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03-09-2022, 12:55 AM | #1291 |
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Well, not sure how I got so far behind in this thread, but I've missed several pages.
First, congrats on 300. Epic achievement. Awesome that Jinx has been the figure for each milestone too. Shark Bite is one of my favorites. Great parts choices and really like the Dime Novel Legends line head (unless I'm mistaken). I don't collect that line so I may be. Havoc gives me Spiral Zone vibes as those were the colors and look of Overlord's crew the Black Widows. Love the Firefly collage to show them all off. Vampire Girl is now one of my absolute favorites. I'm going to have to go back and find her bio. I'm actually a huge fan of vampire movies, books and lore. Always great to look through the thread and being behind gave me lots to look through.
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03-10-2022, 01:05 PM | #1292 |
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I like Monami & Rika updates, they look cool as hell dude!
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03-13-2022, 10:02 AM | #1293 |
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Thanks buddy!
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Well, not sure how I got so far behind in this thread, but I've missed several pages.
First, congrats on 300. Epic achievement. Awesome that Jinx has been the figure for each milestone too. Shark Bite is one of my favorites. Great parts choices and really like the Dime Novel Legends line head (unless I'm mistaken). I don't collect that line so I may be. Havoc gives me Spiral Zone vibes as those were the colors and look of Overlord's crew the Black Widows. Love the Firefly collage to show them all off. Vampire Girl is now one of my absolute favorites. I'm going to have to go back and find her bio. I'm actually a huge fan of vampire movies, books and lore. Always great to look through the thread and being behind gave me lots to look through. Awesome thanks for stopping in man! |
03-13-2022, 10:02 AM | #1294 |
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NEW RECRUITS!!!!!
#306/X100. HIT LIST (based on G.I Joe Zap from the 2007 "Tanks for the Memories" Exclusive Joecon set) Marauder Task Force Origin: Mexico Season 9 So I have been slowly ticking away at "versions" of the OG13. I have a few more to go but I have now completed my homage to the 2007 version of Zap. I knew I was going to do this version when the new Desert-Ops MK II bodies dropped on the MGR site, but was pushed further when I saw a different style Zap custom on Facebook posted using the Boss Fight Zorro head. Sometimes it just takes one part to go "that's it!" HIT LIST goes back before the MTF to the original predecessor team as one of the original members. Brought back by ATHENA, he may have aged over the years, but he has never lost his skills nor his charm. ATHENA figured that his mastery of weaponry and endless enthusiasm would make HIT LIST a "hit" with new recruits, training on the MTF's required weapon arsenal. So she assigned him to their worst location... at the Wastelands checkpoint & training facility. Located far from where the enemies would interrupt the next new wave of MTF team members from their weapons schedule. In an unusual turn of events, HIT LIST befriended YUREI KAGE (aka THE WASTELAND WARRIOR), as YUREI would often stop their for intel, rations, & rest from his vigilante excursions! Last edited by Steel Brigade; 03-13-2022 at 10:11 PM.. |
03-13-2022, 10:03 AM | #1295 |
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#307/X101. VANGUARD (EXO-SUIT VERSION) (based on G.I Joe Star Brigade Falcon prototype/AxonRey custom)
Marauder Task Force Exo-Suit Version/Version 4 Origin: USA Season 9 This one was totally inspired by AxonRey's fantastic custom on these boards as I did not even know there was a prototype for a Star Brigade Falcon lol. His expert execution on this "deep-cut" fully inspired both the build & colors, as I went to the MGR site the very day he posted his version to build my own take! Thanks for the inspiration my friend, I love that instant fire! Impressed with how VANGUARD & his OUTLAWS handled bringing down the CANDYMAN'S illegal drug operations, LT. SLATE offered VANGUARD a role in tracking down & bringing in former SCIENCE DIRECTOR GREG D. SCOTT to stop him from his path of vengeance. VANGUARD has been outfitted with his own EXO-SUIT from SCOTT'S prototypes, which will be performing at the same level as SCOTT'S last known upgrade schematics. He's been working hard at mastering the suit, so he can try & beat SCOTT at his own level. He only wants to bring him in alive, (with 1-on-1 combat if necessary), & only use that option if the distressed scientist can't be brought to justice by using early negotiations. He hopes it won't come to a showdown between the 2, but is ready & able, as the SCIENCE DIRECTOR'S rampage has spun out of control! AxonRey's original inspirational thread: https://www.hisstank.com/forum/g-i-j...e-axonrey.html Last edited by Steel Brigade; 03-13-2022 at 10:16 PM.. |
03-13-2022, 10:04 AM | #1296 |
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#308/X102. STEEL SNAKE (based on GI Joe Brazil: Comandos Em Acao figure Cobra De Aco)
