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Yes, this is actually based on a real piece of concept artwork from Takara. Or maybe Hasbro. One of them. It's in the very nice Transformers Generations book, on a page full of concept art.
Among the pieces is a drawing of Chromedome's vehicle mode, in white and pink with the label "Arcee". Looks like they looked into trying to give Arcee a toy since she became a HeadMaster in "Rebirth", but decided against it, ultimately. Which is fine, really, that would have been silly.
Mind, it's also one of the few color schemes for this mold that actually exist in some form I didn't just make up. Yes, there's more than one alternate-colors version of this model. But I went with this one because... um....
Why did I?
At any rate, I didn't stay 100% to the concept art, as you can see.
I mean... damn, that'd be boring-looking. That's way too much solid pink. And it'd look worse in robot mode, with pink arms holding pink guns. I suppose that's what you get when you try to apply a two-color scheme to a three-color mold.
So I replaced the red bits that were to be pink with Warlock Purple, which is kind of a pinky-maroony-kind-of-color. I think it works with the overall scheme very well, and adds a little contrast.
I'm personally convinced they'd have done the same thing, more or less.
I also, as usual, added more toy-decal-detail to this version than the cartoon model. Just so it looks a little different.
Natch, I made up the mind-swap story in her bio, though it was nice to have some canon precedent to call back to. Her tech-specs are a mix between hers and Chromedome's. Obviously, the direct physical attributes are Chromey's while the mental ones are hers... tweaked both for her new HeadMaster status and this new body she's not used to.
Not the silliest repaint I've done... but close.
 
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