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GI Joe O13 by HissHissFangFang
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05-30-2018, 02:21 AM
HissHissFangFan
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7) BREAKER
Who doesn’t like Breaker? In the comics, he was like the go-to third wingman, and got a lot of run during the first 2 years. He also got good use in the cartoon—at least in the first mini. And his vintage figure was pretty good. Maybe the lack of rifle or pistol hurt him in this category, but the first Accessories Battle Pack would quickly remedy that (and the grey gun colors of this set didn’t scream “cheap replacement” like later packs and their awful colors). Though I never had him as kid, If I had to whittle down the O13 to an Essential 7, Breaker would definitely be in that pack. It feels like he would be the first choice for all the O13 A-listers.
I think the biggest excitement I had about this figure when it was revealed was that would be a based on the comics, in that he wouldn’t have the full beard and that he’d have his trademark bubblegum bubble—a nice and welcome change from previous iterations. I kinda felt bad for those who had the original figure and/or were more cartoon oriented, but the comic no-bearded Breaker was more interesting for me—and let the beard be Rock ‘n Roll’s signature feature. Honestly, Hasbro should have changed the head to a Clutch head for the RAM release to satisfy everybody.
I didn’t hate the body use on this figure as much as I did on Rock ‘n Roll, which used the exact same parts except for head and helmet. Later Breaker releases would use improved shorter arms, and his overall height (helped out by the larger head and helmet) didn’t work against this character. Therefore most of my tweaks were personal preference tweaks more than fixes.
GiJoe_O13-Breaker-Classic25th_2017-1028b
by
J Perez
, on Flickr
Build
•Body, helmet: 25th Comic 2Pack Breaker (except per below)
•Upper legs: 25th Armadillo Steeler
•Head: Retaliation 3-Pack Mouse
•Webgear, headset: 25th Comic 2Pack Breaker (webgear repainted)
•Backpack: vintage Breaker, modded back peg
•Weapon: Mac10 (POC Desert Battle Snake Eyes)
Paint:
•Webgear, boots, straps, retouches: Testors Flat Black
•Buckles, Knifeholder: Citadel Leadbelcher, Citadel Runefang Steel
Notes:
Upper arms shaved at bit at the elbow for increased range. I didn’t mind the longer sleeve length of the Duke figure, though it didn’t exactly match the original vintage figure, and was preferable to using the beefier forearms used for Rock’n’Roll. Upper legs were switched out, because the Duke ones lacked the wrinkles added leg straps and accessory detailing that were becoming the norm for the 25th aesthetic.
I wanted a different portrait then the one given by Hasbro (no offense Aaron Archer!
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) , and found a worthy substitute in the Mouse portrait. It fit the large Breaker helmet (needed for the comm headset) and had the right facial expression I envision for Breaker. Like the Hasbro 25th version, I went with a 5 o’clock shadow comprise between the full beard of the cartoon/toy and the shaven look of the comics. Also, I love the bubble gum accessory, but didn’t like the way it blocked the face for most views and pictures, so that accessory would have to find a different home (oh, but where?).
I felt Breaker finally needed to have an O13 signature weapon, apart from pistols and standard M16s. I felt the MAC 10 would be perfect, since it was relatively small, and was called out on his original file card (another reference weapon, checkmarked off the list!).
In earlier versions, I painted the figure Vallejo Olive Drab (unexpected dark and almost brown, and not as green as I though the name suggested), and later, a dark grey, before I had an extra Steeler for the green molded upper legs. The darker and/or grey colors harkened back to the cartoon coloring, but my preferred head sculpt wasn’t cartoon based, and the figure stuck out too much from the other green based figures. So Breaker got the 25th default mold green in the last few years. Finally, I try to add as much secondary color (black here), as “naturally” possible for all the 25th Classics to break up all the green. This would be a general 25th visual style preference of mine, which overrides a strict reproduction of the vintage figure.
GiJoe_O13-7Breaker_2018-0416b
by
J Perez
, on Flickr
The desert o-ring pretty much follows the vintage classic and keeps the original head, whereas I used a repainted vintage Ace head for my o-ring. The desert 25th follows my classic 25th build, but uses a repainted Clutch mold (actually from POC Lift-Ticket) for the classic bearded look, serving as an alternate replacement for my classic 25th whenever I’m in the mood.
The comic o-ring, my first kitbash back in 2004 aside from the Hawk arm replacement, consists of arms from 2004 Comic Pack “Classified” Snake Eyes, head from 2004 Comic Pack Duke, remaining body parts from 2004 Comic Pack Breaker, headset and backpack from vintage Breaker, helmet from vintage accessory back #2, with bubble gum from 25th Comic Pack Breaker added later. The comic 25th version uses the same build as my classic 25th, but keeps the originally packed head. This one features a Colt rifle, which I use to have for my classic 25th before we got those neat Mac-10 molds from POC desert(/winter?) Snake Eyes.
No last minute changes for Breaker, nothing figure-wise to really highlight, and Rock ‘n Roll took his RAM. So for a bonus pic, why not a homage to that iconic scene/panel of Comic that was included with the 2008 Breaker/Destro pack? Issue 17 or 31—I forget…
GiJoe_O13-Breaker-BonusPic1_2018-0525b
by
J Perez
, on Flickr
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