Figures Grunt by Meandnooneelse

Grunt was one of the first Joes I ever owned, possibly THE first... I can't remember. He was iconic for me not only in that way, but the fact that his card artwork became the symbol for GI Joe for a while. I even had a sleeping bag with his picture on it. I was disappointed in the figure Hasbro made for him in the Senior Ranking Officers pack, so I made my own.






Here is a side-by-side pic with a sleeping bag like the one I grew up with:





I have two different sets of lower legs for him. One is similar to the original figure's boots and one is a set of jungle boots, which I actually like better for him.





Yes, the knife is removable, a trick I learned to from Spin Doctor's Grunt custom.





His head is the dark haired Joe Trooper from the TRU Firefly Battlepack with repainted hair and eyebrows. I chose this head because it reminds me of the original figure... which looks like Fred Dryer and NOTHING like Grunt's longer blonde-haired comic book appearance.





I also had to move the grenade up on his webgear to not get in the way of his M-16. Although the camera flash makes them look different, the brown paint on the figure nearly matches his webgear.

Great likeness.

Pure win! I LOVE this! He looks awesome and so much like the original artwork! Great job!

Great usable custom with uncanny likeness to the original.
Superb

The only man to record two safeties in one game! Wait, he was Hunter?!?!?!?!

Very nicely done!

Fred Dryer? I always thought Grunt looked more like Michael Ironside. Great figure.

Awesome work, that pose is perfect

When I look at the original Grunt now he reminds me of Hugo Weaving (agent Smith from the Matrix). Your version of Grunt I would gladly buy, excellent take on him.

perfection. really enjoy that knife trick.