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03-13-2012, 04:49 PM | #1 |
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The Lynx was released after I had stopped playing with Joes. Luckily for me, my younger brother had one and kept it in pretty decent condition. It was originally intended as a tank, but since the Joes have so many of those, I decided to view it as a fire support vehicle, similar to the Wolverine but with a 155mm self-reloading howitzer. Like the Wolverine I posted yesterday, this is just a "refurbishing" of the original toy with some added detailing. Specifically, these things were done: - The drive wheels were painted the same color as the rest of the vehicle. - The seat was painted black. - The engine compartment was painted steel, aluminum and black. - The tools (which we called "pioneer gear" in the USMC) were painted the correct color. - The waterproof bags strapped to the vehicle's engine cover were painted the correct color (these bags are used to hold the camouflage netting that hides the vehicle from overhead observation when it is idle). This vehicle actually had paint added to it already (probably by my little bro). It appears that he had a bit of the customizing bug, too, as he had painted the pioneer tools, the cannon fan and the exhaust vents black. I was able to get some of this paint off, but not all. After the vehicle was painted, I applied a new set of decals by Ruben Jiminez. I used a set of Wolverine decals, rather than the Lynx decals because because I like my vehicles to be mostly uniform in appearance, and didn't really care for the Slaughter's Marauders decals. Here's a shot of both Fire Support Vehicles together: Next up will be the Armadillo! Last edited by Sgt Humpty; 08-29-2012 at 03:22 PM.. |
03-13-2012, 04:54 PM | #2 |
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Wow.
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03-13-2012, 05:10 PM | #3 |
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That is a great custom Sgt. Slaughter, by the way. Looks just like his introduction in the Marvel comic.
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03-13-2012, 05:15 PM | #4 |
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Thanks, man!
Hahahahahahahahahahaha! Awesome! That is exactly what I was going for with that. I hated Slaughter's persona in the Sunbow series (okay, if I'm being honest, I hated everything about Sunbow except that G.I. Joe was on TV). But I was cool with the way he was portrayed in the comics - as a Drill Instructor assigned to the Joe team. He wasn't the same over-the-top annoyance that Sunbow insisted on making him. |
03-13-2012, 05:17 PM | #5 |
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Hahahahahahahahahahaha! Awesome! That is exactly what I was going for with that. I hated Slaughter's persona in the Sunbow series (okay, if I'm being honest, I hated everything about Sunbow except that G.I. Joe was on TV). But I was cool with the way he was portrayed in the comics - as a Drill Instructor assigned to the Joe team. He wasn't the same over-the-top annoyance that Sunbow insisted on making him.
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03-13-2012, 07:20 PM | #6 |
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Sweet!
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03-13-2012, 09:46 PM | #7 |
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Fantastic touch ups. These "simple" tweaks add so much to this vehicle.
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03-13-2012, 09:48 PM | #8 |
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Nice work on both Sgt!
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03-14-2012, 02:03 AM | #9 |
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03-14-2012, 06:06 AM | #10 |
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Awesome! Nuff said
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