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03-09-2009, 10:14 PM | #11 |
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Hey! Haven't seen you around FR in a while. Strangely enough, the old movie-inspired pic-bashes you posted over there pretty much gave me the idea to take this route when coming up with prospective designs for customs.
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Originally Posted by CAxxxFireFly
Some very cool ideas
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Nice work on the images. My one complaint is that they have way too much gear on, they all look overloaded (especially Stalker).
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03-09-2009, 10:56 PM | #12 |
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I like 'em. Let's see Law & Order, or Mutt & Junkyard. Maybe Shipwreck, an updated Cutter would look cool. But the best would be Blowtorch!
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03-09-2009, 11:08 PM | #13 |
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I've already got Mutt & Junkyard and Shipwreck in the works. Hopefully, I can post some images of a couple of actual custom figures I helped design and work on later this week (Chuckles and Mercer will be coming back from sculpt and paint this weekend). Blowtorch is going to be interesting... The US military hasn't used anti-personnel flamethrowers in almost 3 decades (not officially, at least), so it's going to be a challenge imagining a modern and realistic combat role/design involving open flame. It's a lot harder, than say, imagining a more realistic "laser trooper"... I've already got Flash and Sci-Fi worked out as COLT (Combat Observation & Lasing Team) members, basically forward observers specially trained to use laser designators and rangefinders in combat conditions. |
03-18-2009, 05:36 AM | #14 |
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Some new images:
updated Stalker, taking into account Troynos comments: Mainframe: Chuckles: (I don't usually link to the source images I use for 'bashing photos since it ruins the illusion of seamlessness, but I'm particularly pleased with how the airbrushing on Chuckles came out... so here's the original image I based the 'bash on) Last edited by zuludelta; 03-18-2009 at 06:34 AM.. |
03-18-2009, 12:43 PM | #15 |
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I like the concepts a lot. They are very creative and a pretty accurate representation of the modern equivalents of the Joes. Only recommendations I would make would be to make sure to match the correct camo types to their country of origin. You had Stalker in some Brit camo in the first concept.
Maybe also, since you are moving Joe into the 21st century, hit up Gung Ho with some Marine woodland marpat and some of the army Joes with the new ACU camo patterns. Maybe some white covers for some of Snow Job's gear. He's gonna stick out in the snow a bit with his current concept wear. Overall though I love the direction you're going. Keep the great concepts coming! |
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03-18-2009, 01:41 PM | #16 |
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I like the concepts a lot. They are very creative and a pretty accurate representation of the modern equivalents of the Joes. Only recommendations I would make would be to make sure to match the correct camo types to their country of origin. You had Stalker in some Brit camo in the first concept.
Maybe also, since you are moving Joe into the 21st century, hit up Gung Ho with some Marine woodland marpat and some of the army Joes with the new ACU camo patterns. Maybe some white covers for some of Snow Job's gear. He's gonna stick out in the snow a bit with his current concept wear. Overall though I love the direction you're going. Keep the great concepts coming! Originally, I wanted to outfit all the Army Joes in ACU patterned clothing and the Marines in MARPAT, but I've had a devil of a time looking for the appropriate base pictures. I guess it's probably because those patterns are fairly new, and there aren't as many pics of them circulating as 1980s and 1990s style BDUs. I'll definitely update the pics as I come across better source images. Thanks again for the comments. |
03-21-2009, 03:55 PM | #17 |
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Well, it took a bit of google-fu, but I finally found some decent marpat images that line up with my original Gung-Ho pic:
Thanks again to thunderdan19 for the suggestion. And here's Quick-Kick: notes: A sentimental favourite of mine, Quick-Kick was my first ever GI Joe figure. I got him when I was 8, I think. As much as I dig the figure for nostalgia reasons though, I can't escape the notion that he just looks horribly goofy and dated compared to his brethren (and that's saying something, seeing as how by 1985, the Joes were well on their way to becoming the Village People). G.I. Joe team, circa 1985 Anyway, I pretty much ditched everything from the original figure design but stuck him with some unzipped-cuff flight suit pants (to at least give off a similar aesthetic to his original gi pants). Kept the hachimaki ("under-helmet" samurai headband) just so he retains a link to his 1980s self. Added an MP5 submachine gun and some fast rope harnessing and Quick-Kick is now transformed from shameless Karate Kid cash-in to the team's premiere close-quarter combat specialist. Also, I want to take this opportunity to air my disappointment over the DVD pack Quick-Kick figure. I've waited 22 years for a new Quick-Kick figure and when we finally get one, he can't even hold his freaking nunchucks properly. Ironically, he's missing the much vaunted "GI Joe Kung-Fu Grip" in his left hand. And those horrible nunchucks... they're more erect than nunchucks were ever meant to be. And to top it all off, my Quick-Kick came with two left upper arms(!). I can't even swap them around the same way I did when I got a Gung-Ho that had the left and right upper arms switched. My inner 8-year old broke down and cried after seeing that plastic abortion (upon which my outer 30 year old slapped my inner 8 year old and told him to man up). Damn you Hasbro. All I want is a decent plastic toy that will allow me to continue re-living my childhood, even as it becomes increasingly uncomfortable for friends and family to see a grown man spend a small fortune on acquiring little plastic people. Is that too much to ask? Last edited by zuludelta; 03-21-2009 at 04:13 PM.. |
03-31-2009, 03:30 PM | #18 |
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impressive!!!...left me speechless
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03-31-2009, 03:52 PM | #19 |
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Thanks Joe Hunter. I've got more photoshop work displayed in this thread (I'll be posting most of my future photoshop images to that thread, since it seems to be more appropriate, while I'll jsut use this thread to post more traditionally drawn images and/or photoshop images not related to pre-existing Joes).
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04-15-2009, 02:19 PM | #20 |
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I was going to let this thread die a quiet death but fellow tanker Spigou encouraged me to post some of my designs in this thread (so blame him for bumping down all the other art threads ). Anyway, here's a collection of all the recent GI Joe re-designs I've made so far (I apologize for any repeats):
Airtight, Bazooka notes: I swapped Bazooka's original jersey colours (red and blue) for crimson and gold (the official team colours of the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers football team). Last edited by zuludelta; 04-18-2009 at 08:35 PM.. |
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