Custom ARAH Cobra Alley Viper

The Alley Viper has always been a favorite of mine. An excellent concept, sculpt and execution. But poor color choices. I took one of my Neon orange Alley Vipers and fully painted him.

I was inspired by Kevin Watts' POC Alley Viper that he did here:

http://www.hisstank.com/forum/g-i-jo...ley-viper.html

Kevin was really helpful as I put this one together. So a big thanks to him as this was only my second painted figure.

Anyway, Alley Viper:

That thing sizzles. What a difference the right paint applications can make. The little details, like the gunmetal boot laces, make the whole repaint scheme rock.

Great paint, perfect for night ops.

I admit the original colors are bizarre but I still like them.

Very impressive paint, i best like the shield

see, most miss that he wears neon orange as a "FU" as in "i aint hid'n bitch ...im here on business...die mother fkr die mother fkr die!" brrraaapppp brrraappp brrraaappp

love this not enough arah stuff around Love it indeed!

That looks great.

As much as the original's orange & blue would appeal to little kids, your choice of a darker colour scheme is much cooler looking, and tactically, makes waaay more sense.

I would of liked to have seen the similar camo patter in the colour scheme, but maybe a different tone for the vest and pouches painted as they are.
Non the less great arah custom.

Thanks guys!

Wow--this really does rock. I wouldn't have thought so had I not seen it with my own eyes. I love this!

That is one HELL of a 2nd painted figure.

Front paged

Fantastic, it's amazing all the detail that shows up after a nice paint job.

Awesome work man he turn out great!

Putting Kevin's name on it makes it worth at least $1,000.
At least that's what I heard.

AWESOME!! well done mate, feels so good to see an O-ring on the front page!

love the scheme and the detail. you did a great job. now paint 10 more and a matching Rage, I wanna see a squad

that looks good, nice work!

Awesome!
Frontpage is well deserved.

Love it!

He's wicked awesome, congrats on the front page!

Congrats on the frontpagememship!!!!! Well earned Jai!

Man...It's amazing what a different color scheme will do.

Looks awesome, Jai. Great job, and congrats on being Front Paged!

Unbelievable job. My favorite part is how the colors now accentuate what is really an awesome sculpt with a ton of detail. I love the OG neon orange, but a lot of the detail gets lot under all of that brightness.

What type of paint did you use? Acrylic or Enamel? I always wondered if Enamel paints could be used on the ARAH figures due to the harder plastic. Trying to find a paint that doesn't chip is a real challange. How did you keep your edges so straight? I thought about using liquid mask. Great work. Can't wait to see more!

Agreed! That is awesome work!

awesome detail! nice job!!! nice to see an oring custom now and again!

And since it is ONE OF A KIND it will certainly go for far more!!!! He should get a bunch of guys together in his garage and call it a convention.

Nice work, Jared, and thanks for the shout out!

Ah haha man I thought I was posting in yours but ended up posting in the other one.... but I will post this again here:

This ^ about sums this one up....

Very nice! I really like the color choices.

I didn't like the original Alley Viper paint job. The job was designed for camo in San Francisco or Las Vegas. I got the 1993 Battle Corps figure and though I'm not a big fan of yellow when mixed with black made a good paint job. I missed getting the 1997 Alley Viper with the best paint job, but I did get two of the 2002 Alley Vipers with a good paint job.
As for the POC Alley Vipers i am quite happy that I managed to get at least a squad of them for any dio scenes I can make.

Stone Hymen! Excellent work man. I really dig that shield. He would look good leading a group of Crimson Shadow Gaurd.