#cv90120

Noodled around on her design too while drawing, which slowed things down a bit, but I need more clear ref material of her anyways.

The vents thing - her railgun generates a lot of heat when used repeatedly, and I just love how “vent fins” look, so that’s what’s going on there. The upper row of those vents are on the top her tank mode’s turret too so she’s not locked to one mode of operation based on mode. (And yes it’s just disguised as a 120mm conventional cannon, considering her altmode.) Also yes, she can flare/emote with them. The cannon is very much a part of her, optical sensors and all, and it normally sits on her back. I just don’t see why a tank-TF should have their primary weapon limited to just their altmode. Plus, the idea of a portable howitzer is just cool to me, hehe (I”m still ironing out the details, but it works as a handheld cannon, or as a static gun that can be set up. It’s technically a “sniper” system, but since Sprocket doesn’t have to hold it up to her face to aim & fire it (again, the gun’s optical system is tied to hers.) Being able to fire it remotely has its advantages too, in terms of stealth/element of surprise.

^ some M777 BIG BOOM mood, imagine this but multiple times the power because heehoo Mach 7+ projectiles. Man I LOVE that dust effect though.

Kinetic weapons are probably seen as super old school by other Cybertronians, but hey, it’s a bad day to be on the receiving end of that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2QqOvFMG_A