Fall back to the Outback

[GoktimusPrime]

i dont get it

Neither do I. As iceburn pointed out, there's already an official repaint of Strongarm as Outback (Fallback) so I don't see the point of making repaints into something that already exists. *shrug* Brawn and Gears I get... but this one I don't. It's not something that I'm personally interested in but hey, it's lcz's time and money and if it makes him happy then who are we to complain.

To each his own.

[iceburn]

Neither do I. As iceburn pointed out, there's already an official repaint of Strongarm as Outback (Fallback) so I don't see the point of making repaints into something that already exists. *shrug* Brawn and Gears I get... but this one I don't.

Ah well. Whatever floats yer boat.

well, end result...lcz has come up with a cheaper alternative INSTEAD of acquiring Botcon Fallback just to become a classic G1 Outback and he's just trying to state that with Crosshair's colours...it's easier to custom it rather than my Movie Warpath that needs more work.

[STL]

Not to mention that Botcon set he comes from is pretty fugly and big waste of money unless ur a completist. The individual Fallbackis damned ugly too and not even close to resembling G1 colours.

[lcz128]

Damn - This thread blew up while my comp was on the fritz - I come back this morning and there's a lot to sift through :S ^^;

Firstly, thanks for the comments guys Much appreciated Please note though that the Brawn and Gears that I am working for for icey are Works in progress! There's actually been a lot more paint apps put to them since that pic I sent icey (and I intentionally didn't post it up here cause it was kind of for him to see :b - he's graciously shared it with you guys - so cool! )

geminii : Thanks for pointing out there was a botcon one

defcon : Thanks muchly for your kind words dude

iamtrunks : I did sand bits here and there and also shaved bits of the head off- but overall, it's a really simple repaint thanks to the plastic colours being SO CLOSE to the colours needed for crosshairs to become Outback Especially the brown on the 'chest' area - it's perfect cause less paint is required than - say for a brawn that has to become a light, orange versus brown becoming...brown So really - Go for it I look forward to your version (also thanks for the kind words )

gamblor : Coming from you, THANKS! With regards to the Autobot symbol in another colour - Which one ? :S For Gears, Brawn or Outback? At the moment, Gears has Silver, brawn and Outback have Red. If you mean Outback - did you mean that the red and brown are too similar?

goktimus : Aye - You're not that interested in customs/repaints of this type - so fair enough - When I'd first come across the Fallback toy from Botcon, I thought it was a GREAT use of the mold. It works with the custom Brawn that I'd done beforehand (which now resides @ JuzMels ) - BUT - when I started doing more research for my version of Outback - I noticed that the Botcon one had the colours right - But in the wrong spots.... This of course is better illustrated with a picture:

The Botcon one gets it so close! and I love that it has so many paint apps - But the way I've done it - we get the tan across most of the alt mode except for where the chest comes in for robot mode - and we get the brown chest area and tan arms/legs for the robot mode. So I just felt that my iteration of the character worked better given the mold. Also, seeing that it cost me 7.50 for the toy, and then a few bucks more for the paint - it really works out

ice : Don't worry though - I'm still intending to do your Outback using your Warpath Give it time - it's all coming together ^_^

STL : Yeah - I have nothing to say to you. :bbbbbb (jk) and yes - I agree with your assessment about Fallback failing to properly resemble the G1 character (see above)

So - thanks for viewing/reading people I am thinking of going to work on the head of this sucker to see how much closer I can get it to the cartoon - so we'll see Thanks again!

[iceburn]

ice : Don't worry though - I'm still intending to do your Outback using your Warpath Give it time - it's all coming together ^_^

no worries albie... and sorry if i posted that pic up. jus wanted to tease the rest of your handywork

[lcz128]

no worries albie... and sorry if i posted that pic up. jus wanted to tease the rest of your handywork

nah - you shouldn't be sorry More like I didn't want you to not be the first to see em

[jacksplatt11]

I must say, I like the version by lcz much more than the Botcon one, good work

[gamblor916]

gamblor : Coming from you, THANKS! With regards to the Autobot symbol in another colour - Which one ? :S For Gears, Brawn or Outback? At the moment, Gears has Silver, brawn and Outback have Red. If you mean Outback - did you mean that the red and brown are too similar?

ah never mind, I didn't realise the previous pics were work in progress ones

[GoktimusPrime]

lcz: you should do what Hasbro/OTFCC couldn't and call this toy Outback instead of Fallback.