Customs DOFP Megatron Custom Concept

[SteveMegatron]

Hey all! So I am thinking about undertaking a custom Megatron from Dawn of Future Past. Without his armor. Not sure yet what figures to use as base components but I am thinking these options could work but looking for ideas deciding the actual components. I am not worried about transformation but want the figure to look similar then I'll worry about that part.

Head - WFC Beast Megatron / WFC T-Wrecks
Arms & Shoulders - Combiner Wars Skywarp
Legs & Waist - Either Combiner Wars Skywarp / WFC Galvatron
Torso - Combiner Wars Skywarp

Then I'd use some milliput for crafting more specifics and then Testors paints for the remaining aspects.

 

[SteveMegatron]

So did a digibash concept of this if I can pull it off...

 

[SteveMegatron]

Pretty excited I got the CW Legends Shockwave coming for my Custom Megatron Pre-beast from the first episode and that DOFP comic. He'll be the cannon. Then I have the head from a Kingdom T-Wrecks and then a WFC Galvatron figure for the body. Gonna get the chest 3D printed to match the comic but otherwise, that'll be my parts. It's expensive to custom a figure I discovered lol. That CW Leader Skywarp while it could work isn't gonna do it justice I found.

 

[SteveMegatron]

So the Shockwave figure arrived today. Once I get the rest of the stuff I plan to start breaking down the details and painting as I tear it apart to create the new transformation too.

Waiting For To Arrive Next Week:

• WFC K28 Galvatron
• WFC T-Wrecks Head

 

[SteveMegatron]

So I plan to use Combiner Wars Shockwave as the gun and cannon. I'll probably have to mold it some to fit it in his hands in both modes since he has the peg to hold it too big for his hand. Might build or work with existing parts to make it work.

The WFC Galvatron will work great too once I tesr off his treads,and some of the alt mode components to work.

Shoulders I am trying to figure out how to take the shoulder fold down portion off without breaking it since the pin is only visible on one side. I want to replace it with a LEGO shoulder pad or one from CW Leader Skywarp that I have too.

I plan to use a WFC Beast Megatron head or T-Wrecks head.

As for additional molding, I plan to tear off the chest and have it sized for a 3D printed replacement to appear like the comic version.

Might use milliput for additional molding on the figure to work out further details.

But this is the entire plan.

 

[SteveMegatron]

Concept of transformation but still a WIP

 

[SteveMegatron]

Image dump update of progress.

Gun/Cannon using Combiner Wars Legends Shockwave as the base which works flawlessly.

As for the chest, I am using CW Leader Skywarp's but heavily chiseled down with milliput to attach and fill the gaps.

Smoothed out some of the arms, cleaned it. Chipped away more of the CW Leader Skywarp chest interior to be flush with the Galvatron chest so as to not remove it. I attempted to use the cheap branded putty from Hobby Lobby and it was super watery and loose and the container broke. I switched to Milliput to mold the right and left side, the "owl face" faux cockpit. I am also filling in the edges of it so it'll be flush to the WFC Galvatron chest.

So once it dries, I plan to sand it down, chisel it, and prep it for attachment to the chest plate. Not sure how to attach it there yet. I have stuck it to the chest however with the milliput so we'll see if that works. Otherwise, it's coming along. Once the figure dries I am prepping for paint. If the chest doesn't work out I might pick up a 2nd chest plate from a Titan's Return/Walmart G1 Reissue Chromedome.

Not sure how to go about adding shoulder pads to him yet. Still waiting on the Kingdom T-Wrecks/Beast Megatron head so if anyone has a spare, I'd greatly appreciate it.