Hi all! I'm brand new to this site (have been lurking for a while). I'm also registered over at seibertron.com, but I figured that it would be nice to hang around the Nordic TF place too ...

I might as well throw my character designs up right away. Only one of them has got a bio + tech specs at the moment and it was done by a fellow seibs member. If any of you feel like writing something for any of the other characters (or the ones that'll follow), feel free to PM me. I could do them myself but I figured that it would be cool to let others do them.

Characters + bios can be found at Deviantart

Decepticon Harvest (no. 1 in the combiner team)


Decepticon Dragger (no. 2 in the combiner team)


Decepticon Airspray (no. 3 in the combiner team)


Decepticon Sandstorm


Autobot Fieldtrip


Autobot Fieldtrip - 'Shattered Glass' version


Autobot Groundhawk - a tribute to Stephen Hawking


Autobot Camper (a couple of years old ... )

Cool! I love seeing odd vehicles/equipment being remade into Transformers - it's a refreshing change from the (all too) common cars and airplanes - and these are both well-made and well-drawn.
I think I like Harvest the best of this group. Seeing that figure, I realize I would like to see a whole combiner group consisting of agricultural and forest machinery.

And welcome to the NTFA, by the way!

Thanks a lot!

Yeah, I try to do mostly odd alt. modes, it's a bit more challenging.

Harvest is my favorite too so far. I went for a kind of G1'ish look on him and I think it turned out okay. Funny that you should mention the combiner-idea - I've been thinking about that myself. I guess it'll be an upcoming project for this summer. I think that he should be the main body due to his size, so now I just have to decide on four minor cons for arms and legs. It's gonna be a trip!

Welcome to the forums, Needlenose! Very nice pictures you have there. You have obviously given a lot of thought to how the characters would transform.

A nice "Welcome!" from me, too!

Couldn't agree more with Lars: Harvest is my favourite as well (although the others are really cool as well) - I think that is could have something to do with the "danish" feel of him. I could easily imagine one of those things driving around the streets/country-side, as opposed to all the Ford Mustangs and Hummers that Hasbro are churning out...

Have you considered hooking up with a kitbasher to realise some of those designs?

Wow! Good looking art you've got there! I also like Harvest the best.
And welcome to the forums!

Haha, very nice! You don't see designs like that every day. Nicely done! And welcome to the boards

Welcome! You have a nice touch of innovativity on your works. I like them!

Wellcome to the board

looks very nice Groundhawk is the best off them

Thanks for all the nice comments! It's always nice to get some good feedback on stuff that is pretty lonely to do ...

Martin: Yes, I've considered the possibility of a kit-bashed Harvest. He shouldn't be too difficult to do, I think. I'm planning a couple of scratch-builds right now, but maybe I'll try to do him at some point. If anyone else lurking here should feel like doing him they're of course more than welcome!

It's great to be on board here! Seems like a nice and friendly place!

hehee.. sweet.. you really got me with that Autobot Groundhawk there.. and that Decepticon Harvest is also interesting one..

Those rocked!
Camper specially touched my heart.

Is Sandstorm based on some real military vehicle? It looks really awesome!

Thanks a lot! Camper is a bit 'old' by now, but he's still charming I guess

Yes, Sandstorm is actually based on a real vehicle; the so called ULTRA AP. It's a really mean looking son of a ***** if you ask me, and I knew instantly when I saw it the first time that it had to be converted to a Decepticon!

Here is a bit of info on it from Wikipedia.

Hi and welcome! Nice art!!


Yeah, they're really are robots in disguise unlike the sportscars and jets everybody is making up!

Don't look at me, I'll be hiding in the hangar...

Haha, camper made me laugh 8D What a brilliant design! And welcome to the boards, fellow artist =)

Nice, Needlenose. They are really awesome and a positive change for the eye to see these kinds of vehicles being used.

Welcome to the club, dude.

Nice art. It feels like you've succeded in combining the Transformers with
Disneys soft drawingstyle. I really like Camper.

Do you mind if I use the name in one of my stories?

Alpha Prime: Of course you can use him! I'd be honored! Please notify me when you get something done ...

UPDATE: I've added Dragger to the first post. I decided to work on the combiner team (with Harvest as no. 1), and tonight I did the tractor. Hope you like him!

