Admittedly, I've told a few people that my next Transformer model would be a Bumblebee, but I had already started modeling Magnus' head. Heck, I even considered ONLY doing the head and putting it on the Optimus body, but that wouldn't be as fun.

Speaking of Optimus, I took the approach of "retooling" my Optimus model. After all, the original toy is essentially Optimus, but with a car carrier trailer that becomes battle armor (which the cartoon bypassed and just made the armored form his character design). I did do a little prototype head, but I didn't consider the design final until I could look at it and hear Robert Stack's voice coming from it, which is what we have here. As for the printing itself, I used blue, matte red, and silk white overall, and black and silk silver for the tires and hubcaps (on his feet). Then it was the usual assembly with superglue, and on some areas using Perler beads as guide posts. The only paint on him is a metallic blue for the eyes, and the Autobot logo was from a small decal sheet I got with TransArt Metal T. Rex.

Naturally, he's quite hefty!

For some more pics, check them out here -> https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view.....d-ultra-magnus