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Erik's Take on Spirit Iron-Knife
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11-19-2020, 04:50 AM
Erik Mona
Cobra Soldier
Join Date: Jun 2020
Location: Seattle
Posts: 95
Howdy. You might remember me from
my Adventure People customs
. I've done about a dozen more customs since the last time I posted on the Tank, and in that time I've learned a lot about how to customize figures. Last week I decided to put everything I've learned so far into an ambitious project--fixing Spirit Iron-Knife.
When I got into the customizing hobby at the beginning of the pandemic, I naturally checked in on some of my childhood favorites. I missed the whole 25th Anniversary era, so I was eager to see how some key characters fared in their modern incarnations.
With Spirit, I must say I was highly disappointed by what I found. Most of the figures seemed like a cheap try at sneaking a Billy from Predator figure into the line, and didn't look at all like the '84 Spirit I had as a kid. Worse, the one that was based on the original figure had tiny proportions and a ridiculous head that looked like a racist stereotype and had super dumb hair to boot.
Something had to be done.
So I did this.
Head: AngelForge
Torso: Marauder British Soldier
Arms: Marauder Contract Ops
Waist: Marauder Contract Ops (leg pegs heavily shaved down)
Legs, Webgear, Gun, Backpack: 25th Anniversary Spirit (extended webgear with putty)
Knife: Fodder
Decals: BadMother
Paints: Reaper
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