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Re: Va'al's Vault

Posted by Cobotron Thu May 19, 2016 9:49 am

Motto: "Free your mind, and your ass will follow!"

Weapon: Sword

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Burn wrote:

Agamemnon wrote:Let's get back to talking about Burn's mammoth snout flopping...

Well I am Australian. It's kinda what we're known for.

Re: Va'al's Vault

Posted by no-one Thu May 19, 2016 9:49 am

I've flipped through the gallery, watched a few different reviews, but you sir make this set look good.

I'm torn on if I like the heli-twins better as legs or arms. They give Vicky some great 80's Bea Arthur shoulder pads though. I'm not fond of the mold (even though I have two of them); Rust Dust is my favorite. Probably the color scheme and them sweet red gloves.

So now that you've played with all the things, went through all the modes; does Vicky live up to the hype?

Re: Va'al's Vault

Posted by Va'al Thu May 19, 2016 9:59 am

Motto: "Till All Are Pun!"

Cobotron wrote:Dope!


All of it.

carytheone wrote:I've flipped through the gallery, watched a few different reviews, but you sir make this set look good.

I'm torn on if I like the heli-twins better as legs or arms. They give Vicky some great 80's Bea Arthur shoulder pads though. I'm not fond of the mold (even though I have two of them); Rust Dust is my favorite. Probably the color scheme and them sweet red gloves.

I like both configurations, and they hold up pretty nicely both ways. I think I do prefer the helitwins as arms, even if the cars as legs have humongous knees due to the hoods. I may have to keep swipswapping.

Also:

So now that you've played with all the things, went through all the modes; does Vicky live up to the hype?

I'll calm my own hype down, as there are obvious flaws (right pec not pegging tightly together for the combiner; the Dead End mold on Dustup opening up when in arm mode; some top heaviness with the odd Hot Spot ratchet joints; the Pyra Magna leg misassembly). But I have to calm it down intentionally.

Is it the best thing ever? No.

Is it currently my favourite thing? Yes. All of the yes. There is just so much you can do with her, and the weapons, and the swapping, and the modes, and the poses and

Re: Va'al's Vault

Posted by SW's SilverHammer Thu May 19, 2016 12:24 pm

Motto: "Ｔｈｅ  ｄａｙｓ  ｇｒｏｗ  ｓｈｏｒｔｅｒ，  ａｎｄ  ｙｅｔ  ｔｈｅ  ｓｕｎ  ｓｔｉｌｌ  ｓｈｉｎｅｓ"

Weapon: Electron Scimitar Sword

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Re: Va'al's Vault

Posted by Va'al Thu May 19, 2016 12:26 pm

Motto: "Till All Are Pun!"

SW's SilverHammer wrote:Hey va'al anyway to fudge her torso configuration so she looks less like defensor?

Haven't tried, but I'm also probably not going to - I don't have Defensor!

Re: Va'al's Vault

Posted by SW's SilverHammer Thu May 19, 2016 12:34 pm

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Weapon: Electron Scimitar Sword

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Re: Va'al's Vault

Posted by Va'al Thu May 19, 2016 12:42 pm

Motto: "Till All Are Pun!"

SW's SilverHammer wrote:

Dr Va'al wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:Hey va'al anyway to fudge her torso configuration so she looks less like defensor?

Haven't tried, but I'm also probably not going to - I don't have Defensor!

Well then I must buy her just so I can mess with her combined mode. Mostly because I hate her thighs.

How about using the cars as legs, and flipping up their hoods to partially cover the thighs?

Re: Va'al's Vault

Posted by SW's SilverHammer Thu May 19, 2016 12:46 pm

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Weapon: Electron Scimitar Sword

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Re: Va'al's Vault

Posted by Va'al Thu May 19, 2016 12:47 pm

Motto: "Till All Are Pun!"

Re: Va'al's Vault

Posted by no-one Thu May 19, 2016 12:47 pm

Re: Va'al's Vault

Posted by shajaki Thu May 19, 2016 1:03 pm

Motto: "A man who wants nothing is invincible."

Holy Va'al. Just awesome.

Come on over to my place! Put your feet up, crack a beer, and talk about stuff!

Re: Va'al's Vault

Posted by SW's SilverHammer Thu May 19, 2016 1:03 pm

Motto: "Ｔｈｅ  ｄａｙｓ  ｇｒｏｗ  ｓｈｏｒｔｅｒ，  ａｎｄ  ｙｅｔ  ｔｈｅ  ｓｕｎ  ｓｔｉｌｌ  ｓｈｉｎｅｓ"

Weapon: Electron Scimitar Sword

carytheone wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:Hey va'al anyway to fudge her torso configuration so she looks less like defensor?

