#KRAN frametype

[maydays-medbay]

Wolfram's ref is finally done!! He's needed it for a while lol The KRAN frametype is made by @cuppajj, and the info on them is pretty interesting so I'd definitely check it out when you have the chance!

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Currently away from my computer so have some traditional art, but I was working on Lovestruck’s design and this happened🤷

Starbright belongs to @cuppajj

Enjoy the swan hugs 🦢

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🎫 could be anyone, I just wanna know them facts :))

Alrighty! Since you got a KRAN Oc and I got one, I’m gonna go with Danny. And because I hardly talk about him, I’m gonna give two facts for the price of one!

(KRAN frametype and lore by @cuppajj)

Fact number one!

Danny loved working with the humans who found him, but there were five who he especially loved to work with. His memories of them might be a little scrambled, but just like he was named by the oldest miner, he named his five friends.

The funny one who loved to get into trouble was named Plate Breaker, because he once broke a bunch of plates as a brank.

The scared one who often sat on Danny’s shoulder or hid behind his peds was named Shadow Welder.

The only female of the group was named Smoke Break, because he often hung out with Danny when she was taking her smoke break. She was also someone who often worked with him on his confidence.

The loud one who always sung or danced was named Rhythm Wave. This guy could always, somehow, find rhythm in even the most obscure thing, and Danny loved that.

And the last one was named Driller, because he oversaw the drills and didn’t like the other names Danny tried to give him.

Of course, all five of them had their own names, but they also saw how happy it made Danny to give them names. So, they just shrugged and accepted them. All six of them were a team, a family. None of them went far without the others knowing where they were going, and they often took Danny (in his holo-form) out to the nearest town to, at least, give him the chance to see more than just the mines.

So, it broke his spark when they suddenly didn’t come to work anymore. No-one came to work, and Danny spend a long time waiting for his friends and family to come back. But when it was clear that they wouldn’t return, he left too. With the only memory of his time in the human mines being the pictures his friends took with him.

Fact number 2!

There is a reason why Danny calls Apprentice “Teacup” from time to time.

It started after Danny joined Apprentice and Toymaker on their travels. While they were busy doing their crafts or didn’t need Danny’s help, the KRAN often got bored and started to mess around with things. Stacking some of the boxes for fun, reading, or just laying around and waiting for something to do.

It was one of those days when he didn’t know what to do, when Apprentice brought back a weird thing that was, apparently, a human teacup. Danny found the thing interesting and, with them having enough material, started to try and replicate the small teacup.

And after a while, he finally managed to make his own cybertronian sized teacup.  Which was promptly destroyed by Apprentice in an accident, but hey. Danny wasn’t mad about it and just went back to making a second one. Finishing it with Apprentice’s help and giving it to the flier with a big grin. “A teacup for a Teacup.”

The second teacup was also the last one Danny ever did, because getting the materials was too much of a bother. Now he’s simply helping Apprentice out whenever it comes to finding materials or other stuff.

Bonus!

[dimorphodon-x]

It takes a lot for Starbright to come out of her shy and quiet shell, but she's actually very expressive, playful, and even talkative when she is. It's only seen around people she considers friends

lil zircon cameo belongs to @dimorphodon-x

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𝐋𝐀𝐙𝐔𝐋𝐈. （ KRAN frametype by @cuppajj ）

A sweet & composed bot who often thought of others' well-being than her own, oftentimes that led her to being in harm's way and to where Lazuli is now, on a planet filled with organic life faraway from the home she once knew.

WARNING: long post !

As Lazuli traveled far from Cybertron to escape from the madness that is her crazy ex-partner, then one thing led to another, a massive ship malfunction caused her black out to wake up in a random planet.

In a state of shock and bewilderment but quickly calming down, after she finds herself having crash landed onto an unknown planet.

Suddenly, there were noises coming from outside which worries her a bit on what awaits her outside her ship, however, a strange turn of events, shockingly revealed...several blue little creatures the size of her foot is outside looking at her with large beady eyes, unexpectedly having a staring contest as she was still in disbelief of everything that's happening to her right now, slowly entering back into her ship and closing the door in front of her... Lazuli tries to pretend that everything's fine until the little creatures from outside screamed, "WE FOUND DA QUEEN", she flinched and turned her helm, thinking 'primus help me'.

While trying to calmly tell these little creatures that she was not their queen, it didn't seem to register it in their minds and they still happily took her to their village and Lazuli a bit frustratedly followed since they wouldn't leave her alone in the ship.

Considering how large she was compared to everyone else, all of them noticed her presence then the other creatures started to gather around her admiring, praising, and celebrating the fact that they found their queen at long last and unfortunately for her, it was not easy to hide the fact she was feeling a mix of embarrassment and confusion even if she tries to cover her faceplate with her servo.

Finally, after wandering around the place, they lead her to a large tree with lots of leaves in front of it made for her arrival which surprised Lazuli but she appreciated it and chuckled, sitting on the makeshift cushion leaves and rested against the large tree, Lazuli watches them all celebrate and party in front of her.

None of this made one bit of sense to her.

