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06-30-2015, 08:57 PM | #1 |
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Day 31:
Catalogs courtesy of DanoftheDead! Main Catalog Mail Away Catalog Final Thoughts and Pics As a bonus, Lifeline_MD has once again contributed his time and writing talents and created a short story set in the Resurgence universe. You can read part 1 here: http://www.hisstank.com/forum/g-i-jo...ml#post4860126 Final Thoughts Well, we have reached the end of this second chapter of our Resurgence saga. We hope everybody found something that they enjoyed in this latest outing. We had a lead time of close to a year, which greatly helped up flesh out the storyline and the ideas behind it. Part 1 was brainstormed in December of 2013, and grew to a monster by the time we unveiled it in July 2014. We had no intention of making it as large as it was, but it kept snowballing into something bigger. With part 2, the extra 6 months was very helpful. With as much lead time, we wanted to avoid burning out, so we all worked on side projects. We have found that this keeps us interested and coming back with a fresh perspective. In many ways, Part II was very similar to part I. We structured our project around a mock product line complete with filecards, catalogs and packaging, we emphasized new characters over older ones and we tried to keep GI Joe colorful, fun and a bit cheesy like the original toy line. However, we also wanted to grow as customizers, push the project to be better and more complete as well as create a stronger supporting Resurgence fictional universe. We spent more time developing the storyline to accompany our customs. This was told using the various texts and blurbs and of course the filecards that were lovingly crafted by Raptor and GITrekker. Without them, our figures would not have become fully realized characters. They breathed the spark of life into our customs and this is just as important as choosing parts or colors for a custom. Thanks guys, this project is not possible without you. Sam raised the bar for his packaging mock-ups once again. He managed to inject the box fronts with a sense of action and adventure, color and texture as well as a modern take on nostalgia and he did it for every one of our main line figures and vehicles. Every. Single. One. Thank you Sam for enriching this project with your talent. A special thanks goes out to our "guest stars" Ozzie92, JoeMichaels70 and Keep It Clean Customs for creating some awesome pieces as well as DanoftheDead for crafting the fantastic catalogs. Finally, thanks to all those who followed us on these boards or Facebook. Whether you checked us out everyday, peeked in once in a while, left feedback or not, we truly appreciate the fact that you took the time to do so. We grow and learn as customizers thanks to feedback and support. Thank you. All in all, projects like these make us feel like we are playing GI Joes as grown men. We get got to make them, come up with a story for them, with help from Raptor and Trekker, and then have an epic battle at the end. See you guys next year for part 3. Bucky, Dusty79 and Oreobuilder - the gang at PHX Customs Thanks for the Rescue Purple is awesome (Left to right: Techno-BAT, Bonesaw, Pyro -Viper from Resurgence I) Old vs New West Heading home after the battle... Last edited by PHX Customs; 07-31-2015 at 06:48 AM.. |
06-30-2015, 08:58 PM | #2 |
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Resurgence II - Introduction
GI Joe: Resurgence ''Following the disastrous events of Operation Waterfront where several Joes were taken prisoner by Cobra, General Hawk has tasked Chuckles to put together a team to locate and rescue his men. Meanwhile, a new group of GI Joe recruits are tasked with finding out what Cobra’s new plan is. Little do they know that both missions will lead them to Gold Springs, a nice little town in the desert…'' GI Joe: Resurgence II brings back famous GI Joe members from all eras and introduces many new faces to the team. It also marks the debut of an all-new type of Cobra army, one that is bent on World domination! Collect them all and create your own battles.'' When Bucky, Dusty79, GITrekker and Oreobuilder started revealing our project called GI Joe: Resurgence in July of 2014, we wanted to do something as different as possible. We wanted to capture the lighting in a bottle that the original line had, with unique looking characters, a fun storyline and different personalities for each of them. The idea was to mimic an 80's toy line release, with multiple specialties and new figures. The response was overwhelmingly positive, so we decided to do it all again. This time, we are building from what we did in: GI Joe: Resurgence (Part 1): Oreobuilder's Blog: July 2014 Operation Waterfront: Oreobuilder's Blog: Operation Waterfront - A Resurgence Storybook - Part 1 Our storyline picks up after these events. We approached part II with the following goals: - To create new characters - Expand the role of a few key characters from part 1 - To bring back some old favorites - Keep a GI Joe style military feel with some sci-fi/fantasy elements - Create a variety of cool vehicles - Recreate a strong sense of nostalgia by structuring our creations and project as if they were an actual product line. For part II, Sam Panico is back to create all the packaging for our mock toy line. Raptor has joined GITrekker to write file cards for all our new recruits and breathe life into these characters. Keep It Clean Customs, JoeMichaels70 and Ozzie join us as ''special guest stars''. Resurgence II will start on July 1st and will reveal a new custom everyday for the whole month. We hope you guys enjoy this second chapter. Comments, critiques and questions are always welcome. We aim to capture the color, the personality, and the fun of the toy line that made us fans as children. This is our attempt at that. This is GI Joe:Resurgence - The PHX Customs gang Day 1: ''Following the disastrous events of Operation Waterfront where several Joes were taken prisoner by Cobra, General Hawk has tasked Chuckles to put together a team to find and rescue his men. Meanwhile, a new group of GI Joe recruits are tasked with finding out what Cobra’s new plan is. Little do they know that both missions will lead them to Gold Springs, a nice little town in the desert…'' Strongarm - Single carded figure Filecard by Thomas Wheeler (GI Trekker) From the desk of Bucky: Strong Arm: I wanted to do an updated Sgt. Slaughter that wasn't Sarge himself. My initial thought was to make the new Joe trainer a lean fighter type guy like the light heavyweights in MMA. After some discussion with the guys, I started a build that was a big guy. I wanted him to stand out, and if he's no bigger than all the other Joes, he'd get lost in the shuffle. I found some inspiration in Brock Lesnar, and the look is kind of based off Brock when he was sporting a flattop and a beard. I kept swapping parts around until I found a build that looked large and looked proportionate. I originally had Retaliation Roadblock arms on him. I could not get the elbow joints to not chip, and after many unsuccessful attempts, found a way around it by making it look as though he's wearing a workout shirt. Dusty79 provided me with the decal for the chest. I asked for "no pain no gain" and he sent me several different ones to choose from, and the muscle guy was my favorite. Hypnohustler recommended doing something to the upper body to break up the black when he saw the figure at Joecon. The red white and blue harness is a result of his advice. Parts used: Head-road pig Torso and lower arms-retaliation roadblock Upper arms-50th Destro Legs-retaliation roadblock Landmine & Sniffer - Single carded figure Filecard by Charles Cushman (Raptor) From the desk of Oreobuilder: A realistic explosives ordnance disposal specialist has been on my to-do list for a while now. Landmine finally came about when I bought a True Heroes vehicle at Toys R Us. The figures from that line aren’t great, but the head was well rendered and was useful for this project. I had the idea of including the dog after seeing an episode of NCIS that featured Marine EOD canines. Some of my favorite classic figures included animal partners, so it was a good opportunity to do the same here. Head: True Heroes Torso, arms: 25th Blowtorch Legs: 30th Hazard Viper Vest: PoC Skydive Last edited by PHX Customs; 07-02-2015 at 06:14 AM.. |
06-30-2015, 08:58 PM | #3 |
Cobra Viper
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Day 2:
''Cobra is back! ''Cobra Commander's plan to capture Duke has failed. GI Joe has rescued their first sergeant and destroyed Cobra's jungle fortress. Beaten, but not destroyed, Cobra has retreated to lick their wounds and plan their next move. To put his new plan into motion, Cobra Commander has recruited new agents and has unleashed them onto the battlefield!'' Kobura Kai - Single carded figure Filecard by Thomas Wheeler (G1Trekker) From the desk of Bucky: Kobura Kai: Early in the winter I was trying to think of some specialty type that Cobra didn't have. I couldn't think of much. While browsing my figures, I came across the samurai Destro that Joemichaels70 made for me during a contest a couple of years back. Cobra didn't have a samurai, so I contemplated ripping up the custom and making one. I didn't want too at first, but I could not resist doing it. Between the Budo base and the samurai parts from a marvel figure, it came together quickly. I chose the name as a reference to the 80's karate kid movies. Parts Used: Budo Torso and Arms Snake Eyes Legs Marvel Universe Helmet, and Feet New Sculpt Destro Head Last edited by PHX Customs; 07-03-2015 at 06:15 AM.. |
06-30-2015, 08:59 PM | #4 |
Cobra Viper
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Day 3:
''Cobra is back! ''Cobra Commander's plan to capture Duke has failed. GI Joe has rescued their first sergeant and destroyed Cobra's jungle fortress. Beaten, but not destroyed, Cobra has retreated to lick their wounds and plan their next move. To put his new plan into motion, Cobra Commander has recruited new agents and has unleashed them onto the battlefield!'' Vampyrebat w. Vector-Viper - Bravo class vehicle Cobra’s ominous aerial attacker! Twin front-mounted mini-guns will decimate any GI Joe foe! Features 6 missiles and opening armored canopy. Includes pilot VECTOR-VIPER. Filecard by Thomas Wheeler (GITrekker) From the desk of Dusty79: The latest HISS tank from Hasbro has been made into an airframe many times. I have seen VTOL craft, helicopters, and jets and it seems to work well in any aircraft setup. I really wanted to make my own version and make it a formidable attack jet. I had an Avengers Quinjet that I took the wings and tail from and fused them onto the HISS tank base. An old Conquest provided the landing gear and then I added some bits and pieces for weapons and tech detail. I thought it looked like a vampire bat with the nose guns being fangs, so the name came from trying to blend the Firebat name into vampire bat. The Vector-Viper is my idea of a futuristic Cobra pilot. Parts used: Vector-Viper Torso-50th Night Viper Legs-30th Techno-Viper with 30th Sci-Fi wires attached Helmet is modded from a Star Wars B-Wing pilot helmet, 30th Sci-Fi helmet, and 25th Cobra Paratrooper Webgear is modded from 25th Cobra Paratrooper and bits of fodder Arm winglets are from 25th Cobra Paratrooper Vampyrebat Crimson HISS body Cast Gatling gun barrels Wings and tail from Avengers Quinjet Missiles from Cobra Mamba Engine from Anakin podracer Landing gear from Conquest X-30 Various bits of fodder for tech detail Last edited by PHX Customs; 07-04-2015 at 06:52 AM.. |
06-30-2015, 08:59 PM | #5 |
Cobra Viper
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Day 4:
''Following the disastrous events of Operation Waterfront where several Joes were taken prisoner by Cobra, General Hawk has tasked Chuckles to put together a team to find and rescue his men. Meanwhile, a new group of GI Joe recruits are tasked with finding out what Cobra’s new plan is. Little do they know that both missions will lead them to Gold Springs, a nice little town in the desert…'' Silent Master - Single carded figure Filecard by Charles Cushman (Raptor) and Thomas Wheeler (GITrekker) From the desk of Oreobuilder: Late in the project, one of us (raptor I believe) asked if Resurgence had ever included a Snake Eyes figure. Resurgence is mostly about introducing new blood. However, it is also about giving new looks to some old favorites, so I set about trying to refresh Snake Eyes. I started from a point where he is retired, worn out. I imagined that he is forced to come out of retirement after the events of Operation: Waterfront when the Iron Master gets captured by Cobra. Basically, this is my version of Snake Eyes as Yoda. Head: PoC Snake Eyes Alt head: RoC The Doctor with Snake Eyes visor attached Torso, arms, legs, hood: Ret Kamakura Skirt: RoC Storm Shadow Cape: Darth Vader Last edited by PHX Customs; 07-05-2015 at 07:44 AM.. |
06-30-2015, 09:00 PM | #6 |
Cobra Viper
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Day 5:
''Cobra is back! ''Cobra Commander's plan to capture Duke has failed. GI Joe has rescued their first sergeant and destroyed Cobra's jungle fortress. Beaten, but not destroyed, Cobra has retreated to lick their wounds and plan their next move. To put his new plan into motion, Cobra Commander has recruited new agents and has unleashed them onto the battlefield!'' Nega-Watt - Single carded figure (filecard written by Mr. William Carr) From the desk of Bucky: Nega Watt is a creation of Joecustoms member Joemichaels70, who won second place in PHX Custom's Resurgence contest we held at the beginning of the year. The grand prize winner would be featured in Resurgence 2. The results of the contest were so close, I asked Joemichaels if I could do a custom of his Nega Watt figure to include as well. I did a different build than he did, as the head for the original was the same head used on a different character for Resurgence 2. As a nod to Joecustoms.com Red Laser vs. Blue Laser challenge, I included alot of blue, and kitbashed a gun based on the gun that came with the blue laser commander figure he had done. Parts Used: DTC Salvo Helmet Roc Viper Torso Retaliation Cyber Viper Upper Arms PoC Firefly Lower Arms Lowlight Thighs Cobra Commander Battle Armor Lower legs Star Trek Belt Deadpool harness Last edited by PHX Customs; 07-06-2015 at 07:15 AM.. |
06-30-2015, 09:00 PM | #7 |
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Day 6:
''Following the disastrous events of Operation Waterfront where several Joes were taken prisoner by Cobra, General Hawk has tasked Chuckles to put together a team to find and rescue his men. Meanwhile, a new group of GI Joe recruits are tasked with finding out what Cobra’s new plan is. Little do they know that both missions will lead them to Gold Springs, a nice little town in the desert…'' Grease Monkey - Deluxe figure Filecard by Charles Cushman (Raptor) From the desk of Oreobuilder: The idea for Grease Monkey started with the name. Although the Joe team already has a few mechanics, none of them have that as their main specialty. I wanted to create a character that was an honest-to-gosh stay-at-base mechanic. I started with a cast head that I had in my fodder box. Since his role was more civilian in nature, I opted for very basic parts – a t-shirt with overalls and I wanted to include lots of tools and accessories. For the colors, I started with green overalls, but changed them to blue to set him apart from his military colleagues. Head: Cast Torso, arms, legs: Renegades Tunnel Rat Accessories: Mighty World, Playmobil, Lego Last edited by PHX Customs; 07-07-2015 at 08:56 AM.. |
06-30-2015, 09:01 PM | #8 |
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Day 7:
''Following the disastrous events of Operation Waterfront where several Joes were taken prisoner by Cobra, General Hawk has tasked Chuckles to put together a team to find and rescue his men. Meanwhile, a new group of GI Joe recruits are tasked with finding out what Cobra’s new plan is. Little do they know that both missions will lead them to Gold Springs, a nice little town in the desert…'' Dusty - Mail Away figure From the desk of Dusty79: When Bucky and OB said they wanted to do a mail away set and offered for me to do an urban camo Dusty, I jumped at the chance. Not only was it an oppurtunity to do a modern update on Dusty throwing cues to the original design, but an oppurtunity to make an urban camo version that has not been done very often. I used a Luke Skywalker head to make it more unique and Bucky scanned me the arm patch of of his Sideshow Dusty so I could add that extra touch. I made the action shot backdrop specifically for this project using The Walking Dead guard tower and fence building set. Parts used: Torso, Upper Arms, Legs-50th Flint Helmet, Goggles, Feet-POC Dusty Lower Arms, Hands-Wave 1 Dollar General Cobra Trooper Backpack-fodder bin Webgear-Retaliation Flint (modded) Head-Star Wars Black Series Awards Ceremony Luke Skywalker Guns-Marauders Roadblock - Mail Away figure Filecard by GITrekker From the desk of Oreobuilder: One of the very first figures that I finished for this project, Urban Ops Roadblock was meant to be a partner for my Beachhead that I did for part 1. I matched the urban camouflage pattern to Beachhead’s and, through a fortunate coincidence, it is an almost perfect match to the one on 50th Flint. So, with all these, I have the beginnings of a GI Joe urban ops team. I will certainly be adding more members in the future (Lowlight and Shockwave come to mind). Head, torso, arms, legs, vest: Ret Roadblock Last edited by PHX Customs; 07-08-2015 at 02:54 AM.. |
06-30-2015, 09:01 PM | #9 |
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Day 8:
