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sisco
04-22-2009, 04:37 PM
UPDATED PHOTOS ON PAGE 2.


Had an extra Duke so decided to give it a shot.

Dial-Tone is a comic pack Duke body with comic pack Storm Shadow knees, a True Heroes head and tons of new pouches and accessories added on. The True Heroes figure came with the Toys R Us attack boat. I xacto knifed the head and dremeled it out to fit Joe bodies. Most of the pounches and the knife came from the True heroes figures. Most of the True Heroes pouches are soft plastic attached to the figures so they were easily cut off and attached to other figs. The strap was from my fodder bin not sure what figure it came from. The grenades came from a Toys R Us Elite Forces weapons pack. The pants pouch is from a Batman utility belt. The backpack is a power team elite pack with a peg attached to it so it can be attached to Joe back pegholes. Still got a lot of work to do on it but here it is so far.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v490/sisco777/dialtone1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v490/sisco777/dialtone2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v490/sisco777/dialtone3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v490/sisco777/dialtone4.jpg
The Conflict
04-22-2009, 04:38 PM
looks good,nice work
Warrant Officer Flint
04-22-2009, 04:39 PM
Cool, the one thing I don't like a lot is the head, it looks kinda goofy (not the beret), I'm not sure what it is but otherwise great!
optimusred6
04-22-2009, 04:45 PM
not bad
ninjapleazee
04-22-2009, 05:26 PM
flints head > all
babyjelly
04-22-2009, 05:42 PM
Really like that! Brilliant!
COL Abernathy
04-22-2009, 05:43 PM
I like it!
One piece of constructive criticism: the silver is not working. Try mixing that silver paint in with flat black or dark grey to give it a more realistic metal look. Otherwise, this is a very nice WIP and I'd like to see it finished!
Fierce Krypton
04-22-2009, 10:56 PM
wow that is looking great... I have done a lot of head swapping from other toy lines and my only suggestion would be... cut off the neck portion that is attached to his head, so in other words trace his chin with your xacto and then cut right below his hair... it ends up looking a lot better, Hasbro does that of all things correctly.
UMAN
04-22-2009, 11:05 PM
Dude, don't you know Dial-Tone is a chick? C'mon.

No really, nice work on it though.
kingsurlycrab
04-22-2009, 11:10 PM
i thought dial-tone was a girl...?

(i couldn't resist... surprised no one beat me to it actually.)


EDIT: dude, umanumanamo.... that's what happens when i open multiple tabs and don't refresh...
UMAN
04-22-2009, 11:11 PM
i thought dial-tone was a girl...?

(i couldn't resist... surprised no one beat me to it actually.)

Check post #9... whammy...
xFlintx
04-22-2009, 11:23 PM
Looks good, I would aquire the vintage pack (which was my favorite part of Dial-Tone anyhow) and your good.
sisco
04-23-2009, 12:38 AM
Ok took a lot of advice. Thanks everyone.

I re-xacto'd the head and dremeled it to sit a little better. Blackwashed the metal parts and touched up some paint here and there. Until I can track down a vintage Dialtone I'm making do with this radio pack.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v490/sisco777/dialtone5.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v490/sisco777/dialtone6.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v490/sisco777/dialtone7.jpg
darkshadow
04-23-2009, 04:11 AM
looks pretty good.