It's been a really long while since I made a full custom Frankenstein type bot. So I made something for my combiner obsessed friend.
I'll introduce the members of the team, from least customised to
WTF-I-AM-LOOKING-AT.
First, HA
Backfire from DOTM, regular version. He's the "targetmaster" of the combiner.
Where's the customising you ask? Right there. That licence plate. It count, right?
Next is
Wreck-Garr. It's not a Junkion team if he's not there. You'll also guess that the other 3 limbs bots will be the same toy, but changed into different charaters.
Obviously, the customisation here are the simple Reprolabels stickers. Nothing too personal here, but the result do look great.
Next is
Trashcannon. An original character that Toyhax have created. Simply by making a unique Reprolabels stickers set. The trick is to turn the head around and make the head into a new one using specialised stickers. I added an extra sticker for the original face that is now the back of the head to hide it. That's the only trus customisation here. I really love that character and the fact that his mele weapon and bike kick-stand have turned into guns.
Next is another Toyhax original character,
Rubbish. With a light mod, they turned the bike into a "tricycle" and they don't transform his leg fully to make a short bot. But I don't like that at all so he's "customised" by removing those features. However, turning the combiner peg into a head by giving it a face with stickers is a genius move so I kept that aspect. I only added another sticker to hide the face of the original head. Then I added some more leftover stickers to complete his look.
I had a spare RiD Windblade sword on hand so I traded his pinwheel weapon for that. With a dab of spraypaint, that sword is now truly his. I love the fact that the sword is stored into a scabbard that can become a gun if held differently.
Now the customisation get a bit heavier with
Zartan. For the 4th bike, I missed a sticker set. So why not use Groove's? That set was meant for a white police bike, but it work here. I created a new head using a 2007 Movie Bumblebee head. I had to grind it into shape so the combiner peg still work. Then I painted it. Finally, I swapped his pin-wheel weapon for the combiner feet who also serve as police lights.
Now for the torso.
What would be the best vehicle to work with motorbike that are deluxe sized and still be in scale? There is none available. At all.
So I had to make my own. Using the PotP Hun-Gurr as a base and Energon Roadbuster as the main parts donnor, I made a "DOOM BUGGY". A Buggy that is massive and will crush anything in it's path.
I present to you,
Compaktor!
Compaktor dosen't need any weapon. He IS the weapon. Especially when he take the ape pose to be more effective at crusing everything on his path. As you saw, he keep the PotP fists as part of his body.
The vehicle mode is huge. It was a lot of work. It's mostly the torso mode but with a few extra steps. It work really well.
The whole team:
Now time to combine into
ROADTRASHER!
The bike-cannon can only go on his arm because his hand and elbow are too weak to handle the weight. Still, it work!
Finally, a shot with the original unmodified mold. Roadtrasher is HUGE.
So, what you guys think?