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Gizmo-Tracer — TFA Beast Wars Megatron

Published: 2009-11-25 13:42:38 +0000 UTC; Views: 19911; Favourites: 260; Downloads: 0
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Description With the remaining Decepticon forces splintered, General Strika enacted a contingency plan put in place by Megatron. Carrying a back up of the deposed leader's core consciousness, Quickstrike tracked down Blackarachnia and presented her with a proposition: create a powerful new body for the resurrected Megatron and raise a technorganic army for him to lead, and he would use his ship to rescue the spider from her primitive exile. Ostensibly agreeing, Blackarachnia had no intention of giving up control of the growing Predacon forces. Using designs conceived by Megatron himself while on Earth, she crafted a suitable form, but put a shell program in place severely limiting the new Megatron's intelligence and instilling unquestioning loyalty to her.

Unbeknownst to the technorganic queen, Megatron's core consciousness was able to override the shell program almost immediately. Dubbing himself Galvatron and declaring himself superior to his predecessor, he chose to bide his time, pretending to be a simpleminded buffoon while subtly manipulating events to suit his purpose. With all of the cunning and charisma of the original Megatron coupled with a technorganic's instinct and a flair for the dramatic solely his own, that purpose may well spell doom for the entire galaxy.

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Props so massive they have their own gravity go out to Nemesis Predaking for not only pioneering this mod, but posting a video explaining it in detail here . The short version is that magnets allow me to attach either a regular hand or the T-rex head to his right wrist, while the latter can still store on his back.

Story wise, this is gratifying because I'm finally getting to reveal some things that I've been planning all along. Quickstrike's 'special delivery' was mentioned all the way back on his bio . This bio incorporates a lot of send ups to Transformers lore, not the least of them being his in-story name. A purple, reincarnated Megatron? What else could he be called but Galvatron?

I also like the idea of arguably the smoothest, most manipulative Megatron ever playing the 'Starscream' role on the Predacons. Or, more specifically, the 'Tankor' role, for those of you who picked up those recycled elements in his background. Homages galore! Remember, Animated Grimlock was designed by Megatron while he was experimenting with constructing himself a new body. Apropos, no?
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TheDarkSparkVault [2023-03-03 16:20:39 +0000 UTC]

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Dromeothetroognathus [2019-01-14 13:39:24 +0000 UTC]

yyeeeeeesssss

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SketchingRich [2016-08-02 15:44:20 +0000 UTC]

This is a very good custom. Yeeeeees

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Goji1327 [2016-02-10 16:48:34 +0000 UTC]

YEEEEESSSSSS

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SirArceon [2015-05-24 18:31:25 +0000 UTC]

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TippyToe-Zombie [2015-04-24 05:25:29 +0000 UTC]

Yessssssss...

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JEWTzilla [2015-01-08 19:44:55 +0000 UTC]

This is so awesome...
however i still like your Terrorsaur best :3

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AangCanSaveTheWorld [2014-05-03 07:40:32 +0000 UTC]

ANIMATED BEAST WARS PRIME G1 LOL RATBOY GENIUS

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MechaZomborg [2014-02-26 23:08:46 +0000 UTC]

Now this is epic

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LR-99 [2013-10-16 10:37:48 +0000 UTC]

Oooh, that's just perfect!

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JEWTzilla In reply to LR-99 [2015-01-08 19:29:53 +0000 UTC]

You mean; that's just prime!

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Cliffjumper727 [2013-07-23 21:28:41 +0000 UTC]

Beast Wars Megatron: I am a big fan of this work! A great likeness! Yes!

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MrWonderWorks [2013-06-21 13:36:56 +0000 UTC]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

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megaranger [2012-10-01 15:52:18 +0000 UTC]

the instruction video has been removed. any pointers?

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Gizmo-Tracer In reply to megaranger [2012-10-01 22:45:13 +0000 UTC]

Ah! Well, it's been a while, admittedly, but in broad strokes you want to cut through the plastic piece that hinges the dinosaur head on Grimlock's back so that it can be removed. With a little planning, you can do this so that the head assembly will still sit correctly in beast mode once the sides with the arms attached lock into place.

You can unscrew the robot mode's wrist/beast mode's ankle to remove the hand/foot, then place a magnet in both pieces and inside the dinosaur head assembly. Make sure the magnets are facing the right way, of course! It's all fairly straightforward, but I'd recommend a 'measure twice, cut once' approach all the same.

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bioweapon69 [2012-07-25 09:56:25 +0000 UTC]

grimlock baby

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StevenRayBrown [2012-06-14 00:30:16 +0000 UTC]

This is really cool. Do you mind if I draw this in TFA style but with slight alterations?

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Gizmo-Tracer In reply to StevenRayBrown [2012-06-14 03:02:42 +0000 UTC]

By all means! Glad to hear you like them that much! If you want to link back here, that'd be great. Looking forward to seeing your work!

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StevenRayBrown In reply to Gizmo-Tracer [2012-06-14 04:13:49 +0000 UTC]

Planned on it.

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newguy64 [2012-05-04 02:27:15 +0000 UTC]

I'm throwing money at the screen but nothing's happening! D:

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toatg [2011-08-12 19:12:10 +0000 UTC]

really cool yesss

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santaman123 [2011-07-24 10:22:52 +0000 UTC]

f'in sweet custom man!

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Thejboy88 [2011-05-31 18:05:07 +0000 UTC]

Great concept here.

