[Slice’s Customs]

Time to create a thread for my customs!

You will see my style varies, from respect to our beloved ARAH to purely imaginative creativity.

Some I sell. Some I do not. Some are projects with fellow customizers on here, but the most important aspect: I absolutely love to do this.

No camera tricks, no filters these are real pictures as is with natural lighting bulbs.

I hope you enjoy.

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Snake Eyes new era - Probably the most customized Joe figure, as well as the figure who has the most variants,

How do you reinvent the wheel for a perfect figure?

Simple. Imagination.


Snake eyes is my favorite Joe of all time , so I’ve played around with different ideas for a while with this one .

Colors, gear, weapon and load outs. And I wanted to figure out a way to allow him to carry all of his gear.

I saw another customizer use magnets so I’ve gave it a shot and it is a game changer.

For this figure , I wanted to bring him modern but an older warfighter .

Gaiters around his boots
Duct tape duel mags
Updated weapons
Removable shurikens
Removable 5.56 mags
Removable and interchangeable accessories throughout (see video) , this way the customer can customize him however you like. Switch whatever you want.
I did a wired shemagh as well for a modern japense ronin look.

Here he is in all of his glory , I sure hope you all like him:


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This was a very very special one to me.

Being part Native American myself, I wanted to honor every aspect I could to correctly represent Spirit in every way imaginable.

I started with real deer sinew wrapped and attached to a medicine bag. Then added cotton around his ankles, real braid string around his hair, a real hand cut leather knife sheath as well as some copper/ sterling jewelry attached to an arrowhead.

All completely hand painted. Hand cut fabrics, and like I stated prior, his feathers on his ankle are true form to represent that Spirit has killed. Hence the red dot and black tipped feathers.

This one might be my favorite I’ve ever done.

I feel like I have Finally captured Spirit as we all have wanted.

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When I first started customs , I attempted a hit and run.
It came out decent. Nothing great.

I always loved the character, but other than the feel of the 1988 version, nothing really hit home with me.

A little less than a year later I thought why not revisit this character? Give him some everlasting recognition? Bring H&R to modern times?

Research. Comics. Sketch’s. Variations. Series.

All blended. Let’s make Hit and Run step out of a comic book:

1 6 hour session. All hand painted. Real materials everywhere,

Here is Hit & Run Néw Era:







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Zarana new era- Continuing my dreadnok build , and my first female figure, I though Zarana would be a fitting and challenging figure to do.

Build time: 2:42 minutes .

I looked through all type of comics and art work and blending reitterations as well as imagination to create a strong woman presence among-st ruthless savages.

I gave her longer hair, right draw sidearms, curves and lipstick to show , even that shes a Dreadnok, she wants to feel pretty. In retrospect, Harley Quinn-ish/ Geena Davis

this was built from the ground up. heavy dremel work, loads of paint and fine detailing Also nose ring, because why not?


Here she is:











Techno-Alley Viper- Based off a blend of 2 of our favorites , mixed with tron plus supersoldier.



Imagine.

Arashikages number 2 severely wounded . His arm severed by Snake Eyes.

Defeated. Ashamed. Desperate. Fuck cobra commander. Every time an alliance is formed it fails.
Where to turn? Where can SS turn to advance his skills and get rebuilt?

For this version I created, Destro was the answer. Why not finally give Storm Shadow the advantage ? Making him the ultimate ninja Assassin?

Advanced tech, a robotic wrist with enhancements, all while paying homage to 53 versions of Storm shadow, throwing a nod to 1000toys , shinobi And starting this year off with a bang.

As always, extreme amounts of customizing, built front he ground up, hand painted, add real sashe, and lanyard

Here is 2021 MARS industry Storm Shadow.















Stalker is one of my favorite Joes, And one that hasn’t really got the shine he deserves. No really great update or out of the box creations. Hasbro, has let him take a backseat to other Joes, especially other African American Joes like Road Block or Heavy Duty.

Stalker needs new. ( not dreads new) He’s been stuck in Vietnam recreations since 1984, And silly color schemes after 1989. Even sideshow didn’t give him a proper update like most of the others.

One of my favorite versions of him was the tundra version. Everything about that was a win for me.

So how do you blend modern war fighters , with LRRP, dashing version 1 and 2 , touching resolute while bringing a fan favorite Current?

Well easier said than done!

Built and hand painted every square inch, molded, dremel, really cloth shemagh, real cord rifle strap, real burlap wrapped weapon strips, epoxy coated for strength and “worn” look...

Here is a true form version of Stalker Modern Era:








Something clicked in my learning of custom builds.

I realized I didn't want to create Gi Joes off previous toys or to look like a previous toy. . I wanted to create GI Joes off my imagination.

For each to tell 1000 tales.

