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01-19-2013, 05:01 PM | #1 |
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I at one point or another have showed some of these as single customs but never in groups.
I like the international characters but cost prohibits me acquiring most of them...and to be honest they generally are little more than repaints (or less) of some of the same things we have seen here in the US. So I decided to make myself some of these characters. Some of which have shown up via the club or convention but others...well I just went my way. And in doing so I want to make these characters a little more unique than what we were given. I tried to keep them with at least some reflection to the original character but still differant...enjoy. Dolphin...Moondancer...Blades...Quarrel...Jammer.. .Hunter Dolphin and Moondancer are both made from the Walmart ROC two pack bodies, as I wanted to keep their basic uniforms grey like their originals...I also keep their hair colors reasonably the same Dolphin was more black hair then brown. And Moondancer I gave him a differant weapon than a mortar simply because I didn't have a spare. Blades is a complete no change Tripewire from the Walmart vehicle pack...to me at least its differant enough from Trip to work fine as a stand in Blades. Quarrel is made from various Scarlett and Lady Jaye parts. Jammer is POC Stalker with his hat painted, I also wanted to make him stand out from Stalker by adding a radio pack which is POC Snowjobs, and I gave him the Steel Brigade Delta's vest. I also left the braids to have a little more differance from the 25th style Stalker. Hunter...I wanted something that was less black uniform Cobra officer and more Joe looking. He is mostly ROC Heavy Duty in RA Armor. His helmet is a Mars Trooper repaint. I think it gives him a pretty good feel between the original and yet something new. Hard to see but he also has painted in yellow on his chest SAS. Topson...Redmack...Gaucho...Shimik...Leontor...Man leh...Glenda...Sokerk Topson Redmack Shimik and Manleh are all from the convention subsets. Gaucho again is the Walmart Gung Ho....but I gave him the Monkeywrench vest because Gaucho has a red Vest I also felt this version was differant enough than just being Gung Ho in a red vest. Leontor is the ROC Pit Trooper from the TRU pack with a modified Lift Ticket vest and the Gung Ho head. Glenda is of course Pilot Scarlett with a head paint, and Resolute Destro's head gear radio Sokerk is UBP Steeler with Airbornes harness. Red Wolf...IDW Red Shadow...Kraken...Skeltron...Red Jackal...Red Laser...Black Major...Baron Ironblood Red Wolf is the TRU red Cobra Commander body wrapped in the jump gear from Skydive...he also sports the Resolute CC's helmet and the mask of POC Beachhead. Krakan is the cobr diver with bits of SW Bossk Skeltron is SW Battle Droids mixed with the Montazuma skeleton head Red Jackal is one of the Hiss Driver bodies which ever one was red mixed with some IG legs and Resolute Zartan's chest gear...I wanted something still red to match the Shadows theme and something still Destro as I view Jackal as a cousin of Destro but yet differant. Red Laser is ROC Charbroil modified vest with a sliver ROC CC head and ROC Flash's gun. I still wanted something that remained similar to the original...and I think I did in that he's red and has a silver CC mask, but he's not the straight out Red Cobr Commander that Red Laser was. Black Major is a ROC Neo Viper body with MARS Trooper webbing with Sgt. Stone head. Red Torch is a repaint of POC Charbroil Baron Ironblood is ROC CC and ROC Neo Viper legs with ROC Flash vest and helmet.....though you can'r see it his head is ROC Flash with white hair. I hated the barrel helmet so I went with something more stylish. Steel Cobra...Satan...Kangor...Sei Tin...Fuera da la Lay...Ninja Ku. I REALLY hate Steel Cobra's look...its Flash with SE's head with dabs of yellow. I made my own. Satan and Ninja Ku are Hasbro made. Kangor is Night Adder with Firefly's Bandolier and TRU QK's gloves....I wanted something differant than Big Boa with a black helmet so I changed his race, changed his straps and there we go. Sei-Tin is a take on the DDP character which was a homage to Satan...he even has the robotic spine... Fuera da la Lay well the original is little more than Destro...so I gave him a slightly more Jungle theme since he's from SA...and made him yet another cousin of Destro. Last edited by Owner of a Lonely B.A.T.; 07-27-2019 at 09:04 PM.. |
01-19-2013, 05:27 PM | #2 |
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Cool customs I love the foreign characters and have made a few myself. Now I have to bust out the paints and get back into this hobby.
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01-19-2013, 05:29 PM | #3 |
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idw red shadow looks phenomenal
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01-19-2013, 06:38 PM | #4 |
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There's some great figures here, I'd love to see some close ups for them especially of the Red Shadows.
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01-19-2013, 09:19 PM | #5 |
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I'd love to see the Red Shadows a little bit clearer, but they all look great.
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01-19-2013, 09:28 PM | #6 |
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01-19-2013, 09:47 PM | #7 |
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Cool. Thanks. Just noticed that Larry Hamma is going to bring the Red Shadows into his RAH book soon.
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01-20-2013, 08:04 AM | #8 |
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wow ... I like many, many of them and I there some very interesting use of parts there... it was a great inspiration seeing all these!
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01-20-2013, 08:08 AM | #9 |
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Awesome stuff. I've seen some of these before but I love the group shots.
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01-20-2013, 09:35 AM | #10 |
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I like the Black Major, Red Wolf and Skeletron the most but they're all fantastic.
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