Date: Sunday, May 9th 2010 5:27pm CDT
Categories: Site News,
Movie Related News,
Toy News,
Transtopia
Posted by: Blurrz |
Credit(s): Kingbotz
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Despite the ridicule and criticism the
Revenge of the Fallen movie and it's subsequent toy line received, a new toy line is music to the ears of Transformers customizers. We're no strangers to the amount of figures churned out for the movie, and every single toy is another medium to work with. One piece has caught the attention of the staff of Seibertron.com - a monster truck custom from a Revenge of the Fallen toy for a mainstream Generation One character.
You might be wondering, what toy would lead to a monster truck, and who's character is it for? Seibertron.com member and customizer
Kingbotz has used the
Ice Cream Truck Skids and
Mudflap mold, turning the figure into
Rumble and
Frenzy! The toy has been re-engineered into a Monster Truck
'Grave Digger' and to top it all off, the figure is on auction at
Ebay! Feel free to check out the masterpiece below!
Keep it at the best place for the Transformers fanbase -
Seibertron.com!
Date: Sunday, February 21st 2010 10:16pm CST
Categories: Site Articles,
Transtopia
Posted by: First Gen |
Credit(s): Art of Transtopia
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Hello Seibertronians,
First Gen here with your newest addition to the Art of Transtopia Newsletter! We have some more great custom figures, kit bashes, fan artwork and for the first month in Transtopia history, we will be featuring non Transformers artwork also. Lots to see this month, so scroll down to check it out!
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Repaints,
Kitbashes,
Scratchbuilds
Fan Art
Fan Fiction
Guides
Banner credits:
Flix
First up, we have a group of repaints for your viewing pleasure. When it comes to customizing Transformers, the repaint is often the first type of customization that a Transtopian will undertake. This group of Transtopians have mastered there craft with unique styles and unique figures.
We had an abundance of postings this month for repaints. Unfortunately, we can’t showcase them all, but you can see them all in our
Repaint Forum.
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zfeakye has done a couple repaints that have been showcased for us. His first is a repaint of an extremely popular mold, Classics Universe Starscream. Here we get this mold made into an Autobot incarnation Starfire!
A second piece done by zfeakye is a Revenge of the Fallen Jetfire.
Next we have
Skyfire77 with a Revenge of the Fallen repaint of Construction Scavenger.
Resident Transtopian
omega666 has treated us again to a couple more repaints of his, the first being Revenge of the Fallen Lockdown.
Second up is his take on the Target exclusive Universe 2.0 Leo Prime.
Grimlockprime108 has given us a look on his take of Transmetal Rhinox.
Grimlockprime108 also gave us a new figure out of Cybertron Undermine: Skullcruncher.
Next up are the kit bashes. From a simple modification to a full out custom built, kit bashes take creativity to the next level. Here are some great submissions by our members.
Blobatron got shot by Cupid and made a custom heart transformer. At the time of posting, the figure didn’t have a name.
Magnus510 used Universe 2.0 Prowl to give us Classics Jazz
Viagra Prime took an Omnicon Arcee and a Transformers Movie Bumblebee to make a new Arcee that has four wheels instead of two
Streetsweeper made a custom Leader class movie figure: Barricade.
First up under our Featured Artwork is a new take on a G1 Favorite. Rodimus_Major86 did this piece of his version of Shockwave.
HOWEE74 did this piece initially in pen and pencil then colored it in photoshop: Blackarachnia.
As I said at the beginning of the newsletter, we are featuring non transformers artwork this month and once you see them, I think you’ll understand why.
Joshua Vallse is our first featured non TF artist with his rendition of the Thundercats leader Lion-O.
Here is some digital art by Joshua Vallse, depicting a worldly scene.
Next we have one of our newest Transtopians,
Kristian. Kristian is credited with the creation of the Non Transformers Art thread with these pieces that he’s shared with us here.
We would love to see your artwork, whether Transformers related or not.
Normally our fan fiction section is dominated by resident Fan Fic writer hell kitty, but this month we have a brand new Seibertronian stepping to the plate with fiction,
NemesisUK‘s: Nemesis Prime Chronicles
Part 1
Planet Cybertron
A peaceful day (Sarcasm)
Nemesis prime (with shadow commander trailer) is driving down a highway having just killed his creator Straxus (see fans project shadow commander comic for more details) when in the distance a gun fight is happening, Nemesis prime decides to investigate.
As he get nearer he sees that a small transformer (Shadow Warrior) is being attacked by a larger transformer (Blaster).
He speeds to wards them (his honorable side kicking in) and fly’s up in to the air transforming in to his robot mode, both of the transformers stop shooting at each other as nemesis prime stands with his stellar converter cannon pointed at blaster, his right eye lights up red as he blasts Blaster.
Blaster falls to the ground, nemesis prime walks up to the small transformer who is shaking scared that he’s next.
Nemesis prime
“Are you ok?”
He says in his gravely voice down at the small transformer. He then walks away to wards his trailer.
Blaster stands up and ejects a cassette out of his chest that splits in to two guns, nemesis prime transformers in to Shadow commander but is being bombarded with laser fire.
Shadow warrior seeing nemesis prime in trouble he scans a weapon that is discarded on the floor, he transforms in to a double barrel Gatling gun and combines on to shadow commander’s shoulder.
Blaster is now being bombarded and is over powered, he retreats.
Shadow Commander
“Why did you help me?”
Shadow warrior
“You helped me so I repaid the favor”
Shadow commander walks away but Shadow Warrior follows him.
Shadow commander
“Why are you following me?”
Shadow warrior
“We should become partners”
Shadow commander
“Partners?”
