Custom 'Ninja Wreckage' Transformers repaint!

[Jin Saotome]

This is a departure from the normal movie-accurate repaints I do, heading off into a whole new paint-scheme and design for the Decepticon character Wreckage. After browsing the Allspark boards I saw Wreckage referred to as a 'ninja' a few times. Hmmmm... he did have a sleeker look and those swords. Perfect time for a repaint! I went with a Swat-ish paint scheme for the vehicle mode, all black with white lettering and gray highlights. Transform him however and you have a ninja paint scheme that I based off of various designs on the web including the Samurai Showdown Hanzo character. Enjoy!

 

More pics!! -------> HERE!

[Black Zarak]

Well, that's just friggin' awesome! I have so much respect for people like you who can paint a 5 inch tall robot to look like it should be a real-life 50 foot wrecking machine.

[geetar]

very nice, jin.

wanna ask, what paint did you use? and did you disassemble the whole figure?

[Jin Saotome]

Thanks!!

 

Nope, I never take my figs apart really. Some people like to with TFs but the only way I can spot joint rub is to paint him while together and make changes there.

 

All his colors are Testors acrylic paint except for the Tamiyia clear yellow I applied over the silver to make the gold. His vehicle shell was painted with Dragon black, wheels with flat back, then given a drybrush for highlights with Gunship Gray. The same Gunship Gray was used for the main robot body parts with a black inking/wash, armored steel for the silver, then some armored steel sections painted with clear yellow to make the gold. I added little red sections to the inner beams that attached the vehicle shell to him and other various details, also giving him a little 10 kanji on the breastplate.

[KyleRobinson]

Looks real good jin, come post your new stuff at the soup wyy dont cha!!!!! @grumpy@

[Blackheart]

Damn that's cool! It's weird how just a paint job can give make them seem like a totally different figure. That now looks more the quality of a super detailed snap together mech kit which is awesome.

[geetar]

did you ever have problem of paint rub when you transform?

thanks jin.

[FUGAYZIE]

i love it!

[Alexx]

Great job! That's my favorite TF to date and I was really looking forward to someone painting him up. Don't get me wrong, part of the reason I like him is because of the white and red, but damn! That is awesome! I'd love to see some more original paint jobs of yours on TFs.

[Jin Saotome]

No paint rub usually, I lightly sand between places that give me trouble or use the superglue-shield-over-paint trick.

 

Thanks for the compliments, more repaints to come! I picked up some Swindels that I have plans for... muheheh..

[BrotherShane]

That's excellent!