Flint . hes a love or Hate guy. I am on the love side, because hes a prick.
You have to be when you're an Aviation Warrant Officer. In short: Adaptive Mechanically and strategically.

Special Forces, and Airborne to name a few Fairborne graduated top honors with,

Flint has seen the shit.

Now for the build

Real dog tags

his load out is for left draw and load as he seems to be left handed from his OG 1985 cardback.

Meaning: shotgun shells drawn left handed (Notice the brass is also facing left as that means its simple pull and load whereas if the brass faced the right side he would have to reverse the round before entering into the chamber)

A scar on his left eye in which I gave him a slightly paralyzed lazy eye for nerve damage.

All hand painted including the tigers stripes and weapons,

He also has magnet built in to customize his loadout any wa the customer decides.


Here is Flint:






















Well well.

If you found yourself here, you know by now you arent getting modern updates to classic figures.

You're getting a new era of Joes.

Don't care what anyone says, Range Viper is a bad ass and has always been a favorite of mine.

So I gave him a whole new direction.

I thought, why use a skull helmet ? I will reverse. He will have a Robotical Head inside of his helmets.

I did keep it close to his original paints and used the yellow sparingly, but in the right places.

serious amounts of custom work even outside torsos, dremeling heads, clayed up, wrist switch, you name it.

this guy has it all.

evne magnets to hold his helmet on his belt, same for his rifles, and comms.

All hand painted (even the eyes were used with a light paint technique),

Here is Range Viper:




















Firstly, this is not a figure. It is a prototype I put together and painted as a trial and error for the Ninja force Scarlett parts I will be 3-d printing .

With that said, I wanted to give myself a realistic completed template to see the end result of my idea.

This was a blank completely hand painted, and while not to boast, you can’t make a mistake on yellow with dark colors. If you do, and to do it right, it s a start from scratch project.


This was one take and extremely tedious line work .

I think it came out pretty rad. To the point I will printing the figure .







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Ripper new era- A continuation of my on going project build,

Ripper is next. This one was quite a serious custom with a significant amount of dremel clay paint, and fodder from all different directions.

Like the previous builds , these dreadnoks are not the silly morons from Sunbow.

I thought it fitting to add a severed head with a knife protruding out of it since ripper is known for his love of blades:

Also a group shot of all to date:













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Firefly-1984 updated . Top 5 cobra for me. And I wanted to really bring this one to life. Clay molded into c-4 with wired fuse attached to gas tank, real conduit wire wrapped for det charges. Hand painted. Scar for badassness:







Firefly V2 new era- As you can see firefly being a ninja ain’t happening. It’s cool for his resume but in my Joe Verse , Firefly is and alway will be a bad ass saboteur . Best of the best.

Now , I did pay certain homages to his V 2 color scheme . But that’s about it.

All hand painted from head to toe. Metal mask head completely hand painted ,
All detail and gear custom set,
C4 now has sticky to actually stick to whatever Firefly sets it on. (See pic)

Here he is:













Gnawgahyde New era - 3rd Dreadnok on my roster and he came out bad to the bone. ( thanks for the points on the retro one Ax)

No grape soda and sunbow bullshit here.

This vision takes Gnaw to the next level. Back in ‘89 Looking at him standing next to the other Noks he looked like a circus clown . Out of place. But I liked him as a figure.

So with this updated version I inflicted some viciousness into his overall look.

Real clay molded beard
Real handmade barbed wire wrist with epoxy wrapped padding blood and rust color for added realism
Real coyote fur on his neck
Real fur on the warthog
Real ear rings on both gnaw and Hog
Real cord wrapping for boot knife.
Everything hand painted ( Matte coat of hat)
Warthog painted with matte and 14 prices of fur individually laid .

Meet Gnawgahyde :










Buzzer new era- For my on going Dreadnok project and I thought to give buzzer a unique update.

I had an idea where i wanted to give him something to suite his name, so I created an interchangeable metal hand and chainsaw inspired by Army of Darkness.(great minds Jinx).

He was built from scratch cast , down to the arms, modified arm tabs, modified waist T lock,

All hand painted from head to toe, including his medals , Here is Buzzer:

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Road Pig new era- 2 nd Dreadnok , and with this I am shining some light on how the Noks should be portrayed.

Ruthless. Killers for the highest bidder. Savages.

This version of Roadpig cuts no corners.

Every inch hand painted
Real concrete block for hammer
Real chains,
Real nose ring
Export dipped wraps around hammer handle
Real wire for meat shield Bat

I invisioned Road Pig as a merc Biker based on real types of weapons.

Boot knife, and clever.

Here’s Road Pig, the 2nd to my ongoing Dreadnok Project:












So after A little break , I’m back in the lab doing what I love.