WRATH Origin: Brazil Season 9 *MGR Geared-Up Figure "MARAUDER DE-ACO" Although a very original MGR Geared-Up figure, Marauder De-Aco seemed to be a slow seller on the MGR site, lasting weeks after his initial release. Not sure why... too unrecognized a character perhaps? Personally, I thought this was a brilliant use of the Cyber-Ops body & couldn't wait to snap him up. I wasn't sure if they had modified a specific number of plate carrier vests to accommodate the extra armor panels added, but it turned out it was a buyer's "cut" off the armor panel connectors & "glue" deal lol. This is a straight up MGR release, I only added the silver armor on the left leg as it was pictured (but not included) with what seems to be everybody's copy lol. STEEL SNAKE is a brilliant strategist, but due to his conceited, boastful, & grating personality, he has caused a considerable amount of friction among his teammates, often causing troops to get in physical altercations with him or outright desert WRATH. MASTERMIND has seen first hand his constant clashing with both high brass & infantry within the ranks, showcasing his incredibly intolerable personality, but even still, he would hate to lose him to any of their opposition. So he put him in charge of the Cyber-Ops master deployment facility commanding the CYBER-OPS GUNNER/TROOPER regime. The robots will follow his every wish without any backlash & it gives STEEL SNAKE a false sense of leadership & loyalty. He thinks of it as the ultimate promotion, while the WRATH organization doesn't have to deal with him directly... Everybody wins... Last edited by Steel Brigade; 03-13-2022 at 10:20 PM.. |
03-13-2022, 10:04 AM | #1297 |
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#309/X103. AMI (BURST MACHINE GIRL) (based on the Japanese movie Rise Of The Machine Girls - aka Burst Machine Girl aka Bakuretsu Machine Shoujo Burst Machine Girl)
Hilko Labs Origin: Japan Season 9 *Japanese Anti/Heroines series A reboot of one of my fave directors (& a major influence on starting my love for Japanese exploitation cinema & the Japanese Anti-Heroine Series), Noburu Iguchi's original MACHINE GIRL is a cult classic. When producing the reboot RISE OF THE MACHINE GIRLS a decade+ later he & director Yuki Kobayashi do not tell the same tale (which is great, as it would be difficult to redo as well), but it has many of the same beats, yet within a bigger yet still small world. The original film is the better of the 2, but I could more accurately homage this film & have spoken to 2 of the actors in the past through social media (stars Himena Tsukimiya & Tak Sakaguchi) which add an extra layer of fun for me when I was making this. Movie Story Line: Living in the lawless Ishinari District in a future Japan, 2 sisters sold their bodies to help their parents, & try to earn a living performing as an idol group in the area. When their performance causes a notorious hit-man, to notice their condition, the three realize their worth to each other & decide to fight against a female boss of a infamous organ harvesting ring in the area. Realizing that even their skills are no match for her army of underlings, the two girls are outfitted with special homemade weaponry to their bodies & become the ultimate weapons of justice. When deciding to do my Japanese Anti-Heroine series, a Machine Girl homage was in the loose planning stages, but one day it all clicked for me in a magic moment when I figured out how I could recreate that trademark left gun arm by combining MGR weaponry on a Boss Fight body. The movie maybe low budget sleazy fun, but when it worked out for me in figure form, it felt incredibly satisfying to get an homage this close to something that I personally love. AMI and her sister were put in custody of the corrupt Hilko Labs "Parenting Program" when their real parents could not pay off their outstanding & unreachable debts after organ transplants were given to the girls to keep them alive after a bad car accident caused by a washed out road in their sinking country of Japan. The parents were promised regular visiting rights while things got sorted out, but were quickly lied to that their daughters had "complications" that lead to their demise after the transplants took place. The girls were equally lied to in being told that their parents had died when their home washed away from the global flooding. The girls were brainwashed, trained, & their bodies altered with interchangeable limb weaponry to become killers posing as performers for remaining broken government standings, Yakuza, & other corrupt upstarts vying for power within the sunken nation... (for Hilko Labs best interests.) During a mission, AMI'S sister was lost in the confusion when a riot broke out & Yakuza raided a Chinese Tong (secret society) that had infiltrated Japan, which the girls were performing at to try & extinguish the Tong themselves. AMI was left for dead in the skirmish, but lived... completely cold & without mercy for her enemies, AMI now searches for her lost sister, (while Hilko Labs tries to recapture AMI), & everyone that comes in her path must beware THE MACHINE GIRL! *Japanese Anti/Heroines series roster 1. GALLY (Battle Angel Alita) 2. RIKA (Zombie Hunter Rika) 3. RIN (Mutant Girl Squad) 4. REI (Mutant Girl Squad) 5. YOSHIE (Mutant Girl Squad) 6. YUKI (Snow Woman homage) 7. MONAMI (Vampire Girl from Vampire Girl VS. Frankenstein Girl) 8. SAYA (Dekotora Truck Gal series homage) 9. AMI (Burst Machine Girl from Rise Of The Machine Girls) 10. SAKI (coming soon!) 11. JAPANESE MYSTERY MOVIE GIRL 1 (coming soon!) 12. JAPANESE MYSTERY MOVIE GIRL 2 (coming soon!) 13. JAPANESE MYSTERY MOVIE GIRL 3 (coming soon!) 14. JAPANESE MYSTERY MOVIE GIRL 4 (coming soon!) My Rise Of The Machine Girls collection: Rise Of The Machine Girls Trailer: *Both the original film & reboot (reboot BD release date is 3/22/22) are available at Rightstuf.com (subtitled & dubbed options) if you are interested in this type of gory, J-Sploitation film series... Machine Girl ("Jacked" edition - reissue) BD https://www.rightstufanime.com/The-M...on-Blu-ray-DVD Rise Of The Machine Girls BD https://www.rightstufanime.com/Rise-...