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04-25-2014, 04:47 PM | #1 |
Iron Grenadier
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I've been thinking about doing a custom Darklon for a while. It took some time to get started, but once I did, he came together really quickly. Thanks to Balaclava for advice on color combos and parts, especially on the boots.
As a kid, I loved Darklon, but even then he was a little too garish for me. I wanted to tone him down slightly, but still make him be a recognizable homage to his ARAH counterpart. Most of the parts should be fairly easy to recognize. The head is a cast piece I got from AVAC Labs. I wanted to paint it to look like a mask over a chainmail headpiece, with a leather strap to match Darklon's boots and holsters. The web gear was pieced together from a MARS Officer, a Retaliation Joe Trooper backpack, a Shockblast belt, and a piece of another belt. The knife sheath came of a leg in my fodder bin. His main gun is of course his ARAH rifle, but I added a pistol to his harness and a grenade launcher in a back scabbard, and switched the hand grenades on this leg out for 40mm grenades to go with the launcher. This guy was a lot of fun to put together, and he turned out better than I could have hoped for. I hope y'all enjoy him as much as I do!
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04-25-2014, 05:09 PM | #2 |
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That's awesome!
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04-25-2014, 05:12 PM | #3 |
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Very cool.
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04-25-2014, 05:41 PM | #4 |
All That Remains
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Nice work. His gun looks very Steam Punk. The paint apps are super clean.
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04-25-2014, 05:47 PM | #5 |
Joe Gramps aka Mr H
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Superb! I look forward to other customs from you sir.
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04-25-2014, 06:29 PM | #6 |
Still living the dream
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One of if not the best Darklons I've seen, hats off to you!
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04-25-2014, 06:50 PM | #7 |
Crimson Guard
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I like that a lot!
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04-25-2014, 06:54 PM | #8 |
Crimson Guard
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I'm really diggin this, Darklon is one of my all time favorites.
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04-25-2014, 07:01 PM | #9 |
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This is one great looking custom! I really like the copper and silver coloring on the main weapon along with the color pattern on the other weapons. This is one of the best looking Darklon customs and I like the attention to detail on the small parts. Great work.
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04-25-2014, 07:32 PM | #10 |
Fuggin' Hawesome!
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umm, yes?
like a whole bunch, right now! NOOWWWWWWW!!!!!!! also, I don't do all caps, soooo...... |
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