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08-24-2009, 06:31 PM | #201 |
Iron Grenadier
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Fenster and Tarkin! I'm digging Thrasher about as much as I possibly could be. The BMX stuff is a nice compromise that really works. Venom is a great update, although because of their names and functions, it would seem that he and Mindbender are holding jobs that the other one should have.
Dr. Venom sounds like he should be closer affiliated with Cobra proper, and since he was around first and appears to be older than Mindbender, it makes more sense to have him be the Cobra Consolidated special projects guy. Dr. Mindbender would be a better fit at MARS, IMO, and his name particularly suits the neuroscience field as well. In addition, it was he and Destro who put Serpentor together and although you thankfully dropped that aspect of the character, it's a neat little association to have. Great work! Last edited by Master Thespian; 08-24-2009 at 06:36 PM.. |
08-24-2009, 07:57 PM | #202 |
W.O.R.M.S. Commander
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Nice I can see Dr. Venom now, "Tantooine is much too remote. We'll deal with your rebel friends later."
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08-24-2009, 09:32 PM | #203 |
#voteblackjack
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Nice updates. Thrasher looks great. Tarken makes a great Dr. Venom.
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08-24-2009, 10:24 PM | #204 |
G.I.Joe medic
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Location: Litchfield, ME
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How creepy can you get? Peter Cushing as Dr. Venom! Awesome job, Zulu! Love how you worked in the homage to issue 15 with his qualification as a fixed wing pilot. And having him specialize in neuroscience makes sense for the creator of the brain wave scanner.
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08-25-2009, 02:16 AM | #205 |
EQ-Viper
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Venom is a great update, although because of their names and functions, it would seem that he and Mindbender are holding jobs that the other one should have.
Dr. Venom sounds like he should be closer affiliated with Cobra proper, and since he was around first and appears to be older than Mindbender, it makes more sense to have him be the Cobra Consolidated special projects guy. Dr. Mindbender would be a better fit at MARS, IMO, and his name particularly suits the neuroscience field as well. In addition, it was he and Destro who put Serpentor together and although you thankfully dropped that aspect of the character, it's a neat little association to have. Quote:
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Here are a couple more Cobras: Tomax & Xamot Design notes:
To read their full filecards, click on the Filecard Project link in my signature. Thanks for looking! Last edited by zuludelta; 08-26-2009 at 06:32 AM.. Reason: Updated Xamot image |
08-25-2009, 02:29 AM | #206 |
W.O.R.M.S. Commander
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Ah my two favorite Cobras! They look good seeing them in Business attire suits them, but I'm wondering would all the Cobra Execs wear something like you have for Iron KLAW, the grey Nazi outfits.
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08-25-2009, 02:33 AM | #207 |
EQ-Viper
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I was originally thinking of outfitting them in the get-up they wore as executives of Extensive Enterprises in the Sunbow cartoons, but decided against it. The colours look okay in a cartoon, but would look terrible in the real-world (yellow tie, white shirt, blue coat, gray slacks). Instead, I went with blue Armani suits, red ties, and white shirts, colours reminiscent of the original action figures. Last edited by zuludelta; 08-25-2009 at 02:37 AM.. |
08-25-2009, 02:42 AM | #208 |
Iron Grenadier
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Good points. My reasoning for giving them their respective positions stems more from character prominence more than anything else. Mindbender is the more well-known of the two, so he's got the more "front and center" occupation (as for the name more befitting a neuroscience expert, well, I've got him with a PhD in Human Factors Psychology, which I think is a fairly appropriate field for a guy with that moniker). It really works either way, I guess I just don't perceive any real benefits to switching them up now that I've already made the filecards.
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08-25-2009, 02:46 AM | #209 |
Crimson Guard
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Location: Australia
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Love Tomax and Xamot. Very cool
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08-25-2009, 02:51 AM | #210 |
EQ-Viper
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Location: Canada
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I've been playing the acronym game lately, trying to come up with modern and more appropriate acronyms and acronym definitions based on Cobra & GI Joe vehicles & characters. Here are a few I've come up with (feel free to chime in with your own!):
VAMP - Vehicle: Armored, Mine Protected (my concept of a "real" VAMP is an RG-31 mine-protected vehicle) VIPER - Veteran Infantry Professional/Elite Rifleman DEVILFISH - Deployable Expeditionary Vessel: Inland & Littoral Ferrying, Interdiction, Surveillance & Hydrography (my concept of a "real world" Devilfish is based on the Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat used by the US Navy's SEALs and SWCCs) BATS - Battle Arena Tactical Simulator (my concept of the BATS isn't a robot, but a VR/AR tactical simulation program used to train Cobra personnel and their clients) Last edited by zuludelta; 08-25-2009 at 03:02 AM.. |
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