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12-27-2008, 04:48 PM | #1 |
Snake Eyes' Daddy
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My dad is a big time cowboy and loves riding horses and shooting old school pistols and Winchester rifles. I am going to try to make him a cowboy GIJoe for his birthday with Wildbill as the base. The only big problem with him is the sunglasses. anybody know of a head that looks good on the wildbill, has a mustache but no glasses, and one that the hat will fit on. Bazooka perphaps? I could also go for a horse in 3 3/4 size and a lever action rifle. let me know if any one has any ideas that can help me. Thanks.
UPDATE: Well he is coming along nicely, still no horse but I am done with the sculpt for him, here he is unpainted, Ill update again when He is painted up before I give him to my pops.
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12-27-2008, 04:54 PM | #2 |
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The horse would be Indiana Jones. They are on clearance now.
Have you ever considered using green stuff? You could always use a Hawk or Duke head and just sculpt and paint a moustache on it. |
12-27-2008, 04:57 PM | #3 |
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Mutt(& Junkyard) would work good but you'd have to lengthen Wild Bill's neck, it's too short.
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12-27-2008, 05:00 PM | #4 |
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Ditto the horse from Indiana Jones. There's also one from Power Team Elite as I recall.
For the head, if you don't want to use green stuff (which is really easy, at least in the very limited use of putting a mustache on a figure) I think the Joe-specific heads you'd be limited to would be Bazooka, CP Beach Head (he has a very small soul patch, but that would be easily XActo'd off), Mutt, or Gung Ho, if you ripped his hat off and replaced it with Bill's. I used a Biggs Darklighter head for my Zap custom and it was easy to work with. Had to Dremel the neck hole some to make it fit but it was a five minute fix, if that. Personally, I always thought Red Star looked like John Wayne, and how much more cowboy can you get than The Duke? |
12-27-2008, 05:03 PM | #5 |
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would the head of indiana jones fit on him?
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12-27-2008, 05:04 PM | #6 |
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Oh and I have no problem using green stuff to make a mustache.
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12-27-2008, 05:07 PM | #7 |
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Indy's noggin will probably work, though you will have to either Dremel and/or fill the neck joint with hot glue accordingly.
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12-27-2008, 05:08 PM | #8 |
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Keep in mind that Wild Bill has a pretty small head, so his hat won't fit on everyone's head.
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12-27-2008, 05:23 PM | #9 |
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You might have to pick up another hat somewhere else if you go with a bigger head - Like maybe one of the spytroops Wild Bill hats or even the 92 or 93 Wild Bill Hat might work on a bigger head? Or ? |
12-27-2008, 05:40 PM | #10 |
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The hat from the Sam Elliot Golden Compass figure might work too.
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