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07-29-2011, 04:40 AM | #1 |
Computer Interface Expert
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 141
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Hello everyone!
I have been browsing this website for years but somehow never got around to registering until today, so I wanted to take the opportunity to contribute a bit with a some custom work I have done. I have been collecting Joes since 1982 and customizing for near as long, and currently have several big projects under way. This Alley-Viper is from a project were I am attempting to make each figure resemble their card art picture as much as possible. In most cases this amounts to adding in a few missing paint applications, but in a few cases I have modified the figure slightly, such as with this one. Alley-Viper on his card had much more blue on his uniform in large jagged patches, and it was much darker. The faceplate was also completely different and needed to be modified, luckily I had an old battered figure with broken visor pegs to use. The new visor was added with sculpting putty. The completed head on a body with original paint. This shows the difference in the original neon blue and the darker more card accurate shade. Alley-Viper "card-art style" I don't want to bog things down with too much text so if anyone wants to read up on the full details of each project the pic in my signature will take you to my web galleries. |
06-17-2014, 12:22 AM | #2 |
Blue Shirt
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: California
Posts: 10
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Hey man I just checked out your sight. These are AWESOME! When are going to update the sight?
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06-17-2014, 12:35 AM | #3 |
G.I. Joe/ Autobot liaison
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Texas
Posts: 7,669
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Looks really great man, some O-ring goodness.
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06-17-2014, 12:59 PM | #4 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Portugal/UK
Posts: 3,128
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Ye I always thought the mask was completely off and the artwork seemed much better.
Nice job
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06-18-2014, 05:12 AM | #5 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: May 2007
Location: United States
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Glad someone dug up this old thread. I'm a fan of Netviper X's stuff. In fact I especially like his custom Netviper --
NET-VIPER I want to make one with modern parts. What I like about a lot of his stuff like the Alley Viper here is how true to the original concept it is - you could say it's nit-picky or a slavish recreation but I look at it like model building from a source material rather than what we normally see customizers do Netviper instead does more what a model maker would have done during the original mockup process of making the toy, working within those confines and coming up with what-ifs of figures if they had a little more time to stew without corporate time restraints and come out a little different.
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06-18-2014, 06:18 AM | #6 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Maryland
Posts: 3,370
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I just checked out Netviper's other stuff and holy shit his Cobra re-color project is epic. If Hasbro needs some awesome repaint ideas look no further, I would buy every one of them multiple times over.
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06-18-2014, 06:22 AM | #7 |
Cobra Viper
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: New Braunfels, TX
Posts: 389
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Really liking the work you put into this figure.
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06-18-2014, 09:10 AM | #8 |
Christian Soldier
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Florida
Posts: 6,244
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06-18-2014, 11:13 AM | #9 |
Cobra Viper
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 143
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your website is wicked! love all the recolored o-ringers!!
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06-18-2014, 11:14 AM | #10 |
Cobra Viper
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Austin, TX
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Also, how did this thread get no love in 2011 only to be resurrected in 2014?
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