So TFN 2018 weekend. Had an absolute blast and met up with a lot of fantastic folk, albeit briefly due to being a backpacked blurr for most of the time! It was mentioned by Liam aka Toyboxsoapbox that I was like a Waterstones on Wheels! Many many thanks for all the kind words about the…
Author: Kevin Gorman
Making a Book
Yeah, so I made a book! A bit of context first before I get in to the actual book itself. Being from the UK, the US TF cartoon that most of the rest of the world grew up with wasn’t readily available outside of VHS collections like “Arrival from Cybertron” or some episodes on early…
Comic Recreations: Issue 1 Autobot Intro Splash Page
This image was something that i’d been wanting to attempt for absolutely ages as it’s such an iconic image in the history of Transformers comics. It’s also one of the first occurrences of an introdump, only beaten by the Decepticon one on the previous page. I was put off on starting it due to the amount photos…
Alt Mode Appreciation – Takara MP-10
A massive post this time for what is still a massively impressive figure. This was the figure that got me into the slippery slope that is Masterpiece collecting, well the Hasbro version specifically. I “upgraded” to the Takara one a couple of years ago. Always loved the darker shades of plastic on the Takara one…
Comics and Bots
Been playing around with backgrounds today. Using figures from the TFUK original pages I own. Works quite well
Alt Mode Appreciation: Masterpiece Tracks & MMC Sphinx
The first post in a series focusing on Alt Modes of Official and 3rd Party Transformers. It’ll be looking at them in a bit more detail than just full figure shots. I’ll be posting one Official and one 3P figure each time. Clicking on any of the photos will bring up a full screen gallery…
Cover Recreation – Target: 2006
A bit of a mega-post this time. DECEPTICONS, TO EARTH! And so during the time that it took Galvatron to get to Autobot City Earth, this Epic adventure took place. Target:2006 is probably the story that most people would hold up as the defining story of the Marvel UK Transformers run. And for good reason…
Cover Recreation – Transformers Marvel UK 262 – Bird Of Prey! Pt.1
Original Cover: Recreated Cover: Recreated Cover – No Cover Elements:
Cover Recreation – Transformers Marvel UK 156 – Trial By Fire! Pt.1
Always loved this cover and it was always going to be one of the first ones i tried. But it was a bit of a tricky one to put together due to all the background panels. What made it tricky was that the background isn’t from one page but multiple sources. Before i started i…
Cover Recreation – Transformers Marvel UK 106 / US 24 – Afterdeath! (or “Really?? Killing yourself over a videogame??”)
This is an issue that i was a massive fan of when i was a kid. I was just getting into computers and I loved the virtual world that Ethan Zachary created. Looking back with cynical adult eyes though, really, what was Prime thinking at the end 😀 Original Covers: Marvel UK Cover Recreation: Marvel US…
Cover Recreation – Transformers Marvel UK 48 – Dinobot Hunt! Pt.3
Not much needs to be said here but “Jetfire rustling Slag in the desert, and it is indeed awesome!” Original Cover: Recreated Cover: Recreated Cover – No Cover Elements:
Cover Recreation – More Than Meets The Eye 12 – Before & After (Cover A)
This was another fun one to do. The Maketoys Rearend figure is a pretty perfect MTMTE Tailgate that looks like it’s jumped right off the page. So much character and posability in one little bot. Original Cover: Recreated Cover: Recreated Cover – No Cover Elements:
