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07-20-2016, 12:17 AM | #1 |
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I'm presenting two ninja customs for you, one that's new, the other that's been redone. Both were fun to make, even though I like one way more than the other.
First is Banzai, who was part of the Ninja Force in the 1990s. I'll be honest with you...years later when I looked him up on Yojoe.com, I had to say this guy and Bushido looked way out of place. Between the two, however, I found Banzai to be a bit more believable. He looks like a Mexican Lucha Libre wrestler and he looks strangely muscular for a ninja, something I usually don't see(or perhaps I've limited my image of ninjas to a certain standard). I'm not sure at the moment if i'm going to include him in my GI Joe team or if i'm gonna use him as cannon fodder along with guys like Big Brawler and Banana Head(my Valor vs. Venom AA Kamakura custom). I didn't include his ponytail, but I felt I included enough details for him to look the part of Banzai. The strap I got for him I believe is from a pair of binoculars that came with an ME figure...my guess would be the comic pack Duke that came with Red Star. I used scissors and superglue to modify it to fit across his chest. Formula: Head: ROC Flash Mask: alternate mask from the Comic Pack "Samurai" Storm Shadow Torso and arms: Resolute Storm Shadow Gloves: 25th Anniversary Zartan Legs: ROC blue Neo-Viper Strap: modified from a pair of binoculars that came with the comic pack Duke that was packaged with Red Star and superglued The other is COBRA Slash, which I previously posted, but I changed the head, the gray color, and his legs. First, the reason why I changed the gray color was to give it a shinier/glossier look, which I think looks better compared with before. Second, I swapped out his legs and gave them 25th Anniversary Storm Shadow's, because I feel they are a better match. And third, I used a dremel to drill a hole in a Valor vs. Venom Slash head, which came out better than I thought it would, much to my surprise. This is my first custom using a JvC style head. I feel he looks much better now and I like him as Storm Shadow's acolyte to be the foil for Kamakura. Formula: Head: Valor vs. Venom Slash modified Torso and arms: Retaliation 3-pack Storm Shadow Webgear: Retaliation Kamakura(modified) Legs: 25th Anniversary Storm Shadow
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07-20-2016, 03:51 AM | #2 |
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They both look great.
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07-21-2016, 08:28 PM | #3 |
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CRS,
Banzai's pants with the pink, i think would be better left black, Slash is cool looking though, looks good |
07-24-2016, 07:17 PM | #4 |
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Thanks.
Foxtrot, I agree. I made the pink camouflage a little too big...was trying to sort of imitate Hasbro's version.
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07-24-2016, 09:07 PM | #5 |
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I like Your Banzai. I think you have to have some pink on the pants.
I've been thinking about how to do a custom Banzai for awhile. I'm still not sure what to do about the head (I actually have the mask you used so I might try it) but for the pants I think I would actually try splattering tiny dots on there. Like flicking the paint brush at it instead of touching it each time. I don't know if that would work, but that's kind of how the original looked.
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07-24-2016, 09:34 PM | #6 |
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That's true. The ROC Flash head seems to be a good fit, though feel free to pick whichever masked head you want...
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07-29-2016, 09:16 PM | #7 |
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I redid the paint on Banzai's pants...hopefully he looks better now.
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