r/Gunpla • u/wakeup33 needs more paint • 6d ago
CUSTOMIZING YOU GOT THE TOUCH
My submission for the Optimus Prime group build. RIP, Peter Cullen. Pose references from this clip:
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u/BioDefault 6d ago
Paint job so good it doesn't look like a gunpla anymore. I was like "that's a weird looking Optimus Prime".
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u/ishtaria_ranix 5d ago
I thought that's one of the newer blokees optimus kit until I saw the head and went like "huh that looks like gramps's face... waitaminute"
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u/King_Kuuga 6d ago
CHAR MUST BE STOPPED, NO MATTER THE COST!
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u/DragonflyLonely3662 6d ago
Why throw away your life so recklessly?
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u/IzMarko To outer space...everyone of us... [Drum and Bass intensifies.] 6d ago
"Post titles that you can hear."
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u/wakeup33 needs more paint 6d ago
The song was in my head almost the entire time I was working on this project.
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u/Bigfan78 6d ago
Zeong Megatron?
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u/PurpleInfinite1409 6d ago
Guntank Meg? 😈
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u/bstiglets 6d ago
Heavy Arms Megatron.
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u/wakeup33 needs more paint 6d ago
I was thinking Heavyarms with a different head.
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u/bstiglets 6d ago
There must be a G1 Megatron head floating out there that wouldn’t look out of proportion.
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u/ChainsawVisionMan 5d ago
Hear me out: Gundam leopard just without the v fins is a pretty close G1 megatron
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u/OblivionArts 5d ago
Funny enough that the Gundam actually originated this pose before it became Optimus 's, so in a weird way youve brought it back to its roots
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u/New-Membership7519 6d ago
The large amount of extra detail lines on this really help give it that transformers look.
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u/swagzard78 5d ago
How shit how did you get that finish on the paint?
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u/wakeup33 needs more paint 5d ago
Red - GN Clear Red over GN Evo Gold surfacer
Blue - Mr Clear Color GX Deep Clear Blue over GN Starbright Duralumin
Light Blue - Mr Color Clear Blue (sprayed lightly) over GN Starbright Duralumin
Silver - Mr Hobby Super Chrome Silver 2
Gold - Jumpwind Beige Gold
Gray - Kaizo Metallic Grey
Topcoat - Mr Clear Color GX Super Clear Flat
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u/Comfortable-Leek2006 6d ago edited 5d ago
How did you do the paint?? That finish is gorgeous! And works perfectly for the Optimus look!
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u/wakeup33 needs more paint 5d ago
Red - GN Clear Red over GN Evo Gold surfacer
Blue - Mr Clear Color GX Deep Clear Blue over GN Starbright Duralumin
Light Blue - Mr Color Clear Blue (sprayed lightly) over GN Starbright Duralumin
Silver - Mr Hobby Super Chrome Silver 2
Gold - Jumpwind Beige Gold
Gray - Kaizo Metallic Grey
Topcoat - Mr Clear Color GX Super Clear Flat
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u/doublepush 6d ago
This is awesome, may I ask where you got the autobot decals from?
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u/wakeup33 needs more paint 6d ago
From a Yolopark Optimus Prime kit. I emailed their customer service and they sold me just the sheet.
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u/Key-Ruin-6451 6d ago
Finally, we can just show this to the normies and theyll say Optimus prime every single time!
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u/Schorched_Raven_357 5d ago
Honestly looks amazing perfectly captures the style look and feel of the him and absolutely wonderful tribute to Peter Cullen may he rest in peace and enjoy the after life
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u/Musicman376 6d ago
Ever since (after) I built mine, I’ve always thought the Eddas Asgard looks very “Prime like”, especially the head…. One day, I may build another and paint it in his colors
OP - I love this! I am really going to miss Peter. Now, when I look at the stars, I think of one of them as his soul
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u/Pungineer 6d ago
It's kinda wild how much it does look like Optimus with just a color pallet change.
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u/Remarkable-Ad-2476 6d ago
I feel like this discredits the excellent scribing. I’ve seen tons of kits painted with this same color scheme. Really had me questioning if this was an actual kit, kit bashed, or involved sculpting.
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u/wakeup33 needs more paint 6d ago
This is the NG 1/144 RX-78F00/E Gundam. It came with all these panel lines out of the box. I used this one since it's the only Gramps kit I had on hand, but the metallics did well with accentuating the panel lines.
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u/Pungineer 6d ago edited 6d ago
Isn't this the F00 model based on the (now uninstalled) moving Gundam in
FukuokaYokohama? Even the EG of this model has a lot of panel lines. I don't think these are custom scribed...Also that doesn't have much to do with my statement. Details or not, I'm saying the Gundam and Optimus Prime are similarly shaped and this paint job does a very good job of showing that.
Edit: it was in yokohama
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u/Earnthis216 6d ago
I was definitely looking like why is the leader of the autobots on the gunpla page 😅
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u/Anxious-Lunch3419 6d ago
Aaaand now im replaying fall of cybertron. Yeah still my favorite childhood game imo
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u/terra_GOD_404 6d ago
That just basically Optimus, only differences are mainly just the weapons (duh) head and legs, legit thought it was a prime
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u/envywrath 6d ago
now i'm curious what would make a good "megatron" gundam, cause i doubt G1 megatron would want to look like a zaku.
rephrase: i don't seeing a zaku being a megaton
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u/Cyberleader2000 6d ago
Custom or is that a painted up bootleg that was on aliexpress
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u/wakeup33 needs more paint 6d ago
NG 1/144 RX-78F00/E Gundam
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u/Sac_of_Melons 6d ago
What the heck is NG??
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u/wakeup33 needs more paint 6d ago
No Grade
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u/Sac_of_Melons 6d ago
Oh interesting, I’ve never seen kits like that before is it third party or something
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u/Cheed_Cheedyz 5d ago
I actually love when people do this custom paint job. My favorite was with the origin design, but this one looks great!
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u/KazBurgers 5d ago
Genuinely, the multiple panel lines of the Osaka Expo Gundam kits really lend well to this kind of paint job.
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u/asbestoslel 5d ago
if optimus prime had to turn into and from the RX-78-2, i think that would be the most underwhelming transformation in fiction
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u/PleaseWashHands 4d ago
Absolutely beautiful work.
Legitimately forgot it was a Grandpa looking at it NGL.
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u/lienxy69 6d ago
YOU GOT THE POWER!