The heads pictured below are color casted. For Dragstrip, it's a black head and the painted parts are the yellow, red, and silver. Breakdown is casted in blue and only his red face and purple eye's are painted. Deadend is casted in black with purple and gold paint but I used clear coat to make his head shinny black since his 1986 profile states that he "spends most of his time shining himself." so I thought it was appropriate at the time. The gloss coat does make the black even darker but it also highlights the smallest imperfections. I'm thinking of looking for some semi gloss instead. Wildrider has been completely painted because I wanted a darker gray color. These have been recasted so if anyone is interested in a set, please PM me.

These heads are made to attach to the following Alternator molds:

Wildrider - Chevy Corvette
Deadend - Dodge Viper
Breakdown - Ford Mustang
Dragstrip - Honda S2000

HOLY! I just saw this! They will be amazing! Pre-ordering now, if available.

If you can make a replacement set of the other heads (Ratchet, Ironhide, and Sideswipe) for me, I'll gladly order a FULL set of all these from you once you're done.

I plan on showing "Them" (Whoever that is) and rebuilding my entire collection from scratch.*

*See your other topic on Ratchet/Ironhide for the full story. Although, I sadly lost my entire TF collection in a freak fire. The moving company (ALLIED, DO NOT SHIP WITH THEM) that my new job paid to ship my entire apartment's worth of goods from NC to San Francisco, CA, their truck caught fire in souther CA near Coachella and I lost everything I own.



Let's just say, I lost a ton of non-replaceable items, mainly my entire TF collection, comics, and my entire portfolio of work (I'm a designer) not to mention 500 DVDs and a ton of other books and... well, everything.

Thanks,

Matt

did you not have the collection insured?

Sue those bastards! Obviously they neglected fire safety rules! If i were in your shoes,if they'd incinerate as much as a replica knockoff weapon i'd go into a rage.

Unfortunately, Allied only covers "total losses" at $5/lb. replacement value. The fact that my shipment "exploded" due to a locked up rear axle at 85 mph that ignited the brake lines, means my whole shipment was a total loss.

I did have insurance, but my company paid for the move, and insured the entire shipment at $5/lb. That comes out to about $18,500. Which is about 1/3 to 1/2 of the total value of my shipment, not to mention hard-to-find or non-replaceable items that don't have a price.

FORTUNATELY, I took out a renter's insurance policy on my new apartment 3 days before the accident happened. I got coverage at $25,000, not realizing how much stuff I actually had. I was basing it off the mover's original appraisal at $16,500, so I upped it by 10k and thought it would be enough. It was not, obviously. My AAA renter's insurance will cover the difference, so I'll get $25,000 reimbursed total, so it's a start...

As far as insuring the collection itself, they wouldn't list it as a "high-value" item because it's not your typical collection. Stamps, figurines, coins, jewelry, etc. They didn't consider toys to be valuables, so they didn't insure them as such.

I also lost all my comic books that I've collected over the past 15 years, other books, all my electronics, 500 DVDs, my entire work portfolio (I'm a designer and had stuff backed up on harddrives, DVDs, etc... all gone now). I lost all my original G.I. Joes from the 80s, the MP and Alternator lines that I collect (the lines were complete with SEVERAL customs) and the entire G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary set (complete up until the latest releases). I JUST got reissue Soundwave, and he's gone too.

I'm trying to find a lawyer to see if there's anything I can do legally,

eagerly awaiting the unveiling here. I always love the suspence.

and about the fire , I guess that we should all learn the lesson here, if you move TAKE YOUR CUSTOM'S IN YOUR CARRY-ON BAG!

I would die if i lost my entire collection, about 1/4 of it is irreplacable or custom. I wouldn't even want to try and find a MOTU faker in the box. ugh, good luck

Mandigo, I wish you great luck!

When I joined the Navy and went away for boot camp, my little brother let his friends go thru all my stuff, and they stole/destroyed most of my original transformer collection, to say nothing about my star wars stuff...they took model airplanes and broke the wheels off so they could "fly" them around the yard...when I came home I discovered that there was like 6 full boxes of stuff missing...my parents didn't think I'd care because they were "just toys". The only TF's that survived my childhood were Hoist, Optimus Prime, Hot Rod, Rodimus Prime, and Soundwave. I had stored Buzzsaw inside of Soundwave, and excitedly ejected him only to discover that Buzzsaw too had fallen victim to the carnage, as he no longer had a head. The whole thing scarred me emotionally and the remaining TF's went back into the box untill a couple of years ago a friend stopped by with a grocery bag full of "sci-fi crap" he found at his uncles place. I took the bag into my kitchen and dumped it out on the table...out came Grimlock, Sunstreaker, Wheeljack, Grapple...just a whole pile of Transformers that I thought I'd never see again...I got the bug...I got on ebay and every other TF site onthe net and starting whoring every figure I could get my hands on...and it didn't stop with G1...I started grabbing Beast Wars, Alternators, Armada...anything that looked cool enough to put on display...my bedroom became a haven for a bunch of plastic nerd crack...a shrine to toy robot ass kicking.
Eventually it slowed down much to the relief of my loved ones...but then I discovered that there was a group of people that took existing TF's and messed around with them to make them look like even cooler TF's or TF's you couldnt buy in the stores...so I guess I'm off the wagon again...

