3rd Party KFC Citizen Stack Custom Repaint (Ultra Magnus)

Update!

It's been awhile. So let's just skip the pleasantries and get to it!

So I received a 3rd party Transformers from a friend to repaint. It's from KFC Toys (not the finger lickin' good company okay...), called Citizen Stack or more apt, Ultra Magnus. Now the plastic and design is pretty good...decent you might say. But I do have some complaints on the head tho. Luckily my friend manage to grab another headsculpt from another company which is far better than the original.

Now the name of course was pretty interesting, I didn't understood it initially but then I remembered the voice actor for Ultra Magnus in the 1986 Transformers Movie. So I guess it makes sense now...heh.

Okay, so what did I do? First of all did some test run on the colors. I didn't like the dark blue of the original and opt for a lighter blue like the cartoon version but slightly darker like the IDW comic version. Highlighted some details and got rid of all that icky blings.

So here it is.

KFC Citizen Stack (not Ultra Magnus)

So there you have it folks! Stay tuned for more custom works from RK Designs Studio.

Yeah...I'm back.

ROTF Leader Class Optimus Prime

Update!

Yes. Another Optimus Prime repaint. But this one uses a technique which was taught by a very good friend of mine. It's a pretty nifty technique, and for me...another notch in my repainting skills. I'm still on the learning process and it gives me great pleasure and fun to be able to do what I do.

Anyhoo, this was one of the Primes that I was given to custom repaint for Big Cinema Sdn. Bhd. Last I heard, this guy has been packed and ready to be shipped to India to be one of their prizes for a contest there. Heh.

Okay...so here he is.

Leader Class Optimus Prime

So here's to hoping that the winner in India would really appreciate what I've done and take very good care of this Prime.

But...maybe I'll be seeing him on ebay pretty soon...LOL.

Cheers!

How it all started...

Hello all...sorry, but no updates yet...haven't had the time to shoot photos of my current projects...

But I do have a story to share with you all my dear avid followers...heh...

I was talking with my wife last night and she asked me, how did it all started...So I went back to when I was wee little boy, but she stopped me...and asked, "How did RK Designs began dear..."

Oh...

That story...heh...

And I think I haven't shared that little story...so here we are...now get yourself a warm blanket and a nice cup of chocolate drink...and let me tell you a tale of hard painting and tough sandings...

You see, I have been dabbling in Gundams for a very long time...but I actually started kitbashing way back in the 1980's...I was in primary school and my family wasn't that well off. So I had my fair share of toys that I played till it was...erm...unplayable...but I loved my toys no matter what and kept on playing and I modified them. Yep. That was my earliest kitbashing that I can remember...

In the later years, I sort of left what I was doing and started doing other things...scratchbuilding. Yeah, using cardboards and other art materials I was able to make my own Starmax Bomber, Starwolf and a command base. Cool huh? Yeah. I wish I had photos of them cause most of it was destroyed.

Now, fast forward to 2005. I had purchased some knock-off Transformer toys which was an Armada Optimus Prime and Starscream. The reason? I was just curious.

So I thought to myself, what can I do to make this guys better? Not having an airbrush means I'd have to handpaint. And those suckers are quite big and hand brushing wouldn't be smooth. So I went out and bought me a can...wait...make that a few cans of aerosol paints. So being new to this medium, I worked on the Prime. It was quite tedious since I didn't really know what I was doing...

Now they call it...Repainting.

And here's the Armada Optimus that I did in 2005..(it was never finished due to the fact that I started to work on other things...heh)

Ugly huh? With so called panel linings...LOL...

Then I got my airbrush set...and came this...

Masterpiece Starscream to Starscream G1 (TomyTakara) in 2007.

Then...

Masterpiece Starscream to Thundercracker (Hasbro) in 2008

And...

Masterpiece Skywarp to Sunstorm (Hasbro) in 2010...

Must be wondering why I posted images of the Masterpiece Seekers rather than the other works I've done...I guess the MP Starscream was the one repaint that started it all...way back in 2007.

Sigh...now that was a trip down memory lane eh? I guess the upcoming Transformers 3 movie sort of made me go all nostalgic when I started all of this...sometimes, we tend to forget the reason why we do the things we do...not fame, not glamour, not publicity, not acknowledgment and heck not even for money...

but simple honest to God passion.

And I know most customisers has their reasons of doing what they do, but they do it with passion and that is something that should be treasured and not forgotten.

It all started on that one day that I bought the knock-off Optimus Prime and the cans of aerosol paints in 2005.

And the rest is history...