When City Strike Snake-Eyes finally became available in my area I knew one would end up in this manner paying tribute to the 1991 V4 release. This wasn't even a Snake-Eyes that I considered to be in my era of Joe. I rem seeing him in stores and thinking this was terrible. This is actually my second attempt at this version of
SE (the first among my first customs and now long gone). I always thought the basic design had potential.
Gone are the bulky biceps in favor of
SE's more traditional arm pockets from previous uniforms. Gone are the blue stripes on in his pants, but added are two blue belt pouches to balance him out. No commando vest? I think the sweater vest top does the trick to bring a large portion of light grey to the figure and to lessen his bulkiness. And, the modern CS
SE head sculpt is the perfect update to the "paintball" mask he had.
Luckily this idea didn't stay shelved. As I said, I knew I would remake this version of
SE, but it was planned, then pushed back, then uplanned, then replanned. Once I finally had the right parts I felt it clicked and needed to get it done. Started Friday and finished by Sunday.
Recipe
Head: CS
SE
Torso: RoC TRU FF
Upper Arms: Pyramid of Darkness
SE
Lower Arms: Res Training
SS
Hands: Res Trooper
Legs: CS
SE
Gear: CS
SE
All paints are Model Masters Acrylics
Interior Black
Flat Gull Grey w/ Dark Grey Wash
Custom Blue
Insignia Red
Gloss Black
Gunship Grey
If you haven't seen this weeks previous
SE offerings, check them out too. I promise, only two more Snake-Eyes and I'll move on to other characters. I'll even spread out the 85
SE revision.
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