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06-27-2014, 01:13 PM | #11 |
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Day 22:
Venom Chopper w. Gyro-Viper – Echo Vehicle 39.99$ MSRP Cobra takes to the air with the Venom Chopper! This ominous looking copter has a complete arsenal of bombs and missiles, detailed engines with removable covers, pivoting fans and opening cockpit. Opening rear access ramp reveals payload bay! Manually operated winch drops Cobra troops into war zones. Carries up to 7 troops! Includes pilot Gyro-Viper. Other figures sold separately. Filecard by GITrekker and packaging mock-up and art by Sam! From the desk of Oreobuilder: The Cobra Transport Chopper from the original Marvel comic run is one of the most requested never-produced vehicles. About 8 years ago, I had the idea of combining a junker Tomahawk with a HISS IV as an attempt to create a modern version of the old Cobra helicopter. I had all the necessary parts. However, at the time, I was just starting to customize and did not have the knowledge, experience and tools to take on such a project. The parts were sold off in a purge and the project was shelved. Since then, I have taken on many vehicle customs, so I felt comfortable finally putting this vehicle back on the table. This project was a perfect opportunity. It is not meant to recreate the Marvel Cobra Copter, but I wanted it to have strong Cobra vibes. In the end, it turned out pretty much as I imagined it 8 years ago. The Gyro-Viper is a straight up ME version of the 1987 figure. I tried to stay as true as possible to the original.
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06-27-2014, 01:14 PM | #12 |
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Day 21:
Cobra BAT – Single Card 7.99$ MSRP Filecard by GITrekker! From the desk of Oreobuilder: The BAT came about because we felt that Cobra was lacking for troops. The build came together quite quickly. However, I went back and forth on the color scheme a few times. In the end, although red is a pain in the butt to paint, I settled on the Inferno BAT color scheme. Wall Cloud – Single Card 7.99$ MSRP Filecard by General Hawk aka Justin Bell! From the desk of Bucky: Wall Cloud was pieced together very quickly. As soon as I had found an "air" type name, I knew exactly what I wanted him to look like. I painted him up to "look" like a storm, with greys, blacks, and the yellow. He is topped off with a Renegades Ripcord head, donated from the original concept for Tango that I accidentally destroyed. A happy accident, as it gave me the opportunity to create two diverse characters as opposed to just one.
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Check out my customs blog here: http://oreobuildersblog.blogspot.ca/ My Transformers sales page: http://www.cybertron.ca/boards/showthread.php?t=34468 My trade feedback: http://www.hisstank.com/forum/buy-se...eobuilder.html Last edited by OreoBuilder; 07-23-2014 at 07:17 AM.. |
06-27-2014, 01:14 PM | #13 |
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Day 20:
Riff Raff – Deluxe Figure 9.99$ MSRP Filecard by GITrekker! Packaging mock-up by Sam! From the desk of Bucky: Riff Raff was originally going to be a completely different character named pit stop, a fat Dreadnok with the chubby Asian guys head from mib3. However, literally a couple days after getting the head, forum member bcost came up with the same idea, and it looked incredible. I didn't want to pretty much do the same custom he did, so I came up with something different, a Dreadnok that is kind of a homage to all the goofiness of the cartoon, with a record of cold slither, a vial of element from the mass device, and a beat up old discarded mcguffin device amongst the trash. The dumpster came from a wwe playset from the late 90's that had sat in a fodder box for years. All the graffiti is Easter eggs for episodes of the cartoon. I really tried to capture an 80's vibe with him. As Trekker was sending my filecards back, I was reading them with a smile on my face and would get a good chuckle out of them, but I'm not lying when I tell you I literally laughed out loud when I got Riff Raff's bio back. Trekker nailed it.
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06-27-2014, 01:15 PM | #14 |
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Day 19:
Barnstormer w. Tailspin – Delta Vehicle 19.99$ MSRP On board computers control the advanced gull-shaped wing design capable of precise navigation. The Barnstormer can however over a target and take off and land vertically thanks to its high tech avionics. Armed with side-mounted machine guns, can carry up to four troops in the rear payload bay! Include pilot Tailspin. Other figures sold separately. Filecard by GITrekker! From the desk of Bucky: Tailspin is another one of those names that was jotted down in a notebook for years, to be used for a pilot. This project gave me the reason to finally use so many of the names I'd write down through the years. I wanted to go with a WW2 vibe, which is where avacs lab's helmet piece came into play. He was one of the first 5, and varies very differently than his first incarnation, which was horribly out of proportion. The Barnstomer jet was originally going to be an iron man 2 jet, but not being a great vehicle customizer, I ruined it. Badly. It was pretty much unsalvagable, so I looked for another jet and remembered the Avengers jet with the opening in the back. I had just missed it at TRU on clearance, so ended up getting one from Amazon. My initial paint job wasn't coming out so well, so a local friend of mine stepped in and did the body paint. He had to sand quite a bit for the paint to stick to the soft plastic, and it turned out really well. I think I perhaps overdid the stickers, but that's a minor gripe.
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06-27-2014, 01:15 PM | #15 |
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Day 18:
Tango – Deluxe Figure 9.99$ MSRP Filecard by GITrekker! From the desk of Bucky: Tango was originally named ocelot, and was built off of a Renegades Ripcord. He was to be the team’s jungle trooper, and he was to have a tiger. His first incarnations and gear fitting was very much a Recondo vibe, which I kind of wanted to get away from. My customizing o.c.d. had started to kick in with this figure, as I was trying to get a unique look and color pallets for him. This o.c.d. of mine also affects how I build my customs, and if I can't move the shoulder without paint chipping, I'm going to go a different route. While trying to sand the shoulders down, I destroyed the ripcord with a dremel. Back to square one, I chose the burnout figure. I sanded the hair down, and a lot of the rest started to fall into place. I changed the name to Tango at this point. The camo took awhile to figure out what I wanted and the striping like he has was kind of just a happy accident.
