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02-16-2019, 07:48 AM | #11 |
Cobra Viper
Join Date: Jun 2015
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Script and photography by Oreobuilder
Story outline: bucky, danofthedead and Oreobuilder Editing and all art by Doe138 Skids by Oreobuilder Once I decided to include the AWE Striker in our Night Force II project, it needed a driver. Crankcase is a no-brainer, but I never cared for the character, so I was not inspired to make a custom of him. I looked at other Joe Drivers including Night Fox and Clutch, but settled on Skidmark, renamed Skids for this project. Skidmark is a character that every Joe fan knows, mostly because of his name. I have had a Skidmark build in my WIP pile for a while now, but never got around to painting him. Then, the Club released their version that is very vintage-accurate. I update my work-in-progress version with ROC Snake Eyes legs to match the Club’s and gave him a Night Force inspired color scheme. I kept the legs black to avoid paint scraping when placing him in the driver’s seat. Head: Renegades Cobra Trooper Torso, arms: 50th Beachhead Legs: RoC Snake Eyes Belt: 50th Hawk Vest: 50th Spirit AWE Striker by Oreobuilder The AWE Striker has been released several times since 2001 and anyone who has been collecting for a while probably has more that one in their collection. Despite the "overexposure", I have always liked the vehicle. It has some fun features like the turning front wheels, the working suspension and the removable engine cover (and engine). There have been a few black versions released, but none that I felt fit with the Night Force color scheme (at least not 100%), so I painted my own. I ended up mashing together parts from the FOE, the Retaliation version and the PoC version to get all the parts I wanted. Chassis and undercarriage: Retaliation Ninja Commando 4x4 Gun, engine, engine cover and headlights: PoC AWE Striker Cockpit screen/machine gun rack: FOE Striker Dark Alley Viper by Danofthedead These guys I think are the ones who sold me on really taking on the Strike Team - Urban Division COBRAs. I LOVE Alley Vipers. But I think very few of the repaints and resculpts match what made the first one so good, even in it’s crazy colors. This was an attempt to take all that stuff that DID work on later Alley Vipers and the Urban Strike colors and pull them together. I think the Torpedo arms should be required by law on all Alley Viper customs now… I think they added some needed upper arm bulk/armor and even have the V2 ribbed gauntlets. While I dropped camo on the Midnight Creepers, I love the tall boots on the Captain America legs, and when I saw they came in black I knew those were the right choice. I considered painting them fully black to match the original figure, but ultimately decided the digital camo was a nice touch and let it stay. I normally don’t like the “hog nose” mask on Alley Vipers, but it works well in black on black. I still love the simple, knight-like visor from the first figure though, so I included an alternate set of visors. Eventually, I think I’ll find a pair V1 style shields for their load out as well. Torpedo - Upper Body, Arms Night Mission Captain America - Hips, Legs Ragin’ Spoon Alley-Way Kit Alley Viper - Alternate Visor
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02-16-2019, 07:49 AM | #12 |
Cobra Viper
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Several Places
Posts: 340
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Script and photography by Oreobuilder
Story outline: bucky, danofthedead and Oreobuilder Editing and all art by Doe138 Major Barrage by Oreobuilder The Howitzer needed an artillery commander. The Joe team has several, Grand Slam and Long Range come to mind. I wanted to go off the beaten path and include a character that is not necessarily on the top of people’s minds, so I turned to the New Sculpt/DTC years for inspiration. Major Barrage is a character that has never gotten much attention but has much potential in my opinion. I have previously made a Barrage custom a few years ago, but I wanted to rethink the whole parts recipe. His filecard describes him as a hulking "mountain of a man" and I wanted to convey that size. Accordingly, he is made up of Retaliation Roadblock parts. Head: Marauder MTF Torso, upper arms: Retaliation wave 1 Roadblock Lower arms, hands, legs: Retaliation wave 2 Roadblock Vest: retaliation 3-pack Roadblock (modified) Night Howitzer by Oreobuilder I had a beat-up vintage Howitzer in my fodder box that I really did not know what to do with. I picked it up cheap at a local toy show a few years ago since I’m a sucker for the old battlefield accessory sets and I can never get enough. I already have a clean green vintage set, a desert custom and a blue Cobra custom, so a Night Force version seemed like a fun version to do next. I had to cut off the end of the cannon barrel since the tip was melted as well as drill a new hole for the trailer hitch. After that, it was simply a matter of painting the whole thing black. Usually Night Force vehicles