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07-16-2011, 07:26 PM | #1 |
Filecard Maker
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: NJ
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As most of you know I've wanted all the characters from International released for some time now recently I was able to finish out a few customs and make my own version of The Red Shadows...I've posted all before but this is the first group picture of them, as well at close ups...
I will mention these are not always 100% faithful to the originals but I often try to make SOME effort to have them in some ways reflect the original characters. LtoR Red Torch, Red Shadow Trooper, Black Major Baron Ironblood, Red Jackel, and Red Laser. Red Torch is ROC Charbroil I basically slapped paint over the yellow areas and painted the helmet and vest black. He may not look anything like the Convention exclusives Red Torch but I think this is still a decent take of the Red Shadows flamethrower troopers. Red Shadow Trooper is Resolute pack Destro head to toe, he's painted red (except his legs) and in my opinion is a pretty good dead ringer for the Red Shadow Troopers in the DDP comic run. Black Major is mostly parts from a Neo Viper and Snake Eyes with the Mars Troopers vest. The head is I THINK Sgt. Stone with a few dabs of paint. I deviates a bit from the the original character but I think its a good capture of the character overall, and a decent update. Baron Ironblood is mostly ROC Stormshadow with Neo Viper legs, and ROC Flash's chest piece and helmet. The helmet is the biggest change I have made...I'm sorry purists I just could not do the stove pipe hat he had...its silly, its dated and it looks terrible. It may have beem fine for James Bond villians and Hydra agents in the 60's but 50 years later I just could not give in and do the stove pipe...this might not be true to the character but it is an update and still looks similar to the what we know. Red Jackel is one of the newest figures I have done, and I took a lot of liberties in this interpretation of Jackel. I did this because he's essentially Destro with a red chest and logo...to me at least it made little sense to have yet another near duplicate of the character. I made this character a relative of our own Destro much like Darklon is his cousin Red Jackel can be yet another in the family of arms dealers. Following that line of logic I set out to give Jackel his own look. The body is a HISS Driver from the v5 HISS his shoulders and neck piece modified, with Resolute Zartan's armor and shoulder pads...the head is from the POC Crime Boss Destro. Its a mostly fresh take on the character but I think its a great way to add a little more depth to the Joeverse. Red Laser....Red Laser haunted me in design for a long while....no matter what I did he was Cobra Commander in red. I had to go a differant way. I kept coming back to the head...I needed something similar but differant otherwise no matter what I did he was red Cobra Commander...thank gof for ROC Cobra Commander looking nothing like Cobra Commander (did I just say that?) I took that head painted it silver and started modifying ROC Charbroil (again)...new lower legs, some heavy changes on the vest to make it shoulder pads and a collar. I added a Neo Viper backpack and drilled a hole in the painted ROC Flash Gun so it can connecte to the pack via the Charbroil wire, it can also be stored on the backpack. So....there we have it. Last edited by Owner of a Lonely B.A.T.; 07-27-2019 at 09:05 PM.. |
07-16-2011, 07:31 PM | #2 |
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I gotta say I like them. Very original take on these characters and somethign that is very feasable to see made.
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07-16-2011, 09:17 PM | #3 |
CallMeChuckles
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Nice man!
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07-17-2011, 04:59 PM | #4 |
Dreadnok Recruiter
Join Date: Feb 2009
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I am working on red shadows as well. I like your take on them.
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