Transformers Alternators Hotshot

[Squall42080]

Here is my attempt at making the most/least popular character from Transformers Armada. (You either loved or hated the character)

 

The inspiration for this custom came from TFans.com member, ---The Rat, who had previously made a custom Alternators Hotshot, which looks incredible.

 

While I did want to leave Hotshot solid yellow with black trim like the original Armada toy, the character name "Hotshot" implies someone who wants to showoff...and people that want to show off their nice cars, usually deck them out with all sorts of custom parts, hence the decals.

 

Let me know what you guys think...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest Leroy]

Dude, Armarda as a cartoon in whole never really did it for me but as an alt i would pay top dollar for that, i think the colours look really tight and i love how you've done the head great work BTW what type of stickers did you use are they from a model kit??

[FUGAYZIE]

wow man that is awesome! he looks perfect

[Squall42080]

I got a few questions as to how I made this project,a nd what I did...so here is the description:

 

Hotshot is based on the Alternators Silverstreak mold, with some substitutions from Alternators Smokescreen.

 

Here is what Silverstreak looked like to begin with:

 

Basically, I had to strip off all of the silver paint. Sand, and Paint...no primer, since underneath the silver Silverstreak is really gray. (Yellow was still a pain to work with)

 

For the yellow I used Krylon Fusion Sunbeam yellow paint, the red was Krylon Fusion Firepepper Red.

 

I substituted in the hood, front grill, and roof from Alternators Smokescreen.

 

The headlights have been blacked out with Testors Flat Black enamel, and the foglights are coated in Tamiya Transparent Red Acrylic Paint.

 

The missile launcher is recast from the japanese version of the Alternators line called Binaltech.

 

The head is from Alternators Smokescreen, with a pin put through the middle to hold the visor. The visor is from Transformers Cybertron Dark Scorpinok and painted gloss black.

 

All of the decals including the Autobot Symbols, License Plate, and Sponsers were printed out on my Hewlett Packard printer with Testors Decal Paper.

 

The Matrix is from Transformer Cybertron Optimus Prime, and painted using Testors Metallic Gold enamel.

 

I am currently working on a different gun for him that will be made out of two nitrous oxide (NOS) bottles, as well as a Driver by the name of Kicker (the human character from Transformers-Energon)

 

Hope that helps everyone gain some insight into how I made this project come to life...unfortuneately I don't have any in-progress shots...but I'll try to take some for my next project.

[plowking]

That is awesome!

The paint looks very good.

Nice professional job overall.

[Blackheart]

That's very cool.

Nice paint aps, and it all seems very suiting for Hotshot. Great job, looking forward to seeing future projects of yours!