TO BE CONTINUED ! ( I'll try to finish it later, I'm rlly tired atm )

SMALL HEADCANONS:

Lazuli still appreciates the little blue guys for giving her a home and doesn't regret that much that she protects them all from the big creatures that may attack or eat them while being their queen. She treats all of them like they're her children.

Back then, she struggled to adjust to the environment around her, always watching her surroundings and where she goes to avoid stepping on the little creatures, slipping and crashing onto buildings, etc. Now it's on instinct, naturally moving out of the way, staying in the woods or in open areas where she can interact with her people.

Back in the mines, of course, Lazuli appeared way different from how she looks now, it reminded Lazuli of her purpose, why she was created and things they all had to go through in the mines, she hated it all, however surprisingly, she sadly really missed the krans. Even if no one was close to her, she was still close to them.

BONUS: Lazuli and her ex met in the mines, they're also a kran but I don't think I'll make them into an oc and leave them as a background character for Laz's story unless I change my mind.

SIDE NOTES:

ngl I went all out on her design to make her look unique than the other krans because that's how I saw her wanting to be different like really wanting to be her own person and to be treated as such, and giving her freedom to change now she's on her own. Free to be who she wants to be and do anything she wants to do.

I was kinda worried that I might messed things up but turns out that I really like the outcome of this drawing, the lore and the design ! and makes me a bit eager to make more despite my lack of motivation nowadays. I'm a bit happy that it shows proof of how I've grown better at this too aaaaaaaaa- also fun fact, for her design I was inspired by a cute looking jellyfish and the story was from Princess Peach in that new mario movie / a comic where Rouge was the queen of the ugandan knuckles, I thought It should be funny.

I already have the full-body sketch so I was thinking of adding a translucent cape/skirt/dress thingy as a part of her design similar to the jellyfish because why not, she looks more beautiful in it :))

right now I'm so sleepy and forgetful so sorry that I don't remember much from the kran lore besides a vague desc / gist of it. too lazy to find and re-read the lore rn, might do it later when I'm not that sleepy

edit: I just wanted to also say that I could change anything from the design to the lore if I have an idea that I would like to bring to her character. And that's rn, I wanna think that she could fix her ship and travel to Cybertron so she can meet mine or others' ocs so I can link up their stories!

THANK YOU FOR READING !

[badlydrawntransformers]

I was bored so I doodled a whole bunch of gems

Since Echo and Starburst are here lemme just

KRAN frametype by @cuppajj

Star Seeker frametype by @dimorphodon-x

[midnightsnackblog]

Half Moon Is in a constant state of anxiety, Saturn is in Spain without the s, Atlas is the only one with the braincell.

[onlineviolence]

I COULD NOT RESIST

KRAN OC (he/him)

KRAN frametype by @cuppajj​ !! aaaaah now to their info

- rainbow is a sort of placeholder name, who knows

- anyway rainbow is very bad at self preservation . clumsy to the max. Walking into everything.

- has a crack in his visor for this

- missing his left eye and has scars on the other

- also careless during fights which leaves him injured a lot

- one fight left him with an exposed scar on his faceplate that means you can still see his teeth when his mouth is closed

- oh yeah fangs!! for the fun of it

- if cybertronians have temporary tattoos he LOVES those

- collects marbles

- has a chip in one of his antennae ( I think that’s what they are called)

- goofy

[roboverse]

I designed a KRAN oc named Liftmark! The KRAN frametype was made by @cuppajj and one of the bots with this frametype you may know is Drillburst!

[voiidart]

Oh goodness, I'm so happy to see everyone's outpouring of love for @cuppajj 's KRAN frametype, stemmed from her son, "my" beloved Drillburst of course 💖

I guess I should share my own KRAN, one of two! She's the only one with a solid design atm though! XD

This is Tempo, a 2nd generation KRAN (sans wings!) Who was conjunxed to a 1st gen named Ore 💕 as with every one of my ocs, I gave the two of them Overlord trauma so... yeah, Ore isn't around anymore! XD

But Tempo does eventually find someone to share her love of music with... can you guess who it is?

She's friends with Drillburst! Trauma buddies!!! 🥺❤💕🤣😭🐸

[dimorphodon-x]

Retrieval of Zircon

Ft. @cuppajj’s Starbright

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Last sketch for today, I promise.

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I really should write more about Apprentice's story, because it's a rather interesting one.

Even if this interaction between him and O2 is happening waaaay after he spent some time traveling with Toymaker and Danny, and meeting all kinds of new friends, I kind of want to talk about it. Mostly because I like to write about dark stuff, but also because it's one wild goose chase after O2 is done with Apprentice.

Like, she finishes rebuilding him, keeps him standing in her lair for a while, before sending him off to do some of her dirty work, all the while Toymaker and Danny are trying to find him. And once they find him, Apprentice doesn't recognize them. At least not fully.

Eh, but knowing me, I'll probably have this story strang on the shelf for a long time.

[cuppajj]

Hi. If you don't mind me asking, who is Drillburst. I'm familiar with the OC, the fact he's a Kran Frame Type and the fact that Overlord tried to kill him. But I know more about his SG! Counterpart than the original, so do you mind explaining to me who he is?

