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05-22-2010, 05:48 AM | #1 |
IG85 - Mortarman
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Originally posted on 04-26-2010
Zandar - I'm not sure why, but after I finished Zarana, it took me a while to get around to finishing Zandar. I started them around the same time, but there was this big lag after I finished the first figure. Anyway, here he is... Parts: Head, Bandanna & Shoulder Armor (Mad Joe Customizer's Zandar kit), Upper Torso, Lower Torso & Arms (RoC Monkeywrench), Upper Legs & Knife (Cobra Trooper), Lover Legs (Cobra Viper), Weapon (ARAH Zandar), Shoulder Holster (RoC Tunnel Rat), M9 Pistol (G.I. Joe Greenshirt) The biggest challenge on this whole figure was color-matching! I wanted it to look as much like the ARAH figure as was reasonably possible and for some reason, I had a really hard time matching the colors. A lot of custom color mixing went on here...Anyway, Mad Joe's kit gives you the head, the bandanna and the shoulder armor pieces. I came up with the rest of the parts from my fodder box. Some of them might not be a perfect match, but I've always tended to try and work with what I have on-hand, rather than buy a lot of figures to obtain a part or two from each. With the base figure assembled, I attached the shoulder armor to the upper arms. This was a bit tricky because I wanted to keep the articulation of the shoulders. If you have them lying around, it would have been easier to use the arms from a 25th-style Zartan. The head needed some Super Sculpey packed inside it to fit the neck post, bit after curing it fits perfectly. The little "tails" on the bandanna are actually included with the kit and need to be glued on after painting. The shoulder holster came from RoC Tunnel Rat. I used the X-acto knife to trim all the little bullets off the strap before painting it. After he was more or less finished, I wasn't really happy with him. I decided that he just looked too clean, so I waved a butane lighter lightly over the exposed skin areas to make him look a bit dirty. Seriously, who lives in a swamp and doesn't get a bit dirty? When I applied the Testors Dull-Cote, it really sealed the deal. No pun intended. By the way, you may notice the lack of his vintage backpack... That's because I haven't been able to get my hands on one. Any help? Last edited by Sgt Humpty; 09-13-2012 at 06:19 AM.. |
05-22-2010, 06:02 AM | #2 |
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looks great i also got this kit from mad joe
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05-22-2010, 06:03 AM | #3 |
IG85 - Mortarman
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The Zandar and Zarana kits were worth every dime, in my opinion! Without them, my Dreadnok collection would be a little flat.
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05-22-2010, 06:20 AM | #4 |
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Awesome.
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05-22-2010, 09:27 AM | #5 |
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How do you get the hair sculpted like that?
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