Mage Knight Transformers Repaints

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Last Updated: 12/31/01

Hot Rod added.

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These are figures that I either simply painted in Transformers color schemes, or rebuilt to better resemble Transformers in some way.

AUTOBOTS

Except where noted, Autobots are made from Black Powder Rebels.

Khamsin Freelancers:
- Cliffjumper: A Transformers character created from a Tough Freelancer. I used putty and plastic tube sections for the wheels. To get the horns, I drilled holes in the helmet and inserted short bits of copper wire.
- Channel: One of my Transforemrs MUSH characters (from The Lost Years MUSH). I used a Dremel to square off several parts, added "horns" and chest screen with styrene sheet, and filled in some gaps with Squadron putty. Click here for a picture of a scratch-built Channel I did a while back. It's about twice as tall as the Freelancer. His altmode is an info center kiosk, the grey bits on his forearms are speakers.
- Bumblebee: Another Transformer made from a Weak Freelancer. Same basic construction as Cliffjumper.
Khamsin Fusers:
- Bluestreak: Built from a Standard Fuser, the main modifications are the head crest, the door/wings, and the wheels.
Khamsin Gunslingers:
Leech Medics:
- Minerva: From Masterforce, Minerva (incorrectly transliterated as Minelba on the package) is a medic type, so using a Leech Medic seemed appropriate, despite the Leech's lack of a ranged attack.
Amazon Blademistresses:
- Arcee: Autobot token female from the Transformers movie and later seasons of the show. I made the backpack bits and the gun from pieces of a plastic slat. I used Squadron putty to build up the helmet (after cutting off the ponytail) and chest armor. Couldn't remove the flap of cloth in the front, but I did manage to mold some of the helmet details. I stripped all the original paint before starting the physical mods.
- Moonracer, Firestar and Chromia: Three of the Autobot femmes from the Search for Alpha Trion. Used putty to help shape them, and a lot of cutting and drilling. Drilled a hole in my thumb while making Chromia.
Steam Golems:
- Optimus Prime: A Tough Steam Golem rebuilt into the Transformer Autobot leader Optimus Prime. I used the head and shoulders of Hammer, one of the combiner Micromasters, for Optimus's head. A piece of styrene plastic forms the chest, with Milliput epoxy putty filling in the cracks and gaps. The gun was enhanced with putty and a piece of high tech toothpick.
Non-Black Powder Rebels Autobots:
- Beta: Beta, a freedom fighter from the distant past, seen in "Forever Is A Long Time Coming" (third season Transformers), made from a Weak Noble Archer (Knights Immortal). The crossbow was left over from my Cybersquad Beta Troll Artillerists. I carved the Archer's hair down to a helmet shape, then stuck a thin bit of plastic in as the helmet crest.
- Omega Supreme: Built from a Blade Golem with lots of styrene bits for modification. The left arm is totally scratchbuilt, and the "mouthguard" is a piece of 16 gauge copper wire.
The Dinobots
More of a joke than a serious army, I was inspired by some Actionmasters I had sitting around. Straight repaints of Black Powder, Atlanteans and one Necropolis Sect.
- Steam Golems: Grimlock*** and Snarl*
- Blade Golems: Sludge** and Slag**
- Screeching Terror: Swoop***
- Total = 227 points (yeah, it's not tourney-legal...if I need to, I can drop Sludge or Slag and get down to 194)

DECEPTICONS

Unless otherwise noted, these are Atlantean Guild. The whole Guild/Rebels conflict fits well with the Decepticon/Autobot struggle. Played an army of Venom, Megatron, Shockwave, Soundwave, Frenzy, Rumble and Devastator in a "no uniques, nothing over 40 points" tournament, took third place out of eight.

Amotep Incinerators:
- Venom: Deluxe Insecticon. I removed the Incinerator's backpack, Dremeled down the armor into flatter planes, added wings with sheet plastic, the bug eyes and gun from plastic rods, and a wire inserted into a hole atop the figure's head for the "stinger."
Altem Guardsmen:
- Megatron and Shockwave: Extensive reshaping and additions for these two. Megatron's cannon is made from styrene tubing, while Shockwave's gunhand is the end of a Lego antenna/control stick piece. Megatron is a Tough unit, Shockwave is Standard.
- Soundwave: More styrene tubing and sheets and carving and stuff. A Standard unit.
Brass Golems:
- Frenzy and Rumble: Or vice versa. One is a Tough unit, the other Standard. I decided not to do major reshaping on these two, especially since adding the piledrivers might give the mistaken impression that these guys had the Shockwave attack (no relation). I did pop off an arm on each and reposition it, though, so they could raise their fists in defiance.
Blade Golems:
- Devastator: A Standard unit with its forearms replaced by forearms from a Brass Golem. The Brass Golem got the buzzsaw for its trouble, and is pictured with Devastator.
Scorpem Gunners:
- Scorponok/Lord Zarak: My first Lancers figure Transformer, this is a Weak Scorpem Gunner because I had three of them. I replaced the rear mounted buzzsaw with a gun from my bag of GIJoe weapons, and cut off the top jaw blade to insert a head and mouthparts I built. I reshaped the rider a lot to make Zarak (picture of Lord Zarak included for comparison). Warning, this is a rather big image.
Non-Atlantean Decepticons:
- Magic: A fan character that I've done an action figure of. Cut off the bottom half of the bow and made the rest into a sword. Made from a Weak Noble Archer (Knights Immortal).