I love how your backstory has made this character a combination of so many others.

Animated Megatron, Galvatron. Grimlock. Even a bit of Starscream with his plan for betrayal.

Nice work.

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omegashockwave [2011-05-11 21:59:02 +0000 UTC]

how do you take off the t-rex head to that? i have been trying to take it off of mine but i cant get that part to the lower neck off?

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Gizmo-Tracer In reply to omegashockwave [2011-11-09 18:36:05 +0000 UTC]

From the description above:
Props so massive they have their own gravity go out to Nemesis Predaking for not only pioneering this mod, but posting a video explaining it in detail here . The short version is that magnets allow me to attach either a regular hand or the T-rex head to his right wrist, while the latter can still store on his back.

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NimbusPrime [2010-09-08 23:51:24 +0000 UTC]

AMAZING!

8D You did a great job in remaking Grimlock into Megatron!!

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crazyfangirl4eva [2010-05-27 23:20:09 +0000 UTC]

Lol, This version of Megatron could be mistaken for Grimlocks dad!

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OutcastClankzilla [2010-03-28 18:10:45 +0000 UTC]

The best Megatron yet?? YEESSSSSSSSSSS.......

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tyu237 [2010-01-07 20:08:38 +0000 UTC]

mmmm... yeeeessss. i like this 'galvatron'

i am a true fan of beast wars. it is one of my fave TF series and i love what you have made them in beast wars animated

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KevinAustin [2009-12-07 20:03:08 +0000 UTC]

BRILLIANT!!! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.

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MaximusRevolver [2009-11-25 22:05:59 +0000 UTC]

It's been said, but...YEEESSS!!!!

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JZLobo [2009-11-25 20:03:43 +0000 UTC]

Wow, great story concept. Would be interesting to see what happens when the original Megatron meets up with his clone here.

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plumedserpent In reply to JZLobo [2009-11-25 20:24:41 +0000 UTC]

He'd need to get out of the Stockade first, but it'd be epic. Now you've got me imagining a David Kaye-vs-Corey Burton Megatron duel.

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MBlackwood In reply to plumedserpent [2010-02-17 05:22:37 +0000 UTC]

. . . I . . . I think I could die happy if that were to happen.

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JZLobo In reply to plumedserpent [2009-11-25 20:30:36 +0000 UTC]

Oh, YESSSS!

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LuckyIKoi [2009-11-25 18:31:18 +0000 UTC]

Yeeeessss... a wonderful plot ans custom indeed~

<333

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plumedserpent [2009-11-25 17:57:41 +0000 UTC]

...
...I'm going to have to split this one up. It's gonna be looong.

A: Great work as always. You've got his first colour scheme (sort of), NPK and others have done him TM, now all we need is a red and gold version and we'll have the set.

B: OTOH, that is a LOT of purple. I'm not even sure whether that's good or bad yet, it's just there. Actually, it reminds me of Ivan Ooze (nerd props to whoever gets that).

C: Another interesting backstory, although I have to wonder why Strika never used that plan during the 50 years or so that Megs was presumed dead.

D: Seriously, where is BA getting all this dinosaur DNA from?

E (last one): Does this mean the Preds wil be leaving the organic planet, or will Quickstrike refuse due to Galvatron's act?

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Gizmo-Tracer In reply to plumedserpent [2009-11-25 18:56:23 +0000 UTC]

Hey, an in-depth analysis deserves in-depth answers!

A) Heh, I'm just waiting for one that transforms into a giant head!

B) I'll see your Ivan Ooze and raise you the Slime Monster from Ghostwriter!

To be fair, S1 Megs was a pretty purple dude. More than that, though, I love P3's Beaten Purple colour. I'm not sure how well it comes across it the photos, but it's absolutely gorgeous.

Besides, if you look at Animated's cast, you could easily say that Bumblebee has a LOT of yellow, or Bulkhead a LOT of green. It's part of the Animated aesthetic.

C) Back then the Decepticons were all lying low anyway, and Megatron's death, or even his survival up to that point, were largely the stuff of rumour. As of 'Transwarped', however, they're all riled up, and Megatron's defeat on Earth and subsequent arrival on Cybertron as a prisoner were pretty hard to miss. There are Decepticons trying to take over, declare themselves independent warlords, find a place to hide or even defect to the Autobots. Strika figures that she has to do something now before the damage is irreparable. Recreating your leader from a back-up disk is sort of a last resort move; there's a lot of ways it could go very, very wrong.

D) After spending all that time with the Dinobots, it's not inconceivable that Blackarachnia would have made a point of getting her servos on some dino DNA for her experiments before Wasp showed up and everything went lousy. Then again, we already know that the planet she's stranded on has gorillas, rhinos, cheetahs and really big rats; sounds like a pretty familiar list of fauna, eh?

E) I'll be getting more into that later, but suffice to say that, knowing Quickstrike, would you trust him with something this important? Strika pretty much had to work with what she had at the time.

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AleximusPrime [2009-11-25 17:02:04 +0000 UTC]

Ah, finally! I was beginning to wonder when this one would come! You did an excellent job, yeeeeeessssss!

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CroctopusArt [2009-11-25 16:19:45 +0000 UTC]

Yyyeeessssss!!!!!!!

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DNLnamek01 [2009-11-25 14:07:18 +0000 UTC]

Awesome design and background.

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