| STARCRAFT
PROJECT #232
CLASSIFICATION: REPAINT
BASE FIGURE: HEROES OF CYBERTRON STARSCREAM (OTFCC REPAINT)
MATERIALS USED: ACRYLIC PAINTS, HOBBY KNIFE
FIRST APPEARANCE: "MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE" PART 3
"Decepticons, it is time to return to Cybertron
and conquer the Autobots forever!"
Preamble: Starcraft's a generic character
I never even noticed until I finally got around to picking up the first season
of Transformers on DVD. You can't really see him if you watch
the episode on your TV set; I didn't spot him until I was watching the episode
through the DVD-ROM on my computer. In any event, he's got one of the
more distinctive paint schemes of the background Decepticon characters (not
just a color-swap based on Thundercracker), but what's really unique about
him is that he doesn't have any air intakes on his shoulders, and he's missing
his back-mounted jet wings, both of which are very atypical. (It's
quite possible that he's still got these components and just doesn't use
them in robot mode. We've seen in "Megatron's Master Plan" that Starscream
can retract his wings and air intakes when he dons his Optimus Prime costume,
so it stands to reason the others can do this, too.) Needless to say,
his bizarre design captured my attention, and I quickly set about painting
a figurine into his likeness.
Construction: Using a sharp X-Acto knife,
I managed to chop off the air intakes and wings pretty cleanly. On
this figure, the wings are actually attached to two components on his back,
but without seeing any reason for them to be removable, I glued those parts
in place. (Unfortunately, the lack of wings really strongly
emphasizes just how oversized his weapons are, which is unfortunate since
they were actually drawn pretty small in his screen appearance. Oh,
well.) It looks to me like the animators used Reflector's particular
shade of purple when coloring this character, so I tried to match that color
for Starcraft.
Comments: The name, incidentally, is sort
of a double meaning. I decided that this was the guy who oversaw the
assembly of the Decepticons' second space cruiser on Earth (in other words,
spacecrafts are his craft). It also occured to me that if he
doesn't actually have air intakes or wings at all, then his vehicle mode
must be pretty damn bizarre. I rationalized this by saying that he
actually turns into a modified jet that's better suited to functioning in
space. I envision it as having a similar function as the alternate
spacefaring form that Cyclonus can adopt, as detailed in his
TRANSFORMERS UNIVERSE profile (which, in turn, is a reference
to the fact that the wings on the Hasbro toy are detachable).
STARCRAFT
FUNCTION: FLIGHT ENGINEER
"Flight transcends all things, even
war."
STARCRAFT has his head in the
clouds...introspective, intelligent, but incapable of remaining on task for
any length of time without supervision. Designed and supervised
construction of Decepticon space cruiser. Modified jet mode capable
of high speeds, but lacks maneuverability in Earth atmosphere. Carries
payload of explosive electro bombs. Arm-mounted energo-guns emit charged
packets of concentrated energy. Prone to daydreaming.
STR: 4 INT: 10 SPD: 5 END: 4 RNK: 7 CRG: 6
FPW: 7 SKL: 9
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