have red guns and missiles. In this case, since the whole playset is a gun, I opted to use stickers for the red highlights rather that red painted parts. All: Vintage GI Joe Howitzer Scrap Iron by Danofthedead I was pretty invested in the Strike Team Urban Division set at this point, and Scrap-Iron seemed like a perfect fit in his red and black for Shadow Brigade. The build became a question of how much to stray from that design… I wanted to have SOME fun with it or it could be a really boring figure. And there was the temptation to use one of OreoBuilder’s great RESURGENCE Scrap-Iron designs in red and black, but I ultimately chose to stay pretty close to the Urban Strike design. The biggest change being the Lift Ticket parts to give him just a little more armor and texture. Scrap-Iron (and various repaints) - Base Figure, Vest, Helmet Lift Ticket - Upper Arms, Knees, Lower Legs Shadow Strike by Danofthedead Pretty straight forward repaint. I think I grabbed it cheap at the Last LAST Joe Con, looking for small vehicles I could try to do for this project. I’ve still got a lot to learn on vehicles, but mostly I’m just proud this one actually got finished. I was agonizing over what type of missile launcher to give Scrap-Iron, when it occurred to us that he's a pretty natural fit for driving this thing. Imp - Base Vehicle Star Wars Accessory - Control Stick Xyber-9 - Updated Cannon Frag Vipers by Oreobuilder While I was working on this project, an opportunity came up to purchase three GI Joe Club Frag Vipers for a great price. Frag Vipers have never been anywhere near the top of my favorite Cobra troop types, but I like the concept. When they arrived in the mail, I already knew that I wanted to include them in this project. The original caramel brown does not fit for Cobra, I figured black was more fitting. Fortunately, it was a simple thing to use a couple of different Snake Eyes' to create a new figure without any paint. Head, belt, sash, accessories: GIJCC Frag Viper Torso, arms: Retaliation Ultimate Snake Eyes Legs: RoC Snake Eyes
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02-16-2019, 07:50 AM | #13 |
Cobra Viper
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Several Places
Posts: 340
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Script and photography by Oreobuilder
Story outline: bucky, danofthedead and Oreobuilder Editing and all art by Doe138 Switch Gears by Oreobuilder To drive the Night Panther, I wanted to avoid using common tank commanders like Steeler and Heavy Metal. I looked at a few options including Armadillo, Steam Roller, Wildcard and Long Range. For various reasons, none of them worked in my opinion, so I looked at the New Sculpt years. I had previously done a Switch Gears custom for Resurgence 2, so he already exists in our Joe-verse. I tweaked the parts recipe to suit what I had on hand and gave him a color scheme loosely inspired by the vintage Night Force Psych-Out. Head, arms: 50th Hawk Torso: DG Duke Vest: 25th Gung Ho Belt: RoC Snake Eyes Upper legs: Retaliation Data-Viper Lower legs: 50th Cobra Trooper Helmet: VvV Leatherneck Night Panther by Oreobuilder While brainstorming vehicle candidates for our Night Force project, the Armadillo kept popping up. The Armadillo is a vehicle that has been released several times (25th anniversary, RoC, GIJCC a couple of times.) in the last few years, so it is not a surprise that it is readily available. Somehow, I ended up with about 8 in my collection. The Night Force colors work for pretty much any vehicle, so I took the dive. All: RoC Armored Panther HEAT Vipers by Oreobuilder I wanted to add different troop types to the Cobra Shadow Brigade for our Night Force project. During the run of 50th product at retail, I managed to accumulate a nice contingent of HEAT Vipers, so I have been looking for opportunities to repaint some of them. One the original HEAT Viper’s repaints, the Fast Blast Viper from 2001, has a great color scheme and it fits perfectly with the Night Force theme. This custom is not original, it has been done by several customizers before, but I wanted some for my collection. All: 50th HEAT Viper
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02-16-2019, 07:50 AM | #14 |
Cobra Viper
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Several Places
Posts: 340
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Script and photography by Oreobuilder