I'm sorry to hear about the loss of your valuabes...I know that it's very traumatic.

Not a day goes by that I don't look at my collection and wonder if there's some Stunticons hiding in there somewhere...

Wow, somebody remembers what this thread's about. lol!

Don't worry ALPHA, I'm not a big fan of the WIP threads because it seems like many if not most of them take WAY TOO LONG or are forgotten. Wildrider is now about 50% finished and that's all I'm holding back for. They WILL be unveiled within a weeks time. Then the fun of recasting these guys for those interested will begin. Here's an updated teaser.

Heh, sorry for getting everyone off-topic. Maybe I should have started a "I'm an unlucky S.O.B." thread.

My apologies, I too, am eagerly awaiting the Stunticon heads so I can rebuy all the freaking Alternators again, and this time have proper heads for all of them.

Your molds always look great..How much do you usually charge per head?

.....I couldn't resist.......


Do you take custom orders as well? I am working on a kitbash for the stunticons and I just need their heads. Do you actually create a mold so you can "mass produce" them? I am looking to connect with someone that has already done this, so it isn't a huge undertaking. Can you let me know?

valkfan, you da man. looking forward to seeing these bad boys.
Mandingo Rex, good luck to ya man.

edit: How does this have 3 stars???? we haven't even seen the heads yet?

If'n you're selling molds of these heads, lemme know.


I've also got an extra M.A.S.K Rhino sleeper cab and stacks if you wanna G1 up your DVD Prime.

Of all the transformer combiners, this is my favorite set, Excluding Devastator (he was the Original). It's all about the Cars. I've seen 2 good Menasors made from sets. I am wanting to revise the set with alternator versions my self. I have the kits, now just need to make the time. The heads would be great to purchase from a mold that has been crafted with care. Please let me know when and if you will be selling the heads. Gotta say I'd love to see a Motormaster head.

For my custom heads it's $16 shipped per head within the continental US. I do combine on shipping for multiple items. These 4 custom heads will ONLY be available as a set.

Well, here they are! I still have to clean them up a little before I recast them but for the most part, they're done. As you can probably tell, I've used the faces from an old G2 Bludgeon and a Binaltech Overdrive to complete two of them. After looking at some of the various artwork and screen captures of these two, I was satisfied that the faces were close enough to be used for this set. Plus it helped me save some time to work on my scratchbuilt Alternators Bumblebee.

ewww! very nice Blot. I will be ordering a 'set' very soon, as Menasor is on the table soon for my next combiner KB. how much again for all 4? and can you make a MM as well, if the price is right?

When I'm finished cleaning these up I think I'm pretty much done with the Stunticons for a while. My next project is to sculpt an appropriate head for an Alternators Brawn to add to my collection. From there it's probably going to be an Alt. Cliffjumper and then an improved G1'ish Alt. Wheeljack. If I ever decide to make a MM, I'll definitely let you know. These things are VERY time consuming so I usually stick to what I'm making for myself, and then I share it with the collective.

Each head is cast as two seperate parts and is made-to-fit on the Alternators listed below. Of course, if you prefer to use them on other molds, you can either dremel the socket wider or make it smaller by adding some epoxy putty to the existing socket.

Dragstrip- Decepticharge
Dead End- Same
Breakdown- Wheeljack
Wildrider- Corvette Ravage

I'm asking $50 shipped for this 8 piece set within the continental US.

I'm in for the whole set. I just bought back 85% of my TFs and want to at least get the custom heads bought so I at least have them, so that when I DO get around to re-making my Stunticons, they look even better than before. I agree with you, the heads work really well based on the animation models.

Amazing likenesses.

As usual, you amaze me with your head sculpts. The absolute best I've seen. If only I could apply a factory paintjob to the heads, nobody would know the wiser that they're customs.

Did I miss something, 8 piece set?

I'm down for a set also. How do I get them?

Put me on the list if a MM gets made. Also, I know it's probably for you only, but put me down for a Alt Brawn as well.

