[axonrey]

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Originally Posted by Hit & Run

He’s definitely growing on me quickly, looks really cool on my Night Force shelf so happy I went for it. I was thinking black, green or the gray tee I used could work for him since they all have Night Force vibes. For the new colors and ones I didn’t have, I just grabbed one of each to mess with so I went with gray since that’s the last one I had left from the new batch. I’ll have to test out my Steam roller’s tee on him to see how it looks. Thanks for the suggestion!
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Well, if you’re going for cohesion with the rest of night Force, the Gray totally works and makes more sense.

[AF80sFAN]

Nice take on Action Man, makes me want to go back and revisit mine which really needed more gear. That WW2 head works perfectly for him.

That version of Flint is a character after my time but the hat and head with sunglasses look great for the character. Whilst I personally like the plain contractor legs if you wanted to go more vintage accurate the trooper legs would give the boots and enable you to add all the gear, or even the Japanese or US legs could work for a desert character if you painted the strapping around the bottom, and would give the untucked shirt look below the vest.

[ARBCO Avenue]

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Originally Posted by Hit & Run

That’s a lot of Flint goodness to stand up against and your custom is right up there with them. Great ideas recreating Battle Force Flint. Personally I think your update is far better than the original, which I admit wasn’t familiar to me. You’ve helped me respect Battle Force Flint though, now that I see the concept has potential.

[zpartikuz]

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Originally Posted by Hit & Run

These are [email protected] man!

[Steel Brigade]

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Originally Posted by Hit & Run

Did you have the version I have that’s all tan or the one with the black straps & stuff on the legs?

Same Flint version as you bruh! Don't remember ever seeing the black strap leg version either!

[kuh_rupht]

Damn I felt like I blinked and BAM! You drop a bunch more customs, haha. So many more great additions. Big Ben, Action Man, Flint, TF Mutt, and the Cobra NAVY are solid! I always liked TF so that Mutt is probably my favorite of the bunch but your Admiral is also a gem that I’m really in to. Which one are you most proud of and happy to add to you collection?

[Hit & Run]

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Originally Posted by axonrey

Well, if you’re going for cohesion with the rest of night Force, the Gray totally works and makes more sense.

Part cohesion, part empty these parts bins without placing a new order. Haha. Probably do what I did with Tiger Force, group the like colors together & then can decide if I need any changes made.

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Originally Posted by AF80sFAN

Nice take on Action Man, makes me want to go back and revisit mine which really needed more gear. That WW2 head works perfectly for him.

That version of Flint is a character after my time but the hat and head with sunglasses look great for the character. Whilst I personally like the plain contractor legs if you wanted to go more vintage accurate the trooper legs would give the boots and enable you to add all the gear, or even the Japanese or US legs could work for a desert character if you painted the strapping around the bottom, and would give the untucked shirt look below the vest.

Thanks! Was worried about mine being a little plain due to the legs I was using but I think the bright colors & camo on his skin give him the little he needed to pop on a shelf. Really like the head I used for him, probably use the same for when I start working on a Tracker.

Felt about the same, could definitely make him more accurate parts wise with MTF legs but liking this look, plus I have so few Contractor customs that this gives him a unique look on my shelf. Right now thinking I’m just gonna paint the pants to match the cream and then do the shoes black. We’ll see how I finish up with my parts bin though. Trying to really thin it down before thinking about a new order.

Ooh, haven’t really thought about the Japanese parts for a custom, need to check those out on my shelf, see if anyone pops out who they make sense with.

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Originally Posted by ARBCO Avenue

That’s a lot of Flint goodness to stand up against and your custom is right up there with them. Great ideas recreating Battle Force Flint. Personally I think your update is far better than the original, which I admit wasn’t familiar to me. You’ve helped me respect Battle Force Flint though, now that I see the concept has potential.

Thanks, I appreciate it! Love having all of these great versions of Flint together now. The original is really a great figure so glad I could bring some attention to him! I loved Battle Corps, so many fun updates to the classic characters.

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These are [email protected] man!

Haha. Thanks! Feel the same way! Need to get a nice display set up for them now because they were not a group I had been planning for.

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Originally Posted by Steel Brigade

Same Flint version as you bruh! Don't remember ever seeing the black strap leg version either!

Haha, thanks! Whenever I find out one of my old figures had a variant, always curious to know if I had the more commonly known one or not. Same thing happened when I did Battle Corps Stalker and saw there was one without neon or additional paint apps on his legs.

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Originally Posted by kuh_rupht

Damn I felt like I blinked and BAM! You drop a bunch more customs, haha. So many more great additions. Big Ben, Action Man, Flint, TF Mutt, and the Cobra NAVY are solid! I always liked TF so that Mutt is probably my favorite of the bunch but your Admiral is also a gem that I’m really in to. Which one are you most proud of and happy to add to you collection?

Haha, got on a nice little run with some easy to put together guys. Now I’m back to needing to do some work for my customs! A couple old builds that I just need to add paint apps to & finalize parts, some Boss Fight stuff I started but haven’t finished and then some Retro Collection things I just started working on. So a lot of variety to keep things fresh now that I’ve mostly taken care of my Marauder restock order.

Hmm. Probably most proud of TF Mutt (think my build is spot on), most impressed with Big Ben (paint job), had the most fun making Action Man (camo & the colors) and happiest to add Battle Corps Flint to the collection because he’s been one I’ve wanted a modern version of for so long. And I guess most rewarding was free hand drawing the logo’s for the Admiral & Action Man. That’s something I want to develop more since it’s new to me and I’m having fun messing with that precision brush.

But then I do love that Navy as a group though, especially because it gave my previous Cobra Commander custom a real purpose. Plus that group was an unofficial collaboration because like I said, your Scarface was the inspiration for / start of the Sea Snake trooper, my brother suggested the Admiral from Sink the Montana as a potential build & gave some paint suggestions and my contribution was the Captain. So felt like a fun group project even though I snapped the parts together & added the few paint apps. Haha.

[Flint_rocks]

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YES! Can't have enough Flints. That picture is just full of awesomeness.

[Hit & Run]

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[YES! Can't have enough Flints. That picture is just full of awesomeness.

Thanks! Haha, really enjoy that group. Definitely need to get them together with my Ninja Commando and do one more.

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Easy one today while I work on finishing up a few other customs, but one I wanted to get pictures of just in case I break him apart when / if Walmart sends my Wave 2 guys. So since I was taking pics, figured I might as well share them because I thought they were pretty cool.

The original v1 Roadblock was such an awesome figure that I really needed a good modern version of because the Hasbro 25th just never worked. Pretty much just the prebuilt Marauder Joe with a few pieces swapped around because I needed them for other customs. Then I molded a mustache & goatee during my initial trial run with green stuff.

Roadblock v1







With my other Roadblock’s:





Then stomping some Cobras!







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Then finally finished up my Dino Hunter mini series in my dio-story / comics thread.

[kuh_rupht]

Adding sculpting to your skill sets???!!! I see many great things in your future releases.

Your RB is an improvement of the one Marauder gave us. Also, I didn’t realize how much larger the hasbro RB is compared to the Marauder base until your combined picture.