The Doctor is In

With goggle attachment raised

I modeled Ratchet's head yesterday, and now I have approved it as the final.

He will be wearing his goggles for the most part of the short, but I also needed the goggles to lift off of his face.

For his head, I borrowed both from the Transformers Animated Ratchet's head, for the shape of the back of the head, and Transformers Prime Ratchet for the heavy eyebrows, eyes, some of the shapes of the face, and the "sideburns".

The goggles I added were partially inspired by Animated Ratchet, because in one episode he has a monocle device that helps him zoom into injuries and analyze them. In my story, Ratchet needed to be more a technician then he is normally depicted, so I gave the goggles a sci-fi twist.

I decided his color scheme should be dark red, white, grey and cyan, just because I haven't been using white and dark red much and it would help differentiate between him and the others. 

Also, let me point out a new addition to the sidebar of this blog: the "Updates Timeline". 

In this timeline, I list important events in the making of this short chronologically, so check that out if you have the time.

Look for another Ratchet update in the coming weeks!

The Magnus Hammer

The Magnus Hammer is here! This epic weapon can summon storms and electrical blasts, and has two spring loaded pistons that help Ultra slam it into foes.

The spring loaded piston, extended.

I invite you to try and figure out what the hammer says!

Also, you may have noticed the new page buttons on the sides of the blog:

Old page button.

New page button.

Whenever I add content to a particular section of the blog, you'll see a message appear on the side of the button:

When ever you see "NEW stuff" in the corner, that means there's new stuff. And yes, there's NEW stuff on the videos page, check it out because I just added Shockwave's featurette!

Also new on the blog is the banner that appears under the blog header.

This is here to help you see exactly what has been released! The first item on the banner, (in this case, Shockwave's featurette), can be accessed by clicking the image. The rest of the items you will have to find yourself, but I point to where they are to make it easier.
Hope these features help! Whenever I add new content, the pages and banner will update accordingly. As an example, say a few days after this I make a poster and put it in the downloads section. The banner would update to show the change and the pages would update so that only the downloads page button has a "NEW stuff" icon on it.

Well, that's all for this post! Expect more Ultra Magnus progress reports in the future.