Scavenger - Vehicle Mode

A 'repaint' I did using Instructions for Armada Hoist downloaded from Hasbro's official Transformers website, [link]

The first member of the impossible-to-complete-with-Arm/Eng-mold s “Gestalt Project” Constructicon team, here is Scavenger. With most of the members of the Constructicon team, it’s pretty obvious which molds they belong with, and Scavenger here is no exception. He was a basic, plain ol’ backhoe, and the Armada Hoist mold makes a great updated, ‘modern/futuristic’ backhoe for him. It’s also plenty tough/evil looking (a good reason this mold, along with the identical face, makes such a good BW Dinobot Homage) in both modes to make a good Decepticon. I don’t know WHAT it is about them, but the Constructions Color scheme has a unique trait to me. It’s an unusual combination of colors, yet it just works SO well on ANY mold it’s given too (I even love it on PL Cyclonus and Enegon (Arm) Demolishor). It’s the quintessential “Decepticon” color scheme. That being said, it is absolutely PERFECT for any and every Construction vehicle in TF history. Any and all of them can be repainted into Constructicon colors and look absolutely beautiful in my opinion. I don’t know, maybe it’s just me, heh. Well, anyways, Armada and Energon seem to be making good on their construction vehicles and ALL of them would look awesome in Constructicon colors.

His Minicon was a little difficult. I tried to keep with the earlier trend of naming a Gestalt groups Minicons after a likewise themed Micromaster team. There’s plenty of Decepticon Construction Micromasters, but nothing even close to what Refute is. So, I had to stretch a bit. I decided to go with “Stonecruncher”, because that name fit his vehicle form so well. Now, G1 Stonecruncher was the front of a Decepticon Construction Combiner, and basically, all he is is the front of a truck with a hook/crane system on it’s roof. Frankly, I think the name fits this Minicon much better, heh. Refute luckily is one of the few partner Minicons with the unique feature of having his primary color NOT a part of the main bot. This means you can color him just about anyhow, and it’ll have no effect on the main bot. I tried to mimic the color scheme the original Stonecruncher had, which was quite loud, bright, and garish. I don’t think it looks particularly good on the Minicon, and it SURE as hell doesn’t match up with the main bot colorwise now, but at least he stayed true to being a Stonecruncher homage.

Robot Mode HERE: [link]

Artwork is © Hasbro, only colored by me (and halfassed at that) in plain ol' MS paint.