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Now for Season 4 Ironhide reference sheet. This was another one that turned out very good!Wow, I'm loving the way I draw characters now, I seem to be getting a hold of Derrick Wyatt's style! This is a much better improvement of the last pic I drew of him [link] . As you can see I changed a few things design-wise and made him more shiny and shaded in most areas. And yes, he still transforms into a large truck much like movie Prime only without flames. As you can see I adopted the movie Ironhide design a bit but kept the TFA/G1 colors for uniqueness. I like this version a lot and I don't really like how they made Ironhide a jerk to Bumblebee in Autoboot Camp. He still is rather grumpy and cranky here, more so than Ratchet even is, but deep down inside, he has a big spark.
Here is his bio:
In Season 4, Ironhide was captured by Lockdown and brought to Megatron. Megatron was amused at Ironhide's armor-plating ability and his skills in all sorts of weapon usage, so much so that he decided to use Ironhide to his advantage. He had his scientists make modifications to Ironhide and left him in stasis for a few weeks. When the Autobots finally were able to rescue Ironhide and he awoke from stasis, he acted as if he was millions of years old and had been through ages of nothing but war and violence. He barely recognized his friends and just did nothing but destroy all the Decepticons around him which caused the fortress to collapse on him. The Autobots were sure he was offline, but he climbed out of the rubble in one piece and without a scratch and yet he didn't use his shiny armor-plating ability. The experiments allowed him to be protected at all times and nearly ten times more shielded than he used to be. The Autobots quickly took him back to base where he started to reminisce with everyone and everything he knew before. When Chromia came to him, he started to get back to his senses, but he was ashamed for his lover to even look at him for he had aged and was bigger and scarier. But Chromia still loved him the same and she became his comfort from all the violent programming he seemed to be beholden to. He frequently has fits of rage and acts as if he has seen the worst of war. Even so he is completely invincible and very powerful with a ton of firepower, but still very slow in movement and suffers from Post Traumatic Stress syndrome even though nothing happened to him during the experiments. He still has his memories of before though and Chromia always cheers him up when he is with her.
Well, I hope you guys like my design for him, and I hope I did the character some justice! Comment and tell me what you think!
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Comments: 101
Werewolf9098 In reply to AleximusPrime [2011-10-23 17:08:31 +0000 UTC]
Nah, I discovered it few minutes ago... just wondering how come I never seen it before...
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AleximusPrime In reply to yiffo [2011-09-01 05:31:42 +0000 UTC]
A truck much like Optimus Prime was in the movie but more stylized and futuristic.
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Keystar01 [2010-08-15 18:35:11 +0000 UTC]
Do you read the Allspark Almanac 2?
Because they wanted Ironhide (the Autoboot camp) in the 4th Season to replace Bulkhead.
Here's the Prove.
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AleximusPrime In reply to Keystar01 [2010-08-15 18:36:57 +0000 UTC]
Sure did! That would work pretty good, but I still miss the old geriatric Ironhide...
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Letohatchee [2010-08-10 03:36:57 +0000 UTC]
This is awesome! I love how you add our own style to this style (if that makes sense...) Excellent work
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AleximusPrime In reply to Letohatchee [2010-08-10 03:39:04 +0000 UTC]
Why thanks! I'm at least glad I was able to pull off the TFA style this time rather well!
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Letohatchee In reply to AleximusPrime [2010-08-10 03:52:08 +0000 UTC]
I think you do rather well with it every time
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SteelBlastAreya [2010-08-03 13:57:53 +0000 UTC]
IRONHIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bummle: 'HIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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SteelBlastAreya In reply to AleximusPrime [2010-08-03 17:41:36 +0000 UTC]
Mah OC this femme [link]
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AleximusPrime In reply to SteelBlastAreya [2010-08-03 17:53:21 +0000 UTC]
Just oh as in "oh, that's who Bummble is."
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WerewolfThorn [2010-08-03 09:05:17 +0000 UTC]
You realy captured Inohides style and personality. I can imagine young Ironhide being the jerk he was in TFA actualy. But I like the way you made him mature.
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AleximusPrime In reply to WerewolfThorn [2010-08-03 17:26:08 +0000 UTC]
Why thanks! Yeah, I guess that's just how he was then. He did seem to mature in Season 3 actually, but I took it another level. :3
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WerewolfThorn In reply to AleximusPrime [2010-08-03 18:23:18 +0000 UTC]
He looks ready to bust some deceptichops.
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AleximusPrime In reply to SharkNinjaBlueStar [2010-08-03 02:19:49 +0000 UTC]
Yes, yes you should...
