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Description
VortexDecepticon
Function: Interrogator
Subgroup: Combaticons
Tech Spec:
"I reject your reality and enforce my own!"
Strength: 4
Intelligence: 9
Speed: 6
Endurance: 5
Rank 6:
Courage: 7
Firepower: 7
Skill: 8
Once an AUTOBOT scientist driven insane by his greatest invention, VORTEX is both feared by AUTOBOTS and respected by fellow DECEPTICONS for his work. He understands how the mind works as an interrogator of the Combaticons and is proficient in breaking that mind to get answers, whether via solitary confinement, threat of death, tragedy or extreme annoyance. Transforms into a war copter whch is capable of storing AUTOBOTS (and some DECEPTICONS) in his cargo hold for "mile-high" interrogation. Combines with his Combaticon platoon-mates to form BRUTICUS.
* Contains many grievous weapons on his chasis, such as his Tornado Sawblade (which creates furious winds), glass-gas bombs, isano-missles, among others.
* Recruited personally by Onslaught and his Combaticons.
* Often causes extreme pain in interrogations for his amusement and less for answers.
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As you may or may not have guessed, this is a redesign of my take on a TFA Vortex using his original G1 toy colors with greys, greens, purples and orange (I think it was red in the toy, but Brawl of the Combaticons should be the one with red eyes). Also, his copter mode looks a bit similar to Armada Cyclonus, with his arms and hands sticking out a bit and feet in the underneith.
Props goes to for the inspiraion for this format of creating my style of Combaticons. I think I might stick with this. I'd also like to thank for the inspiration and designs of her's especially with her TFA Blades pic. Before, I had hard trouble with trying to get the official look of a TFA character without making look either unofficial or crappy. But now I think I got the jist of it.
Hell, I may even get off my lazy ass and produce more efficiently and at a greater rate.
Vortex is copyright of Hasbro
This is my design.
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Comments: 45
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This is how I imagine Obsidian may have looked during his Decepticon days.
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“I reject your reality and enforce my own.”
Evil Adam Savage much?
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Where does the helicopter tail go when he transforms?
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Yeah, that sounds like something Vortex would say.
He is such a whackjob!
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Adam Savage would LOVE him! other than being robot/human, they're sooo much alike!
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so he's the result of a fusion between Blitzwing and Lugnut
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I gotta say I saw all your Combaticons there but the one I like this most is this guy, and Blast Off i suppose cause they really feel like how they truly are, this guy being the cocky one with a whole lotta speed working for him while Blast Off just knows when to fire away and do it with style
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what was his greatest invention? also very nice design
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But how are you able to make him look like something for Derrick J. Wyatt. The reflection ,shadowing. It is all flawless. What program did you use. I have some sketches at home and I would love to know how to add flawless colour like it was fresh form the series of TF Animated itself
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"I reject your reality and enforce my own!" is quote of Adam Savich from Mythbusters
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It's actually "I reject your reality and substitute my own" is what he usually says. I replaced "substitute" with "enforce" for Vortex to give him the sadistic nature of himself.
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He looks freaking awesome XDD Gotta love Vortex and his jovial psychosis 
I adore his alt mode 
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Thank you! Hehe... I wouldn't be surprised if TFA was cancelled due to his appearance... although the show has shown questionable things happen before, such as Elite Guard activities, Shockwave crushing the hell out of Blurr, innuendo, etc. Also, whereas Random BW would be humorful and hilarious and would fill most people with cheer, Vortex would mostly fill people with dread, horror and fansination.
Again, thanx. 
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Oh hello buddy! Very nice, sorry, short comment, I'll post more at TFW2005. You should also consider posting at [link]
^^
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Thanx. Good idea, I'll hopefully be able to join their group.
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Awesome re-design. :3 I particularly like the perspective use on the helicopter. ^^ Nice anatomy and shading as well. And keeping the shapes and forms of his body consistent with the vehicle mode is also very well done.
All in all, great stuff!
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Thank you. Tell you the truth, it's kinda tricky staying consistent with the robot-mode to the vehicle-mode; you don't wana make it too obvious or too obscure why parts go.
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Welcome. :3
Yeah, first attempts to try and figure out where all the parts go gave me a headache. XD I guess it can also get difficult not too make the conversion too complex or too simple...
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I think what I dislike about this is that you dont really attempt to hide his hands in copter mode.
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As opposed to almost every official transformer ever?
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Perhaps his hands sticking out in alt. mode seems a bit silly and perhaps I could have put a bit more thought into placement. Still, I'm happy with Vortex's appearnace and how he turned out. Besides, seeing as how Vortex is zany and crazy and all, he'd probably want to stick out like a sore thumb and cause fear and pain on all.
For the other (non-Swindle) Combaticons, I'll make it so that their robot parts don't stick out so much.
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EXCELLENT Bot/Vehicle correlation! The fact that one transforms into the other is VERY believable. Nice job, man!
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Thank you, Zenny. I would have added a little diagram thing to show how the transformation would have went, but I got lazy and it probably was a bit small to see, anyway.
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DOOD. You could design the toys, like srsly.
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The cockpit reminds me of a dragonfly's head, not sure why.
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You know what? It sortaa reminds me of a dragonfly, too. It would have been unquestionable if I had not joined the cockpit's/chest's window-panels together. It would have looked alot more like a dragonly.
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Nifty concept, but I don't like the visible hands in alt-mode.
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Thanx. I tried to find a way to reconcile or find a way to hide his hands, though I decided to have it folded up so it doesn't look too robot-like in vehicle mode but still have the influence.
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