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[Fighbird]

(EDIT: Quick links to the first 5 parts of this G2 Stunticon gallery featuring the single shoots of Breakdown, Drag Strip, Dead End, Wildrider and Motormaster.)

Right, the final and -- most probably -- the most interesting gallery post.

Like all my other creations, the G2 Stunticons are fully transformable, and having been as thorough as I was in researching all the details, I dare make the claim that my creation is the closest thing to what the final production toy would have looked like. Mind you, the only picture out there of a real G2 Menasor combined is comprised of testshots, so a lot of the detailing I have is missing on that. And the customs out there are (for some reason) based on mine, so by elimination that makes mine the closest, I would think.

But first (to draw out the suspence ... ) a few group shots of the gang:






I love the base-mode shot -- there's a lot to be said about the rainbow colors of the G2 toys in general, but I never felt the Stunticons were too garish as compared to, say, G2 Bruticus or G2 Defensor. As a group, they really complement each other very well, and I actually prefer displaying them in car mode rather than gestalt mode.

Time for the gestalt:




Just realised now that I should have taken a comparison shot with G1 Menasor (and forgot to flip up Dead End's hood), so let's just say that I owe you a shot or two.

Hope you enjoyed the pictures, and please feel free to leave comments.

[SureShot]

That's one heck of a custom project. It's so darn nice you really did a great job of pulling it off !. Individually, together, combined - they look awesome.

Did you prime them first and what type of colour did you paint them with ? and what polish to you use to finish them with ?

This post has been edited by SureShot: 2 October 2008, 14:17

[Fighbird]

Thank you, my friend!

I never use any primer. In my experience, it only adds a completely unnecessary extra layer of paint and obscures detail even more (I always do at least 2 coats of color paint, which inevitably will wash out some detail). Wildrider took 5(!) coats of yellow, before the grey underneath couldn't be seen through the paint anymore. Has the most vibrant colors of them all because of that, IMO.

All parts have been disassembled, cleaned, modified to prevent paint scraping and then hand-painted using Humbrol Enamel paints. I haven't used any polish on them; that's one of the reasons why I prefer enamels - they leave a very nice and shiny surface without using polish.

[Inkku]

oh sweet.. now i'm really itching to start up my own little project.. i all ready have both bots i need for it, but still.. i just havent have time to get on with it..

[predaking]

I think it's a little amusing that you're missing a few 30kr accessories when you've spent weeks working on the thing.

[BigPete]

Very nice pictures Martin I've been a fan of this project of yours ever since you first told me about it last summer

[Fighbird]

I think it's a little amusing that you're missing a few 30kr accessories when you've spent weeks working on the thing.

Yeah, I know...

(but then again, someone told me they had an extra Drag Strip gun for me, so I haven't been working too hard on at least getting that one... )

[Fighbird]

Very nice pictures Martin I've been a fan of this project of yours ever since you first told me about it last summer

Thank you very much Come to think of it, isn't this the first time I have shared pictures of the combined mode? I don't think I had all the parts made/ready/available for Arlöv...

[BigPete]

Very nice pictures Martin I've been a fan of this project of yours ever since you first told me about it last summer

Thank you very much Come to think of it, isn't this the first time I have shared pictures of the combined mode? I don't think I had all the parts made/ready/available for Arlöv...

Yes, it is I got you some of the combiner parts, but I think you were still missing a foot and a hand or something like that when you displayed them in Arlöv. We got a brief glimpse of their 'bot modes, and then they were displayed in vehicle mode the rest of the time.

[Groundsplitter]

I love the base-mode shot -- there's a lot to be said about the rainbow colors of the G2 toys in general, but I never felt the Stunticons were too garish as compared to, say, G2 Bruticus or G2 Defensor. As a group, they really complement each other very well, and I actually prefer displaying them in car mode rather than gestalt mode.

Quite understandable. With these colours the group is an eyesore, so the less you see of them, the better.
You mentioned in another one of the topics that Wildrider is your favourite of the G2 Stunticons, and I think I agree - his colours are the most "balanced" of these five. I like Drag Strip in car mode, but light blue on black doesn't work as a robot. Dead End has a decent colour scheme in robot mode, but I feel there's something amiss with the car mode.
As for G2 Motormaster, the less said about his colours the better. They don't work in any form. I don't know who looks the worst, G2 Menasor or Action Master Thundercracker.

[SureShot]

I like them all, but I do prefer Breakdown - the eggblue colour and the purple works for me.

[Fighbird]

You mentioned in another one of the topics that Wildrider is your favourite of the G2 Stunticons, and I think I agree - his colours are the most "balanced" of these five. I like Drag Strip in car mode, but light blue on black doesn't work as a robot. Dead End has a decent colour scheme in robot mode, but I feel there's something amiss with the car mode.

I think it's the baby-blue on both Drag Strip and Dead End that are to blame, because I feel the same way as you. The gold detailing on Drag Strip works really well IMO, and the red body and silver windows work really well on Dead End, but it's the blue that's "out of place". But then again, if it wasn't "out of place", it wouldn't be G2...

As for G2 Motormaster, the less said about his colours the better. They don't work in any form.

I actually like the colors on Motormaster, but the stickers detract from his overall appearance - the reds are way out of sync with the base colors. "Naked", if you will, he's actually pretty decent, IMO.