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05-15-2009, 12:33 PM | #5371 |
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Hmmm. I thought I'd managed to incorporate the predominant colours on Topside's original uniform (considering that I usually dial down saturated reds and oranges and turn them into brown and tan), but you might be onto something there. I might try upping the saturation on his vest a bit more and making the blue highlights on his gloves and webgear a bit more apparent.
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05-15-2009, 12:57 PM | #5372 |
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I might go with Topside's (the poster who requested that I use pics of his face for the Topside image) original suggestion and just give him an outfit similar to the NWU (Navy Working Uniform). It'll be a departure from the flight suit that VBSS personnel are often depicted wearing (which is what I have on him right now), but it'll be a lot easier to achieve a compromise with the original toy design, allowing the blue shirt underneath the vest to show.
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05-15-2009, 01:09 PM | #5373 |
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I'd still go with the VBSS suit. It unifys the team with Budo and BBQ. Maybe make the helmet white? Or add an orange vest somehow?
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05-15-2009, 01:29 PM | #5374 |
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Roll up the Sleeves and Put NAVY in big letters on his vest. Sure he looks little like the original Topside but the The original colors for Topside are too ridiculous to use.
Being that topside is probably the only Joe whose real function is VBSS, he should wear what is modern and realistic. A little more Blue maybe. I suppose you could give him Bleach blonde hair and yellow eyes. Maybe tuck the pants into some patent leather boots? However he might start looking like Euro-trash. Last edited by Loose Cannon; 05-15-2009 at 01:35 PM.. |
05-15-2009, 03:02 PM | #5375 |
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Well, here's my final take on Topside:
I figure there's enough gray in the standard NWU pants to suggest the gray pants of the original figure. Losing the flight suit wasn't too much of a problem once I got used to the idea of him wearing an NWU, which isn't beyond reason or practicality for a Navy VBSS team member. Besides, Topside might be VBSS-qualified, but his duties as I've written in the organizational document are more in line with force protection/anti-terrorism area security, so the flight suit get-up isn't really a must (and this also brings him more in line visually with the updated Budo design I showed recently). And seeing as how it was suggested by the original requester that he wear NWU pants, it made it a lot easier for me to come around to that particular design perspective. Thanks for all the input and feedback guys (here's to another work morning wasted "playing" with my GI Joes! ). Last edited by zuludelta; 05-15-2009 at 03:09 PM.. Reason: corrected for punctuation and spelling |
05-15-2009, 03:07 PM | #5376 |
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Very nice. I like the updates.
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05-15-2009, 03:56 PM | #5377 |
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05-15-2009, 04:02 PM | #5378 |
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He almost looks like Topson now. But I love it and it looks great!
YOJOE.COM | Topson (Argentina) I have a custom Topside with the Pirhana shipwreck body with similar blue camo who I now call Topson. I'm not sure if he was suppose to be Navy but I pretend he is. |
05-15-2009, 04:22 PM | #5379 |
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Double post
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05-15-2009, 04:23 PM | #5380 |
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Wow, Loose posted the same message, 10 mins apart.
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