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09-18-2010, 10:04 PM | #1 |
Iron Grenadier
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Hi...long-time lurker, infrequent poster here. I've recently finished some custom work and thought I might get some feedback. Feel free to be critical! I'm scaling my work up from table-top gaming, so I expect I have some room for improvement.
In fact, feel free to offer advice about general posting/thread creation too...not sure I'm doing this right! I'm using my iPhone for the photos, so let's see how well they turn out. Thanks for looking! My first work is Deep Six in his deck-side gear, taken straight from the comics. The hat is handmade from Green stuff, and really looks WAY better in the pics than it does in person...maybe not saying much! I'm mostly pleased with how the paint turned out, but I'll need to revisit that hat in the future. The joints are all mobile, with the inner edges dremelled down and the rub-points coated in lacquer. The whole thing is finished with Testor's Dullcote. The recipe: head - DS dive suit figure upper torso/arms - ME Beachhead lower torso - ROC Mars figure legs - ME Shipwreck lifejacket - Naval 3-pack Cutter |
09-18-2010, 10:07 PM | #2 |
Iron Grenadier
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a couple more pics...
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09-18-2010, 10:20 PM | #3 |
Crimson Guard
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Nice job. Looks like you found a good formula to build up Gi Joe naval troops. Start slapping different heads on there and you could come up witha USS Flagg crew. You might even be able to create a Topside figure.
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09-19-2010, 01:02 AM | #4 |
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Thats pretty much what I did.
I put Cutter legs on a Firefly body, with a Deep Six head. Added Cutters vest and a POTJ Tatooine Luke hat.
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09-19-2010, 01:06 AM | #5 |
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I like it and I'm gonna copy it. Everything but the hat, not really digging it. But still an awesome job.
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09-19-2010, 01:14 AM | #6 |
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I love this... except for the hat. If I remember correctly, he wore a hat almost exactly like the lead character on Gilligan's Island. Navy vets - is that basically a Dixie Cup hat turned inside out? I think yours just has a bit too much brim - like a boonie hat. Everything else is perfect.
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09-19-2010, 01:33 AM | #7 |
Iron Grenadier
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That hat did look perfect for the part. I just couldn't find one on the cheap. I was also slightly concerned that it would be too small. DS has a ginormous melon.
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09-19-2010, 01:34 AM | #8 |
Joe Pixel Pusher
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weird, I just got finished reading the "Zartan" comic, and I was thinking to myself, "I like Deep Six better without his diving suit."
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09-19-2010, 01:37 AM | #9 |
Iron Grenadier
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Quote:
I love this... except for the hat. If I remember correctly, he wore a hat almost exactly like the lead character on Gilligan's Island. Navy vets - is that basically a Dixie Cup hat turned inside out? I think yours just has a bit too much brim - like a boonie hat. Everything else is perfect.
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09-19-2010, 01:40 AM | #10 |
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