Here is how Chansformers describes the making of this figure:

"hi,new to this site but not to the love of all things that
transform.anyhow,these are pics of my entry for a contest over on
hisstank.com.there is wip pics of him but for some weird reason the
credit for them went to a guy named wangbaobao on the actoys site the
base figure started as a energon ironhide,the head is from beastwars
optimus primal(black ape),his feet are from cybertron vector prime,his
chest plate and skid plate/head cover are from a bucked up dollarstore
tank.the rest of it is alot of styrene and odds and sods.the covers on
the sides of his legs are from energon prime's
trailer.unfortunately,due to the weird proportions of the hiss
tank(wide giant cavity in the rear and almost non existant cavity in
the front),he has 4 parts that tf by partsforming and attaching via
strong magnets.he was then coated with automotive matte black,then
drybrushed with tamiya acrylic x-4 blue and x-f7 flat red and xf-16
flat aluminum.once it all cured he was then coated with 2 coats of
krylon matte clearcoat.all thats left now is to install his tank mode
headlights."











muy chuzo