[axonrey]

Never understood the design aesthetic of Wildcard, but this is a great recreation of the original.

[Mr Hebime]

That’s a great looking Wildcard!

[shakka85]

Nice work on Wild Card! He just needs a Mean Dog to run those BATS over (it would make life a lot easier for him!)...

-Todd
Shakka85

[paokole]

It looks like you had a ton of fun utilizing a JoyToy figure to recreate Wild Card. Such an outstanding execution!

I'm not so familiar with this line of action figures but I'm glad you made the jump as that got those creative juices flowing and inspired you to revisit a character you didn't have the parts for. I look forward to seeing more JoyToy based customs here!

[Hit & Run]

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Originally Posted by Steel Brigade

Great job n the Wild Card build man! He is one I would also like to do someday as I have him from my childhood collection, and I really like how yours turned out! Very cool leg choice and the paint adds to the magic!

Thanks! Appreciate it! Really love how the paint took to these parts to give him a different look from my other stuff. Been on my list for so long alongside a few vehicle drivers so glad that I finally had some parts to do him justice. Such an easy design so it was driving me crazy that all I needed was a shirtless torso to really do him justice.

Can’t wait for him to show up in your thread down the road, especially since you had him growing up. I didn’t have that connection to the character going in but like a few other lesser used Joe’s, really ended up being a fan of his once I made the custom.

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Originally Posted by Flint_rocks

Alright back at it and with a Joe character I'm familiar with. Looks spot on to the vintage. I've never worked with JoyToy before either. What do you think of them compared to using Bossfight, MTF and Joe bodies?

Haha, of course one that I’m less familiar with is one you know. Thanks, had some additional holsters painted for him but with the belt already there, thought it might break the colors up too much and make him look less like Wild Card.

I would say ease of use: Marauder, Boss Fight and then JoyToy. Mostly because these guys have separate joints and split limbs / body parts all over. Then you need some heat to pop some parts together. Helps with the prep work everything coming in pieces though.

Visually: I think they are all really good. These seem more detailed than the others, a lot of tiny bits to paint on these guys when you start looking at their accessories. Plus or minus depending on how much tiny brush work you want to do. Haha. Then there’s the neck split, on the unpainted body it bothered me more but once I did the flesh tone I noticed it but didn’t think it took away from the figure. Obviously a scarf or closed vest takes care of that.

Parts available: I’m not as familiar with these so maybe they have more parts than what I’ve come across so far but I guess they have less body parts available than BF or Marauder at the moment. I could be wrong on that though.

First go with them, I’m a fan. Think Wild Card came out looking really cool with these parts.....maybe too cool for Wild Card, haha, but I have him slicing BAT’s apart with his machete so he’s a badass to me now so I love this build for him.

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Originally Posted by axonrey

Never understood the design aesthetic of Wildcard, but this is a great recreation of the original.

Haha, yeah, had that 80’s action hero / wrestler look of shirtless with a vest but the original figure didn’t come across as Gung Ho size to me so it was a little odd. Luckily this custom makes him look more imposing to me so I like the design a lot more now.

Thanks!

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Originally Posted by Mr Hebime

That’s a great looking Wildcard!

Thanks, appreciate it!

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Originally Posted by shakka85

Nice work on Wild Card! He just needs a Mean Dog to run those BATS over (it would make life a lot easier for him!)...

-Todd
Shakka85

Thanks! As always!

I tried to find him a new ride since I don’t have a Mean Dog and pulled the Swamp Masher for him since I haven’t used that for many pics yet. One look at the o ring guy sort of cramped in there and I knew that wasn’t happening so off on foot he went! Either way, he was slicing a BAT or someone’s rifle with that machete so he needed to get out regardless. Haha.

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Originally Posted by paokole

It looks like you had a ton of fun utilizing a JoyToy figure to recreate Wild Card. Such an outstanding execution!

I'm not so familiar with this line of action figures but I'm glad you made the jump as that got those creative juices flowing and inspired you to revisit a character you didn't have the parts for. I look forward to seeing more JoyToy based customs here!

Yup! Definitely fun to get back in the game! It was way too long of a break and it was killing me not getting to figure out something to take from start to finish so I definitely appreciate finding some new parts to play with. Taking pictures of the other non-custom stuff like Star Wars, MOTU & Sectaurs helped but they’re just not Joe!

Thanks! Appreciate that because I’m really happy with how he came out. Have a couple more figures on hand so hopefully I can carve out the time to get someone else done, I know the one I have planned will take a bit longer since he has more detailed paint apps. But plenty of figures on my to-do list, parts to pull from and green stuff to sculpt so here’s hoping it’s not as long of a break until my next custom!