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Old 07-19-2014, 10:27 PM   #1
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Scratchbuilt 4Foot G1 Optimus gun

Heres a build post for my Optimus rifle. It's 4 feet long and 100% scratchbuilt. It took about 3 years to build. Not straight through obviously lol, maybe a year of solid work. The core is just plumbing tube and alot of other bits are MDF and all sorts of stuff I laid out on the floor and picked what looked right lol. The cube was made from a photo cube from Michaels and theres even a butchered Gobot in the gun just for fun lol. Of course a project like this is never done so I'm adding more details and lights and building a retractable glass display case or something. My next project is a 3 Foot tall Ironhide motorized gatling gun which will have fluid inside and all sorts of moving parts. Ill start that thread after I get a good round up of stuff that I'll start work with. Thanks for looking.
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Then decided to make the display part which ended up to be just as much as a project lol.

The cube before

Then 20 hours of carving later lol

final painting done

At TFcon and the awesome result of some late nights and Redbull lol


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Old 07-19-2014, 10:32 PM   #2
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That's really something. Great work!
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Old 07-19-2014, 10:32 PM   #3
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Re: Scratchbuilt 4Foot G1 Optimus gun

like nemesis predaking said at the awards: "that shit scares me"

but nevertheless a very awesome and ambitious piece, 1st place well deserved
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Old 07-19-2014, 10:33 PM   #4
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you have no idea how much I wanted to hold it
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Old 07-19-2014, 10:59 PM   #5
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Re: Scratchbuilt 4Foot G1 Optimus gun

This thing was literally a "mic drop"
As stated above & I said MANY times on Saturday.
"I'm Nemesis Predaking & that thing terrifies me"
You had the whole judging panel with dropped jaws & we are a group of guys with collectively added up, 25+ years of customizing experience.
We had such a hard time this year, we had to get Aaron Archer himself to "guest judge".
I hope to see you again next year, you've certainly put the Customizer "on notice".
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Old 07-19-2014, 11:58 PM   #6
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This thing was literally a "mic drop"
As stated above & I said MANY times on Saturday.
"I'm Nemesis Predaking & that thing terrifies me"
You had the whole judging panel with dropped jaws & we are a group of guys with collectively added up, 25+ years of customizing experience.
We had such a hard time this year, we had to get Aaron Archer himself to "guest judge".
I hope to see you again next year, you've certainly put the Customizer "on notice".
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Old 07-20-2014, 01:46 AM   #7
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Yeah, incredible work!
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Old 07-20-2014, 07:02 AM   #8
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Re: Scratchbuilt 4Foot G1 Optimus gun

It was great to see a refreshing new idea for custom and one that looks so great! I hope you have plans to make a G1 prime that can wield this weapon
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Old 07-20-2014, 10:05 AM   #9
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This looked great, nice work man
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Old 07-20-2014, 12:40 PM   #10
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Re: Scratchbuilt 4Foot G1 Optimus gun

again,congrats on the first place...in my books well deserved.
the details and inner workings....i could have stared at this beast for hours.

make sure you out do yourself next year as you've now raised the bar
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