Excellent job on that one too! I must say that I'm quite excited that you decided to take up on the "challenge" to make Harvest part of a combiner team. Now I'm looking forward to seeing what else you can come up with for such a line-up.

Thanks! Yeah, I just knew that it would bug me if I didn't at least try to take up this challenge. But I guess the real challenge - nay, the real fun - comes when I have five cons that needs to be combined! Oh boy, so many ways to do that!

I'll keep the first post updated. I think I'll get around to do at least one or two more this weekend ...

Those are some really nice pieces of art,I love Harvest too.And Sandstorm is favourite # 2

What program do you use to render these on?

Thanks!

I use trusty old Photoshop. I could give them a bit more when it comes to effects and light, but (for now) I prefer this simple coloring. Maybe I'll do some sparkly-sparkly versions with backgrounds und die ganze later on.

Pretty darn good looking designs

Thanks.

I was thinking of maybe a story about his creation.
What do you think about that?

Dragger and Harvest looks like they're part of a combiner 8D; Are they? If so I wonder what they could form into...

I think that would be fantastic!

As I've said before, the drawing is quite old by now, but considering that you're gonna use him I've decided to give him a makeover one of these days. If he's gonna have his own story he's gotta have some better lines!

They are. I'm (slowly) working on the last three of the team members. It's pretty hard to find good and plausible alt. modes that fits the agricultural theme.

In the end I hope to present a huge gestalt that can kick the living **** out of the bots (and run a huge farm all by himself )

It would be an honor to do a story for him.

So… Partners?

Indeed we are







UPDATE: Just added the third one for the combiner team. It's pretty difficult to find agricultural alt. modes that are not based on tractors, and that's the reason for the helicopter. I want to keep the diversity.

Two more to go ... phew!

Some suggestions for more farming vehicles:

mini-van, pickup truck, another tractor (with different tools connected to it, without canopy, etc).

Yeah, I've considered the pickup truck myself - I'll probably end up doing it. Good idea with the different tractor, lots of possibilities (and it would also be kind of cool to have two bulky tractors forming the legs of the upcoming gestalt)!

I've also considered doing a lawnmower, you know, one of the bigger and meaner types. It would have some interesting options when it comes to weapons ...

Yeah, imagine a heavy tractor with a loader in the front and a scoop in the back, or a weedwhacker, a pneumatic drill, etc. The choices are limitless

That's one reason why I suggested agricultural and forest machinery. It gives at least a few more choices.
When I was 6-7 years old my family sometimes visited another family which was both farmers and forest-workers. The father in the family was trained to operate a wide range of machinery, and I think it was during late autumn and winter when they had a little less to do on the farm that he cut down trees in the surrounding forest and de-branched them with a large machine. So at least to me agricultural and silvicultural activities can be related.

Good idea with the helicopter. I assume, from the name, that he's supposed to be a crop-duster/fertilizer aircraft?

Good point. And again - very interesting weapon possibilities. And after I read your post I did consider various de-branchers and evil looking cutters, but in the end I decided to try and keep it to agricultural machinery. Let's see what happens when I get around to the last two ...

Yeah, Airspray is an air based duster/fertilizer (I'm thinking deadly poison in this case ). I know that they're not typical in our parts of the world, but I guess they're pretty handy on some of the huge fields in the US.

There also ain't many maritime TF's - at least not combiners.

Fantastic work! This is indeed what "robots in disguise" should be.

Looking at Shattered Glass Fieldtrip, I can so imagine the terror of him transforming with a bussload (pun intended) of people inside

I totally agree on the point that he should be a Decepticon. Also on the point that its a mean looking machine. I usually recognize most military machines but not this one. Thanks for the info.

Maybe the alt mode for the combiner will be A FARM 8D;;;; fufufu. Maybe if the Cons find a way to alter/extract energon from cow milk =P (oh wow thats low)

Hi, i liked your designs for these characters!

Very nice,you have a huge talent for sure:)

Needlenose,

These are excellent! They simultaneously give me hope and a sense of futility toward one day creating full body and vehicular designs for a combiner team I came up with years ago called the Arctibots. The most impressive challenge is without a doubt working out how the character convincingly could be seen to transform between the two modes, and I think you really succeeded in doing so.