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Darth Optimus' Vehicles! New! 07/02 What? New vehicles? YUP!
« on: August 28, 2011, 08:06:06 PM »
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Re: Darth Optimus' Vehicles
« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2011, 09:19:39 AM »
Oh yeah, now there is a crotch rocket.
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Re: Darth Optimus' Vehicles
« Reply #2 on: August 29, 2011, 02:06:58 PM »
Very nice, on the front page!
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Re: Darth Optimus' Vehicles
« Reply #3 on: August 29, 2011, 04:39:03 PM »
That's fantastic DO... A retro cafe racer speeder bike...very cool indeed!
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Re: Darth Optimus' Vehicles
« Reply #4 on: August 29, 2011, 04:53:30 PM »
Sort of reminds me of one of the bikes from the PS2 game, Jak 2.  Very nicely done!
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Re: Darth Optimus' Vehicles
« Reply #5 on: August 30, 2011, 08:38:25 PM »
Here is something my son has been working on.  He was pouring thru the Essential Vehicles & Vessels book the other day & deceided he'd make his own Cloakshape Fighter.  He used the pics from the book, notecards, bottle caps & tape.  One of these days I'll set him up with his own account, but for now...








I think he's got the makings of a scratch-builder...something I cannot do at all.  He's already deceided he's ready to improve on it & I got him some cheap "For Sale" signs to use as the next step.
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Re: Darth Optimus' Vehicles
« Reply #6 on: August 30, 2011, 08:41:51 PM »
A kid, really? That's better than I could do!

Nice job on the speeder, by the way.
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Re: Darth Optimus' Vehicles
« Reply #7 on: September 26, 2011, 08:17:00 PM »
Moar stuffs!

First up is a chopper-style speeder bike w/ Post-Apocalyptic Cyborg Drow Swoop Biker inspired by three of my favorite series: Mad Max, Star Wars and The Legend of Drizzt novels by R.A. Salvatore.






Here is the vehicle in it's original form:


It's a Ram Cycle from the "Generator Rex" series.  Rex was cut off @ the waist and tossed.  The rump/legs meld into the bike so I turned them into the seat w/ some cardstock and scrap cloth.  The handlebars were sliced off and placed on styrene tubing to elongate them.  A bomb from a RC/Super Battle Droid 2-pak was attached to the top as a fueling cap, and scrap plastic strips used for control panels.  Exhuast pipes are from a Transformers "Clocker" fig from the "Cybertron" series.  The sigils on the nose are self-designed.  There are tallies of some-sort also, and the lettering @ the bottom says "Frak Life" in one of the Drow alphabets.


Next up is a Heavy Pursuit Speeder w/ Mando crew:










The speeder once was a CORPS! hovercraft.  Mods: a radar dish from the parts pile, antennas are styrene tubing.  The fans were replaced w/ more "Star Wars-ish" engines built from Coke caps with the clip-on rocket firing accessory common to older TCW clone troopers.  The headlights are from an "Exo-Squad" suit.

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Re: Darth Optimus' Vehicles
« Reply #8 on: September 26, 2011, 10:06:18 PM »
super cool stuff!!
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Re: Darth Optimus' Vehicles
« Reply #9 on: September 27, 2011, 03:10:53 AM »
Wow, how did I miss this thread? Awesome stuff here, on the front page. Love that combination for your inspiration DO.
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Re: Darth Optimus' Vehicles
« Reply #10 on: September 27, 2011, 09:28:12 AM »
Very nice work on all of these vehicles!
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Re: Darth Optimus' Vehicles
« Reply #11 on: September 27, 2011, 01:58:19 PM »
it's amazing what someone can do to a piece of junk and turn it into a great custom vehicle.sweeter then yoo-hoo.
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Re: Darth Optimus' Vehicles
« Reply #12 on: September 27, 2011, 04:56:35 PM »
Woow amazing vehicles!
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Re: Darth Optimus' Vehicles
« Reply #13 on: September 27, 2011, 05:02:11 PM »
wow! you should have a pimp-your-speeder-bike workshop!

and its really great to have fathers like you who supports their own children doing hands-on stuff like making their own toys!
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Re: Darth Optimus' Vehicles
« Reply #14 on: September 27, 2011, 05:36:54 PM »
Thanks, everyone!  My son has been building stuff for a little while now.  He started kit-bashing/painting figs like dear ol' dad...then progressed onto scratch-building ships on his own.  He is obsessed w/ Uglies...and is into figuring out what ships he can combine into new ones.  More pics to follow.
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