-Girls-Blu-ray Last edited by Steel Brigade; 07-22-2022 at 10:37 AM.. |
03-13-2022, 10:05 AM | #1298 |
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#310/X104. ZEUS (based on G.I. Joe VS. Cobra Spytroops '03 Zartan)
NeoNoks Origin: France? Great Britain? Australia? Season 10 Always wanted to include Zartan in my "Neo-Noks" series but purposely designed the early roster without him as I didn't think I could do a classic version homage justice within the MGR catalog. Once I started dabbling in Boss Fight though, I knew I could finally bring one of the best of Joe's enemies to my universe! I had purposely ordered a few things I thought I could use early (like the hood) even before I knew which version I was going to tribute, & kind of worked my way backwards lol. Vitruvian Armory had some great looking custom bald heads for sale, & the new release of the Boss Fight vests in different colors (in this case black), on the MGR site made for the final push. After doing quite a few Boss Fight based females, he's the first near-total Boss Fight made male-build I have created for this thread! ZEUS was the powerful leader of the Dreadnoks before he went missing during a vicious battle with the MTF during the time of Armageddon when the MTF stepped in to end their criminal circuit in the New Jersey area. Thought to be dead in the chaos, ZEUS actually went missing & had lost some of his memory. He went back to the everglades & reestablished himself in a bearded disguise as a bounty hunter & worked under that guise for several years under the alias THE SAINT. After a long search & several dead-ends, his sister MEDUSA finally located him & now as the NEO-NOKS leader (after beating POSEIDON in combat), reinstated both ZEUS' memory & stature among the NOKS ranks. Now in the time of "Wet World," the ZEUS-lead NEO-NOKS are 1 of the 3 major enemies vying to conquer whats left of the sunken planet Earth & targeting Atlantis. Often combining forces with M.A.R.S. & WRATH to form the DARK WATER TRIAD, ZEUS has created an uneasy (but lucrative) alliance with both of their Earth assigned leaders, DARK LORD & MASTERMIND. THE NEO-NOKS (formerly the DREADNOKS) 1. POSEIDON 2. ROAD KILL 3. SUKEBAN 4. BITTERSWEET (coming soon!) 5. THRASH METAL (coming soon!) 6. SCORCH (coming soon!) 7. MEDUSA 8. BONECRUSHER 9. ZEUS 10. ?MYSTERY NEO-NOK? Last edited by Steel Brigade; 03-13-2022 at 10:34 PM.. |
03-13-2022, 10:08 AM | #1299 |
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Another great batch. Zap is spot on (I was going to use the same head for my retro version).
Have to be honest, I'm partial to Vanguard, and very flattered by him, as well. Joe vs Cobra Zartan is a cool cut, as well.
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03-13-2022, 10:43 AM | #1300 |
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#308/X102. STEEL SNAKE (based on GI Joe Brazil: Comandos Em Acao figure Cobra De Aco)
WRATH Origin: Brazil Season 9 *MGR Geared-Up Figure "MARAUDER DE-ACO" Although a very original MGR Geared-Up figure, Marauder De-Aco seemed to be a slow seller on the site, lasting weeks after his release. Not sure why, to unrecognized a character perhaps? Personally, I thought this was a brilliant use of the Cyber-Ops body & couldn't wait to snap him up. Wasn't sure if they had modified a specific number of plate carrier vests to accommodate the extra armor panels added but it turned out it was a cut off the plate connectors & glue deal lol. This is a straight up MGR release, I only added the silver armor on the left leg as it was pictured (but not included) with what seems to be everybody's copy lol. STEEL SNAKE is a brilliant strategist, but due to his conceited, boastful & grating personality, he has caused a considerable amount of friction among his teammates, often causing troops to get in physical altercations with him or outright desert WRATH. MASTERMIND has seen first hand his constant clashing with both high brass & infantry within the ranks showcasing his incredibly intolerable personality, but even still, would hate to lose him to any of their opposition. So he he put him in charge of the Cyber-Ops master deployment facility commanding the CYBER-OPS GUNNER/TROOPER regime. The robots will follow his every wish without any backlash & it gives STEEL SNAKE a false sense of leadership & loyalty. He thinks of it as the ultimate promotion, while the WRATH organization doesn't have to deal with him directly... Everybody wins... Great choice all around . Keep Em coming!
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