Green is the new black or something...

I have always loved G2 Sideswipe. This is really MY Sideswipe as it took me a whole lotta years to accept him as a red car. I had the original toy forever ago and I loved his spiked shoulder tires in the G2 comics. So much so that I drove small nails the the tires of the figure when I was a kid.

So this figure was entirely a labor of love. As such it took well over a year to get around to completing it and selling it off to my bud, Axaday of the Allspark. It is of course meant to emulate the Botcon Custom Class figure which sent many a fan boy into foaming fits of rage when it was revealed because damn nar everyone wanted it more than most other figures. The next year Botcon tried to make it up to us with an Animated version. I for one forgave them.

The part of this figure I was the most happy with was the windshield. To get it to look like the transparent light green of the Botcon figure I did something VERY simple. I painted a thin layer of transparent blue on the inside and a thin layer of transparent yellow on the outside. Viola! Instant green windows!

Now I just hope and pray the recently announced Masterpiece Sideswipe comes out in these colors. I need it bad, man.... so bad...