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Madmaxtron and the Postapocalicons!

PostPosted: Sat Dec 16, 2017 1:14 am
by -Kanrabat-
As a super commission for my friend, I made the ULTIMATE custom combiner. The theme this time is a post-apocalyptic world à-la Madmax. The cars and trucks seem to be made out of junk pieced together, valoring utility over aesthetics.

The main body and the black pick-up came from an older custom thread, but the main truck torso have been modified and the black pick-up's pictures were messy. So I'm showing the whole team.

Huffertron said "fokkit" and is now part of the :CON: team. With brand new front wheels and some MASSIVE engine upgrade! (Convenient weapon storage here, folks!)

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The next one was shown before, but here's some new pictures. Only the arms and the head were changed. Plus, a set of CW The Fallen repro set. The Risen is an expert in hand-to-hand combat and he use his "natural" claws as a weapon. He kept being called "The raisin" for some reason.

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On to the next OC, here's FB-117. It's a drone from the long lost Sumdac Inc., found in some ruins by the Postapocalicons (say that 5 times fast!). His AI is extremely advanced and have high adaptability and he was based on Transformers biology. Just a slight mod by the team's doc was enough to make him work for the :CON: and combine with the team. Although he's perfect for stealth missions and scouting, he could easily be reprogrammed by the :BOT: if captured.

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Here's the Postapocalicon's doc, Embalmer. Embalmer is not that skilled in combat, but he can bring any bot on the brink of death back to life... But the patient usually come back with very few of his or her original parts. He's able to build drones from scratch, but they are not "alive". He did heard that there is a MYSTERIOUS CYBERTRONIAN out there who know all about the mysteries of Life Creation. Embalmer really want to meet him and become his apprentice, but for now, keeping his brothers alive and well in this messed up world is more important.

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The only one without a custom head.

Next is Warlock. Warlock is a very creepy guy who is loaded with lazers and beams weapons that are able to do pretty much anything. Heat ray, freeze ray, rust ray, radioactive ray, party ray, you name it. He can also roll on pretty much any surfaces thanks to his macguffinatium grip of his wheels.

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When scrap get real, the Postapocalicons combine into
:michaelbay: MADMAXTRON! :michaelbay:

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I'm very happy with the final results. That combiner was a LOT of work to make and my friend got his money's worth. Building this I still hate the truck torso with his floppy legs. The thing just won't do any fancy posing. Oh well. Also, you can pretty much do anything you want with CW deluxe limbs, as long that you don't mod the legs or torso too much. Those are the key components for the combiner gimmick. However, it's a free for all for the arms and panels. This alone can modify the appearance of the toy drastically as you have seen above.

Hope you enjoyed! See ya next year for more random abominations from my Lab! :twisted:

Re: Madmaxtron and the Postapocalicons!

PostPosted: Sun Dec 17, 2017 3:48 am
by Sjeng
Seriously impressive and amazing!

I particularly like the Off Road rework. Now THAT is a Mad Max car, amazing!

Re: Madmaxtron and the Postapocalicons!

PostPosted: Sun Dec 17, 2017 6:57 am
by -Kanrabat-
Sjeng wrote:Seriously impressive and amazing!

I particularly like the Off Road rework. Now THAT is a Mad Max car, amazing!


Thanks!
That Off Road rework was the simplest to do. But it happen by accident. The plan was originally to just put The Fallen repro set on him and call it a day. To vary the colors, I swapped forelegs and arms with Trailbreaker... Then I stupidly removed an arm the wrong way and end up DESTROYING it. So, what do?

I searched my scrap bin for a decent replacement and I had an idea when I found a scrap ROTF Scout Sonar. With barely any modding and little paint, I fit the arms in place and voila! While I was at it, I forcefully adapted Generation Wreck-Gar's head on. I had to trim it so it fit the CW mechanism. The final touch was the Repro set.

You can call him the Genesis of the Postapocalicons. My friend gave me the idea that he'd want a whole team of those for a while. Then we came across a TR Siege of Cybertron set at TrU while I was too broke to get it. And it's the kind of set that is gone fast. I had all the molds for my own CW team but I was uninspired to do mine. So I proposed him a trade. 3 deluxes to complete the "Mad-Max" team (He already had Huffertron for a while) and one voyager so that he'd have a TRULY all-white combiner with a white Hot-Spot.

Looking back, it's very, very cheap work. But I don't care because I had a blast making these. My favorites of the lot being FB-117 and The Warlock.

Re: Madmaxtron and the Postapocalicons!

PostPosted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 2:05 pm
by bodrock
Holy cow, AMAZING job, Kanra! I see the bots you repurposed but they look so much better in your paints and re-engineered configs. Love it!

Re: Madmaxtron and the Postapocalicons!

PostPosted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 2:16 pm
by -Kanrabat-
bodrock wrote:Holy cow, AMAZING job, Kanra! I see the bots you repurposed but they look so much better in your paints and re-engineered configs. Love it!


Thanks! And the funniest thing is I never plan ahead. I take a base body, look at the scrap I have on hand and I play the rest by hear. :lol:

Re: Madmaxtron and the Postapocalicons!

PostPosted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 2:36 pm
by bodrock
-Kanrabat- wrote:
bodrock wrote:Holy cow, AMAZING job, Kanra! I see the bots you repurposed but they look so much better in your paints and re-engineered configs. Love it!


Thanks! And the funniest thing is I never plan ahead. I take a base body, look at the scrap I have on hand and I play the rest by hear. :lol:


From scraps and spare parts, no less! GENIUS, Kanra ;)^

Re: Madmaxtron and the Postapocalicons!

PostPosted: Sun Jan 21, 2018 4:03 am
by ZeroWolf
This is some mighty fine work kanra

Re: Madmaxtron and the Postapocalicons!

PostPosted: Sun Jan 21, 2018 5:08 am
by -Kanrabat-
ZeroWolf wrote:This is some mighty fine work kanra


Thank you. Those took so many hours to make. But they are very, very fun to build. Maybe I'll make another similar combiner in the future. With Power of the Primes putting more CW torsos and limbs on the market. Once I have enough scrap bodies and limbs, I may even make something crazier! 8-}

Re: Madmaxtron and the Postapocalicons!

PostPosted: Sun Jan 21, 2018 6:37 am
by ZeroWolf
-Kanrabat- wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:This is some mighty fine work kanra


Thank you. Those took so many hours to make. But they are very, very fun to build. Maybe I'll make another similar combiner in the future. With Power of the Primes putting more CW torsos and limbs on the market. Once I have enough scrap bodies and limbs, I may even make something crazier! 8-}

I can't wait to see what you come up with :KREMZEEK:

I'm always impressed by the creativity of your work even if it just comes down to choice of labels and paint jobs.

Re: Madmaxtron and the Postapocalicons!

PostPosted: Sun Jan 21, 2018 8:47 pm
by Ultra Markus
i can totally see the back story where the transformers end up not coming out of hibernation until the apocalypse where some form an alliance with mad max and some form an alliance with Lord Humongous