Combiner Wars VICTOPTER -- An ALL HELICOPTERS Victorion! (Edited in 2024)
Posted: Mon May 01, 2017 7:23 pmEDIT FROM 2024:
All the previous images died with HostingPics and my old computer. So I had to redo all of the pictures. However, that's not all. The main body of this combiner was modded. Some faults were corrected and a new shield part was added.
All texts that is both in BOLD and ITALICS are edits from 2024.
This will probably be the last Combiner Wars commission ordered by my friend. (It was far from it.) He's pretty bumbed out that the combiners Wars line ended without ever creating a big helicopter main body. So I was tasked to make one.
That crazy dude bought TWO Combiner Wars Victorion sets. The CW Victorion box set was very cheap and on clearance at the time. One was for an all land vehicles combiner. All cars and the fire truck as the main body, plus the bike as a chest plate. The result is pretty neat.
But what about the helicopters?
Well...
Allow me to present you:
COMBINER WARS PANDORA
The new shield part serves to fill up the underbelly of the main helicopter. It peg under via 4 5mm pegs. It's in place very solidly. Also, where the main part of that shield plate come from you ask? It was part of some old remote control!
Ironically, the main body used here was from Combiner Wars Onslaught. Very few parts were brought over from the original Pyra-Magna.
Another bot, who was 100% complete and unbroken was sacrificed for the Cause: Animated Leader Megatron.
Countless of other parts came from my bin of parts. The keen-eyed may spot a few.
As for painting, I'm still just an amateur using mostly Krylon spray cans. Expensive clear cans of Tamya were used for the metallic green and metallic red effects.
Yes, it's very asymmetrical. But it's my style and she too came from the Sea of Rust. So it count, right?
The blades can rotate without hitting each others.
At first, they were at their original Animated Megatron's size, but I shortened them to make sure that they are of the "right" size" so that indeed, they won't smash into each others when rotating.
The transformation sequence have many new bits so here's how to transform her:
Remove the weapons, including the shield:
Lift up the side-parts of the combiner's chest.
Lift up the green side-parts.
Unwrap the panels from the right foot, both the top and bottom ones. Unpeg the rotor-blades block.
Before, that block kept popping off completely. I inserted a pin in the problematic joint to fix that issue permanently. Also, note that it's the SMALL peg that was used for the copter mode.
Peg in the BIG peg into that hole. The block should fold into its proper position.
Fold the panels of the left foot like so:
Fold and rotate these big red panels so that it's in position like on the left leg:
Rotate the torso 180°.
Put the arms into position:
Rotate the backpack 180°, move the arms panels upward, open the chest plate and take the head out.
AND HERE WE HAVE PANDORA IN HER ROBOT MODE!
I did just a slight mod so that she can now have the guns on her arms while holding her swords. The shield part cannot be used by her in bot mode. Also, the clear green bits were modified since that picture. See above.
A minion can use the shield as a skateboard by pointing up the black peg inside of it into her foot.
ONWARD TO THE TORSO MODE:
Rotate the arms at the shoulders 90° so the combiner ports are facing forward. Rotate the backpack, who is now the chestplate, 180° and unfold the rotorblades block from the combiner head.
This is how everyone transform their bruticus wrong. Why the arms are rotated so the combiner ports are facing you is to allow these pegs from the chest plate to peg into these slots right here:
Place the arms around like this, rotate the head forward, and place the crotch plate.
Prep the combiner limbs as usual, except that you now have to plus in the huns on the legs, and the rotorblades-swords on the arms like this:
It is very important that the legs are placed this way, meaning as it was for the robot mode.
Place the thighs skirts like so, as it is shown for the left thigh of the combiner:
To complete the look, place the arms of the Pandora bot upward, then attach the limbs, and peg in the side-chest panels onto the shoulders to secure the arms.
AND THERE WE GO, COMBINED MODE!!
Pandora is BIG.
The shield peg in on the side of her hand like so:
HERE IS VICTOPTER, ARMED UP, IN ALL HER GLORY!
The shield is VERY heavy so Victopter have a hard time holding it up. And typical of all Combiner Wars bot, it's pretty difficult for her to stand up without ragdolling down.
Note that none of the single copter limb are modded in any way. Only the hands, feet, and weapons of the big combiner have been sprayed shiny silver.
Albatron have long and sexy legs and she TOWER over the original Victorion!
Ideally, I'd show a picture of her next to the relatively unmodified land team, but Defensor will have to do:
Well, that was the most difficult and long project I've done in a while. I'm very proud of the results and I hope you guys enjoyed!
In a week or so I will post a series of photos showing when she was at the near final stage, where she just need a few mods before being painted. Stay tuned! Especially if you are curious to discover what parts I used more clearly.
But forget those, these pictures are lost forever.