''Following the disastrous events of Operation Waterfront where several Joes were taken prisoner by Cobra, General Hawk has tasked Chuckles to put together a team to find and rescue his men. Meanwhile, a new group of GI Joe recruits are tasked with finding out what Cobra’s new plan is. Little do they know that both missions will lead them to Gold Springs, a nice little town in the desert…'' GI Joe Cougar w. Switch Gears & Treads - Bravo Class vehicle This high-tech infantry fighting vehicle’s cannon rotated into action in a surprise attack against Cobra! With a rotating gun, armored canopy, front-mounted grenade launcher and special desert camouflage! Includes driver TREADS and tank commander SWITCH GEARS! Filecards by GITrekker From the desk of Oreobuilder: I love tanks. In 50 years, GI Joe has had surprisingly few of them. It would be great if big H introduced more tanks and other tracked vehicles (that are not a HISS or a Snowcat) into the line. For that reason, I wanted to create a new tracked vehicle. I had an old Wolverine base to start with. First thing I did was swap out the missile launchers in favor of a cannon. After that, I wanted to give the driver some added protection and lastly, I added the forward grenade launcher just for wacky fun. Bonus: it fits on the Orca for amphibious deployment. Switch Gears was made at the tail end of our Project New Sculpt this year. Bucky made a great regular version of the character. When I was looking for a tank driver for the Cougar, I thought it would be fun to do the Desert Patrol Squad version as a nod to the Valor vs Venom figure. During the course of the project, I toyed with replacing him for something different. He was in the line-up, then out of the line-up, then in again. Finally, I decided that the Cougar could include two figures and went with it. Treads came about for a few reasons. First, Switch Gears was done early in the project. After a while, I started thinking that I wanted a new character to drive the Cougar rather than an existing one. Since we had few females in the line, I went in that direction. Also, the Cougar cockpit is a bit of a tight squeeze for modern figures. I did not want to scratch the paint of the driver when I put them in the seat, so I built Treads with a slighter build. Treads: Head: Chap Mei I think Torso, arms: Ret Lady Jaye Legs: 25th Lady Jaye Switch Gears: Head, torso, arms: PoC Hawk Upper legs: 25th Tripwire Lower legs: Resolute Firefly Vest: DTC Lowlight Helmet: VvV Leatherneck Cougar: Base: Vintage Wolverine Grenade launcher, turret: PTE Canopy: Vintage Recon Sled (modified) Last edited by PHX Customs; 07-09-2015 at 01:36 AM.. |
06-30-2015, 09:02 PM | #10 |
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Day 9:
''Following the disastrous events of Operation Waterfront where several Joes were taken prisoner by Cobra, General Hawk has tasked Chuckles to put together a team to find and rescue his men. Meanwhile, a new group of GI Joe recruits are tasked with finding out what Cobra’s new plan is. Little do they know that both missions will lead them to Gold Springs, a nice little town in the desert…'' High Noon - Deluxe figure Filecard by Thomas Wheeler (GITrekker) From the desk of Bucky: I've been to Tombstone, Arizona. Lincoln County, New Mexico, and Fort Sumner, New Mexico to visit the Kid's grave. All towns connected to various colorful characters tied to the old west. I'm a somewhat novice old west buff, having spent my youth in AZ, but not really pursuing it much until the last couple of years. The new found interest was taken and I decided to work it into a Joe. The idea was in my head for most of part 1, and the character Eagle Eye was going to be High Noon. Over the course of a couple of months, Eagle Eye morphed into something completely different and not western at all, and the name was shelved for another go round, this time with heavy Old West influence as I wanted him to be. I really enjoyed making this figure quite a bit, and did what I could to differentiate him from Wild Bill. He went through numerous torsos and scarf combos before I settled on one I liked. One of my favorite figures I've done in a couple of years. A fun note, on the Eagle Eye figure for Resurgence part 1, you can actually see the gun High Noon uses also attached to Eagle's backpack. Parts Used: New Sculpt Wild Bill Hat PoC Recondo Head, Sculpted hair and mustache Wolverine Origins Coat Hobbit Figure Vest, Modified Upper Legs: Storm Shadow Lower Legs: B.A.T. Upper Arms: Snake Eyes Star Wars figure belt Lower Arms: Dollar General Cobra Commander Last edited by PHX Customs; 07-10-2015 at 06:06 AM.. |
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