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03-29-2018, 04:03 PM | #21 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: Sep 2007
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Thanks guys. I have been out of comission for the last days with a nasty bug, but I'm sliwly getting caught up. In fact, Zap is 1001 in a seperate thread.
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OB: Congratulations on 1000 customs. It's a staggering number of work and photos. Thanks so much for sharing all these!
Short-Fuse: I'll have to see at first I was little underwhelmed. But after studying this closer over the last few days, there are a whole lot of great things going on this guy. The torso change is just brilliant. It works a great replacement for the first 25th Anniversary Snake Eyes, in that it's bit taller, has the right look/sculpt, and has much smoother profile change from upper to lower torso--perfect for Zap and SF with their particular webgear where this torso joint is so exposed. I was testing this out on the Grunt/Stalker/SE gear, and it looks like it works for that webgear as well (I was afraid the webgear would be too short, as it is on the 30th ShockTrooper torso). I may have to stock up on fodder of this torso myself—before a sudden demand erupts. The old arms appear to work well on the updated torso--did you crack the torso open and use the old shoulder pegs, or cut the arms and place them on the new torso shoulder pegs? Also, that torso has the double ball peg for the head, correct? Did you cut off the second peg or use it (hence the added collar)? The ball-jointed hands are awesome. I was always thinking of doing this, but thought that losing the old ribbed cuffs wouldn't be right. This figure shows that the arms look just fine without the old ribbed cuffs, and definitely benefit from the added hand articulation. Can I ask where the hands come from? The look like 50th Gung-ho or Outback. And as always, the paint is top notch. Looks clean, streamlined, and true to the original. I guess we'll find out how you'll handle the different shades of green. I'm wondering if you'll follow the originals, keep them all one uniform shade, or something else (I' toyed with the idea of infantry as one shade, artillery as another--to revisionist?) Finally, I like how you steered away from the eyeglasses for yours. I've got them on all mine--just to get head/facial variety amonst the 13--but based on your story, I can now relate on why many like to leave the eyewear out (Breaker's beard is similar). I'm a big fan of O13 figures, and classic takes using modern parts, so I am really looking forward to the next few reveals. I had planned on taking and posting more pics of my own O13 collections these next few months, but now I want to see what you've got next beforehand. Good timing man! Thanks again OB! Looking forward to the next 1000... I debated whether to chop the ribbed cuffs from the original hands and insert them between the hands (from Marauder MTF BTW) and the arms, but decided against it. For the different shades of green, Zap is up now and shows that I matched the original colors as closely as possible. Steeler and Zap are light green (I used a vintage Zap backpack to match the color), Rock & Roll and Grand Slam are darker and the rest fall in the middle. I wanted these to be modern construction versions of the originals and keep the modernizing to a minimum. Eventually, I may make modern 21st century versions of these characters, but for now, I am aiming at hitting the nostalgia target as much as possible. Looking forward to seeing your OG13 when they are ready. Quote:
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