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03-10-2021, 08:22 AM
AF80sFAN
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Originally Posted by
LowLight11
Loving your October guard. Nicely done
Thanks, since the Oktober Guard appeared in the comics but did not come out in toy form I have always been a fan of them and wanted my own Oktober Guard army.
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Originally Posted by
Dod Ear
I really like that unique take on SB - comes off really well.
I’ve always seen SB is a greenshirt type fodder trooper - so it’s different so see the civilian type dress shirt and contract ops pants, but it works well and looks good.
Thanks, I don't have any nostalgic attachment for Steel Brigade so I just went with the colours and tried to get creative with the look (and what parts I had available!), glad to hear you think it works.
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Originally Posted by
Hit & Run
That was an awesome idea to make her helmet hair! Haha, turned out looking really cool and is a fun feature to have on a custom. I’ve been trying to work that bald head into a custom for a while now and only just finally figured out someone I’d like to use it for. Gonna be a complicated build though so that head will likely be in my bin a while longer.
Love the Steel Brigade too! Reminds me of the 2000’s version where it was a team of three named SB Troopers. That build, the accessories and the coloring works perfectly for him. Gives you a nice alternative to having a regular Hasbro one.
Thanks, calling it helmet hair did make me think it might have been easier to have started with a helmet and tried to make it look like hair! But I am glad I went with the full sculpt as I am now thinking of new projects I can use the same skills on. Be good to see what you do with the head, I bought them when they came out but struggled with a figure to use them on. Now I have Irina and Dela Eden they have finally found a use.
I won't lie, the use of parts for the SB was literally because that is what I had, but as soon as I put them together I thought of that pack with Rook and Checkpoint (and Red Zone although he had a different look). Hands up, I did just have to look up those names!
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Originally Posted by
CapBritain
fricking love that SB.
Thanks, for me the helmet and colours are the only memorable part of the original figure, so I just started the custom around that. Happy to hear you think it came out so well.
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Originally Posted by
paokole
Really nice Irina Spalko custom and the removable wig is a nice bonus, nice work by the way! I enjoying seeing your Oktober Guard additions.
SB is another creative built, I really the new civilian look. He looks great!
Thanks, I am really happy with the idea of the removable wig for Irina Spalko and pleased with the way I was able to achieve it. My Oktober Guard team must be the most progressive team in my GI Joe universe with the highest female to male ratio!
The SB were initially envisaged as a way of making kids their own GI Joe member, so it perhaps makes sense that civilians can just throw on the vest and helmet and are ready to go.
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Originally Posted by
stljoe
Nice take on both Spalko and the Steel Brigade. The SB guy could ditch his gear and just blend into a crowd if he had to.
Thanks, that ability to blend in could be what makes the Steel Brigade more effective troopers. They could be the GI Joe equivalent of the Crimson Guard, but in reverse.
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Originally Posted by
megatron77
I like your take on Steel Brigade, with that gear , he looks like a Ghost Recon Wildlands character, with the helmet off.
Thanks (although I don't really know about Ghost Recon Wildlands). I initially used the head because the vintage helmet was too big for most Marauder heads and the glasses give it a bit more friction inside, but I do like how it makes him look with the helmet off.
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