4 heads at 2 parts each = 8 part set

Unfortunately, we're probably looking at years or possibly never until I make a resin MM head. I just don't see him as a Dodge Ram SRT so my only option seems to be DVD Prime. The size, cost and time required to make a resin MM head to fit MP or DVD Prime is just something that doesn't appeal to me.

I'd prefer to use the little time I have to make Alternator versions of Cliffjumper, Brawn and a new and improved Wheeljack head. I've also been thinking about making Runabout and Runamuck to add to the Decepticon ranks.

Also, now that I've learned that the Roadbots are going to be coming out in 1:24 scale, I'm debating whether or not making a few other custom heads like Kup, Springer and Blurr. I think that since the movie characters had a different look from the rest of their G1 counterparts, Kup, Springer and Blurr Roadbots wouldn't look that bad in my collection. I'm already planning out a Blurr head for the Roadbots 1:24 scale Jaguar XJ220.

I was just fooling around to see how these heads would look on an extra Acura I've had lying around so I took a few pictures.

This is what I had in mind for my custom Alternators Wildrider because X-9 Ravage was just a bad idea IMO and the black Corvette kinda suits his character.

I actually tried the same thing previously, with a poor attempt at a Swerve KO head repaint. I hated the Ravage head as well, although the body is a decent redeco of Tracks, especially being a convertible retool. I wish the later Alternator repaints had the care applied to them not to be just repaints.

After seeing the heads on the cleaned up Prowl, I really like the way it looks. I had bought a Camshaft and removed all the yellow and turned him into Breakdown, but I think the white RSX looks really good with the heads on them... I think there's a lot of versatility in which bodies you can put your heads on, and still get a pretty accurate team of Stunticons.

I sort of like the idea now of using Camshaft as Wildrider, and putting your DeadEnd head on Swerve, with the Reprolabels stripe set... But then I do like the Dead End that Hasbro colored as well, and the Ravage body... I just don't want to end up with 3 black Stunticons... (DeadEnd, Wildrider, MotorMaster).

I do like using Wheeljack as Breakdown, and then using a separate Wheeljack with the reprolabels (and maybe your new head) as the real Wheeljack...

Are you going to repaint Decepticharge with purple, or leave the black?

Gah, too many options. Why'd they make so many second-tier Autobots and not enough 'Cons?

To say the least, your head sculpts look good on whatever body people decide to put them on.
Can't wait to see your finished pics.

We have some c0ckphags in CR&K that dont know how to enjoy life... hopefully things improve soon

The idea of using Camshaft as Wildrider was very tempting for me as well but as his value climbed I decided against it.

I do have an issue with using my Dead End head on the black Viper. As I've mentioned before, the Dodge Vipers seem to be more like 1:23 scale than 1:24 as they should be. When I made a replacement Sideswipe head, I wanted to make it smaller and more in scale with the others but it didn't look right on the red Viper or next to Sunstreaker. My Sideswipe head is noticeably larger than the rest of my custom heads because of this and it works when you display Sideswipe and Sunstreaker next to each other.

Now when I made this set, I made sure that their heads are in scale with each other and the rest of my custom heads. However, when I place the Dead End head on Alt. Dead End, it looks like this.

Now that there's going to be a Silver Binaltech Meister, it got me thinking. I guess it would still leave the question of what to do with X-9? Runabout?

Hey Valkfan, I think X-9 Battle Ravage works perfect for Wildrider due to the colors.

Now, when I saw that Silver Binaltech Meister, I thought it was perfect for Camshaft because he used to be a silver Mazda RX-7, and the new meister is a RX-8. I hope you'd consider making a G1 styled Camshaft custom head to go along with the Alternators Overdrive - I won't call him Windcharger

Al

You can pick whichever bodies you want for the Stunticons, I'm just dying to see them.

Not rushing, just giving you some support that you've got fans wanting to see more of your completed work, and that your wonderful craft is greatly anticipated.

Hey thanks MR! Recently I ordered a better quality mold making silicone that will last longer and allow me to make more heads with less mold deterioration. It just arrived today and I should be able to redo all of my molds including the Stunticons. I've also bought dye for them so if I'm successful, they may even be available in COLOR!

That's awesome, does that mean you'd be able to do your other heads in some color besides the tannish resin color?

I could definitely go for Ironhide's head being red, and Ratchet's being white (not sure how you dye something white?) so I have to just paint the faces/eyes...

The sculpts pre-paint were so awesome, that I hated painting them the first time around. This time I'll definitely do the "Iron Maniac" silly putty method from the start, since the first heads I did I had to strip paint off, and ended up scratching. Black's also a good base color, especially since several of the bots' heads end up being black anyways... I noticed that it's hard to get black to not look custom, no matter how delicate you may be at painting.

