Best Glue for Making a motorized kit poseable?

[ShadoWolfozo]

I've used Hotglue, Hard as Nails and small amounts of superglue (three seperate times) but the Shield Liger that I've modded or use with bionicle pieces to make him posable keeps falling apart and I'm out of ideas.

I'm getting a command wolf LC soon and will be custom painting him in the future. I want to make him posey but I'm afraid I'll also stuff him up same as Shieldy, so I am asking;

What's the best type of glue to use to hold zoid and bionicle pieces together when making motorized kits (Hasbro / NJR / NAR / etc.) poseable via bionicle joints?

And secondly, what's the best method to make a zoid (Specifically Command Wolf) posable via bionicle parts?

Thanks in advance
-Shad

[Maethius]

The glue I've had the most success with is Loc-Tite Stik/n/Seal. It's strong, semi-flexible, and bonds to virtually everything. The downside is it has a terrible odor, a harmful vapor, it "strings" everywhere (hard to use cleanly) and has a fairly long drying time. Don't believe the label... let parts sit overnight before you mess with them!

As for the best method to use Bionicle joints, it depends on where you are jointing it. Those are medium sized joints and the CW is a small/med kit, so I would use the joints at the neck, tail, shoulders, and hips... if you go for a flexy-torso (requires cracking open the motor box, gutting it, cutting it in half, making some midline pieces and mounting the joints to them) you could put a joint between the "ribs" and hips. The closest kit to a fully posed CW I've done was my Siobhan lioness custom out of a Gul Tiger, here

No easy answer to that question, I'm afraid.

[ShadoWolfozo]

Alright, thanks Maethius, I'll keep that in mind.

I might see if I can find the rest of my zoid-parts stash and make a fully new custom one, similar to how you just completely remodel the whole thing and turn it into something that no longer resembles the command wolf.
That said I'm still kinda... scared of cutting him up (brand new damn thing too) and then messing it up or finding I don't like it.

D: I guess that goes for all zoid customizers.

[wolves]

Maethius your Gul custom is stunning. Hadn't seen that before, wow :0

[Maethius]

Thanks! It was made as a gift to my wife... Shevon. Of course, her name in Gaelic is "Siobhan"

[wolves]

Very sweet! My best friend's middle name is Siobhan! Wait this dino in your sig and avatar....is this the secret project?!

[Maethius]

Ta-DAH!

Yep, this is the one I've been working on for a year. I could only put in a few hours every week or two and there are still things I would like to add, but I'm very happy with it.

[wolves]

OMGOSH. I don't know why I hadn't seen it before! I love his/her design! Beefy but not steroid level! Have you released pics of the actual model?

[Maethius]

I have a SITE for the actual model: Age of War - Eradicator[/url