I started this guy a month or so ago , and didn’t want to rush the concept I invisioned.

I let this guy build himself slowly over time. That way, I could get it right in what I reimagined a New Era Ninja Force Snake Eyes to be .

I think he came out pretty kick ass!

As always, built and hand painted from the ground up, light dremel work, real cord wrapped throwing knife sheath , glossed in certain areas, while staying true to his OG colors:

Here he is:






To be honest, I’ve never been a Duke fan.

If anyone died more in my Joe battles he was the one haha.

And over the years it’s be countless remakes , countless medicore figures, and just bland to me.

I took Duke a different route. 3rd group bearded bad ass mo fo route.

Now Duke looks like a man who has seen combat. Countless wars. The 1000 yard stare.A Boots on the ground GI Joe leader.

He has been completely revamped from top to bottoms, Head all hand painted including the highlights in the hair, geared correctly, with homage paid to not only his colors, his signature binoculars and updated backpack as well.

Real MSS ( Modular Sleep System) with Canadian Jam knots( Miltiary guys you know this not very well haha)

Here he is:








Budo new era- a reimagining of a awesome Joe,

This one was a special one. Extreme amounts of customizing.

I started with the head , all hand painted . Clay molded hair in certain spots. I then had the premise of a base body which you saw in my thread.

I was very careful to bring Budo current but not take him to far into the future (which is very easy to do with ninja and samurai) but also pay tribute to his heritage.

Real cloth sash, real wrapped forearm wraps, real lanyards on his swords....

Which I choice the tactical wakazashi and katana as a modern day warfighter sword . Tanto tip.

I also envisioned him as left handed as the swords are on the right side as well as his sidearm.







Zartan -new Era-For this creation, I went different from everything. I reimagined Zartan as a swamp Bayou Boogieman , and as a master of disguise, I felt he needed a real looking machine hooked up to himself.

As always, all hand painted , real wrapped kukri, and wrist wraps and a tone of real life detailing.
I think he came out as I imagined and hope you guys like him!









Lt. Falcon classic- A figure in dire need of the correct update. He was always a favorite of mine, So I paid homage to his 1987 look.



Major Bludd- New Era-This is one of my top 5 cobras .

I feel like Major Bludd is that warrior who Joes truly fear.

So with the very simple build I kept it mostly Joe Parts and decided less is more with the Major.

I didn’t want to go crazy with his gear and equipment I wanted to simplify him for his terror.

Bludd doesn’t need a lot to kill Joes. he is the killer.

All hand painted , including face (thanks For the Part Coby) and vintage detail mixed with modern:

Here he is:








Beachhead 1986 - brought to modern era, I envisioned this excellent character as a current 75th Ranger while giving him a D-Day envasion Hitting the Beach od Normandy Head on look.

Geared from head to toe, airbrushed, handpainted, clay, fodder, and real cloth beret, Meet Beachhead:







Chuckles - Slice’s Subscription Service:

Chuckles is probably in everyone’s top 20 maybe even low key top 10 Joes of all time.
Badass stories in comics , had a decent appearance in GI Joe the movie and just an awesome concept
For a figure.


This is not one of my new era line figures but rather an extremely needed update to a classic figure.

I enjoyed making this one because I got to use bright colors and got to give him that 80’s vibe but made it current.

Here he is:









Gyro Viper -new era Mamba Pilot , 1987 brought current , I wanted to really bring this guy alive with real hoses, microcorded sheath, nostalgic paint apps and a few nods to his 1980s kit but at the same time make him a modern looking pilot.






Dusty new era- a blend from 1985 to current, This one irritated me. I wanted so badly to over do him with colors and gear but restrained. I stuck with his og colors mixed with a little sideshow colors.

I went with a rock/tiger stripe Camo to give him a more accurate blending to his surroundings.
Also got a little crafty to cut his shemagh and a military modernized peraahan tunbaan which is a nod to the bad ass mo fos. And keep him cool in that desert heat.

I went with a more living off the land dusty :
so camelback with back up canteen(attaches to his belt incase he has to drop his plates) ,
shovel for a shitter hole
, survival knife,
His Og Famas for that time he served with the FFL,
A few FU Grenades
Survival packs
First aid and
9mm Sidearm










Tunnel Rat - 1987, with this figure he’s a “grow over time” figure since he is very different from the TR we are used to.
I didn’t want a wise cracking kiddie look TR, I wanted a real life interpretation of him. Using an Asian American head to pay respect to Larry Hama, this figure comes to life as a true , dirty gritty Tunnel Rat:



Snow Serpent v2- this was a rather tough one. Created for our own Project Quarantine. Base fodder mixed with braiding( yes I can braid) , tailoring and highlighting fur , model clay and hand painting ever corner including his snow board , this figure is a nod the original and brought to life :






1989 Astro Viper- cool figure needing a proper update. Everything hand painted with hand braided copper wire for this MOC set :



Replicator Duke ( concept figure unreleased) so back in the days before Joe went belly up an unreleased line called the replicators were tuning up to brin us some really screwed up looking figures . My version Is more adult rather than the cartoony look they originally had:

It also has working nano lights :see pic/video 2






Tracker-FSS-So this one was a request and I think it came out official. I didn’t do the modern era version I usually do, I did a version of a straight updated classic throwback .

