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12-02-2019, 10:55 PM | #1 |
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Here are some customs that have been simmering for a while... The characters from Contra and Ikari Warriors. When researching these I was surprised to find out that there were developed back stories for these guys beyond “80s Video Game Rambo Rip-Off”... I liked the expanded story for the Ikari Warriors as a South American based mercenary team, so I folded the Contra dudes into that and decided that in my universe they were all former US Vietnam Spec Ops guys now running a mercenary “Rescue Team” based in Brazil, who had several run ins with the southern branch of Cobra and were involved in an incident involving the aliens known at the Brood..
For the figures themselves I wanted to play up the Arnie/Predator influence of the NES box art with the Arcade’s slight differences in the character models. The Ikari guys were pretty non-descript in the original game, but apparently have found their way into the modern SNK fighting games, so I gave them alternate heads and vest to sort of reference that look... Bill Rizer - Contra: Retaliation Roadblock torso, legs, and upper arms, 50th Bazooka lower arms, Angry Nomad Arnie head cast, Marauder gear, modded Roadblock vest Lance Bean - Contra: 50th Gung Ho torso and arms, 50th Bazooka legs, Angry Nomad Rambo head cast, Marauder gear, modded MU Rage vest. (The vest here is modelled after Arnie’s in Commando) Ralf Jones - Ikari Warriors: Gamerverse Ryu torso, arms, and head, Marauder hands, 50th Iron Grenadier legs, Fortnite Bandolier bandolier, marauder gear Clark Still - Ikari Warriors: same build as Ralf
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12-02-2019, 11:01 PM | #2 |
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Never played those games, but those figures look awesome! Nice job!
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12-02-2019, 11:02 PM | #3 |
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Oh wow super cool man!
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12-02-2019, 11:06 PM | #4 |
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You beat me to it!;) they came out great man. the Arnold/Sly vibe is the angle I'm shooting for with my own Lance and Bill... If I ever manage to track down torsos, that is. Nice work!
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12-02-2019, 11:17 PM | #5 |
Crimson Guard
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Thanks, guys!
“Wassamatta, Stalker? GI Joe got you pushing too many pencils?”
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12-03-2019, 02:29 AM | #6 |
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Great paint work
Also I never knew Contra was a rip off of those characters and now I feel my childhood may have been a lie... mind blown
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12-03-2019, 02:40 AM | #7 |
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12-03-2019, 07:40 AM | #8 |
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these are great. job well done
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12-03-2019, 02:44 PM | #9 |
Crimson Guard
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Thanks for the kind words, all.
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12-03-2019, 05:28 PM | #10 |
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Dang so cool!
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