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09-30-2014, 11:48 PM
IC3 VIP3R
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Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 562
Hello all!
I joined back in February and been lurking a bit till recently (wondering what trouble I was getting myself into).
I'm an old fart who grew up with the 12" G.I. Joe's and that was it for quite a long time. Then while I was in College I picked up an ARAH Snow Serpent because I thought he looked pretty cool. He sat on my desk or bookshelf for a few years and disappeared into some dark abyss. There was another long hiatus until I saw some G I Joe's on a friends desk at work this past winter and started to get the itch. Frankly, I thought Hasbro wasn't making them any more and was quite surprised to see them.
Following in my earlier footsteps I picked up a ROC Snow Serpent to replace the one that disappeared so many years ago. Then I saw the ROC Ice Viper and picked up a couple of those too.
I started looking online at images of the vehicles and saw the H.I.S.S. Mk. V and decided I had to have one....and customize it! Then I got a few more H.I.S.S. tanks and painted them too. Well, a tank platoon needs some infantry support, right?
Yeah, I was hooked after that.
I have been army building since then. My largest force consists of Neo-Vipers. I wasn't planning on building an army of these guys because they looked a bit odd, but the online store prices were impossible to ignore - they were almost giving them away at the time. Well...these little guys do start to grow on you after a while. They are supported by Cobra Viper Commandos and a few other small Cobra units.
My second largest army is my arctic force - composed primarily ROC Snow Serpents and ROC Ice Vipers. I have always been fascinated with arctic combat and this army is my pride and joy.
These two armies are supported by a small unit of Naval Neo-Vipers, Cobra Viper Commandos and EELs.
My vehicle collection currently consists of two (now black) Retaliation HISS tanks, a converted Crimson HISS (now black w/Retaliation HISS tracks), a second Crimson HISS in the the process of the same treatment. A Captain America Goliath (now a HISS Wheeled Armored Support Platform), two Ice Cutters and a Tread Ripper converted into a black HISS Scout.
Future projects:
Two Ninja Combat Cruisers and one VAMP Mk II that will be converted into variations of Stinger Mk IIs.
Iron Man Iron Strike ATV that will be converted into a Super Stinger/Rattler.
Another Tread Ripper that will either be a second HISS Scout or an Arctic HISS Scout.
Brown HISS V and another Retaliation HISS that will become Arctic variants.
Iron Man Firestrike - was originally going to convert into a Fire Bat, but I decided it will be a submarine instead.
Stark Assault Armor (CA variant) that will be converted into SNAKE/Serpent Armor.
So much to do.....
Great forum you have here - it was pictures I found here of converted HISS tanks that really inspired me to develop this as a hobby.
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