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01-06-2014, 10:01 AM | #1 |
Cobra Viper
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: New Braunfels, TX
Posts: 389
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I never had the OG version of Roadblock when I was a kid, even though he is one of my favorite characters ever for G.I. Joe. When I did finally manage to get my hands on one, I was shocked at how puny he looked standing next to his fellow Joes. I decided to remedy that.
I used a Guile torso from the Street Fighter II line of Joes and added Green Stuff for the shirt. I chopped up a harness that was on the Roadblock from the 25th 5 pack, but they still need to be trimmed up some ( I always knew I would find a use for those crap 25th figures ;) ). The head, waist, and lower arms came from the 1993 Roadblock, the legs were from Chuckles, and those upper arms are from Big Boa. First I used arms from a Balrog figure, but they were so brittle they shattered at the shoulder joint when I was reassembling them. Never had that happen to me before, and I could not get them glued back together. So I used the Big Boa upper arms, and they were the biggest pain in the arse to get apart. I don't know why, but they were really tough... Anyhoooooo.... |
01-06-2014, 05:36 PM | #2 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: North East Ohio "Cleveland"
Posts: 1,041
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Very cool looking update... I'm not wild about the arms...but understand the difficulty of getting arms that will match with that oversized Roadpig chest... Since it looks like you painted the parts anyway, I think Roadpig or maybe Gnagahyde's arms would be a more in-scale option... Even still I love that you're working in the Vintage ARAH format.
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