You can read the rest of the story by clicking
here.
Its been a while since we featured our Photograph section of Transtopia, so we’d like to try and reboot this feature by sharing these submissions.
Seibertron.com News Crew member
Nekoman submitted this pic titled Urban Battle.
Drecepticon submitted these great pieces featuring Buster Optimus Prime and Battle Rollar.
Chuuzetsu got creative with an Armada Unicron figure and a Cybertron Primus figure to create this pic titled Unicron’s Snack Time.
There is so much more artwork that you can find in our
Transtopia Forums, so feel free to stop by, check it out and comment on them. A huge thank you to all the Transtopians that submitted work, we try to feature as much as we can, but ultimately work gets left out, so get on over to the Forums and check it out.
We’ll be back next month with more custom goodness that you can find right here at Seibertron.com!
Date: Saturday, February 6th 2010 11:34pm CST
Categories: Site News,
Movie Related News,
Transtopia
Posted by: Blurrz |
Credit(s): Simone Maganuco, Sergio Rocco
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Transformers. What does the word mean to you? It's a passion. It's a dedication. It's a hobby. It's what you come to this website for. Ever since it's insertion in 1984, it's a franchise that has effectively been a part of our daily lives - it's a part of who we are. Among the hundreds of thousand Transformers fans, there are few and far between that can say Transformers has affected their interests, even so far as their job and lifestyle.
Simone Maganuco, also known as Seibertron.com member Yellow Camaro is one of the few who can fit the description above. After becoming a Dinobot fan at the age of 4, Transformers helped initiate his curiosity in meat eating Dinosaurs. 27 years later, Simone is a Vertebrate Palaeontologist. He's able to put his interest of Transformers and his job together.
Now what does this mean for us?
Like many of us here on Seibertron.com, Simone watched the Transformers Live Movies directed by Michael Bay. After seeing the movies, he was inspired to get a movie version of Grimlock done. Together with
3D Graphic Artist Sergio Rocco, they've done just that. Instead of the usual fleshed out robotic Grimlock that we're used to seeing, Simone thought it would be better if Movieverse Grimlock was based off a skeleton. Now together, they're here to show us their results. When the staff of Seibertron.com first saw the images, we were so mind blown that we just had to share this with everyone. Let's just say that this version of Grimlock would look mighty fine in
Transformers 3. See Grimlock in all of it's glory below.
Sergio Rocco's website can be found
here. If you have any Transformers related work, whether it be customized toys, pictures, or the occasional fan-fiction, feel free to post it in the
Transtopia Forums!
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Date: Saturday, January 23rd 2010 2:51am CST
Categories: Site Articles,
Transtopia
Posted by: First Gen |
Credit(s): Art of Transtopia
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Hello Seibertronians,
With the coming of a New Year we bring you more custom and art goodness courtesy of the fine folks of Transtopia. Transtopians work diligantly to bring fresh new ideas to the Transformers Universe and we are proud to display their hard work for your viewing pleasure.
The year 2010 will feature some changes to the Transtopia Forums that we hope will make them better and more enjoyable for you. Resident Transtopia Moderator Dead Metal is taking a break from the duties of posting the newsletter for the time being, so if you have any questions or comments about Transtopia, feel free to contact me via PM or email at
first_gen@seibertron.com.
Lets get this bad boy started!
How to Showcase Your Work...
The newsletter is your opportunity to show off your work and talent. We rely on your articles, artwork, and customs to make it interesting. Entries will be reviewed on a monthly basis. You can submit your work here:
Repaints,
Kitbashes,
Scratchbuilds
Fan Art
Fan Fiction
Guides
Banner credits: Flix
Revenge of the Fallen Megatron X2
Shadow CMNDR's Version
Mykltron's modded version
ROTF Rampage by Flix
See more in the
repaints forum!
Novawave's G1 Devastator
f90happy's first post features a great Pretender's Bludgeon custom
De Real Transworks-V2 G1 Blaster 1/32
Zildjian's ROTF Nemesis Prime
hinomars19's Alternity Megatron (ish)
mitchsantona's TF Animated Sideburn and Sideswipe
ScreamGhost's Kup and Cosmos
Deludedcon's TF Animated Shockwave
Nightmarehero's "Battle of the Titans"
This month's Fan Fiction brings us a one shot story by resident Fan Fic writer hellkitty giving us a new perspective on a well known Autobot.
Azimuth by hellkitty
Azimuth
Ironhide realized, once again, he had outstripped the rest of the Autobot assault forces that were supposed to be with him. He sighed, slowing to a halt, ducking behind some cover. Again and again he had drilled into them the pace they should run, the importance of covering flanks, interval, everything that a lifetime of military service had settled hardware-deep into his cortex. And still, when it mattered, even when they were trying to retake their own former base, when they not only knew the terrain but knew there were injured waiting for rescue, they failed him. Failed the objective. Frag.
He heard a soft moan from across the corridor. A door hung off its tracks, its surface pitted with impacts that had chipped the paint, the space beyond it flickering in intermittent light. Someone was there. A trap, possibly. Luring him in. Playing on his Autobot sympathies.
Huh. Best way to fox a Decepticon trap was to go in knowing it was a trap. Benefit of having been one. Ironhide combat rolled across the hallway, pressing himself inadequately flat against the wall, risking a peek at the room to get an idea where, if it was a trap, his enemy might hide.
The room was cluttered with desks—a classroom or briefing room, that left way too many places for an enemy to hide. The moan again. It sounded genuine. Eh. He was an Autobot now, and Autobots went to the rescue.
Even if his own Autobot team had fallen behind.....
Read the rest by clicking the link above.
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