Pipe it Down!!!

[lcz128]

This guy has been near completion for weeks now... but here's a quick two snaps from today as I was giving him the last few touches...

Y'reckon I should give him red eyes? It took enough effort painting what's already there so that he still has lightpiping - painting the eyes red now would just kill that


What do ya'll think?

This time he was painted with Lacquers for the blue ( Tamiya spraycan), and most of the detail was done with enamels.

[Eruntalon]

Don't paint the eyes. More specifically don't paint the eyes red.

[Deonasis]

You are very good at painting with the glossy paints. This and your Bludgeon are sweet!

[gamblor916]

That came out very nice. I like the pose too

[Sharky]

that looke awesome!!!

[Deceptic_Optic]

pure lcz128ness

[griffin]

So pretty... Hasbro, I want one!

[i_amtrunks]

So pretty... Hasbro, I want one!

Bet if they ever did a Pipes he would be allspark blue all over!

Colours look superb lcz, and the robot mode pose is fantastic.

[lcz128]

Don't paint the eyes. More specifically don't paint the eyes red.

Cool! Thanks muchly for the opinion

You are very good at painting with the glossy paints. This and your Bludgeon are sweet!

Thanks Deonasis! I'm working very hard to get to gamblor916's level of glossy paints And thanks for the kind comments on Bludgeon too!

That came out very nice. I like the pose too

Thanks good gamblor sir!!

that looke awesome!!!

Thanks Sharky

pure lcz128ness

Haha - thanks Deceptic_Optic!

So pretty... Hasbro, I want one!

I just couldn't not do this - that said, I don't think I've seen this done elsewhere yet either :O An original custom by me for once

Bet if they ever did a Pipes he would be allspark blue all over!

Colours look superb lcz, and the robot mode pose is fantastic.

Thanks a lot iamtrunks!
And that's a very scary thought - allspark bluey pipes -_-; I'm sure they wouldnt mess his colours up thaaaat bad if they did him

Also, as a big thanks for the comments I thought I would also include images of what he looked like before being painted! Here it is:


Yep - he's actually got Stockade's head on him Did anyone else pick it? He also required a bit of shaving inside the cavity where the head hides in to make it fit right. But otherwise, he's unchanged - just painted heaps

He was originally painted Tamiya Blue acrylics - but it just kept failing to cure properly and I kept touching it before curing so it caused lots of smudging... I ended up sanding like hell and repainting him with tamiya Mica Blue spray lacquer

Here's him drying:


I'm very happy with him now! Huzzah!!

[kup]

That is indeed very cool. I wish Hasbro made a repaint but it wouldn't be anywhere as good as yours.

I think that 'visor' red eyes are needed to complete the tribute. Maybe try to stain the clear plastic red so that it maintains transparency?