Silver, on the other hand, seems to work really well for me. Which means having to paint only the faces would do the heads' sculpts more justice and make them look closer to factory when painted.

Valkfan, what kind of stuff are you using for your molds? I've been using alumilite lately. it's a good product and they're from michigan which needs all the help it can get. just wondering what you're using in your lab.

your stuff's always great.
wj

Recently I switched to the HS2 silicone mold material to help prolong the life of my molds. It seems to work better and is more flexible with less tearing so that's a really good thing. I've been using the basic resin but I just can't seem to eliminate the air bubbles so I've ordered the slower curing white resin which I've been told by the company will work better for getting into the smaller detailed areas without many air bubbles. I just used the dye to make a yellow Alternator Dragstrip head and it worked great! I still need the new resin though but it should arrive within a week.

Hey MR, the Ratchet head wouldn't need dye since the new resin I'm getting is white.

That's beyond awesome! I always felt that the painted faces came out great, since I started using putty to mask out the areas, but getting the actual "helmet" part painted smooth always ended up with a run or 2, or I'd end up getting a fingerprint or smudging it, even after days of drying. Does silver dry a lot faster for everyone else? or is it just that it takes fewer coats and dries faster due to that? Ever since I was a kid, I always touch it way before it's done drying.

What do you think your chances are on matching the Alt Prime's red for Ironhide? If you could do that, my customs will definitely look factory... The red I used ended up not matching 100%, but if you could get the red to somehow match without me having to ruin your mold by painting it, that would rock.

Can't wait to see your Stunticons, I'll be buying the entire set from you, even if you can't get all the colors to dye properly. I think this time around, I'm going to use the KO Hound's head for Motormaster. Stays truer to the cartoon this way, your Sideswipe head is amazing, but turned out a tad big, even for the ram mold. It fit just fine, and could even transform, it just felt too large.

Hey, it wasn't all bad that my truck burned, this way I'm getting dyed heads, and the quality will be 3 times as good as before, and my new Stunticons will blow the old ones WAY out of the water.

Have you finalized which Alternators will become your upgraded Stunticons? Last time, you sounded like you may still be deciding.

The color breakdown goes like this:

Alternators/Binaltech
Sideswipe- black helmet and white face(face is a seperate part since this is a 3 piece head)
Soundwave- blue
Ironhide- red
Ratchet- white with black crest
Dragstrip- yellow
Breakdown- blue
Deadend- black
Wildrider- red

Meister mid arm replacement part- black

Classics
Cliffjumper- red


Matching the colors exactly will never happen. There are just too many shade variables for any given color and every time I add the dye, it will not be exactly the same. Now when it comes to the Ram, the factory red plastic and red paint don't match to begin with so I'm not that concerned with being exact color wise. I am a perfectionist with my sculpts and I'm reworking some of them because I am never completely satisfied with my work. That is where I keep my primary focus. When you look at my work, there is no mistaking any of my custom heads for another character.

When you originally asked about using my Sideswipe head on the Ram I didn't think it was a good idea but that was just me. That head works great on the Viper mold that it was originally intended for and in my opinion, that's it. The Vipers are NOT 1:24 scale, they're more like 1:23 or 1:22 scale.

No worries. I figured matching the plastic would be impossible, but I figure with your eye you'll be able to get close enough to satisfy yourself, and that will work for me. It is great that the heads won't need to have the helmet area painted anymore, your sculpts will get to show their clean lines without being buried under paint.

The Sideswipe head's a great head sculpt, and does indeed work great on the Viper, but not really anything else.
The only reason I don't think I'll get it this time around is that I'm okay with the factory Sideswipe head, although yours is more toon-accurate.

Plus Sideswipe was never one of my essential Autobots either.

As big a mold as the Ram is, a smaller head just looks much better. I was originally going for the "More Than Meets the Eye" or original toy head, which was black with a purple face, which I thought the updated Sideswipe head looked close enough to without being a duplicate of another head (I prefer original heads on each character, which is why my Sunstreaker was never taken out of the box, since I had this head sculpt on the earlier Dead End... Plus too many Autobots to begin with).

I also stupidly didn't think about the Sideswipe head being so big, but it is gigantic, even on a mold like the Ram. It just doesn't sit right on any other body's head like it does on the Viper.

