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10-22-2012, 03:44 AM
takedown
80's Civil Air Patrol Cdt
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Wichita, The Air Capital of the World
Posts: 678
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Loose Cannon
Quite interesting. I would love to see more of the custom characters you have. Not to mention all the unmade joes you have in the line up. You must be using someone for these. (Renaming or customs?)
I'm guessing the rank changes have to do with your preferences for the characters. I see you are a Duke as an Officer fan. (So am I.) All in all a good layout. But I would love to see the customs for many of these characters. I have a lot of these same characters included in my joeverse, many are cutoms. I would love to know the recipes for these guys:
Loose Cannon, Since I dont have "jets" in my joe-verse. I sortof repurposed Slipstream as leader of a Special Tactics/Polejumpers team. Since he was in Civil Air Patrol during his teenage years (late 60's maybe). During his time in C.A.P. he would have practiced and possibly performed Search & Rescue "missions", gotten his First Aid & FCC credentials, gotten acquainted with the radios and the Emergency beacon Frequency of 121.5. Slipstream learned the ground support SAR like I did in my Squadron/Flight and then I suspect he started learning how to fly a single engine cessna and start to assist in the SAR Air Operations.
Even tho they dont come out and say it, I kinda think Doug Masters from Iron Eagles was in Civil Air Patrol too. Around 1994, everyone started asking me the frequency, since my name is Kenneth. I would reply 121.5 what's your emergency and their jaws would drop.
My rank "tweaking" is never-ending. Most of the ranks, I based them on from the roles of what they did on the cartoon or comic book. Like Scarlett, seemed to be the original Warrant Officer of the group as XO, Stalker seemed like Top Sergeant, Hawk getting a promotion to a desk position, with Duke's arrival as the incoming CO. With this being a Special Missions Force all Joes are in the Field, so Doc is a Medic. Gauging Joes like Covergirl, Recondo, Gung-Ho, Roadblock and Lady Jaye is a little tough sometimes, but they feel like higher NCO's E-6 to about E-8. Basically, it's how many times did "character A" bark commands at "character B" or the group. Also, at the time, unlike today, the 80's, most "Special Ops & Special Forces" type stuff was later in an armed services career. So they acquired rank and age, since most of the voices seemed late 20's to early 40's.
It feels like a never ending job because I moved Bullhorn to headquarters/command Communications. Moved Raven to Steel Brigade, and re-activated Barrel Roll to Sky Patrol and moved Sparks to DC Command. Also, thinking of giving Covergirl, the Fire Team instead of SnowJob.
I only renamed & used head swaps on my Joe's since I dont have very good customization skills. A few of these I cant remember the recipe for these Joes, but here I go.
-Colonel Joseph Colton, (Rock'n roll darker camo with Duke's head with beard, until Retaliation figure comes out).
-SFC Friday (Zarana in Disguise) (I think it's a Jack Sparrow figure without the armor stuff to her outfit)
-Sgt Sparks.
-Major Santa, MH-6 Pilot from 160th SOARS (ROC re-active armor Shipwreck's body with POC Snowjob's head)
-LT Nightingale, US Navy, UH-60 Pilot (Pilot Scarlett)
-Major Cactus, Tiger Rat Pilot USMC (John Wayne in "Flying Leathernecks") I AM SO STEALING THIS ONE! (25th Comic Red Star)
-Lt Stone, Dragon Hawk pilot (Major Bludd's body with head of red Beret Sgt Stone).