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Check out my customs blog here: http://oreobuildersblog.blogspot.ca/ My Transformers sales page: http://www.cybertron.ca/boards/showthread.php?t=34468 My trade feedback: http://www.hisstank.com/forum/buy-se...eobuilder.html Last edited by OreoBuilder; 07-21-2014 at 07:19 AM.. |
06-27-2014, 01:16 PM | #16 |
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Day 17:
Crusher Tank w. General Warhorse – Delta Vehicle 19.99$ MSRP You control the action – forward, reverse, left, right… just like a real tank. Powerful motor and super traction tank treads to climb over obstacles. You can turn and elevate the battle cannon. Includes GI Joe Tank Commander: General Warhorse. Other figure sold separately. From the desk of Oreobuilder: One element that has been missing from recent Joe lines is a full-size good guy tank. We almost got one during RoC. Before then, the most recent Joe tank was the MoBAT re-issue during the 25th anniversary. I tried to remedy that with the Crusher. It uses a MoBAT base, so it is still compact. However, the turret can seat two figures. General Warhorse started out very differently than where he ended up. Originally, the character was to be named Blitzkrieg, wore a beret and a tanker’s jacket and headset. The recipe wasn’t working for me and I struggled to find a color scheme that made sense. In the end, I reworked the whole figure. I went with a WWII/Korean War look and feel. I wanted to give the sense of a grizzled veteran of many wars who had risen up the ranks. *** Edit: Sam, our graphic artist extraordinaire, strikes again! Late thsi afternoon, he sent through the packaging art for the Crusher! Thanks Sam!
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06-27-2014, 01:16 PM | #17 |
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Day 16:
Iron Master – Single Card 7.99$ MSRP Filecard by GITrekker! From the desk of Oreobuilder: Like it or not, GI Joe is not just military equipment and soldiers. It’s also giant robots, terror –inducing waves, weather-altering machines, Pyramids of Darkness, ghosts, ancient Greeks and, of course, ninja clans. Halfway through this project, Bucky and I realized that we had not included a ninja in our line-up. To correct this oversight, I immediately started working on a ninja apprentice named Banzai. The challenge was to make him different from the millions of previous ninjas that have been done over the years. Try as I might, all my attempts turned out pretty generic. I ended up turning to an obscure existing character that has never had a figure. The Iron Master is featured in the Ninja Battles DVD that was released during the Valor vs Venom days.
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06-27-2014, 01:17 PM | #18 |
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Day 15:
Cobra CRAB w. Sea Bastion – Delta Vehicle 19.99$ MSRP A force to be reckoned with! The heavily armored CRAB is Cobra’s sea dreadnaught. Armed with machine gun turret and two launching missiles! Includes Cobra pilot Sea Bastion. Other figures sold separately. Filecard by GITrekker! From the desk of Bucky: Sea bastion was one of the first brainstormed characters that popped into mind while thinking about another project a couple days after new sculpt was finished up. The name was a play on Sebastian, which is the crab from the little mermaid, which I was watching with my daughter while brainstorming other ideas. I thought it'd be a fun character to do and give him a boat called the crab. A side note, that head, minus the hair, has been done for years, and was sitting in a bag that was supposed to be a voltar that was never completed. The crab was one of those clearance price finds at tjmaxx I think. It was on sale for around 8 bucks, and I picked it up knowing someday I would do something with it. That was late 2012. Better late than never.
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06-27-2014, 01:18 PM | #19 |
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Day 14:
Sun Devil – Single Card 7.99$ MSRP Filecard by Justin Bell! From the desk of Bucky: Sun Devil was another of the first 5 I had pieced out. While trying to find ideas for the SEAL approach (figures covering sea, land and air) I started to focus on climate specialties. A new desert trooper was on my list, as the joes don't have too many on the roster. I decided to make him Hispanic, and wanted him to look unique. The colors and name are a nod to Arizona State University. I chose to not add more camo to him so he didn't look like Dusty in the end. Justin from Generalsjoes.com did an awesome job bringing the Character to life. Cobra Viper – Single Card 7.99$ MSRP Filecard by GITrekker! From the desk of Oreobuilder: Even when re-inventing the line, some classic elements can be kept as touchstones. The Viper in one the most iconic Cobra troops ever created. I tried to update the look while keeping the classic elements intact: the short sleeves, the helmet and the tactical vest. At the same time, I wanted to streamline and modernize the look somewhat. Like the fila card says, these Vipers are leaner and meaner. They are not your father’s Viper.
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Check out my customs blog here: http://oreobuildersblog.blogspot.ca/ My Transformers sales page: http://www.cybertron.ca/boards/showthread.php?t=34468 My trade feedback: http://www.hisstank.com/forum/buy-se...eobuilder.html Last edited by OreoBuilder; 07-18-2014 at 07:29 AM.. |
06-27-2014, 01:18 PM | #20 |
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Day 13:
Glitch – Deluxe Figure 9.99$ MSRP Filecard by Justin Bell! From the desk of Bucky: The name Glitch has been on my list of names for over 3 years, I jotted it down after watching a wizard of Oz themed movie called Tin Man. I always had an idea that he would be some kind of tele viper commander or something. That then morphed into a possible data viper commander. When I decided now would be a good time to use the name, I originally started with the gear and head on a data viper body, but then figured it would be more fun to see how much techie looking things I could stick on one figure. So that is where the cyborg like armored body came into play, and a dremel to get the stuff off the 5 point articulated cobra commander, amongst other figures. Justin Bell came up with a great filecard for him, which had the perfect amount of "Hama Humor" and seriousness in it. This guy was very fun to build.
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