Decepticons!

Hot Rod gets a lot of flack for getting in the way of Optimus Prime and Megatron's duel, but I've always liked the character. I always liked how this scene demonstrates his willingness to jump into the fray. Although you could argue, "What the hell hero", for starting a fire fight with a little kid right next to him.

Not without its flaws, Masterpiece Hot Rod is a great and fun figure. There wasn't much to be cleaned up in terms of paint blemishes and screw holes. Thanks to his ab crunch, I was able to get a pretty decent pose. Maybe I could have posed the arms a little straighter, but I have a bad habit of diving right into the Photoshop phase before realizing things could be a little better.

I drew in his mouth with a soft brush. His goggles and the laser beams were created with Overlay and Outerglow Layer Styles. I'm not sure what that yellow dot atop his head is so I just left it out. His shadow is a Drop Shadow Layer Style.

The platform is one of my Mechanical Chain Base panels with a Hue Saturation Layer for color and run thru a Fresco Filter Gallery for texture. There is a Drop Shadow Layer falling onto the cliffs too. The cliffs are a shot of rock formations at Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, with a Cutout Filter Gallery applied.

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