-WO MayDay, RHINO Helo Pilot (ROC Reactive Armor Scarlett)
-WO Mirage, Marine Gunner, Ghost Hawk, Water Skimmer pilot (POC Jungle Duke )
-SSgt Bulletproof, Jack Hammer Driver (Reactive Armor Ripcord with Arctic Doc's head)
-SSgt Dodger, RHINO Driver (Retaliation Joe Trooper with head of ROC Sharc pilot)
-SSgt Tollbooth, R.O.C.C. Driver (ROC Bench Press with head of ROC Speed Metal's head with cap)
-Sgt Salvo, (POC Recondo without vest)
-Sgt Skidmark, (Retaliation Joe Trooper with his own head)
-PO2 Rampart, (??? body with POC Dusty's alternate head)
-Sgt Hardball, Weapons *VAMP1500 (ROC Repeater)
This whole team:
A-02 "Sky Patrol" Airborne & Air Assault
*Capt Slipstream, CO *VAMP 1500 (POC Tomahawk)
-WO Sky Dive, XO (body ROC Wild Bill with head ROC Footloose)
-SMaj Altitude, Ops Sgt (Renegades Tunnelrat)
*TSgt Pathfinder, 10th Weather (POC Beachhead with Cobra Flint's head with goggles)
*MSgt Raven, Phoenix Raven Security USAF Team (ROC Covergirl with head of ROC Baroness minus sunglasses
-SFC Drop Zone, Weapons (Marauders Lt Falcon)
*TSgt Rip Cord, Special Tactics Team (25th Freefall/ripcord combo from Cobra Island with red hair trooper set)
-SSgt Static Line, Combat Engineer *VAMP 1500 (Renegades Ripcord)
*SSgt Bombstrike, Combat Controller (ROC Dialtone)
-SFC Airwave, RTO (POC Kickstart)
*TSgt Stretcher, Polejumper (ROC Beachhead with head of ROC Ripcord)
-Sgt Rigger, Medic (Resolute Arctic Duke)
*Capt Psyche Out, CO *VAMP1500 (POC Rocket Launcher Duke)
*MSgt Bullhorn, Ops (Resolute Beachhead body but the dark haired 25 trooper pack)
-SSgt Jinx, Intel & Asst Ops (Helix with black hair)
*Sgt Barricade, EOD (ROC Police MP Trooper)
-SSgt Long Range, Weapons & Vehicle *VAMP1500 (POC Double Clutch, with beard shaved off to have a goatee)
1LT Rapid Fire, Platoon Leader (ROC Sgt Stone black beret)
SSgt Sneak Peek, Forward Observer (POC General Hawk)
Sgt Spearhead, Guidon Bearer (ROC tan camo without the jacket Duke, with a sling of bullets from spare Rock'n roll)
the rest of 1st Platoon
2nd Squad: "Ghost Squad" (These Joes died in the comic book)
*SFC Kate, (Shooter in Declassified, figure used Marvel Storm shaved off the mohawk with an exacto-knife and hair filled in with marker).
*SSgt Kwinn, (Maurauder Spirit with vest of [POC TRU Spirit] gave webbing to Spirit)
-Cpl Blocker,
-Spec Coolbreeze, (POC Stalker)
-Spec Mangler,
3rd Squad: "Night Force"
*SFC Outback, (7 pack Cobra Island set Outback)
-SSgt Repeater, (TRU 5 pack ROC Footloose with MP Zartan head)
-Sgt Muskrat, (Walmart ROC Gung Ho with MP Zartan head with boonie hat)
-Cpl Shockwave, (POC Walmart Shockwave)
-Spc Lightfoot, (POC Dusty)
*SSgt Ambush, (Rebel Star wars trooper with camo coat with Obiwan's head)
-Sgt Recoil, (TRU 5 pack ROC Law with goggles, boonie hat and Outback's vest gear)
-Cpl Hit n Run, (7 Pack Cobra Island set Hit n Run)
-Cpl Crazy Legs, (7 pack cobra island set Crazy legs)
Weapons Squad "Screamin Eagles"
*SFC Savage (ROC Hawk, t-shirt and beret version)
-Sgt D-Day
-Cpl Headbanger,
-Cpl Grill,
-Cpl Tank (Renegades Duke)
*SSgt Rock (Retaliation Roadblock)
-Sgt Mouse (Retaliation Mouse)
-Cpl Dynamite, (MP Zartan green camo with Destro's ancestor head)
-Cpl Quickstyke, (Renegades Stalker)
Some other customs I did:
-Ozone (ROC Barbecue with BenchPress head)
-Buffalo Wing (25th Blowtorch with darker skin trooper head)
-Alpine (25th Arctic Snake Eyes with ROC Ripcord goggles and brown cap)
-Torpedo (ROC Rollbar)
-Wetsuit (ROC Cobra Aquatic Officer)
-Starduster (Tiger Force Duke body, with Silent Master Comic pack head with black hair colored in with marker)
The MAS-X vehicles:
Thunder Hawk (Ghost Hawk Mk II)
Tiger Rat
Jack Hammer (Cobra Steel Crusher)
R.O.C.C.
R.H.I.N.O.
Dragon Hawk
Water Skimmers (Sky Hawk and/or Ghost Hawk 25th & POC)
Still not sure about the Ice Dagger and the Snowcat.
A Guidon Bearer: in marching and formation he is the one who carries the unit's banner/flag and in the cadence count, he's always right.
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Cobra's got the Delta Station,
They're plantin' cubes throughout creation.
If we don't start RETALIATION,
We're sunk and that's no bunk.
-Roadblock, in Pyramid of Darkness miniseries.
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