Heavy Weight Problems

[Primoscustoms]

So I started work on my damn Computron but the mother keeps tipping over.

This is my first Unicron type custom so how do I weight this boy down?
heres some shitty shots.

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[frenzyrumble]

one word answer : Heels

the fronts of the feet will prevent him from toppling forward. Seeing you got some shoes on there, throw some extensions out the back, and he won't topple backwards.

[BigHank]

I thought this thread was gonna be about my gut! :o

I agree with F_R, if he's toppling backwards, extend the heels. If he's simply "folding over" you may need to address the joint tightness on the offending section, hip/thigh joints are a weak spot on heavy figures.:cool:

[frenzyrumble]

yeah, the unicron joints are tough. Sometimes it's important to keep in mind a "center balance" when building a combiner. You can cheat too; adding weights or something inside certain hollow parts might help.

[BigHank]

yeah, the unicron joints are tough. Sometimes it's important to keep in mind a "center balance" when building a combiner. You can cheat too; adding weights or something inside certain hollow parts might help.

Excellent point, I remember building battle mech models, which are painfully top heavy. I picked up a trick of adding plaster into the hollows of the legs feet. Maybe fishing weights can be used for TFs. They come in all kinds of sizes/weights and are lead, which has a great density to size ratio.

[frenzyrumble]

one of the biggest hurdles I hit when building combiners is the strength of the joints. It was a pain to build a "perfect" shoulder but then attach the limb to it and watch the weight of that arm slump the arm pointing downwards.

[Primoscustoms]

Thanks guys, glad this place is here now! Thanks for your input, I'm almost ready to start it all over. But heels and added wieght to the legs maybe the trick I need!

[frenzyrumble]

stability is a very important factor when building customs, especially combiners. Having them super poseable, but still looking good is a hard feat - but also possible.

[RyanUybengkee]

i would have to agree with F_R too. Add heels. try to notice some regular voyager tfs, they have heels. If smaller figs have it, why not a kick ass combiner.
i also think that feet and joints are the challenging parts of making a combiner. Especially if you want articulate ankles! daymn it took me a week to solve my defensor problem with that....but a simple wedging did the trick. ;-)

trying to put some weight (to cheat on balancing issues too) can help. i added a lot of metal on my combiner's core to have him a "center".

[payton34]

Have you checked into possibly using the feet from the FansProject Superion kit?