ㅏλvэㄹㅏиn

Sometimes artist, quite often collector, small-time customizer. If you want a custom, DM me and we can talk!

[ㅏλvэㄹㅏиn @arentalis]

Sector 7 and The Broken Blade:
A group of ex-M.E.C.H. operatives and a friendly Decepticon squad in alliance. They work not to further the war, but to prevent it's harm as best as possible.

[ㅏλvэㄹㅏиn @arentalis]

@Bingus_Artworks @TFHypeGuy Absolutely.
They genuinely *need* to do this, so the designers can stop relying on TFwiki and accidentally messing things up because they don't double-check or triple-check.

[ㅏλvэㄹㅏиn @arentalis]

@Bingus_Artworks @TFHypeGuy Definitely true.
Would be nice if Hasbro would make official updated models of the G1 designs so that wouldn't be an issue in the future.
(And I mean like straight redos, not Authentics-like.)

[ㅏλvэㄹㅏиn @arentalis]

@Bingus_Artworks @TFHypeGuy Which is fully on me since apparently it was never said he was retro but that's what I remember seeing everywhere so guess I'm going crazy or something.

[ㅏλvэㄹㅏиn @arentalis]

@Bingus_Artworks @TFHypeGuy I really hope so.
Just was super excited cause I thought he was getting released as Retro first like with Seaspray only to get hit with the cartoon one... I'm happy for y'all that like it but it just genuinely was upsetting to me cause it wasn't what I was expecting to see.

[ㅏλvэㄹㅏиn @arentalis]

@Bingus_Artworks @TFHypeGuy I do think in this case it'd be in comparison with it's own model, no?
So like if the feet are white and the legs are the same color they'd also be white, and if they were silver they'd be a differentiated shade? Least that'd make sense to me but I don't work for Hasbro.

[ㅏλvэㄹㅏиn @arentalis]

@Bingus_Artworks @TFHypeGuy Fair, fair.
Just bothers me more cause(and this isn't on you or anything) I swear I saw it originally being reported as being a Retro release everywhere and so him having the silver legs like the toy but the wrong head and chest feels like it's halfway there...? Just weird.

[ㅏλvэㄹㅏиn @arentalis]

@Bingus_Artworks @TFHypeGuy This one?
Honestly the toy's even less accurate to this scheme if anything.
Why are his legs silver if this is this model??

[ㅏλvэㄹㅏиn @arentalis]

@Bingus_Artworks @TFHypeGuy Oh, I see what it is now.
They made the slanted part above the white part that's the greenish-blue on the art white and that throws the balance off.
Makes sense why the head stands out so much to me now, hadn't put that together until looking at them side by side.

[ㅏλvэㄹㅏиn @arentalis]

@Bingus_Artworks @TFHypeGuy And that's perfectly fine.
I'm not making an objective argument, I'm making a subjective one that I know not everyone will agree with. Not trying to be a paragon of truth or anything, just trying to get across why I specifically dislike the design chosen.

[ㅏλvэㄹㅏиn @arentalis]

@Bingus_Artworks @TFHypeGuy I think the main thing that bothers me is that there's the outline of where it would be silver, but the entire chest is made white anyways?
It just feels really off to me.

[ㅏλvэㄹㅏиn @arentalis]

@Bingus_Artworks @TFHypeGuy I can't understand liking this specific look.
There have been other versions done without the visor that look fine, it's the having the nose not at all under the mask that bothers me most about this change.
For example, this looks fine. Good, even.

[ㅏλvэㄹㅏиn @arentalis]

@Bingus_Artworks @TFHypeGuy I mean, it's also the chest and while I didn't mention it earlier the tone of blue feels far darker than it should be for him.
But the head definitely feels the *most* off about it, and you asked what ruined it for me.
And it's not the absence of the visor, it's what replaces it.

[ㅏλvэㄹㅏиn @arentalis]

@Bingus_Artworks @TFHypeGuy I'm... not throwing a tantrum? I'm expressing my opinion on the subject, which is that I think the maskless look sucks.
Good for y'all that like it I guess, but I can't understand liking the look at all.

[ㅏλvэㄹㅏиn @arentalis]

@Bingus_Artworks @TFHypeGuy I dunno what to tell ya, man, it just looks really bad to me.
Personal preference or something like that but I just do think it generally is 100% worse of a look than the toy has.

[ㅏλvэㄹㅏиn @arentalis]

@Bingus_Artworks @TFHypeGuy And some it works out for, but some like Tailgate the toy head is just way better and the G1 show design should be forgotten.

[ㅏλvэㄹㅏиn @arentalis]

@Bingus_Artworks @TFHypeGuy They generally cover the bottom of the nose, though.
It's like during Covid when people would intentionally wear masks wrong and leave it under the nose on Tailgate, though, which is just not a good look.

[ㅏλvэㄹㅏиn @arentalis]

@Bingus_Artworks @TFHypeGuy Mix of making his head wrong(it wouldn't be an issue if it was just the eyes but having the nose sit above the mouthplate is *bad*) and the chest just overall looks worse without the cool techy details.
The head matters a *lot* for the feel of a design.

[ㅏλvэㄹㅏиn @arentalis]

@Bingus_Artworks @TFHypeGuy A) I thought he was supposed to be the toy version, apparently that was wrong and I am still wondering what the hell happened to my head.
B) They ruined his design 40 years ago still, his toy look is infinitely better.

[ㅏλvэㄹㅏиn @arentalis]

@ThePuff09 @polybrag Nah, it's show accurate.
Toy had an actually good head.

[ㅏλvэㄹㅏиn @arentalis]

@polybrag No, no, *this* is Tailgate's OG face.
That face is someone making him into an old man who doesn't understand how masks work...