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GI Joe T13 by HissHissFangFang
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10-12-2018, 01:18 AM
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A few quick responses to my man JLW:
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jlw515
You stated, "The Pit and TOC have many more characters, but the HHFF series will focus on these guys." I'm not sure what this means. Are you talking about some kind of dio-story (photonovel) series? [side note, I think it's interesting Star Wars fans call these "photonovels," while GI Joe fans call them "dio-stories."] If so, I definitely need to check these out!
Honestly, no dio-story or photo-novel planned. This is just an intense pitch and character//story bible for a reboot of the line as a toy line (first wave) and accompanying tv-show//cartoon//comic, my my top 13 choice of characters.
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Lady Jaye:
First hats off on painting that Lady Jaye head! I got so frustrated trying to paint those eyes, that I took out my Dremel and reenacted a scene from "Faceoff." Second, I like that you swapped out the forearms. Besides the added wrist articulation, the forearms look a little beefier than the 25th arms.
The eyes were painted long ago, don't remember how I got those done. Likely a lot of scratching off excess with each app. The hat got in the way, but also helps to hide issues. For the body, last week I did a final assessment of 50th vs 25th parts, and the only 50th parts vastly superior were those lower arms and hands--mostly because the 25th hands didn't hold her weapon securely.
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Hawk:
So, 1. what head sculpt is that?! You've just about got me convinced to paint my Hawk's hair white - that looks so BA! 2. I see you swapped out the forearms. Are they from Gung-Ho or Kwinn? They look much better than the Pit Trooper arms.
Head is Renegades Duke, chin sanded down, hair cropped at top and sides, all repainted--most importantly the eyes. Similar to what I did for 25th Comic O13 Hawk
http://www.hisstank.com/forum/g-i-jo...sfangfang.html
but this T13 was actually done first. Lower arms from Retaliation B.Willis Joe. Bought a few at clearance price back in the day for just for the lower arms and hinged wrists.
There is one more subtle but important mod done to the figure that completes the intended look. Can anyone spot it?
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jlw515
Flint:
My favorite Joe! I love this custom. Matter of fact, I've got one finished very similar to this that I haven't posted yet - again, we are on the same page with so many Joe characters. The ribbed shirt reminds me of Renegades Flint. And that harness is super cool. So, 1. how did you make the harness, and 2. Is that a POC Stalker figure or did you custom paint the camo pants?
Harness is from...Copperhead! No mod, paint it black. No gun holster to keep him streamlined (and easy). POC Stalker used with black light wash unwiped for the pants. I don't like my camo painting skills--I may be too precise in nature to get patterns I like.
You need to get your Final Flint up in the next month, so I can steal it for my loaded up version!
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jlw515
Duke:
I like what you did with the subtle changes to the hair. This helps distinguish Duke from Hawk (something lacking in both the comics and the original MASS Device mini-series - come one! Duke's face looks like Hawk from the Marvel cartoon commercials!).
Distinguishing Hawk and Duke heads was paramount if both were to be in my T13, and without having to go 86 style on Hawk. Back when I was drawing, Hawk sported the flat top ala Herb Trimpe and Duke got the more rounded and tight crew cut ala Russ Heath. The Duke hair crop on the figure was actually only done just recently (some pics here still have the hair unmodded if you go back).
Again, thanks for the comments. And if you (or anyone else) plan on going to Assembly Required up der in Iowa, and want more details, just let me know.
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