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10-20-2019, 01:43 AM
germ
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Next up is TUNNEL RAT. When the 25th comic 2 pack TR came out way back in the day, I saw a lot of tankers on here make a movie cartoon version of him with the big light grey camo painted on his skin. This was something I always wanted to do but never got around to. I picked up an extra TR at retro con a couple of years ago for only $1! Almost ten years later I finally got around to him.
When I started to make him, I realized if all I'm changing is the face and arm camo paint... well that's kind of boring and whats the point. So I started thinking of other ways to alter him so he wouldn't just be 99% of the original 25th figure. the first and obvious thing I thought to change was to give him updated/better arms and hands. Then I used the night force head cus it had a green camo bandana which was different plus the face had no paint on it which made it easier to paint his face the way i wanted. I did put a very light grey wash over the bandana. Going through the old comics I noticed his pants were green instead of black about half the time so that was something else i could change about him. In the comics he always had brown camo paint on so after going back and fourth in my head, I decided to add a little but still keep it mostly grey. Also in the comics he usually had his gun tri-pod up like 75% of the way so I altered the gun to look like that too. I glued a flashlight on his backpack over his shoulder to homage the original figure - plus it just looks cool.
I also put mud speckles on his shoes and bottom of his pants.
Next up: DR. VENOM
I do have the long cobra lab coat (as seen in first pic)but I decided I like the shorter jacket better. It's a lot more flexible where as the long lab coat is pretty stiff. Plus you can see his tie better in the shorter jacket and I feel its long enough for a modern Doctor today (Isn't it?)
Also want to shout out to 46 Zone for helping me get all the parts. I think I used his exact recipe too, minus the jacket.
Next up: RAPTOR
First I wanna thank ARBCO for hooking me up with the POC Zartan...vest/hoody thing(?)or what ever you wanna call it lol. When I first saw this POC Zartan in the stores way back in the day, I thought to myself this would be an easy Raptor custom. In fact I think that was actually Hasbro s intention (just my opinion). I passed on him back then because I was never a fan of Raptor and had no use for that Zartan. A while back I picked him up cheap and just couldn't resist. Originally I just planned on using the Zartan vest/ hoody thing (I cut the actual hood part off) as I thought it looked cool enough with just that and I thought the wings were cheesey and just too much. But then I found the original wing backpack at a toy fair for only a dollar so I figured why not try it. He actually came out cooler looking than I thought he would. I still think the wings are cheesey but thats the cool thing about back packs is you can take em off and put em back on so I can switch up his look. I didn't care about the character enough to make his eye makeup correct. I'm fine with the Zartan eyes. I felt the legs the club used on theirs was were too long and bulky for that body. I like my legs a lot more - I feel they're more accurate to the original figure (more or less). It has the gun holster on the side like the original and still has the claws on the boots too so I think it works well.
I did the best I could to match his belt buckle lol. I also left the machete on one side cus its just cool and why not.
Cobra Commander: "Fred who's the weirdo in the bird suit?"
Fred: "That's my accountant. He does my books."
Fred: "Great thing about this armor...could be anyone inside"
Just wanted a couple of extra Joe's geared up to add to my arctic team. These are obviously based off of the Sunbow cartoon. I really love the cloth "skirts". You can actually bend their legs, pose them, and they can sit down.
The Destro I had already posted in here with my last arctic customs but I updated him. I fixed the red and gold on him to look better and more cartoon accurate. Plus I gave him eyebrows like in the cartoon.
I took these Topside photos almost 2 years ago and never got around to posting them. Dang 2021 was a busy year for me. Anyways, up next is TOPSIDE
First I'll admit this is definitely not my best custom. In fact the only reason he exists is because I had a 50th Shipwreck torso sitting in my fodder bin (with NAVY written across his chest) and I thought "hmm how can I use this on a Topside custom.... maybe have an open life vest?" He was no one I ever planned on making as I never had any type of attachment to the character. Never had the original figure, I don't recall him ever being in the old comics, and he was barely in the horrible DIC take on the cartoon.
I was originally going to give him solid grey pants and helmet like the original figure, but because I never had any attachment to the character I didn't care about making him so accurate and thought why not match him to my generic sea/navy troopers. So I decided to go that route and make him the squad leader. Honestly I'm more impressed with my dio-rama scene than this custom figure lol.
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