Transformer Starscream Masterpiece has arrived!

[HoveringCheesecake]

Mmmm, Skywarp. Delicerious. But what is with the custom guys using glossy paint? Ew

[myk]

Nice but pointless; you know they're going to release an official Skywarp anyway...

[Fit For Natalie]

In my opinion the mistake was made long, long ago when Hasbro decided that the enemy leader for their new transforming robot line should be the gun mold. Think of how different things would be now if the jet or walkman mold would have been picked instead. The decision is ancient history and the politics surrounding guns aren't going to change anytime soon.

I think its unfair to lay the blame on a (back then) perfectly legal and legitimate decision made some 23 years ago.

I do agree that Tank megs is alot cooler than Gun Megs. I await at Titanium Armada Megatron, because all that toy is lacking is leg articulation.

the megatron being a gun issue isn't even an issue, all they have to do is package it in robot mode.

but that would make too much sense so its not likely to happen.

Packaging the toy in a different mode suddenly doesn't make it a different toy so that it is exempt from laws and standards. You make no sense. Edited October 13, 2006 by Fit For Natalie

[Axelay]

That Skywarp is ridiculously good looking. I hope an official one comes out eventually, because Skywarp is the only one of the seekers I want to have.

[Veritas]

That skywarp is a pretty spot on custom. I just wished he used flat colors instead of glosses. Well to each his own.

[KingNor]

skywarp will be colored like a blue-angel from what i've heard. I'm really excited because even though no f-15 was ever a blue angel, the paint scheme is more realistic. [/jerkmode]

for reals though, that repaint is amazing. Having the tv colors on the mold really makes the thing look accurate, it helps a that thing is hot.

[Dobber]

Wow! That Skywarp is sweet!!!

KingNor, are you serious about Skywarp being painted like a Blue Angel? If so whats with making all the other seekers blue, but not making the one that's actually blue!? I didn't mind Starscream being repainted because he had the cheesiest paint scheme IMO, but Skywarp and Thendercraker have schemes that look nice. Especially Skywap, I love that black and purple.

Chris

[David Hingtgen]

KingNor--but if it were, make sure to use the totally wrong shades. Replace the deep blue with a lavender-cobalt blue, and the yellow with orange, or maybe lime-chartreuse.

[KingNor]

i liked starscreams OG paint.. why do you think the others will be show/toy accurate if SS wasn't?

[Hikuro]

Ya know, I think the custom would of looked MUCH better with a flat black instead of the gloss......it's too shiney........

[KiriK]

wow... i that skywarp is hot.... i have no doubt they will milk this mold to the end w/ repaints.... but i'll still get this 1st one to leave in jet mode.....

[cube]

a little shiny for my liking, but other than that it looks awesome!

[promethuem5]

I think the Skywarp custom would be more effective if ONLY the back was glossy...give it a stealth coatin craziness feel to it. Still cool....can't wait to see what other repaints they come up with, and if they keep the realistic color scheme theme, which I love.

[Fit For Natalie]

TF customisers like glossy paint for some reason. I don't know why.

[Macross73]

perhaps they think the shinier the better. in either case its well done.

The current bid is just over $100.oo

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...mMakeTrack=true

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[Macross73]

you could always get this version

http://cgi.ebay.com/SKYWARP-Custom-Transfo...tem160038552941

[HoveringCheesecake]

I like how the guy didn't take it apart to paint it. Look at his hands. Boooo.

I'll wait for the official Skywarp. That'll be pure love.

[R_Deckard]

Someone wil probably buy that Skywarp MP-03 for $400. And I must say I have been doing a lot of customs lately and I hate the gloss paint or metallic paint. Unless it is done at the factory it always has that homemade spray paint feel to it.

Anyway I decided to go a different route with my MP-03 custom. I dramatically increased the waist and hip articulation and mounted the kibble on the back like a backpack. Its held in by pegs and the shoulder kibble clamps to it.

Here's a link to more pics: MP-03 Pics at tfw2005

[Veritas]

Someone wil probably buy that Skywarp MP-03 for $400. And I must say I have been doing a lot of customs lately and I hate the gloss paint or metallic paint. Unless it is done at the factory it always has that homemade spray paint feel to it.

Anyway I decided to go a different route with my MP-03 custom. I dramatically increased the waist and hip articulation and mounted the kibble on the back like a backpack. Its held in by pegs and the shoulder kibble clamps to it.

Here's a link to more pics: MP-03 Pics at tfw2005

Nioce pics Deckard. Excellent idea on putting the hip kibble on the back too. I was thinking of taking the kibble off of mine as well, but putting it on the back is genius. It looks pretty top notch back there too.

Edited October 14, 2006 by Veritas

[Twoducks]

Yep, that back looks great!

[Macross73]

great work the kibble moved to the back is an excellent idea.

[KiriK]

wow!! yea.. great idea for the kibble... did you have to unscrew aything??? or take anything off??

i don't even have one yet..but when i get mine.. i might do the same thing...

[R_Deckard]

Thanks guys. If you follow the link in the post you can get some more information on the mods. It is not a perfect transformation, you have to take the hip and shoulder kibble and peg it to the back. I made pegs out of the tabs on the back piece, you can see where they plug in on the close up pic of the back. It doesn't affect the jet mode at all.

