Here is the second Armor Upgrade from Fansproject. This is an upgrade for the San Diego Comic Con ‘08 Universe Nemesis Prime. Modled after the first armor upgrade for Classics Ultra Magnus. This newer version sports two swappable faces and a sword, reminiscent of Laser Prime aka RID Scourge.
This version of Shadow Commander was manufactured differently than City Commander. City Commander struck me as revolutionary due to the fact that no screws were used in the assembly of the armor set. However Shadow Commander returns to normal manufacturing processes and uses screws. One nice thing that Fans Priject did to make up for this issue, is that they included plugs to hide the holes.
As I mentioned, this version of Shadow Commander sports a swappable face. Here is the original style City Commander face.
The face slides down from the helmet.
Here is the new face.
This set compliments the Botcon 08 Rodimus and SDCC ‘07 Menasor.
If I had the Henkei exclusive, Wildrider, I can pretend that Shadow Commander is Motormaster and I would have a partial set of Classics Stunticons.
One thing I see people do, is to put Rodimus or other classics directly ontop of commander. It looks something like this.
I never liked this method of mimicking an Ultra Magnus carrier mode. I discovered a better and more aesthetically pleasing method of making commander into a carrier. REMOVE THE TOP ARMOR PIECES.
Look at the rest of my pics for comparisons with Ultra magnus and other features.
January 15th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
Nice! I like the bayonet idea.