Heavy Mods & Scratchbuilds G1 inspired RAVAGE!!

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hi guys
well with optimus finished last year, and my batman arkham figure complete,see here http://www.therpf.com/f11/batman-ark...-figure-97413/ it was now time to get my teeth into my next project, its still very early stages, but this has been in the works since mid jan, i plan to build a G1 inspired Ravage, that will transform!!
He'll be about the size of a meduim dog once transformed, and being as this is being bought up to date, and cassettes are no longer an option, he will transform to a briefcase, Ive always loved the fact the decepticons love to work with the humans, were as the autobots make friends with humans,the deceptions love to use humans to their advantage,so with this in mind, and after a lot of research, i went for the briefcase. As i can image a human, walking into a research lab, and placing the brief case down in the shadows, allowing ravage to transform and do what he does best, stealth and spying.
enclosed in the pics is the small g1 cassette that ive worked from, im also adding more movement, in the neck, and the legs,also (me being me) im making the mouth open and shut too, ive looked at pics of real panthers and the ligiments,and how the legs bend, so im hoping to replicate this in my build, anyway heres the pics, like i said, its still early stages, ive got car filler on order and more parts to build, but wanted to show you all now, where im at in this build.
all the best
colin

[S.O.N.]

That's pretty cool man, you should make Soundwave as well

[JLvatron]

Nice project!
You are good with wood!

[Darth Wave]

Wow.... can't wait to see the finished product!

[GrimlockGT]

That looks great so far! Looking forward to seeing the final result!

[Bruticus82]

Looking really awesome.

I'm glad you're making him "3D" so his feet just aren't beside each other.

[chans formers]

looking good so far!
i rarely ever see wood being used as the medium.the last ones i seen were a omegasupreme and a really big big big robotech sdf carrier bot.

this is going to be a "big" ravage!!
it makes me sport wood(had to)

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Originally Posted by S.O.N.

That's pretty cool man, you should make Soundwave as well

aaahhh never say never my friend.

Originally Posted by JLvatron

Nice project!
You are good with wood!

thanks JLvatron, thanks for the kind words.

Originally Posted by Darth Wave

Wow.... can't wait to see the finished product!

Thanks Darth Wave, hope to get this built in about 3 months.

Originally Posted by GrimlockGT

That looks great so far! Looking forward to seeing the final result!

thanks GrimlockGT, thanks for the kind words, hope to get him built within 3 months.

Originally Posted by Bruticus82

Looking really awesome.

I'm glad you're making him "3D" so his feet just aren't beside each other.

Thanks Bruticus82, hope your liking what you see so far, thought id bring him up to date a bit.

Originally Posted by chans formers

looking good so far!
i rarely ever see wood being used as the medium.the last ones i seen were a omegasupreme and a really big big big robotech sdf carrier bot.

this is going to be a "big" ravage!!
it makes me sport wood(had to)

thanks chans formers, glad to have you on board, i like working with wood, and as im bringing ravage up to date, it helps to use wood on this scale,

update guys

well managed to get loads more done today, front legs, tail section and finish the jaw, im going to build this all first in wood, make sure eveything opens and shuts etc before i tidy up everything with car filler and styrene.
the tail section picture ive shown with a bit of wire, what i intend to do with this, is use the stalk from one of those bendy lamps, that way the tail can be put into different poses etc, then rolled up and tucked into the tail area,
Also bought a pack of metal bq skewers,i will cut of the tips,these will form ravages smaller teeth, and wind chime metal will be made into ravages bigger teeth.
heres the pics guys

[laserbeak420]

AMAZING!!! I also just looked up your Prime to, i thought i was a big tf fan, lol. gr8 work 'nuf said.

[Hobbyist Prime]

OH MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!! you have to reproduce these and sell them!!!!!