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DavimusPrime — The Autobots' 'Top Gun'
Published: 2009-02-21 00:47:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 5534; Favourites: 99; Downloads: 26
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"I feel the need - the need for speed!!"At last, I've finally completed my tribute to two of my favourite things to come out of the 1980s - Transformers & Top Gun!!
After seeing several awesome movie/TF combo character designs on here, I got to wondering about what classic movie vehicle I might Transformerize, and inspiration finally hit me as I was doing my Skydive redesign - the F-14 Tomcat from Top Gun!
However, over the past few months life & work has conspired to give me virtually no time to draw for fun, and it is only in the last week or so that I've finally managed to have a go at merging Tom Cruise & an F-14 - and I'm glad I did, as it was a lot of fun to do (especially getting all the markings right)! Hope you all like the results : )
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Shouldn't Top Gun look more like Starscream? I mean, they're the same type of jet. o:
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Nah - Starscream is typically an F-15 Eagle (in G1 at least), whereas the jet flown by Tom Cruise in Top Gun was an F-14 Tomcat
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Ah ^^
Now I know! :[)
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Autobots, transform and roll out! We're headed right into the danger zone!
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Neat! I like the incorporation of the flight suit color.
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If you've seen Thunderstarwarp's Dangerzone for Starscream <[link] > You'd be inclined to make a Top Gun Picture For Starscream.
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In a way, someone did. They made a F-14 G1 Seeker design: [link]
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Now THAT would be an awesome character to see! I'd LOVE to see something like that in the movies! Great artwork by the way! The robot mode kicks ass! I especially like how you put Cruise's helmet design on the character!
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Thankyou sir - most kind!
All the insignia are Top-Gun accurate (apart from the Autobot sign, of course!), which required some detailed watching of the movie as research. It's a tough job, but somebody's got to do it...
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Well I think you did a really good job pulling it off! Everything you did here is an absolute perfection! I'm glad I favorited this!
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You even put Tom Cruise's helmet pattern on him. Awesome.
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EPIC WIN!!!! i fisrt saw the movie on tv. it was cool!!! DANGER ZONE!
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dang i swear that this isn't getting enough views, i seriously love this! 
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Thanks dude! Glad you like it
As for not many views, well, I guess people have just lost that loving feeling...
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HAHA! yeah!
they need to get back on the highway to the danger zone!
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Absolutely - they're obviously too busy playin' with the boys! They need to rev their engines & listen to that howlin' roar
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HAHA!
Goodness gracious, Great Balls of Fire!
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this maverick's ego definitely won't be writing checks his body can't cash !
well-designed, davimus. by leaps and bounds more successful than a lot of the transformer movie-crossovers i've seen, to make no mention of the star-wars transformers. i would certainly pick THIS up in the toy-aisle.
the flight-suit mech-body works really well and you've nailed a very good likeness of robotized tom-cruise, what with the nose, smile and shades.
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Thanks for the comments, Pietre sir - they are much appreciated as always!
The transformation was quite tricky to work out, but I think I'm getting better at the mechanics side of things now - and I'm glad you liked the face! I tried to base it very closely on Mr Cruise's fizzgog, so I'm really happy that some sort of likeness came through!
And of course he HAD to have Aviator shades as his eyes/visor
Now, if you'll excuse me, Mav & I have to go sing "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" to a couple of fembots. Catch you later, aviator!
ps. I'm also happy that you picked up on the flightsuit-style body, by the way, as I wasn't sure how well that came across in the final rendering!
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no problem, DC! this piece warrants lavish praise and many views. another aspect of this piece that really appeals to me is that the character seems to be a natural fit in the TF-universe. somewhat similar to the way in which [link] created in-continuity backstories for their celebrity-figures in the 80's (eg: sgt.slaughter and the fridge), your take on a TF-maverick is totally plausible w/in tf-fiction, unlike, say, the admittedly well-drawn ecto-1 transformer we spotted on DA sometime ago. apart from being kind of a shell-former, his "function" in TF would be ill-fitting. i suppose he could chase after starscream's ghost. i guess what i'm long-windedly trying to say is that not only is maverick an inspired design, but also more generally an inspired choice. i really do wish hasbro would render this in plastic. maybe we can sneak him a background cameo in geekbots? i can't quite remember if you signed up for any sequential-art duties though. ah well. it's up to me and urzu then...
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