The Battle of Autobot City

Ever since the pilot episode, I think this was the large scale battle we've all been waiting for. Too bad they didn't show more robot-on-robot carnage. Why does Optimus Prime always station Omega Supreme in the middle of no where?

This turned out to be a fairly simple project. Maketoys Wrestle can't double-fist his rifle because his chest gets in the way. Fans Toys Tesla is simply bending over at the hips. I don't have a pile of scrap metal to photograph so I made do with a large boulder.

The sky was shot on a cloudy summer evening with a Hoya Orange HMC filter. The explosion was painted on with my custom smoke brush. The ground is an enlargement of a boulder at Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, with a hue saturation applied to remove most of the moss colors. I added a graduated field blur to the boulder to simulate some depth of field. I also placed a spotlight in the middle of the shot to give a subtle lighting effect to Tesla's side and the ground. The blaster bolts are just layers with Inner and Outer glow turned on.

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Run, Blaster! Save yourself!

Interestingly, Tesla is able to hold Rumble and Ratbat in his hands. Unfortunately, his articulation is somewhat limited so I couldn't reproduce the kneeling stance he had in The Movie. I'm still trying to figure out how to make the shadows look more natural.

The cannon is from TFC Toys Thanatos with his body masked out. The tower and and floor are from clone stamping panels of his body with the borders and edges smudged out.

I created the window frames by cutting out and transforming a section of a set of Mechanical Chain Base panels. I really need to learn how to add a shiny glass effect.

The sky, clouds, mountains, and trees are from a local park.

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