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02-11-2021, 04:19 AM | #1 |
Kraken
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Trying to bring the Dreadnoks out of the 80's and into something close to reality. So I think of them as a mixture of Son's of Anarchy and Cyber Punk (near current tech, not far future). Colors needed to be somewhat subdued but still a little out of the ordinary.
First up Zandar- Just wanted a few cues from the original. Orange hair, tattoo (red instead of pink and on arm instead of chest), chest holster for pistol, knife on the leg and call it a day...
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02-11-2021, 04:19 AM | #2 |
Kraken
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Next up - Live Wire
This guy is a Psycho... Loves explosions (who doesn't really), loves to talk... non-stop... For him it's all about the carnage, chaos, and constant noise. This makes him difficult to control when needed. He can be more of a liability than an asset too often. Rumor is his scars are from a former team member who wanted to shut him up. It worked for a time as Live Wire needed to heal, but the other guy was never heard from again. Live Wire knows some of the other Noks would just as soon see him retired, permanently. He welcomes hate and conflict... he lives for it. This one's construction is a little interesting. From the waist up almost unchanged, but I wanted the legs to use on a girl custom coming up. His body is not noticeably small until you take off the vest and try to join with regular size male legs, so he has legs from one of the more recent exo-suit girls. Took some work fit it together, but it works well now.
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02-11-2021, 05:45 AM | #3 |
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I like the idea of having the Dreadnoks being more "Sons of Anarchy".
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02-11-2021, 06:42 AM | #4 |
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Awesome concepts and execution!!!
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02-11-2021, 11:35 AM | #5 |
Kraken
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Now for Velocity-
As a young girl Velocity's home life was a mess. She grew up fast learning that it was harder to hit a moving target. In high school Velocity translated her abilities into track and field, basketball, volleyball, and everything else that required moving fast and jumping high. She picked up parkour less as a hobby to stay active between sports and more as means of survival. Ran away from her foster home at 16 and never looked back. Velocity scored cash as a package runner. Quickly rose through the ranks that led to more important clientele with less than legal items and information requiring discretion as much as skill. Velocity joined the Dreadnoks after delivering on a particularly challenging assignment to Zandar. She was intrigued, because Zandar was the first guy to ask nicely without trying to hit on her, literally or figuratively. This is where Live Wire's legs went. I think they're much better suited for her than for him. The legs and belt are from the "Awakening" figure and the upper body and head are from the "Crossfire" figure. Scarf, backpack, pouches, holster, weapons are all from various JoyToy figures. The Crossfire figure was going for a weird French Maid/Harley Quinn mashup, so I tried to lean into a Cyber Punk vibe. I imagine the her eye is covered with a some sort of removable enhancement. 0 F's to give... Bye, Felicia
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02-11-2021, 01:02 PM | #6 |
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I like that hand giving you The Finger.
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02-11-2021, 01:04 PM | #7 |
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Same here. What inspired it?
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02-11-2021, 10:37 PM | #8 |
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She came with about 6 different hands - right/left gun grip, knife grip, right 2 finger peace and left wave. The figure comes from a Chinese game where they probably do something like fortnite emotes and/or dances. I don't know for sure as I've never played it.
I took the peace/victory hand and made small cuts to be able to bend the finger down and glue it in place. Just thought that fit her personality better than the original hand.
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02-11-2021, 10:47 PM | #9 |
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She came with about 6 different hands - right/left gun grip, knife grip, right 2 finger peace and left wave. The figure comes from a Chinese game where they probably do something like fortnite emotes and/or dances. I don't know for sure as I've never played it.
I took the peace/victory hand and made small cuts to be able to bend the finger down and glue it in place. Just thought that fit her personality better than the original hand.
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02-11-2021, 11:13 PM | #10 |
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I'm curious about the inspiration as well. Pretty cool you were able to make the hand the way you did. But I'm curious, like Slice was saying, what inspired you to do that? Where did the idea come from? Did you see something similar somewhere? Is it a nod to anything in particular?
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