Sure! I've explained him in some other posts so I'll make this a sort of masterlist of the posts I've made to date of who he is and some of the things he does. Some of these are a little outdated (the older they are the more likely it is), but I'm planning to rewrite some in the future

Shortened bio

Full Bio (Long, needs rewrite)

Velux Harvesting Initiative and their frametypes [x] [x] [x]

Pics and posts that show off a bit of the story (some are for funsies):

Miner Drillburst, aka 432882 [x] [x] [x] [x] [x]

Post-Velux pre-Mercenary Drill

Mercenary Drillburst (& co) [x] [x] [x] [x]

The catastrophic event that led up to G9 [x] [x] [x]

G9 yum yum [x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [animatic]

op doesn't think about drillburst and overlord THAT much (they do) [x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x]

Postwar Drillburst, his music and his demons [x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x]

Type V and the road to reawakening [x] [x] [x] [x] [x]

Misc stuff!

Drillburst playing his electrobass vibes

Voice claim

I am once again plugging @voiidfriend's videos

I ship him with fortress maximus

AMONG US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hope this helps!! Ty for being interested in my oc :D

[cuppajj]

Sooooo super curious - like what would happen / how'd Drillburst react to receiving a letter / message from a fellow KRAN inviting him to a KRAN party / reunion!? This has been on my mind for idk how long and I just imagine how fun it would be that Drillburst gets to see a place filled with KRANs having the best time! Excitedly talking to each other and sharing stories about their lives currently, catching up with old friends that were in the same mines, getting drunk, dancing, even there's KRANs who are playing music on stage! If Drillburst revealed or someone found out that he plays music too then they would invite him on stage as well. Noticing how almost, if not, everyone has a unique and lovely appearance, far different from when they were just miners!

Funnily enough I thought of this a long time ago XD Drill would be hesitant but his intrigue to see his fellow Velux frametypes would tempt him enough to go. When he’s there though, his attitude is completely different. He’s softer and a little nervous, almost like a little bit of his 432 personality is showing. The music would be more healing than he realizes and of course he’d go on stage if offered! Really, he’d walk in wary but walk out not realizing how much he needed the experience. It would be pretty painful to say goodbye.

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@cuppajj

Quick sketch of a scenario we discussed where Zirc helps Starbright out of a nasty situation

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Laserdrill/Danny

I have been thinking about redesigning Danny for a while and, honestly him being a KRAN just makes sense to me. Also, I like how he turned out. (Even if I messed up a little)

The KRAN frametype and lore was made by @cuppajj

More info under the cut

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Got his name “Laserdrill” from his laser focus when working in the mines. 

He often would shut out everything else while working. Something that would worry some, because Lazerdrill would even forget to refuel, if he wasn’t reminded. 

After the initiative was shut down, Laserdrill hopped from planet to planet. Getting a slight frame change, while taking his time to explore the world outside the mines. 

During his travels, he met a flier named Strawberry, who he became friends with. (They started to travel together afterwards.)

As the war broke out, Laserdrill joined the Autobots, mostly because his friend did. Even though he didn't fully support them, he still tried to do his best. 

Somehow, Laserdrill ended up on earth together with Strawberry, where the two got separated during an ambush. And as he tried to run away, Laserdrill was shot in the head. A group of miners found him afterwards, and instead of reporting him to the authorities, they carted him off to an empty mine, where they then tried to repair him. 

It did work and Laserdrill came back online, although with no memory of who or what he was. 

Hearing this, the oldest of the miners decided to take Laserdrill under his wing. Making sure to visit the mech whenever he could and keeping others away from the mine as best as he could. He also gave Laserdrill the name “Danny”, because that was the only name the confused mech would answer to.

With time, and after hearing how the miners were struggling with digging tunnels, Danny started helping them out. Which quickly earned him a spot on the team.

This proved to be a blessing and a curse. A blessing to the miners, because their productivity skyrocketed, but a curse to Danny, because he was now struggling with processor aches whenever he did something that reminded him of his past life. Sometimes, he would even get flashbacks of his fellow KRAN’s, which would then lead to him calling his human friends by their names, without even realizing it. The humans often played along when something like that happened.

During his work, Danny stumbled upon some Energon and started harvesting it. And with him not knowing how to process it, he started eating it raw. Which took some time getting used to, but now Danny couldn’t imagen consuming Energon any other way. 

Danny, despite his processor aches, loved his life as a miner on earth. He didn’t mind having his movement restricted and only being allowed to live in the mines. Not as long as he had his friends to work with him. But after years of working with the miners, they suddenly stopped coming. Danny only found out years after that the mining project was stopped. 

So, with nothing else to do, Danny decided that it was finally time to leave the mines and look for something new. Maybe he could even find a way to recover his lost memories and figure out who he was before his amnesia. And, maybe, he would also finally find out who the faceless bots, whose names he keeps on calling, were. 

Somewhere along the way, Danny was picked up by a grumpy Toymaker and his Apprentice. Living with them onboard their toyshop and mostly helping them with carrying around their heavier boxes.

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Bonus sketch: