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Orzo’s Customs & Kitbashes
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11-25-2020, 10:15 AM
Hit & Run
ORZO
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: PA
Posts: 2,135
Maybe the last of the week because of the holiday, this is one that I’ve always wanted to do but never could figure out how to get started. He’s more of a work in progress than most of my posts but I thought he had a cool look and I really liked how my pictures came out with the RAM & Adder so might as well share him.
Because of how late Battle Corps Flint came out, he is one of the last Joes I remember getting as a kid. This wave of Batte Corps must have come out at a time when I hadn’t really asked for Joes in a while so it was one of the rare occasions where my Mom just let me pick out everyone I wanted all in one shot. So I remember getting Flint, Stalker, Life Line, Shipwreck, Metal Head, Major Blood and maybe that purple viper. It’s possible that I also got the Scorpion & Manta-Ray that day too but those may have come the next time. This could have been a birthday haul too where I just got to pick my stuff out at the store, not sure, just remember it being the largest haul I ever got at one time.
So one that i was planning on waiting for more WW2 parts for or Vietnam but because I’m not sure when those are coming and I’m still trying to work through these Contractors, I decided to see if I could do a good version of Flint with what I had. So started with the Contractor and sunglass head which I just left as is. Then did a full paint job on the Japanese WW2 hat, armor vest, some pouches and grenades. Really fun paint job because I never used this terra-cotta paint I used on the vest before and up until now, the cream had only been used on my flesh tone mixes. Now I realize by looking at the card art that Flint was supposed to be wearing his beret with some cloth added because he would be fighting in the desert. But growing up with the toy, the Japanese hat is always how I saw it.
Some changes I may do down the road is painting the pants to match the cream I used for the hat & accent parts and painting the shoes black. Alternatively I may swap these out for MTF cloth legs and a sleeveless torso. So since I wasn’t sure if the build would change down the road, I decided to leave parts that didn’t need to be painted to accomplish the look the way they were.
Looking at my pictures, definitely going to match the pants down the road and hit the footwear to make him more accurate to the original figure. While I wait to lock in the build, just enjoying finally having this version on my shelf.
Battle Corps Flnt
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Orzo’s Custom Thread (GUIDE in 1st Post):
http://www.hisstank.com/forum/g-i-jo...kitbashes.html
Orzo’s Toy Photography & Appreciation Thread (GUIDE in 1st Post):
https://www.hisstank.com/forum/g-i-j...ml#post5391654
Orzo’s Dio-Stories & Comics (TOC in 1st Post):
https://www.hisstank.com/forum/g-i-j...ml#post5347693
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