One I think the FSS should have added.
This figure head has been head painted, every inch detailed and modified to pay respects to the OG one.

Here he is:






Frag Viper- 1989 updated from the one we got with skinny legs: simple custom but it works:



Beachhead-Arctic version a joint project with a fellow tanker here: this one is based off our own 75th Ranger cold weather kit and Camo:



Shockwave-1989 Night Force- another joint effort with a fellow tanker , simple custom which came out great:




T.A.R.G.A.T. -such a cool concept and figure. I reinvented his 1989 to current status





1989 Night Creeper- another figure who didnt get the proper update. Nothing fancy here just brought to current .

[Yeet]

Again, great work!

Marauder makes heads for Ghost and Logan if you eventually want to upgrade to a bit more even paint on the skulls.

[Slice’s Customs]

6 inch customs

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Firefly Classified:


This is what we deserve:

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That exclamation really caught your attention huh?

Classified line is a solid one and in my opinion getting better and better.
But as I impatiently wait for Storm Shadow v1, I said fuck it, I’m building my own.

This one is completely free hand painted , real chains , real braided rope, real bow string.

I threw in a mental homage to Storm shadow by partially ripping the Cobra symbol... as he has been torn since the hard masters death as well as who he pledges his True alliance to.

Here is my take on Storm Shadow version 1 6 inch figure


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Titled it that Becuase this is my version of what classified Bludd should look like.

This was an older build of mine I tweaked a few things on. Notice it does not read “New Era”

Pretty easy custom, Simple gear load out, but menaced. Seasoned warrior .

You’ll notice his mechanical arm is opposite. Not a big deal.

Some gear was printed , some fodder. All hand painted including face skin.. A little dry brush.


I’m not into childish looking Joes. I’ve wanted real wicked looking figures for Joes for a long time.

Tired of waiting so I’ll create my own.

Bludd is outfitted with:

Magnetic backpack
Signature rocket pistol
Signature Helmet
Signature color scheme
Ear trophies
Dogtags
Removable Luger
A shit ton of attitude.


Pictured with a badass Firefly for good measure.

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Sci-Fi-low key one of the most underrated coolest Joes of all time. All real wiring, circuit boards, only thing missing in a bird perched on his head:








Slice.Another favorite Cobra of mine. I wanted his weapons to represent his name:






Snake Eyes- 1985 Commando and pure Badass.



Shockwave-1988- creates a 6inch spitting image of the ARAH version





Ronin Snake Eyes- just reimagined and my 3 rd custom lol. Back in the testors days




Firefly -Reimagined blended every version into one , and he can out just as I wanted:






Beachhead-1985 homage to ARAH




Resolute Snake Eyes - my very first custom. Very simple. Paint here paint there. Very basic . But came out cool:

[Dreadnok4life]

All of them are amazing!!! Great work!!

[Duke19821994]

All of these are phenomenal! Great job dude!

[Jinx723]

DESTRO looks like Rock n Roll.🤔

[Slice’s Customs]

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DESTRO looks like Rock n Roll.🤔

Lol. fixed.

[kuh_rupht]

It’s nice to see them all in one thread. A lot of good work in here. I thought you had more 6” customs though. Didn’t you make a Shockwave and SS too?

[zbs]

Great work in all these! My favorites are Destro, Falcon and that Tech Alley viper

[Slice’s Customs]

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Originally Posted by Yeet

Again, great work!

Marauder makes heads for Ghost and Logan if you eventually want to upgrade to a bit more even paint on the skulls.

I saw that. These being my first customs I don’t think I’ll redo the COD series unless commissioned again.

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Originally Posted by kuh_rupht

It’s nice to see them all in one thread. A lot of good work in here. I thought you had more 6” customs though. Didn’t you make a Shockwave and SS too?

Thanks my brother! I do, but they sold so I can post up some old pic of them. In honesty, Hated to let them go.

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Great work in all these! My favorites are Destro, Falcon and that Tech Alley viper

Thank you sir! Makes sense as those were my most recents .
Tech Alley and Destro were my favorites to do. I got to free range them . Falcon took the longest, tedious tiger stripes lol.


Thank you guys , they’ll be more to come!