. I didn't put faction symbols on him (long story), but that's easily fixed by Reprolabels. I used some cut down stickers from a TR Blitzwing set to created the red stripes on the plane mode's nosecone.













Next one to come: Rumbler, maybe Sprocket or Jackpot, or something else. As yet undecided.