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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 11, 2008 8:09:21 GMT
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Post by legios on Apr 11, 2008 19:37:21 GMT
....catches theives overhead.....
Looking good Andy. I like the joints on Grimlocks legs, they just look somehow "right" to me.
I look forward to seeing the final version in due course (and thereby finding out where it fits into the story).
Karl
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Post by kayevcee on Apr 11, 2008 19:46:51 GMT
You do a mean Grimlock, Andy.
I'm trying to identify the chap on the bottom left- the chest could be Joyride or Sureshot, but with the head it could also be Streetwise. I'm going to say... Sureshot.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 11, 2008 19:46:52 GMT
Thanks Karl.
That's the first page of Part Three. My handy WST Grimlock was used extensively for reference purposes today to make sure I got him right.
Andy
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Post by legios on Apr 11, 2008 19:54:13 GMT
Ah ha h - I thought I detected a certain amount of toy reference in the artwork. You've very much done Big Grim justice though. The Magnus is looking decent as well.
Karl
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 11, 2008 20:00:34 GMT
I do prefer using toy-reference for my art as opposed to the Sunbow models. Though occasionally you do need to tweak them a little.
Andy
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Post by legios on Apr 11, 2008 20:10:47 GMT
I do prefer using toy-reference for my art as opposed to the Sunbow models. Though occasionally you do need to tweak them a little. Andy True, some of the toy's don't quite work out when you translate them to another medium. It does gladden my heart to see toy reference though. Karl |
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Post by Hero on Apr 11, 2008 22:32:41 GMT
Andy RULES
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 12, 2008 10:30:28 GMT
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Apr 13, 2008 14:38:47 GMT
Top drawer. I love seeing good toy-based artwork (but without limiting to the toys' poseability).
Martin
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 13, 2008 17:19:51 GMT
Top drawer. I love seeing good toy-based artwork (but without limiting to the toys' poseability). Martin Thanks Martin. I'm currently struggling with Ratchet/Ironhide in that respect. Done some random sketches but not quite there yet! Andy |
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Post by grahamthomson on Apr 14, 2008 11:49:49 GMT
Looking good so far!
As for Ratchet/Ironhide, I personally like the designs EJ Su came up with for IDW. Maybe you could swap the Chinese-model van mode for a British model?
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 14, 2008 13:10:42 GMT
Interesting idea. I'll keep playing around and see what happens.
Andy
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Post by grahamthomson on Apr 15, 2008 11:07:18 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 15, 2008 12:55:27 GMT
It makes Ratchet look pretty darned freaky!
Andy
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Post by karla on Apr 15, 2008 21:37:51 GMT
is.....is that just a cardboard cut out of ratchets head??
those toys are scary enough without these improvements
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Post by Hero on Apr 16, 2008 8:12:30 GMT
That just looks awkward. Improved moulds altogether are the way forward in Ratchet and Ironhide's case.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 16, 2008 9:33:02 GMT
is.....is that just a cardboard cut out of ratchets head?? those toys are scary enough without these improvements Yeah it's just a cardboard cutout to stick on to the toy. Andy |
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Post by karla on Apr 16, 2008 21:04:14 GMT
thats so cheap, dear god XD
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Post by dyrl on May 5, 2008 19:48:09 GMT
My suggestion would be to work off of Ratchet and Ironhide as they appeared in Marvel Transformers Issue #1 in the Roll Call on the Ark.
They were still toy based - and personally I find the toy based Ratchet and Ironhide to be truly superior pieces of work. You just have to get over the urge to anthropomorphise them; particularly Ratchet. Think of Ratchet as a sentient medical drone.
Also - the proportions on the toy are actually very good. The shoulders in relation to the head are spot on, and the entire toy is not at all stuby - it only seems the way because we tend to imagine there ought to be a head protruding out of the top of the windshield frame - but there shouldn't.
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Post by Bogatan on May 8, 2008 7:49:05 GMT
I think the toy with the cardboard head works ok just when you draw it raise the shoulders to a sensible height.
Really like the Grimlock. Toy based artwork is good.
Andy
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 8, 2008 8:15:23 GMT
I might try that at some point but as neither Ratchet or Ironhide crop up in what I'm working on at the mo it will be a while yet.
Andy
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