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03-19-2009, 11:14 PM | #1 |
Cold Slither's Roadie
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Hi 'Tankers,
I was just curious about what tweaks you've done to your figures to make them perfect. When I say tweaks, I mean simple part swaps, no major modding or painting. Some examples that I've done: Used 5-pack Hawk's Helmet on Wave 9 Hawk. ( I like the darker shade on Hawk, but hated the helmet he came with) Swapped "Best of The 80's" Cobra Commander's head on the recent 5-pack CC's Body. - With that chrome head, he became my default Cobra Commander in my display, but I didn't want to display him with the glider, nor did I want to cut the gear off of him. Luckily 5-pack CC's body is just about the same. Added the Cobra Shroud/cape, snake harness, and accessories from DVD pack Serpentor to Air chariot Serpentor. Gave Tomax and Xamot their classic guns; the green ones suck So tweaks have you done?
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03-19-2009, 11:29 PM | #2 |
EMPEROR, DARTH NAJA
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The best tweak for me, giving cobra figures viper's boots. They make the best appearance!!! Kind of a true general trooper look
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03-19-2009, 11:36 PM | #3 |
Karaoke Force
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Comic pack Duke body (Red Star pack) + Grand Slam head + Grunt webgear + Gung Ho backpack= Perfect Grunt (to me at least)
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03-19-2009, 11:45 PM | #4 |
Cold Slither's Roadie
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I know I'll need at least three 7-pack Zaps for the webgear. So Breaker, and Short-Fuze will be perfect!
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03-20-2009, 01:46 AM | #5 |
Cult of the No-Ring
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Comic pack Hawk's head, on single card Hawk. Matched up the skin tones, repainted the hair, and weathered the jacket. Also replaced that rediculously oversized pistol.
Wave 9 Hawk head, TF Duke gear, and Marauder M1911 on O face Duke, and repainted the whole thing in realistic colors. Scale holsters, and Marauder's Peacemakers on Wild Bill. Chrome Monokote trim strip face plates on my BAT and Viper. |
03-20-2009, 01:57 AM | #6 |
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I gave that resolute duke head to Serpentor.
Now he looks perfect. |
03-20-2009, 02:15 AM | #7 |
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03-20-2009, 02:15 AM | #8 |
So much drama 'n the LBCs
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Fixed Duke's arms:
Fixed Dusty's headgear by cutting off "Shredder" Training Storm Shadow's cloth from his helmet, and glued it on after removing the brown cloth from Dusty's helmet: My DVD Bludd's head was terrible... The eyes were barely painted, and the eye patch had no strap over his eye. I fixed Major Bludd by putting single-carded Bludd's head on him with the DVD pack's helmet, with the teeth painted white (I added hair too, but wasn't necessary), and I cut the dog tags and glued them under the collar: Last edited by Mandingo Rex; 03-20-2009 at 02:18 AM.. |
03-20-2009, 02:19 AM | #9 |
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Also I stuck Wave 1 Snake Eye's head (w/ his cool visor) on the original charcoal gray 5 pack Snake Eye's (w/ fixed crotch) body and then I gave him Parka Snake Eye's sword and uzi. That is my default commando Snake Eyes now and the all black new 5 pack Snake Eyes is my default ninja Snake Eyes. |
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03-20-2009, 02:20 AM | #10 |
So much drama 'n the LBCs
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I know you mentioned no painting, just parts swapping, but all I had to do was add a little paint to a few figures, and I had the perfect versions of them. Bazooka, Alpine, Quick Kick, and Zartan all had hip sockets that were unpainted... I simply painted them to match their pants' coloring, and improved them drastically.
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