What kinda fudging you got in mind? I don't have Vicky, but I have Defensor and Bruticus. You could move the arms up Bruticus style but they probably are meant to tab in. Probably the most flexible spot to get creative in is the legs. I have both my buy legs fully extended (in different ways) as if they were still in bot mode. Makes 'em taller but slimmer in the waist, but I saw you are already doing that with your Bruts.

Since all of the combiner wars combiners are modular, and have similar builds, I view Vicky as the autobot equivalent of Bruticus, she is a war machine. So because of that i'd like her too look less like defense because I think that look only works for defensor and more like bruticus. The only problem is I don't know of the hot spot tooling allows for a torso configuration like:

Having vicky look more like bruticus fits my ＡＥＳＴＨＥＴＩＣ  interpretation of combiners

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Re: Va'al's Vault

Posted by no-one Thu May 19, 2016 1:13 pm

Re: Va'al's Vault

Posted by D-Maximal_Primal Thu May 19, 2016 3:04 pm

Motto: "There are no impossibilities in the multiverse, just small minds unable to comprehend the possibilities"

Weapon: Armor Axe

This is awesome! Nice to see the thread finally, and some shared combiner awesomeness!!

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Re: Va'al's Vault

Posted by Autobot N Thu May 19, 2016 8:47 pm

Motto: "Fate rarely calls upon us at our moment of choosing."

Weapon: Electro-Sword

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Re: Va'al's Vault: A Lovely Bunch of Coconuts Edition

Posted by no-one Thu May 19, 2016 9:47 pm

As promised here are some alternate Defensor and Bruticus leg configurations.

Defensor in spindly leg mode.





I don't really like the look of this and he really cannot close his legs. Because of the ladder you have to extend the legs like this. If you try and just rotate the legs out the ladder gets in the way.

John Wayne mode, Defensor and Bruticus







Looks better on Bruts because of the codpiece, but works well and really opens up some standing poses. Nice and stable to boot. Does look just a little silly though, but I also feel the official way looks silly too.

No one asked but here is my Menasor. I had the camera out and was already fiddling with a bunch of unbalanced bots.



Huh, the lighting or my camera is really making that purple on the HFGs look weird and blue.

Re: Va'al's Vault

Posted by Va'al Fri May 20, 2016 2:50 am

Motto: "Till All Are Pun!"

As much as I like the thought behind differentiating them, I'm not a fan of the exposed thinner thighs. Hmm.

Re: Va'al's Vault

Posted by no-one Fri May 20, 2016 2:37 pm

Dr Va'al wrote:As much as I like the thought behind differentiating them, I'm not a fan of the exposed thinner thighs. Hmm.

I go back and forth on the look myself.

So something has been scratching at the back of my head for a couple days and I finally figured it out.





Ah, 90's techno. I was never into the scene, but many of the games I played were. That's not the best track from that game, but it's what I've been trying to think of.

Re: Va'al's Vault

Posted by Ironhidensh Mon May 23, 2016 5:01 pm

Motto: "Tell those damned kids to stay off my lawn!!!"

Weapon: Big Cannon

Well Doc, as disapointing as I find Vicky (with the big deal made about first female combiner, shoud have been new molds), seeing your pure, unbridled joy warms my cranky heart,

Card carrying grumpy old man.

Leonardo wrote:Take your lips off my pipe!

Re: Va'al's Vault

Posted by Va'al Tue May 24, 2016 7:32 am

Motto: "Till All Are Pun!"

Ironhidensh wrote:Well Doc, as disapointing as I find Vicky (with the big deal made about first female combiner, shoud have been new molds), seeing your pure, unbridled joy warms my cranky heart,

I'll be the ratchet to your crank.

Re: Va'al's Vault

Posted by D-Maximal_Primal Tue May 24, 2016 1:05 pm

Motto: "There are no impossibilities in the multiverse, just small minds unable to comprehend the possibilities"

Weapon: Armor Axe

Dr Va'al wrote:

Ironhidensh wrote:Well Doc, as disapointing as I find Vicky (with the big deal made about first female combiner, shoud have been new molds), seeing your pure, unbridled joy warms my cranky heart,

I'll be the ratchet to your crank.

AH THE PUNS!!! I will see that movie!!

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On the Rusty, Dusty Road

Posted by Va'al Sat May 28, 2016 6:21 am

Motto: "Till All Are Pun!"

Va'al needed a workation. RD came along for moral support.



She practically was my driving force.


During the day, in the 'office'...


...and the breaks.

Re: Va'al's Vault

Posted by no-one Sat May 28, 2016 6:57 am

Re: Va'al's Vault

Posted by Va'al Sat May 28, 2016 7:00 am

Motto: "Till All Are Pun!"

Re: Va'al's Vault

Posted by D-Maximal_Primal Mon May 30, 2016 8:42 pm

Motto: "There are no impossibilities in the multiverse, just small minds unable to comprehend the possibilities"

Weapon: Armor Axe

Nice! Looks like little Rust Dust has become your new travel companion

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