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08-07-2017, 11:27 PM | #1 |
Cobra Viper
Join Date: Jul 2017
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Heya Brothers,
Here's my go at a V2 Firefly. He's pretty much finished as of today; I think it's moreso a cheating kitbash than an actual truly original custom creation from scratch and raw materials. I'm not even sure this belongs in it's own thread, or if it deserves getting packed into the kitbash thread. :P But! For all our brothers wishing there was a ME v2, how's this for us? It's 99% POC City Strike Firefly, with a custom casted head from AF. The vest is POC Firefly's, with the grenade strap from ... I want to say one of the Dustys from a vehicle bundle. The leg straps, mystery piece from the fodder case. I was thinking of making another identical to this, but just a bit more true to original coloring/paint. (Okay, maybe not so bright and neon-y) Also, if anyone has any ideas to use for a torso, upper arms/shoulders, or upper body to improve on this design, definitely let me know. Share your ideas with me! Help me build my skills, and eye. (I know Lift-Ticket's upper arms have kind of like a criss/crossed, cross-hatched looking shoulder pads on them, but I've never had one, so I can't really cross reference those to the mesh on FF's headpiece. Hope ya guys dig. |
08-08-2017, 12:06 AM | #2 |
Cobra Viper
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Props!
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08-08-2017, 12:17 AM | #3 |
Instigator of Intensity
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I'm picturing in my head that Firefly would use a similar torso to Desert Scorpion...perhaps the 25th Anniversary Zartan's(the single pack version that has sleeves)?
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08-08-2017, 12:51 PM | #4 |
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That looks great!! Very cool!!
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08-08-2017, 12:55 PM | #5 |
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Don't sell yourself short, this is a great custom. You've done more on this than some of the customs I've posted. Looks great.
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08-08-2017, 12:57 PM | #6 |
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Looks pretty cool to me bro.
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08-09-2017, 02:02 AM | #7 |
Cobra Viper
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Thanks for the words of encouragement, HT-Brothers!
So, okay, okay. It passes the litmus test. I'll definitely try not to sell myself short, too. But hey! I'm the harshest critic I know. :p Good to know it's got the thumbs up, though. Gonna give the green one a bit of time this coming payperiod. I just need to find another City Strike FF at a decent price to customize with. (If anyone checking this out has any leads on something like that, let me know please. IF that kinda request is even ok here in this forum) Thanks again for checkin' this guy out, thanks for soundin' off, too! |
08-09-2017, 02:17 AM | #8 |
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Another idea would be a Retaliation Firefly torso, the one from the version that came with the sled...
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08-09-2017, 04:08 AM | #9 |
Cobra Viper
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The one with the green jacket/swappable head, right?
There's 2 ME FF's I don't have. That one, and the pilot/all grey one. I'm definitely going to try grabbing 2 of the green jacket ones this pay period. (I think one of the HT brothers had one for sale here, at 5 bucks or something really fair like that. I'll get to looking when I have some spare hobby money on the ready) BTW, I remember scoping out your Shockwave army way back, just finding it randomly one night looking around for Joe customs. (Before I even ever returned to HT and knew about everything going on here!) I remember when I first saw it, thinking to myself it was a damn cool project, with damned cool results, and how I wanted to make a Firefly army like that. (Shockwave was always one of my favorite looking Joes, too.) So, yeah. That gave me inspiration for my own FF army, way later on, months after. Thanks for that, man. And then to have you, yourself, touching base about one of the custom FF's in my own FF Army later on down the road? For me, that is very, VERY cool. When I get my mitts on one of those green jacket FF's... I'll definitely check out what can be done with him in the quest for a great V2. I just need 2 for sure. One for the collection, one to mess around with. (Also, if anyone reading this happens to have any spares of that FF, let me know!) Over and out! Every day, HT, and all the joe brothers here doing their thing amazes me. Thanks again for the warm reception having me here with ya'll. Last edited by MikeEyes; 08-09-2017 at 04:11 AM.. |
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