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Post by Nimbus Tsura on Jul 10, 2009 21:06:44 GMT -5
Skyblast is in the medical bay, piling different cans of paint on a table. He's a bit short, so he's grabbed a step-ladder and walked up on top of the table to sort through the cans.
He's gone with the long-lasting paint with good wear properties, moderate heat tolerance, and good washability. Skyblast thinks he's seen Scrapper. Some sort of construction equipment, right? Those things work out in the heat and get way muddy.
However, even within that specification, Skyblast has pulled out every colour in the rainbow except for purple. Scrapper said he wanted his Decepticon symbol painted over - good riddance - but who said that Autobot symbols have to be red?
Skyblast's own are grey.
He just thinks a purple Autobot symbol would be confusing.
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Post by Scrapper on Jul 10, 2009 21:15:39 GMT -5
Scrapper strolls into the medical bay, whistling an odd tune, he probably picked up on earth. He takes a look at the numerous cans of paint, before walking up to the artistic Autobot and giving a casual wave of his hand.
"So, let's get dis over with, huh?" Scrapper says, sounding as if he wants to get rid of his big purple target as soon as possible.
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on Jul 10, 2009 21:43:12 GMT -5
Skyblast looks over Scrapper a bit more critically now. Grape purple, chartreuse, varying shades of grey and charcoal... Green and purple are both secondary colours...
He vaults down from the table, flips once, and lands, looking up at Scrapper, and he chirps, "So, what colour were you thinking? Red would really bring out your optics, and it seems traditional in a lot of realities, but there is not reason I can see that it couldn't be orange or teal or - well. it doesn't even have to be a solid colour! You could have a pattern or a texture or or a fade or a bevel look."
Skyblast could go on about this all day long.
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Post by Scrapper on Jul 10, 2009 21:53:10 GMT -5
Though, he's trying not to show it, Scrapper is completely lost soon after Skyblast mentions how red would match his optics. Nodding as Skyblast talks on about coloration and all that other artistic stuff, Scrapper says, "Well, I was just hopin' you could paint me a red one. Y'know, like da ones most of da other bots have...And maybe you could paint somethin' cool around it. Like, flames or somethin'! Or a lighting bolt."
If Scrapper's getting an Autobot symbol, he might as well look awesome with it, right?
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on Jul 11, 2009 9:43:45 GMT -5
Skyblast rocks up onto the tips of his toes ad stretches his arms up behind them, loosely clasping his hands above his head, before he retracts it all down, standing with feet flat on the floor and arms at his sides.
He agrees enthusiastically, "I could do flames and lightning bolts."
The basic red is a bit boring, but the flame and lightning bolts might make up for it a bit. Skyblast would be worried that that flames are a leader-only design, given that his own optimus prime had flames, and this Rodimus prime here also has flames, but the Tracks around here has flames, so they must be all right for normal soldiers, too.
He scampers back up the stepladder to the top of the table to start picking out some reds, giving Scrapper time to decide what sort of design he wants around the symbol, if any.
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Post by Scrapper on Jul 11, 2009 15:36:58 GMT -5
"Maybe a skull..." Scrapper mumbles to himself as Skybalst starts picking out paints. "Do we even have skulls? Maybe a shark or, No,no, no, wait! I got it...And I lost it..."
At this point, Scrapper's pacing the floor, deciding on how he'd like to make his new insignea cooler.
"Maybe somethin' with a dragon...Nah," Scrapper says, continuing to pace across the floor.
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on Jul 11, 2009 18:36:29 GMT -5
Still picking through the pile of paint, Skyblast suggests, completely seriously, "What about a flaming skull water-skiing over a shark and a dragon with lightning in the background?"
How Skyblast manages to suggest this with a straight face is one of the terrible secrets of space.
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Post by Scrapper on Jul 11, 2009 18:53:09 GMT -5
The fact that Scrapper's actually accepting the suggestion is...Well, it's not that surprising.
Scratching his chin at the idea, Scrapper starts to nod slowly and snaps his fingers together.
"Yeah, dat's it!" Scrapper says, waving an arm in the air triumphantly. "'Cept instead of water skis, make it a snowboard! No, no...A jet board!"
Scrapper is an expert on how to up the 'awesome' quotient on an Autobot symbol.
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on Jul 11, 2009 19:30:27 GMT -5
Skyblast just sometimes gets too caught up in making things edgy and extreme to consider if what he's suggesting even makes sense.
Anyone who has ever seen him fly would not be surprised, though.
He grins at Scrapper and gives him a thumbs up. "Okay, I think I have all the colours I'll need picked out. C'mere."
Skyblast is short, and Scrapper is tall, so if Skyblast stands on the table and Scrapper just stands, this should work.
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Post by Scrapper on Jul 11, 2009 19:47:24 GMT -5
Scrapper walks over to Skyblast excitedly. His symbol's gonna be so cool that it's, well...His symbol's gonna be so cool!
Scrapper takes one last look at his Decepticon symbol before turning his optics away. He won't given funny looks anymore, that;s for sure.
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on Jul 11, 2009 20:03:40 GMT -5
Providing that Scrapper stands still and allows it, Skyblast starting with a base coat of green paint over the purple Decepticon symbol, so that the colours will go on evenly. Then, he goes for a coat of cherry red for the Autobot symbol and then layers increasingly fiery red and oranges over it to really make it pop and give it some dimension.
He's going to have a whole lot of airbrushes to clean out when this over, but hey, that's how it goes.
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Post by Scrapper on Jul 11, 2009 20:17:58 GMT -5
Scrapper struggles not to move as the paint hits his shell. He really doesn't want to mess this up. Scrapper stands confident that Skyblast knows what he's doing.
"How long will dis take?" Scrapper asks. "I ain't tryin ta rush ya or nothin', though. Just want a little idea of how long I'm gonna be standin' still like dis.'
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on Jul 11, 2009 20:22:49 GMT -5
Skyblast soothes, "Just stand still. It shouldn't take too long. I tend to work fast. At Mach speeds, really. This is slow for me."
As the red symbol, which almost seems to glow, dries, Skyblast works on doing the lightning bolts in the background, starting with a bright yellow and then moving to lighter and lighter shades and then finally just white, to make the lightning bolts seem to crackle with real electricity.
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Post by Scrapper on Jul 11, 2009 20:32:34 GMT -5
Scrapper's glad at the painter's assurance that this won't take to long. continually letting his optics glance down at all the work the painter's putting into his new faction symbol. Yep. Scrapper's days of sticking out like a sore servo are over.
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on Jul 11, 2009 20:59:38 GMT -5
Considering that some of the Autobots around here look like they were made by tossing their vehicle modes into a blender, Skyblast could paint glittery pink kittens all over Scrapper, and he still wouldn't stand out too terribly.
Instead of glittery pink kittens, however, he works on adding the dragon and shark below the Autobot symbol. He comments, "I'm going to make the shark look kind of like Sky-Byte - he's a Predacon. But he's getting jumped over by a flaming skull, so it's okay."
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