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Description

DESIGNATION / CLASSIFICATION
Slugfest / Decepticon

FUNCTION
Messenger

LIFESPAN
SEASON THREE

BEGINNINGS 1999 - 2000

On February 28, 1999, just a few days shy of the 2½-year anniversary of my first-ever attempt at a TRANSFORMERS icon (BUMBLEBEE, on September 3, 1996), I could finally say that I had made an icon for every single Autobot and Decepticon that appeared over the course of the U.S. TV series. It seemed fitting, then, that SLUGFEST was one of the most challenging to pull off. Just like OVERKILL, the only real opportunity to study his features was his TRANSFORMERS: UNIVERSE profile, which proved helpful, even if I did make the mistake of basing his colours on the drab shadings of the comic book rather than CALL OF THE PRIMITIVES, the one episode in which he could be seen. It took me a while to decide how much of his head area to feature, but once done, I have remained faithful to that.

SECOND WIND 2008

During this period, I returned to the TV series for a comprehensive collection of screen captures that would cover all of the characters from as many angles as would be helpful and discovered a couple of spots in CALL OF THE PRIMITIVES featuring SLUGFEST that I had previously missed. One of them in particular gave me the necessary information to depart from the TF: U profile (though I was grateful for the framework it gave me to refine) and make it mostly a product of cartoon-based observation.

CURRENT EDITION
Wednesday, July 7, 2010

PREVIOUS REVISIONS
Logged iterations: 5

MISSING
02.28.1999

03.26.1999

05.30.1999

12.13.2000

07.06.2008

CHALLENGE LEVEL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Description

DESIGNATION / CLASSIFICATION
Slugfest / Decepticon

FUNCTION
Messenger

LIFESPAN
SEASON THREE

BEGINNINGS 1999 - 2000

On February 28, 1999, just a few days shy of the 2½-year anniversary of my first-ever attempt at a TRANSFORMERS icon (BUMBLEBEE, on September 3, 1996), I could finally say that I had made an icon for every single Autobot and Decepticon that appeared over the course of the U.S. TV series. It seemed fitting, then, that SLUGFEST was one of the most challenging to pull off. Just like OVERKILL, the only real opportunity to study his features was his TRANSFORMERS: UNIVERSE profile, which proved helpful, even if I did make the mistake of basing his colours on the drab shadings of the comic book rather than CALL OF THE PRIMITIVES, the one episode in which he could be seen. It took me a while to decide how much of his head area to feature, but once done, I have remained faithful to that.

SECOND WIND 2008

During this period, I returned to the TV series for a comprehensive collection of screen captures that would cover all of the characters from as many angles as would be helpful and discovered a couple of spots in CALL OF THE PRIMITIVES featuring SLUGFEST that I had previously missed. One of them in particular gave me the necessary information to depart from the TF: U profile (though I was grateful for the framework it gave me to refine) and make it mostly a product of cartoon-based observation.

CURRENT EDITION
Wednesday, July 7, 2010

PREVIOUS REVISIONS
Logged iterations: 5

MISSING
02.28.1999

03.26.1999

05.30.1999

12.13.2000

07.06.2008

CHALLENGE LEVEL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10