I present to you a figure that has been in the works for quite some time. As a kid, I loved Power Rangers and the coolest figure you could own was the Deluxe Megazord. Sadly, it is the epitamy of a plastic brick with only 6 POA. I've always wanted to articulate one, but they are too expensive and there is no way I'm ever cutting up mine. Years pass. In 2010, Bandai decides to create all new molds of the original Power Rangers and releases a new deluxe megazord. I buy it, cut it up, and paint it.....over a 6 month period. The base figure has 8 POA (being lenient) my improved version has 21 POA. Yeah, cool, right? Here's a breakdown: T-Rex: Basecoated black Drybrushed with Games Workshop Codex Grey, Chainmail Silver, Chaos Black, Blood Red, and Enchanted Blue Megazord head put on ball joint Crotch dremeled out and replaced with one from a Lego Knights Kingdom figure. Ratchet joints embedded in hips allow forward, backward, and outward motion. Mammoth: Some parts base coated black Drybrushed with Chaos Black, Codex Grey, and Chainmail Silver Sliding mechanism added to shoulders allowing an "in and out" motion Shoulders put on balljoints Arms from Transformers Cybertron Defense Red Alert were used to allow bicep rotation, elbow movement, and the hands were used for a 360 degree rotation. Triceratops: Basecoated black Drybrushed Midnight Blue, Enchanted Blue, Blood Red, and Chainmail Silver Head put on ball joint Sabertooth Tiger: Basecoated black Drybrushed with Codex Grey, Chainmail Silver, Chaos Black, Golden Yellow, and Sunburst Yellow Head put on ball joint Front legs cut off-grafted on a set from a Voltron lion. Adds 4 POA total Pteradactyl: Basecoated black Drybrushed Chaos Black, Codex Grey, Blood Red Well, that's it guys. Remember that this isn't just one custom, it's 5-in-1. Not only did I have to consider how it looked as a Megazord, but I had to factor in the transformation to five seperate figures as well. Oh, and the base was cut up from a Bakugan board. Basecoated black, sprayed with Krylon Fusion Metallic Silver, and the black details were Games Workshop Chaos Black.
WICKED !!! Well done mate !! If you could make the timeforce megazord articulate ... you would be my hero. Up to this day, the timeforce megazord remains my favourite of all time ! Seriously, how the planes are able to form to DISTINCT robots with two different colour schemes.... is pure imaginative genius !!!
That;'s really nice! The only downside is with that heavy weathering, the stickered detail looks way too clean.
wow this is awesome but im kinda puzzled at that picture of ur custom and the stock figure.. is the new ones smaller or something?
Yup same here. Is it smaller? Anyway, I have the KO of the original and was planning to do this as well. Great job bro. At least I have a reference now
Megazord + articulation = Very nice work! I wish Bandai's re-release was something more like this - instead we just get a shiny new brick (which I still love, though). I also like the weathering you've done, though there are a few parts that stick out because of the lack of it.
Great custom there, but on a side note, am I the only one to think the original mold was better than the new one?
The original mold was bigger and had a couple details better, but I like the proportions of the 2010 remake a lot more.
Megazord + Articulation = epic. I've been wanting to do something like this since I got back into Power Rangers (Although I'll be using the originals because of Dragonzord). Will you be adding rolling wheels to the undersides of Sabertooth Tiger and Triceratops, and making their cannons barrels able to rotate? What about Mastodon's trunk? The one thing that bugs me is the weathering. Megazord only looks like that after coming off worse in a fight.
