Universe Onslaught--KO Combaticons Unite!!

[Prime Roller]

Over 6 months after the initial pics, I'm finally posting some progress pics. It's still not done, but it's coming along nicely.

So, as a reminder about what the deal is with this project -- I have 4 over-sized KO Combaticons (the limbs) I got in China, and I'm combining them with Universe Onslaught.
Onslaught will not be altered in any way (which made for figuring out the shoulder and knee joints very interesting).

The knees and shoulder joints work excellently, as do the feet. I'm yet to attach the hands (plus forearms), chest plate, and head -- but all is planned out and shouldn't be too difficult. And of course, the KOs will be painted after all the construction is done.

On with the pics already ---->>>

[Prime Roller]

Here's a couple of real small and crappy photos of the shoulder attachment assembly. The purple, yellow, and grey pieces are from a Lego Knights arm, joint, and leg.

*Packing all of my toys to ship to Taiwan is a pain in the @$$!*

Edit: Wow, those little bitmap photos really suck. I'll post more when my already packed project gear gets to Taiwan by slow boat.

[C_Shewins]

Hey, this is looking good man Keep up the good work, can't wait to see your finished product.

[onecoin]

Sexy.

[Bruticus82]

Very Schmexy! What are you using for the joints?

[Prime Roller]

Joints at the knees are made from nailpolish tightened ball joints of a Megablocks Spider-Man mech thingy. But the brackets holding them into the back of Onslaughts legs are from some other unknown (to me) Value Village parts. The ball joints are still not as sturdy as I'd like them to be, so I may wind up dremeling them out (the glue I use is very strong) and using Lego Knights joints or something from another large Transformer toy.

The ankles are actually from a scout class Storm Surge (from the original of this mold -- another VV find). There is a rod with a ball joint on each end, but I glued down one end and used paper as a stopper to build up the glue around the other ball (does that make sense?). This restricts the movement of the second ball so he doesn't fall over. This ball joint was never intended to be strong enough to hold the weight, so it's made to always rest against the built up glue (which is stronger than Hasbro plastic btw).

The shoulder joints are from Lego Knights, and bracketed in with Lego pieces. The wrists (yet to be built) will be made out of Bioncle pieces.

And I just picked up a 3-pack of Halo helmets, and will be modifying one for the head. I'll probably be using the ball joint that's already attached to the bottom to mount it (perhaps clipped into the slot on the underside of Onslaught, or simply attached onto the top of the chest plate).

[brr-icy]

i like where you are going with this, very nice