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SharkNinjaBlueStar In reply to AleximusPrime [2010-08-03 02:23:01 +0000 UTC]
D: Just imagine him when he RAEGes.....
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AleximusPrime In reply to SharkNinjaBlueStar [2010-08-03 02:24:17 +0000 UTC]
Yes, he is deadly!
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SharkNinjaBlueStar In reply to AleximusPrime [2010-08-03 02:25:19 +0000 UTC]
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LittleBigDave [2010-08-03 02:02:33 +0000 UTC]
This is brutally awesome! Have you done a Huffer yet?
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AleximusPrime In reply to LittleBigDave [2010-08-03 02:14:14 +0000 UTC]
Thanks! No, but that wouldn't be a bad idea, even though they already made a design for him...
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LittleBigDave In reply to AleximusPrime [2010-08-03 03:23:12 +0000 UTC]
What good is their design if they're done with the series?
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tehKOREANdude [2010-08-03 00:01:12 +0000 UTC]
If I may give some pieces of advice, from one TFA artist to another...
His legs are a little bit short. Legs should be as long, or longer than the arms. Unless you were going for the tiny, stocky Brawn look, it'd be better to elongate the form.
Another thing, and this is very important when you adapt movie designs, is not to get carried away with the details. This model is very busy. The extra parts, exhaust vents, etc. take away from the simple elegance of animated designs. The legs are especially busy.
The last thing is that this model has a bit of back kibble. You'll notice that back kibble is not very common in Animated designs. Most of the back kibble consists of a very simple backback (Perceptor, Blurr, Red Alert, Ironhide), or very simple wings (Wheeljack, Rodimus, Tracks, Swoop, Snarl). The only exceptions I can think of are Grimlock, Arcee and Bulkhead. Animated designs are very concise.
There are a lot of things that you did well too!
This is a really great model, and it is indeed a great improvement from the last piece.
The shading is very consistent.
You have the body shape down to a tee. He really does have the Animated curves and smoothness. That being said, the body shape is very Animated, and the design itself is very inspired. My biggest challenge is making interesting legs, which you have superbly done here with this model.
Just remember to keep you designs very focused, and to keep proportions in mind, and you'll be on your way to making even better art!
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AleximusPrime In reply to tehKOREANdude [2010-08-03 00:12:55 +0000 UTC]
Wow, thanks for the wonderful critique! It's not every day I even get one!
Well, I was kinda going for a Brawn-type of look. I suppose he could be a little better with longer legs...
You're definitely right about that, it is too detailed, period.
Well, it's hard to see, but the only back kibble I gave him or at least meant to give him were the doors/windows you see on his back at a diagonal direction and then of course the smokestacks. I should should start doing back-views of these models.
Thanks again, and if you can give a similar critique on my Optimus Magnus one and the upcoming Season 4 Prowl, that would be good too!
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DragonAnimeParty [2010-08-02 21:02:38 +0000 UTC]
Cool Why do I have a feeling he's gonna be trying to run over Sunny and Sides a lot? XD
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AleximusPrime In reply to DragonAnimeParty [2010-08-02 21:03:39 +0000 UTC]
Thanks!
Probably cuz he can't stand young bots! Except for Chromia! :3
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DragonAnimeParty In reply to AleximusPrime [2010-08-02 21:06:29 +0000 UTC]
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AleximusPrime In reply to DragonAnimeParty [2010-08-02 21:07:05 +0000 UTC]
And pic of the Twins picking on him would be funny!
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DragonAnimeParty In reply to AleximusPrime [2010-08-02 21:08:42 +0000 UTC]
I just gave you an idea! :3
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Miapet [2010-08-02 20:53:34 +0000 UTC]
You're getting a lot better! D:
He looks very epic and srs bsns.
You should start doing actiony poses and back ground practice!
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AleximusPrime In reply to Miapet [2010-08-02 20:57:28 +0000 UTC]
Thanks Bubbles!
You're right, I should! And a romantic pic of him and Chromia would be nice to!
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MaximusRevolver [2010-08-02 20:15:59 +0000 UTC]
TFA Ironhide: now with senile attitude! I like this
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AleximusPrime In reply to MaximusRevolver [2010-08-02 20:18:23 +0000 UTC]
yup, and even more senile than Ratchet! Thanks!
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REDDISH-MUSE In reply to AleximusPrime [2010-08-02 20:12:48 +0000 UTC]
I mean...it's great!! Sorry, for a moment I let out my italian XD
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REDDISH-MUSE In reply to AleximusPrime [2010-08-02 20:17:25 +0000 UTC]
Esagerato? It means exagerated...
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