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Had a lot of fun doing this guy......

(pause)

Unlike Skalor, Overbite and Nautilator, I did not have the original to to work from as a reference and had to get his likeness from the internet.
I did look up photos of real snapping turtles for reference too but
DUUUDE!
...these are some of the scariest, ugliest looking animals that God ever put on earth.

To me, his beast mode was very reminiscent of Gamera.
Which made Snappy here really fun to draw.
I didn't want him to look too much like Gamera though,
so I flipped the tusks around and made him into a sabertoothed turtle.
(I know there was a mecha-Godzilla, and a mecha-Kong...but was there ever a mecha-Gamera?)

I suppose it can be said that his beast mode looks like the "Blastoise" Pokemon.
But of course Snaptrap's turtle design is years older than the Pokemon franchise.
Hey! Maybe someone at Nintendo had remembered seeing this guy's beast mode and was influenced to make him into a Pokemon.
(Hmmmm).

Anyway, as I did with the previous 3 Seacons,
I took a few liberties with his robot design,
but I have to say, probably less than the others.
Although I didn't have a physical toy ref to work from,
Snaptrap's robodesign is the most unchanged/less-stylized than the others.
The biggest change I made to his robo-form was his forearms:
In keeping with the sea-faring mariner theme/motif...
I gave him an anchor "tattoo" on each arm 'ala Popeye the Sailor.
(should've put a "heart" with "mom" written in it too)

I really like the way these forearms turned out.
Maybe he can shoot them out with chains attached,
and melee fight with them like MK's Scorpion, or GOW's Kratos.
(Oooooooo!)
I think this would have turned out mostly the same anyway even if I had the toy to work from.

The Seacons have never really been one of my favorite teams,
but when I heard that they were being re-released in a new set,
(which came out a few months ago...shows you how lazy I am)
I thought that I'd like take a crack at them.

Except for Snaptrap, I never liked the way ANY of their robot forms looked.
Dunno what it was....I just thought they were lame.
Their Beast Modes on the other hand were great looking,
and this was the only reason I had bought a few of these guys.

When I did pics of the Preadcons and the Dinobots here on DA,
(check my gallery please)
there were some comments asking about their alternate/beast modes which I never drew.
(I still may in the future, but I just haven't yet).
So I decided to draw both modes at the same time here.

Description
Had a lot of fun doing this guy......

(pause)

Unlike Skalor, Overbite and Nautilator, I did not have the original to to work from as a reference and had to get his likeness from the internet.
I did look up photos of real snapping turtles for reference too but
DUUUDE!
...these are some of the scariest, ugliest looking animals that God ever put on earth.

To me, his beast mode was very reminiscent of Gamera.
Which made Snappy here really fun to draw.
I didn't want him to look too much like Gamera though,
so I flipped the tusks around and made him into a sabertoothed turtle.
(I know there was a mecha-Godzilla, and a mecha-Kong...but was there ever a mecha-Gamera?)

I suppose it can be said that his beast mode looks like the "Blastoise" Pokemon.
But of course Snaptrap's turtle design is years older than the Pokemon franchise.
Hey! Maybe someone at Nintendo had remembered seeing this guy's beast mode and was influenced to make him into a Pokemon.
(Hmmmm).

Anyway, as I did with the previous 3 Seacons,
I took a few liberties with his robot design,
but I have to say, probably less than the others.
Although I didn't have a physical toy ref to work from,
Snaptrap's robodesign is the most unchanged/less-stylized than the others.
The biggest change I made to his robo-form was his forearms:
In keeping with the sea-faring mariner theme/motif...
I gave him an anchor "tattoo" on each arm 'ala Popeye the Sailor.
(should've put a "heart" with "mom" written in it too)

I really like the way these forearms turned out.
Maybe he can shoot them out with chains attached,
and melee fight with them like MK's Scorpion, or GOW's Kratos.
(Oooooooo!)
I think this would have turned out mostly the same anyway even if I had the toy to work from.

The Seacons have never really been one of my favorite teams,
but when I heard that they were being re-released in a new set,
(which came out a few months ago...shows you how lazy I am)
I thought that I'd like take a crack at them.

Except for Snaptrap, I never liked the way ANY of their robot forms looked.
Dunno what it was....I just thought they were lame.
Their Beast Modes on the other hand were great looking,
and this was the only reason I had bought a few of these guys.

When I did pics of the Preadcons and the Dinobots here on DA,
(check my gallery please)
there were some comments asking about their alternate/beast modes which I never drew.
(I still may in the future, but I just haven't yet).
So I decided to draw both modes at the same time here.