All TFs all the time

“Indie Disco” Dance Party, a soundtrack for MTMTE #42

Megatron announcing the Transformers Hall Of Fame Induction

the best thing (along with Megatron itself) are the credits!

posted below for better reading:

The goal of Transformers: Elite is utilizing the numerous female characters that have been established then dropped over the years to create an exciting, cohesive story. Our goal - beyond getting to squeal over our favorite ladies being BAMF - is showing that there is no correlation between the gender of the characters and the series’ recognizably as part of the Transformers franchise.

On more than one occasion, we’ve said that we look forward to the day Hasbro takes the reins and uses the women already in its possession to the fullest, since we can go back to being lazy nerds then. However, if we’re being honest, we’ve always been a bit sarcastic when we said it. It’s been hard to believe the ladies could ever have the same staying power across Hasbro’s shows and comics that the guys do.

We still don’t think we can say “mission complete” but Windblade #3/Combiner Wars #5 was the first time we’ve ever thought, oh wow, it might actually happen.

Seeing a balanced set of background characters alone was amazing but then, at long last, THE QUEEN returned. While Elita One has technically been utilized before now, she has been combined with another female character on two separate occasions. Her other appearances are minor, widely unknown, or foiled by RL events.

As disappointing as that was, ultimately, now may be the best time ever for her return. The franchise wasn’t ready before.

We’ve enjoyed Nautica and Strongarm. We’re excited for a ladyformer in Rescue Bots and Victorion is going to kick ass! But they only inspired limited confidence in us. Transformers: Elite exists because, while Hasbro has always known how to create fascinating female characters, they’ve struggled to make use of them.

However, in just the last few years, we’ve seen a change. Female characters are sticking around in their stories then, more importantly, they’re appearing other series. They have staying power.

Before now, Arcee and Blackarachia were the only ladies you could count on to reappear. However, in the currently running series, we have Windblade, Chromia, Firestar, Moonracer, Airrazor and Elita One showing up for another iteration of their characters. It’s mind boggling that we’ve come this far.

Transformers: Elite isn’t ready to pack it in just yet! These ladies are giving us hope but we need to see their execution before we render any final judgments.

Defensor Protect. Bruticus Destroy.

Finally finished the illustration I’ve been teasing since my last big art post. It was an even bigger endeavour than the last one but I still had a lot of fun, like figuring out how best to draw the forcefield and the beam from Bruticus’ weapon. Pretty happy with how they came out. Also, I just wanted to say thanks to dcjosh who gave me some feedback after I posted this on DeviantART. 

This is my tribute to the Combiner Wars (more so the toy line than the rather mediocre plot line from the comics).

I couldn’t draw my beloved Protectobots without drawing their combined form too, and as I was sketching down ideas I thought I should depict Defensor battling with his nemesis, Bruticus, who is my next favourite combiner. 

That then got me thinking about the best way to present the battle between the two giants and I eventually came up with this composition. As a whole, the illustration would be this long “mural” like thing, but each half could also be it’s own separate illustration too. I think it worked. 

New all-female combiner VICTORION has been revealed, and we had a promise to keep with our caption.