Wednesday 31 May 2023

The Transformers: Webworld storyboard

Thanks to tfwiki mod Monzo, the Archive now hosts storyboards for Act III of The Transformers episode Webworld.

Co-written by comics legend Len Wein and Diane Duane, this episode sees Cyclonus make the reluctant decision to have his unstable leader Galvatron committed to psychiatric care on the planet Torkulon.  Only to find that the methods employed by his "carers" are far more insane than the Decepticon leader ever was.

Head on over to Webworld storyboard gallery







Monday 29 May 2023

Storyboard Animatics, Part 3

As an interlude while I prepare to make the next homegrown storyboard animatics, I have uploaded the five that were available on Shout Factory's 2011 Jem And The Holograms DVD box set.

Jem music video storyboard gallery


Jem theme (first draft)
Artist: Will Meugniot



Jem theme (final revision)
Artist: Will Meugniot


The Misfits - Abracadabra
From MP 5205-36 Music Is Magic
Artist: Keith Tucker


Jem And The Holograms - Everybody Wears A Mask
From 5205-50 Mardi Gras
Keith Tucker


Jem And The Holograms, The Misfits, The Stingers - Now
From MP 5205-59 The Stingers Hit Town, Part 2
Artist: Will Meugniot





Monday 22 May 2023

Storyboard Animatics, Part 2

Using the storyboards available at the Archive, I have been producing some more storyboard animatic videos.

Jem

View music video storyboard gallery

The Bands Break Up
Jem And The Holograms
Getting Down To Business, Version 2
Storyboards by Mike Vosburg



Trick Or Techrat
Jem And The Holograms
We Can Change It, Version 2
Storyboards by Larry Houston and Will Meugniot




Transformers

S.O.S Dinobots
Act III section (with deleted scenes)


Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2
Additional Material section




Wednesday 10 May 2023

Transformers: Webworld backgrounds

Thanks to tfwiki mod Monzo, the Archive now plays host to 15 background layouts from the Transformers episode Webworld.  Showing views of Chaar and Torkulon...before Galvatron's madness utterly devastates the planet.

To view the art, head to The Transformers, Part 2



Full Hasbro Pulse upload of the episode below:




Friday 5 May 2023

Transformers The Movie: Floro Dery concept art and early model sheets

Comics legend and former Marvel Productions staff Romeo Tanghal recently uncovered copies of concept art and early model sheets from Transformers The Movie.  Much of the concept art, drawn by Floro Dery, was based on the second Ron Friedman script for the Movie.

Autobot City design


Moonbase One


Interiors of Ingestor (Unicron)

The model sheets include early designs for Arcee, Springer, Galvatron, Cyclonus and Wreck-Gar.  As well as the Movie design for the repaired, Decepticon-controlled Cybertron.



To view them all in detail and compare to the script that inspired them, head to: The Transformers The Movie page.






Wednesday 3 May 2023

Transformers: Season 2 backgrounds and equipment models

 Now up at the Archive are background layouts and equipment models for a number of Transformers season 2 episodes.  While these are edited photos and not full scans, if the opportunity to gain the latter arises, those will replace the current files.

The episodes are:

  • Autobot Spike
  • Changing Gears
  • City Of Steel
  • Attack Of The Autobots
  • Traitor
  • The Immobilizer
  • The Autobot Run
  • Atlantis, Arise!
  • Day Of The Machines
  • Enter The Nightbird
  • A Prime Problem
  • The Core
  • The Insecticon Syndrome
  • Dinobot Island (sheets designated for both parts)
  • The Master Builders
  • Auto-Berserk
  • Microbots
  • Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1
These new additions can be viewed alongside their respective scripts and storyboards at: The Transformers, Part 1




Tuesday 2 May 2023

Transformers: Chaos models and backgrounds

 A sizeable number of model and background sheets have been added for the Transformers season 3 episode Chaos.

Models

  • Skuxxoid (re-used from Five Faces Of Darkness, Part 1)
  • Skuxxoid with Death Crystal Cannon
  • Bazooka-like Cannon
  • Asteroid Hopper
  • Walker Tree
  • Ick-Yak
  • Runamuck
  • Chaos (FKA Mayhem)
  • An Orb
  • A Shrike-Bat
  • Alien Prisoner #1 (unused in Chaos, used in Starscream's Ghost)
  • Alien Prisoner #2 (unused in Chaos, used in Starscream's Ghost)
  • Mine Cart
  • Gigantic Interplanetary Cannon
Backgrounds

  • Chaos Cavern
  • Mine Entrance
  • Queeg Mountain and Swampland of Planet Dread (multi-page panorama)
  • Teletraan II
To view them, head to The Transformers (Part 2)