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03-24-2014, 07:37 PM | #1 |
Cobra Viper
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: green bay, wi
Posts: 142
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I, like most if not all of you, absolutely hated the club fragment viper's skin tight suit. So after a long while of debate on whether or not to dissect him I finally couldn't take it and went to work.
I replaced them with the lower legs of wave 1 retaliation roadblock. It sucks without the ankle articulation but the taller figure was needed to keep him proportionate. The paint is not dead on, but close. If any of you painters could give me a better recipe it would be greatly appreciated. I personally think he looks way better like this. Last edited by sewnback2gether; 03-24-2014 at 07:39 PM.. |
03-24-2014, 09:21 PM | #2 |
G.I. Joe/ Autobot liaison
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Texas
Posts: 7,669
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I am going to make a frag viper custom soon, thanks for the ideas man
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03-25-2014, 05:22 PM | #3 |
Nerd Viper
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: The Fort
Posts: 743
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How is he supposed to dance around in those bulky pants?
Seriously, nice improvements. |
03-25-2014, 06:19 PM | #4 |
Spartan F5 Viper
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Sparta
Posts: 17,125
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Looks better...but too bulky. and the knee pads are also too out of place for some reason for my liking.
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03-25-2014, 07:16 PM | #5 |
Cobra Viper
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: green bay, wi
Posts: 142
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Your definitely right about the bulkiness, I had better choices but the lower legs were too short and it looked goofy. I wanted to leave the kneepads out as well but the single joint on the retaliation rb meant it was there to stay. On a positive side the kneepads help to hide the difference between the factory paint and mine. |
04-01-2014, 09:14 PM | #6 |
Cobra Viper
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: green bay, wi
Posts: 142
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Updated with a new leg fix. This time around I used the retaliation wave 1 snake eyes lower legs which look less bulky and have the articulation retained.
It definitely looks much cooler this way, and better than it did before with my old combo (which if you look at the top pics I mixed up the lower legs... oops) from the wave 1 retaliation rb. |
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