#torchbearers

[diiebu]

[howgalling]

WIP of the torchbearers and the mistress of flame too...<3 love their designs but the colours make my head hurt.

[they-hermes]

the sure path to victory lies within victorion!

[askvectorprime]

Dear, Vector Prime.

Besides Victorion, I believe there are other combiners called "Slammoth" and "Quakebreak", could you tell me what kind of members they are made up of?

Dear Vote Victorious,

Yes, these Combiners do exist, but never in the same realities as each other or Victorion. Indeed, they usually exhibited a combination of very similar traits and overlapping components; I have observed instances of both Slammoth and Quakebreak who exactly resemble Victorion in all but name. Curious indeed! Speaking in terms of broad trends, though, Quakebreak was the nemesis of Devastator, who used his seismic powers to reduce the Constructicons' fortifications to rubble; conversely, Slammoth used her teleportation ability to keep up with the Stunticons, matching Menasor in brute strength.

You wished to know about their individual component members… well, it just so happens that our previous correspondence has reminded me of an outlying incarnation of the group—one that has absolutely nothing in common with Pyra Magna and her Torchbearers.

Having crash-landed on Earth aboard the Ark, the Icebreakers were reactivated by Teletraan-I in response to a Decepticon energy signature. Brought online during what was the first of your planet's ice ages, they scanned what were determined to be the dominant lifeforms at the time, different prehistoric megafauna. They were led by Heavytread, a woolly rhinoceros whose naturalist background helped them navigate the wild environment. He often butted heads with Fangtron, the group's hunter and tracker, a mighty sabretooth tiger. Their comrades were Browbeat, an ever-stalwart Irish elk; Fearswoop, a terror bird with a timid disposition; and Barbearian, a cave bear who was always ticked-off by something or other. Through their tenacity and skill, they survived for over a year in that hostile alien world, avoiding the countless traps set by the one-eyed Decepticon who hunted them relentlessly. When the time came for their final confrontation, they united to form the mighty Slammoth—who took the shape of her namesake animal—and fought to slay their foe, even if it meant their own extinction.

[dividingcosmos]

Cool shots of the Torchbearers and Victorion (One of, if not my favourite, Combiners)

[saxandviolins77]

"This is blasphemy! This is madness!"

"Madness?

This...

is...

CAMINUS!!!"

*Spartan kick but make it being ripped apart molecule by molecule*

[arceespinkgun]

I wish the Rust Renegades had appeared in the TF media I really enjoy... like imagine in G1 getting to see a moment in which Rumble goes, "Victorion? We're gonna turn ya into... Loserion!" and then Stormclash strangling the diodes out of him while her sister Skyburst tries to tell her it's not worth it. Or Stormclash and Blades sparring! Or Rust Dust and Moonracer being friends! Or Pyra Magna and Thunderwing clashing over the Matrix!

Because I really hated how the conflict between Autobots and Decepticons was written in IDW and IDW2 and Pyra Magna's character especially is so heavily linked to that and her conflict with Optimus Prime depends on how he was portrayed (and I also didn't like how he was written) it makes it hard for me to enjoy the stories where the Rust Renegades were most heavily featured... and I think that's too bad. ...Although a lot of people really enjoyed the IDW comics and how those elements were handled, so what's the excuse of the rest of the fandom...? lol

This team is so cool and I love the idea of a combiner who's full of religious zeal and has the power to invert gravity! If only the Rust Renegades were in something like Cyberverse, I think seeing some kind of clash between Windblade's form of belief and theirs would've been really interesting. Also, hot take, but I think the Rust Renegades should remain neutral, too. I think that would make them + Victorion especially unique and stand out a ton (though because of the Torchbearers' role I think they would definitely work much more closely with Autobots instead of the group destroying and conquering all the time).

[juddgeeksout]

Hirelings 3: Restless and Driven

Look here at a warrior born, a scion of power and poverty whose purpose is manifold: to shatter shackles, to murder monarchs, and to demonstrate that even the forces of good must sometimes enlist the service of big, bad motherfuckers. His is an ancient soul destined to die young.– Kings of the Wyld, Nicholas Eames Dear Sir, You have not yet advertised Shoeless Jack, Vela and Devil Dave. These…

[blue-creations28]

how are they so G E N D E R -

[cyani07]

even when i doubt you, im no good without you

[thecrimsondandelion]

Need them carnally… biblically

[livingmess-doingherbest]

Okay, now that the ceremony is over and I have access to high quality stills, it's time for the most important question :

will I disguise myself as the masked Torchbearer or the badass Amored Rider lady for Halloween ?

[they-hermes]

missing my girls

[tobythetrashyartist]

”why dø yøu persist, after everything i've døne?”

“because i prømised yøu.”

i was trying to copy the art style of the show, but i think i just ended up combining it to my usual style lmao

here's a version without the effects and stuff bc i loved how i rendered it and y'all must see it too

[hojarascart]

tøp stuff I did back in February

[herylonboard]

Shaking hands with the dark parts of my thoughts