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Published: 2008-07-21 05:45:25 +0000 UTC; Views: 1034; Favourites: 26; Downloads: 4
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OV Rattrap. He's got tools and his gun so he's ready for anything except rain ( rat-poncho not pictured.
) I figure he'll snip off the ponytail when he gets tired of people pulling it.This is just a picture for my personal reference, but I liked the way he turned out. Cute, sure, but you wouldn't want to smell him.
Sketched in pencil, coloured in Photoshop.
[ETA:] You want an error? How about that his fore and middle fingers on his right hand are hovering instead of resting on his pouch? I am Amazing Bee!
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It looks like he has a "You got a problem, buddy?" expression on his face. And the hand is easily ignored. But why the belt? Wouldn't the shoulder-gun holder work better? Or a regular tool belt/apron?
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Love his expression. 
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Ha, I love his expression.
Maybe the reason his fingers are 'floating' is because he's drumming them on that little box? "Hey, Wayward, you done yet?"
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Rattrap looks delightfully snarky here. Mayhaps he's about to pull an epic prank on Dinobot? Or Megs? Or both? I think I'm gonna go hide under the command center dashboard and avoid the rush. XD
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I agree, his head does look to small. Maybe it's because he's got a really long neck?
Good design for him though, but I'd like to see a height comparison between him and one of the others. I'm also interested in what this so-called rat poncho looks like.
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I don't know way, but it looks like hes ready to fight a mummy. Or I could jest me, most likely im jest over excited for the new mummy movie coming out. I can still see him doing it though.
Rattrap:'I'm a expert at getting rid of mummys'
Dinobot:'you've only gotten rid of one mummy'
Rattrap:'the same one Twice'
I can see them saying that, it my favorite quote in the trailer.
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Bwah. Fear the rat-poncho. How's that garter-belt of a toolbox going to work? Won't having the belts tight enough to keep the thing on restrict his leg movement rather?
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The 'Crushersuit had leg-belts like that to keep the treads on, and I didn't have a problem with them.
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I recall you saying they kept slipping off ... I mean, thigh muscles flex and move. How does a leg-belt stay on?
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The one side was slipping off because it wasn't tight enough or high enough. Also because the tread part would get knocked into whenever I bent my leg too far, which added to the loosening bit.
( Maybe he has invisible rat-garters. )
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Ah, right. Still have my suspicions, viz, why else do people use backpacks and not thighpacks?
[Scary mental image. Perhaps he borrowed them from Crazy Uncle Frankenfurter?]
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Rattrap's used to having his gun strapped to his leg ( okay, it's a 'sometimes' rather than 'always' ) and it's easier to grab there than reaching back over his head. ( Okay, and I cribbed the gun-strapped-to-thigh from a GI Joe comic because I thought it looked cool. This is what I get for trusting the media.
( They were left in the will. It was a very, very strange will. )
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Poking around, it seems that the proper thigh-holster is attached to the belt, which carries the weight. The thigh-bands are just to secure the holster to the leg and stop it from flapping around. Seems to be plenty on the various ups and downs of such here: [link]
[And of course "Moreover, anyone who has had to run for his life with a thigh holster on knows it wobbles and wiggles all over the place - not ideal for drawing quickly on the run." feels so very relevant.]
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Ah, Internet, full of information. I can just sling the thing onto his back or belt easily enough. ( I shall miss you, invisible rat-garters, for you were fun to say! )
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Well, attach it to his belt to take the weight so it doesn't end up sliding down around his ankles when he runs, anyhow. That, and his gun's a bit bigger than most one-handed sidearms that usually go in hip or thigh holsters ...
... wait a moment. How tall is OV Rattrap anyhow? Because if he's not-much-less-than a foot shorter than OV Dinobot, and OV Dinobot is over 6"4, then OV Rattrap's *taller* than he was as a robot.
[Invisible rat garters ... well, Crazy Uncle Frankenfurter's will *was* pretty weird. You just got to wonder who he bequeathed #6 to.]
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I think it was from the Transmetals game ( 'course TM-Rattrap is taller than Original Recipe Rattrap anyway. ) Possibly Blackarachnia and Quickstrike stayed the same height ( I've got them both at 5'2" ) but everyone else got shorter to some degree.
( He wouldn't have loved Jetstorm. But Quickstrikes feet are enormous! And are just as big backwards as forwards! )
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Yeah, he was one of the ones who stretched a bit.
Hopefully that will sort out their pesky height difference, bleh.
[But in absolute sizes, Quickstrike's feet aren't nearly as big as Megatron's ... :: pokes "Cutting Edge:: ... I lie. Quickstrike's feet are longer toe-to-heel than TM Megatron's. #6 will ... attempt unmentionable acts and probably get shot for it]
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I've got Rattrap at 5'0". I've heard anywhere from 5'0" to 6'0" for his robot-mode.
( #6 would have loved Quickstrike ... )
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I've got no idea where the 6'0" comes from. I've always heard him as being 5'0" in robot mode [at last, someone is shorter than me!]. So he stayed the same height. Hmm. Interesting contrast in terms of perspective adjustment, I'm sure.
[#6 would have loved everyone. I don't think it's fussy]
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Looks great! I like how you have drawn him prepared for almost anything.... Great job!
I also like this pose.... very nice!
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Not to take anything away from the great render you did but, his dead looks too small or his clothing is making his head look so tiny compared to he rest of him...
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'S the usual 7.5-heads-tall proportions I use on most of my human-type figures.
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must be the clothing, like a said/thought in the first place...
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