Good thing I can take out Sunstreaker now though, since I'll have a new Dead End head, proper this time. I hated how it was obviously Sunstreaker the first time around (there's no mistaking those head fins). It also bugs me, but not quite as much, that Trailbreaker's noggin sits on top of Swindle's body. I like how Takara worked their laziness on the repaints into the storyline for Binaltech, "explaining" that the Decepticons stole the bodies. At least we got some Decepticons. The Decepticon choices seem a little weak to me anyways... None of the molds make any sense in being cars besides Dead End, "Decepticharge" (Dragstrip) and Swindle, and they couldn't even get those guys right. Why the Stunticons weren't done right and all 5 finished originally escapes any and all logic for me. Instead, we get a robot that used to be a gun, a jaguar/cassette, and a cassette. And a limited-release evil Prime. Makes sense to me.

Alright, I had to do it again... it's been awhile, and I'm dying to see these things. Haha.
Hopefully I'm not the only one!

*Sorry if you're busy, just wanting you to know you've got a market to sell these things to once you're done.

No problem my friend. I've been busy as of late but I am making progress with the Stunticon heads. I've been able to recast them in appropriate colors but my original molds for them were an issue so I've redone half of them so far. The picture below will give you an idea as to how they're going to look but these were my first recasted versions of ONLY three of the four and NOT as nice as the final versions that I'm currently working on. I will only post new pictures when all of them have been completed.

While I'm at it, here's a comparison picture of one of my finished Alt. Soundwave heads(painted) next to a my improved version. As you can see, I have altered his visor and added a bridge to his nose which was missing from my first version. I'm really happy with this version and the mold for this is already done. I haven't recasted any of them yet, but when I do, they'll be recasted in blue.

Looking good, as always. Can't wait to se them done.
About the best Stunticon heads I've seen yet.

Not that I wasn't a fan of your Soundwave head, I just never at any point got to where I turned Skids into him.

I may have to get it from you too. haha.

But the nose is a nice touch, although it was great before. I hate that I don't have an Alt/MP scale Soundwave, and the G1 (although awesome) doesn't work as a stand-in really.

So I'm just wondering, what is the Alt Wheeljack head going to be turned into?

Also, you're Stunticon heads are looking great!

SWEET HEADS!!!

Hey thanks for the compliments guys! I really do appreciate it.

To answer your question Ladiesman, I'm going to cut the ears off of Alt. Wheeljack's head so that I can use them for my custom Wheeljack head. I can't improve the ears any so I don't see a need to scratch-build them. As for the rest of the head, I'll sculpt it from the ground up to look more like the sketches by E.J. Su at the very end of Transformers Escalation, which to me are the best depictions of Wheeljack to date.


E.J. Su is by far my favorite Transformers artist. I'm so glad he's going to be doing ALL the work for the Spotlight: Sideswipe issue. My favorite artist drawing my favorite character.

I need to create a gallery for all of them, but here's a picture of my new Dragstrip.

Geeeeeimmini! Look at those! Very nice work Valkfan, very nice!

Totally amazing, as usual.

If anyone on here is a Valkfan-fan, it's me. I haven't seen even a glimmer of less than A+ work from him yet. Can't wait to see all the heads on the bots...

By the way, I'm getting the ENTIRE set of all the heads that Valkfan makes, I've been waiting to rebuild my customs for nearly 6 months now, and it's been well worth the wait.
Other than my Trailbreaker custom whose head I borrowed from Rollbar (really, wasn't it Trailbreaker's to begin with?), all my customs will sport Valkfan heads. It's what makes or breaks a good custom, in my opinion, is the headsculpt.

Here's a picture of my Alternators Wildrider. I never liked Battle Ravage and now with this custom head, the problem is solved. For this one, I realized that Bludgeon's face was perfect for Wildrider so it allowed me to save some time and just sculpt a two-part helmet around the face. I'm really pleased with how it turned out.

Looks fantastic! As far as the bot...

Really, that's all that mold needs, is a new head. Tracks' body in black, with an open top looks really slick, except that stupid animal head ruined it.

The first attempt I did at making Wildrider, essentially doing the same thing but with an Alyosha Swerve head (although the paintjob didn't turn out like I liked it) made me like the "Battle Ravage" model for once. I can't wait to get this one from you. The color selection is spot-on.

Here's the Swerve head on the body, unpainted »
Here's my original Wildrider (and failed attempt at Motor Master) »

Your new head is fantastic though. I love how your new heads make the Stunticons have all-new heads, instead of almost direct Autobot repaints.

That's was my train of thought when I decided to make my custom heads for specific molds. I really burned myself out painting my Macross 1:55 valkyries. Thankfully, I have Sami working on my Frenzy repaint. Thanks again Sami! Here is a picture of a Macross customs I made about 5 years ago from an extremely abused Jetfire.