[JB0]

Moving the kibble to the back was definitely a good move.

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[chowyunskinny]

Went and picked one up today at Frank and Sons.

First off, Props to TomyTakara for going all out on the tampo printing. I counted at LEAST 86 tampo printed markings, which is pretty fracking awesome (hint hint Yamato). I don't remember it being mentioned before, but I think it was absolutely badass to Tampo print his tech spec quote "Conquest is made of the ashes of one's enemies" with a silhouette of his Cybertronian Pyramid jet form.

Yes, I previously stated that I preferred the pre-Kawamori prototype, but having it in hand now, I'm over it. I don't mind the colors at all and the conformal kibble doesn't bother me that much anymore. I might nix the ball joints like Deckard did also, cuz I'm leaving the hip kibble off anyway.

It's not perfect though.

I read about the stress marks Wolfx posted on page 11, tried to take precaution by being careful as F@CK, but still got them after Step 7.

His left thumb wasn't missing like Binary Falcon's, but it's super loose along with his right foot and left horizontal stabilizer.

AND, I have two new issues I don't think I've read about on this thread:

1. Red Paint got scraped off the hinge joints when opening the Cluster Bomb Gimmick on his chest

2. The Tampo Printed Decepticon logo on the sides of the cockpit got scraped up when sliding his upper torso down.

All in all though, I think he looks pretty badass and I give em an 8/10.

Edited October 15, 2006 by chowyunskinny

[drifand]

Deckard,

Excellent mods for the waist - it really shows up the questionable choices of the design team Maestro to engineer a waist joint into the toy, THEN cripple it with:

1. Protrusions at the bottom of the blue torso halves;

2. Front skirt armor that rotates nowhere;

3. Hip-balls...

Nice mod for the back-mounted kibblr, but I'm still more partial to leave the parts attached to the legs for the illusion of an alternative perfect transformation :-)

[David Hingtgen]

R_deckard---don't know if you planned it, but where you snipped the tailhook fairing halves off the ankles is the exact place where they should be snipped if you're going for the F-15E look.

Looking at the pics you posted, I think removing the conformal tanks would be impossible, due to the screws in the wings etc---they'd interfere majorly, and would likely stick out above the surface of the wingroot/fuselage blend. I've been trying to see how the original mold did that area, and it almost looks like the wingroot underside isn't present--just a gap hidden behind the cannons in fighter mode. That or it folds away somewhere differently than the production mold does it.

However, permanently removing the intake kibble and putting it back on the wings should be possible. That plus the "hip kibble on legs" mod would be enough for me to buy one (in good colors, of course). (Though I want to try to mod the exhausts' ball joint so there's not that big gap around them in fighter mode--that gap really bugs me--plus the fact that Takara did a really bad job replicating the look of a featherless exhaust--should have stuck with a feathered exhaust, like the G1 toy had--simpler and looks better)

[HoveringCheesecake]

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All in all though, I think he looks pretty badass and I give em an 8/10.

Neat, I didn't realize it had that much tampo printing. Sucks that it is getting scraped off, though.

[promethuem5]

My left horizontal falls off kinda easy when it's at an agle too actually.... I dunno about my cockpit tampo printing..didn't notice. All in all, I love it... the tons of tampo printing make me wet.

[chowyunskinny]

Yeah, the tampo printing rocks! If they were stickers or decals, I don't think I would have had the patience to put on that many tiny "no step" signs.

hey, found another Skywarp repaint on Tokyo Hunter's site (btw, has anyone used his toy finding service?)

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[HoveringCheesecake]

Now that looks better. The face could use improvement, though. And the cockpit could be more yellow.

[promethuem5]

Looks eh.... it's like, unfinished looking. MPSS is panel lines, decalled, and weathered... show me a Skywarp finished to the same standards and SS and I'll admit it was a good use of the body...

[R_Deckard]

That last skywarp looks pretty good, just unfinished. Much better than the glossy paint.

drifand, thanks. I know what you mean, it really was not that hard to take the design all the way to allow the waist and hips to move.

David, I did look at a bunch of F15E pics before I cut it and I noticed the differences in the other F15 models. It really makes all the difference along with the hip and waist mods because his foot can lay flat in whatever position. The heel is much more posable, everyone should nix those little bits. Though if you reduce the gap on the exhaust you might lose a lot of heel articulation. You're right about the arm tanks, I think I've pretty much given up on that one. I might try going back to the kibble on the leg later, but when I mocked it up the tail wings really are huge on the leg it makes him feel clunky. But you could make a perfect transformation out of it. Gettting into the lower leg might require prying out plastic screw covers that are glued in.

[wolfx]

hey, found another Skywarp repaint on Tokyo Hunter's site (btw, has anyone used his toy finding service?)

I have and I also know him personally, so i can vouch for his authencity.

Highly recommended.

[David Hingtgen]

Kind of ironic---removing the tailhook fairing is not only more accurate, but allows better posability for the feet. "Hack away in seconds with a saw what Takara so carefully molded and designed"