So, what do you think?
And if you remember my original version from way back in 2017, did you enjoy the new features?
All the previous images died with HostingPics and my old computer. So I had to redo all of the pictures. However, that's not all. The main body of this combiner was modded. Some faults were corrected and a new shield part was added.
All texts that is both in BOLD and ITALICS are edits from 2024.
This will probably be the last Combiner Wars commission ordered by my friend. (It was far from it.) He's pretty bumbed out that the combiners Wars line ended without ever creating a big helicopter main body. So I was tasked to make one.
That crazy dude bought TWO Combiner Wars Victorion sets. The CW Victorion box set was very cheap and on clearance at the time. One was for an all land vehicles combiner. All cars and the fire truck as the main body, plus the bike as a chest plate. The result is pretty neat.
But what about the helicopters?
Well...
Allow me to present you:
COMBINER WARS PANDORA The new shield part serves to fill up the underbelly of the main helicopter. It peg under via 4 5mm pegs. It's in place very solidly. Also, where the main part of that shield plate come from you ask? It was part of some old remote control!
Ironically, the main body used here was from Combiner Wars Onslaught. Very few parts were brought over from the original Pyra-Magna.
Another bot, who was 100% complete and unbroken was sacrificed for the Cause: Animated Leader Megatron.
Countless of other parts came from my bin of parts. The keen-eyed may spot a few.
As for painting, I'm still just an amateur using mostly Krylon spray cans. Expensive clear cans of Tamya were used for the metallic green and metallic red effects.
Yes, it's very asymmetrical. But it's my style and she too came from the Sea of Rust. So it count, right?
The blades can rotate without hitting each others.
At first, they were at their original Animated Megatron's size, but I shortened them to make sure that they are of the "right" size" so that indeed, they won't smash into each others when rotating.
The transformation sequence have many new bits so here's how to transform her:
Remove the weapons, including the shield:
Lift up the side-parts of the combiner's chest.
Lift up the green side-parts.
Unwrap the panels from the right foot, both the top and bottom ones. Unpeg the rotor-blades block.
Before, that block kept popping off completely. I inserted a pin in the problematic joint to fix that issue permanently. Also, note that it's the SMALL peg that was used for the copter mode.
Peg in the BIG peg into that hole. The block should fold into its proper position.
Fold the panels of the left foot like so:
Fold and rotate these big red panels so that it's in position like on the left leg:
Rotate the torso 180°.
Put the arms into position:
Rotate the backpack 180°, move the arms panels upward, open the chest plate and take the head out.
AND HERE WE HAVE PANDORA IN HER ROBOT MODE!
I did just a slight mod so that she can now have the guns on her arms while holding her swords. The shield part cannot be used by her in bot mode. Also, the clear green bits were modified since that picture. See above.
A minion can use the shield as a skateboard by pointing up the black peg inside of it into her foot.
ONWARD TO THE TORSO MODE:
Rotate the arms at the shoulders 90° so the combiner ports are facing forward. Rotate the backpack, who is now the chestplate, 180° and unfold the rotorblades block from the combiner head.
This is how everyone transform their bruticus wrong. Why the arms are rotated so the combiner ports are facing you is to allow these pegs from the chest plate to peg into these slots right here:
Place the arms around like this, rotate the head forward, and place the crotch plate.
Prep the combiner limbs as usual, except that you now have to plus in the huns on the legs, and the rotorblades-swords on the arms like this:
It is very important that the legs are placed this way, meaning as it was for the robot mode.
Place the thighs skirts like so, as it is shown for the left thigh of the combiner:
To complete the look, place the arms of the Pandora bot upward, then attach the limbs, and peg in the side-chest panels onto the shoulders to secure the arms.
AND THERE WE GO, COMBINED MODE!!
Pandora is BIG.
The shield peg in on the side of her hand like so:
HERE IS VICTOPTER, ARMED UP, IN ALL HER GLORY! The shield is VERY heavy so Victopter have a hard time holding it up. And typical of all Combiner Wars bot, it's pretty difficult for her to stand up without ragdolling down.
Note that none of the single copter limb are modded in any way. Only the hands, feet, and weapons of the big combiner have been sprayed shiny silver.
Albatron have long and sexy legs and she TOWER over the original Victorion!
Ideally, I'd show a picture of her next to the relatively unmodified land team, but Defensor will have to do:
Well, that was the most difficult and long project I've done in a while. I'm very proud of the results and I hope you guys enjoyed!
In a week or so I will post a series of photos showing when she was at the near final stage, where she just need a few mods before being painted. Stay tuned! Especially if you are curious to discover what parts I used more clearly.
But forget those, these pictures are lost forever.
So, what do you think?
And if you remember my original version from way back in 2017, did you enjoy the new features?
