Custom ROTF Leader Megatron

I liked most of the toys in the revenge of the fallen line but I don't know what they where thinking with Megatron. One arm looks like a "murder arm" and the other looks like a "gimp arm". On his gimp arm, it looks like he's giving the middle finger. Not cool.

I therefore changed his gun arm by cutting it at the bicep and putting a ball joint and hinge (from a transmetal scourge's leg/arm combo). Then I modified the button on the gun arm shoulder so it makes light and sound on a forward motion of the arm. Once I did this I cut the fins around the shield off (where the flip out sword is) with a saw, sanded it down and glued the halves together. I attached it via rare earth magnets that I glued in a carved recess I made at the bottom of the fingers. I also tightened the spring to the flip out sword as it was... floppy.

Once I finished all that I sprayed the whole figure flat black (Testor's enamel) and dry brushed with steel and some finishing touches of copper. I also painted some gloss red in the eyes and mouth so the lighting effect is more pronounced. I also painted red gloss over some of the wiring and thigh booster. Over all I think this is the best figure I've done thus far.

One last thing. Because of what I did to the arm (adding the hinge in the middle), it no longer connects to the light and sound button when in tank mode. So the missile can still be fired, but no more lights and sound. I just manually push the button with my finger (the button is right behind his head).



Below is the original ROTF Megatron:

ROTF Custom Jetfire (Leader Class)

I was looking at other pictures of what people have done to Jetfire. I found that the blue plastic was incredibly cheesy looking... not sure what they were thinking when they made him. I mixed a bunch of paints together: steel paint and gloss black. Then I decided that I would make him look a little older, scratched and rusty; so I used copper and dry brushed it on. I also added some detail in the turbines, and sprayed him over with a dull coat clear enamel finish.

This was the very first Transformer that I painted. I ended up taking him completely apart and painted each piece before putting it back together. I didn't paint anything for the jet mode because I liked the original flat black.





Below is a picture of the original ROTF Jetfire.