Masterpiece Grimlock (Animation Ver.)

Update!

Hokay.

My bad.

I forgot about the other MP Grimlock that I completed many moons ago. Again I thought it was, but the again it wasn't...looks like I am getting old. Another 3 years I'm hitting the big 4-0...hahahaha...

Okay, so this client requested I di a simple finishing. Get rid of the gold and chrome and make it look as close to it's animated version. The gray parts was actually sprayed with clear flat coat rather than doing a full on gray repaint.

Looks good IMHO...

Here he is...

Masterpiece Grimlock (animation ver.)

There ya all go. Heh. Sorry again to the client!

Next up...one name: MAGNUS!

Masterpiece Grimlock (Full Repaint)

Update!!

Hey guys...okay, I'm mixing my postings a bit. Was supposed to continue with the remaining 2 Imagins from the Den-O repaint, but I was thinking why not save that and share something else...

Hookay, the last time I actually repainted a Transformer figure was way back in 2012...I think it was after endless repainting of Transformer movie figures, I was burnt out. Not to mention kick starting my own TF repaints was also a struggle...so after a year plus, I'm back to painting the good ol' robots in disguise. It felt good really, and with the new technical know how's...it was pretty interesting to use those new tricks...

And what better way to start off with a Transformers Masterpiece figure. Not just any figure, but that big lug head Grimlock!

Interesting thing about working with this figure, was actually the owner himself. It was a joy to work with him since he knew what he wanted. He also gave me some creative freedom to add some of my own touch in painting his figure. And now he's become one of my good friends and it's interesting to see the ideas that he has and wants to do...

So, this particular MP Grimlock went through a full body repaint. As in, every single part of his body was repainted. The gold part was painted yellow with some light orange stripes, and the chrome parts was painted white. The gray was an interesting mix, since the owner actually had some ideas on how he wanted his gray...so I gave him a twist of metallic gray with a tinge of light silver on top.

The down part of this was the whole folder of pictures that I took was corrupted, and I had to ask the owner to take some pics for my portfolio...

Masterpiece Grimlock

"Me Grimlock not repaint...Me King!!"

Well, I can really say that with this guy...it marks me back in repainting Transformers figures. I finally took out most of my TF personal project that I worked on a while back...so stay tuned!

Masterpiece Sunstorm

Update!

Hey all, been kinda busy lately...but no worries, got a lot to share with you all...

First up here is a repaint of a Decepticon Seeker named Sunstorm. Heck...after all this time I still remember that my first MP that I repainted was Starscream...waaaay back in 2007...and actually it was that particular fella that jump started the whole RK Designs ball rolling.

So here I am again with a Masterpiece Transformer, and one of the Seekers. Actually it's not that I don't like repainting these series, but dear God...the amount of 'scratch-points' (parts that slide with each other or snap in) are insane!!! But as most of you should know, I love a good challenge!

So after looking for the best color scheme (and the owner provided what he wanted, Dreamwave) it was easy after that. The original mold was of Skywarp and everybody knows that SOB is black. Well, nothing like a little primer and then some base white couldn't do right?

A lot of patience and some touching up was required and not to mention I had to take a break for my own getaway holidays with my dear wife, I managed to finish it.

Masterpiece Sunstorm

Fighter mode:

Heh...funny how I'm listening to the movie TOP GUN's soundtrack right now. LOL...

Btw, here's the link to my previous masterpiece Seekers:

Masterpiece Starscream
Masterpiece Thundercracker

MP08 Grimlock Upgrade

Hey all...

It's been awhile.

Well, what better to kick off from my long hiatus (was around and have been doing repainting, just haven't updated that's all...heh) with the new Masterpiece Transformer Grimlock. An awesome toy to begin with and with fantastic transformation designs.

Comissioned by long time friend to RK Designs, Toy Workers (http://www.toy-workers.blogspot.com) this was a job that I was happy to do.

I left the gold and certain black parts as it is since it looks just as good and worked on some chrome and gray parts. Gave it some depth with some pre-shading and some highlights.

All is done, here's how it looks.

MP08 Grimlock (before)

Grimlock (version RK)

Upcoming more repainted works. Why the sudden gush of updates? Hey its Transformers month, and it was time to finally show what I've been doing...heh...