Reaperbryan Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 He's a Decepticon named Broadsides. He transforms into a US Navy Battleship - specifically an Iowa Class. He acts as the Decepticon base of operations during my game, as his ability to travel to virtually any point on over 60% of the earth makes him nearly impossible to find! That's a 3-inch base he's on, so while he's technically out of scale with the car-robots, he's still almost 4 times their height! Sorry I have no pics of the battleship itself - I only bought the one and I chopped it hte heck up. Anyway - Enjoy! (and the polygon on his chest will get a decepticon logo as soon as I get them back from my friend) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaperbryan Posted September 12, 2007 Author Share Posted September 12, 2007 Oh - I wanted to talk briefly about the wings. Those were hand carved from the hull plates of the model itself. Each wing took me nearly 2 hours to cut and assemble. Planning for how to do the whole mess took days. If I can get a good shot of just the wings, I'll try to post it. They really are, in my opinion, the best part of him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerridwyn1st Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Very cool, Bryan. You are always so self-effacing about your painting. This is a really nice model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fieldarchy Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Awesome!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 I thought the wings were the side of the ship. Very nicely done Two questions, one: is this part of on RPG your a part of and two: does he store the gun in the forecastle and fire it like the Argo/Yamoto? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Snack Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 That is pretty cool. You should take a pic of one of the other models with him for size comparison (when you are taking a pic of the wings), it's one thing to imagine he's 4 times as big as the others, it's another thing to see it. Sergie, it's for an RPG he's going to run. More Transformy-like goodness can be found here: http://www.reapermini.com/forum/index.php?...mp;#entry417373 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sazabi Reverse Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 Awesome work as usual, but I have to ask, the lower part of the legs reminds me of something I've seen in Robotech before, would I be far off in saying so? Either way, it seems like a pretty natural extension of the leggings. My imagination is running about how something like this would look transforming. Edit: After looking, I know where those legs came from! They're from a gundam model. I could probably tell ya which one too. Looks almost like a RGM unit I own. It could also be from the Zeta Gundam Model in the high grade series. http://www.animeusa.com/msz006-zeta-gundam...form-p-941.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orcsoul Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 Yes the legs/feet on it are very reminiscent of the veritech fighters from Robotech/Macross when in gerwalk or battroid configurations, only these are much more flared out at the base unlike the veritech fighters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artists Wren Posted September 13, 2007 Artists Share Posted September 13, 2007 Looks great, I particularly like the wings! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayin Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 I was hoping to see more of these guys! Great work RB!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maceswinger Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 Wow...just wow! Beeing a 80s Cartoon nut that I am I have Cartoon Action Hour laying around somewhere, still haven't played it but after seeing these I might exite my players to do battle with the evil Decepticons! Btw will we see some gestalts/combiners also? Da Mace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voladilk Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 Excellent work RB! I love this one! Very very cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwyksilver Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 (edited) In one of the later renditions of the Transformers cartoon, there was a Decepticon that was a battleship. I'll have to go and hunt down the character. Found him, Tidal Wave. Was in Transformers: Energon. He was an aircraft carrier, not a battle ship. Edited September 13, 2007 by Qwyksilver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurityThruFire Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 RB - That is ****ing awesome man!! This one has to be my favorite to date, it really shows the time you put into it. RB FTW!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironworker Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 So being a battleship is this guy much larger than the other transformers you have posted? Looks really nice I like the turrets on the arms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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