Story outline: bucky, danofthedead and Oreobuilder Editing and all art by Doe138 Wild Weasel by Oreobuilder We wanted to use bad guys that we had not introduced into our Resurgence universe yet for our Night Force project. Over the years, we have introduced a bunch of new characters as well as re-introduced most of the known named Cobras and given them new or updated looks. One character that has not been brought into the Resurgence-verse is Wild Weasel. Our first draft of the story for this chapter would have seen Firefly and Wild Weasel combine their efforts to retrieve the amulet that Cobra lost at the hands of the Adventure Team. This would have been a nod the introduction of these two characters in the original Marvel comics. For my custom, I drew on several sources for inspiration. I started with the jacket, I had seen it used as a pilot/bomber jacket on a few customs and liked the look. I kept the 25th legs as a callback to the vintage version and I wanted to keep the map and leg accessories. For the colors, the New Sculpt era has several Wild Weasel figures that used black and red. Those colors were perfect for the Night Ops vibe we wanted for the project. Head: ROC Charbroil with PoC Shock Trooper goggles Torso: Retaliation Firefly Arms: 50th Arctic Snake Eyes Legs: 25th Wild Weasel Shadow Wing by Oreobuilder Once we decided that Wild Weasel was going to be a part of our Night Force project, I started thinking about a ride for him. After all, what is a pilot if he has no aircraft to fly? I had a spare Rise of Cobra Sky Sweeper that I really did not know what to do with. To make it different from the Firebat and to give it a Night Ops flavor, I opted to paint it black, gray and red to match the vintage Night Raven. I imagine it takes off vertically and the top-mounted SCRAMjet engines engage once the critical altitude is achieved. This allows the Night Attack Firebat to fly higher and faster out of the range of GI Joe air defenses, making it a perfect aircraft for night attacks and recon missions. All: ROC Sky Sweeper
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02-16-2019, 07:51 AM | #15 |
Cobra Viper
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Several Places
Posts: 340
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Script and photography by Oreobuilder
Story outline: bucky, danofthedead and Oreobuilder Editing and all art by Doe138 Chuckles by Oreobuilder I have been thinking a lot about the Valor vs Venom era "Infiltrate Cobra Island" set. This set has always intrigued me. I started collecting as an adult shortly after this set was announced and cancelled, so I had not heard about the story behind it until many years later (Thank you Mike T. from Forgotten Figures for posting the whole story on his blog). For the Night Force project, I decided to change the makeup of the team. In addition to Agent Faces, I thought Chuckles would make a great character to infiltrate Cobra Island. I toyed with having him dressed as various Cobra troops, but settled with the Shadow Guard. I figured that he would disguise himself as a trooper that would have higher security clearance to access sensitive areas of the base. Head: 30th Renegades Duke Body, arms, legs: DG Cobra Commander Backpack: 25th Crimson Guard Fred Helmet: AVAC cast Rifle: Vintage accessory pack Agent Faces by Oreobuilder I have been thinking a lot about the Valor vs Venom era "Infiltrate Cobra Island" set. This set has always intrigued me. I started collecting as an adult shortly after this set was announced and cancelled, so I had not heard about the story behind it until many years later (Thank you Mike T. from Forgotten Figures for posting the whole story on his blog). For the Night Force project, I decided to change the makeup of the team. I started with Agent Faces. I previously made a Crimson Guard version several years ago. This time, he is sporting a Shadow Guard outfit to fit the theme. Head: Marauder MTF Body, arms, legs: DG Cobra Commander Backpack: 25th Crimson Guard Fred Helmet: AVAC cast Rifle: Vintage accessory pack Night Landing by Oreobuilder I have been thinking a lot about the Valor vs Venom era "Infiltrate Cobra Island’" set. This set has always intrigued me. I started collecting as an adult shortly after this set was announced and cancelled, so I had not heard about the story behind it until many years later (Thank you Mike T. from Forgotten Figures for posting the whole story on his blog). I had a beat up vintage Night Landing that was missing its motor and most of the accessories. I wanted to give it a second life, so I stripped it of its original stickers and it got a coat of black paint. Without its motor, it is similar to the raft from the original set while also fitting two team members. All: Vintage Cobra Night Landing
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02-16-2019, 07:52 AM | #16 |
Cobra Viper
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Day 15
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02-16-2019, 11:01 AM | #17 |
Father of Four
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Ooh - can’t wait for this!
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02-16-2019, 11:06 AM | #18 |
Crimson Guard
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I always look forward to seeing your work.
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02-16-2019, 11:11 AM | #19 |
Tiger Force member
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Location: Here with my boy , Jacob , and Mama:)
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Yes!!!
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02-16-2019, 12:22 PM | #20 |
Joe Gramps aka Mr H
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Bring it!
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