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05-01-2014, 12:38 PM | #2041 |
Crimson Guard
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My big interest in Boss Fight's project would be if it becomes easy to custom one of their guys into Golobulus.
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05-01-2014, 12:51 PM | #2042 |
Iron Grenadier
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I've been a long-time lurker here at HISS Tank, but this Kickstarter got me so excited that I finally joined up. Following along on this thread for the last week has been lots of fun and now that the KS has closed, let's keep it going by talking about what roles and load-outs you have planned for your "Task Force."
I bought in at the Commodore level (plus a bunch of extras) and here is how I envision my Marauders: 4X Desert-Ops (tan) - To me, these are the regular Army troops that would fight along side my Joes on special occasions. Four figs makes a nice little fire team. i'm thinking M-4s for everyone, with two guys as basic riflemen. The third would be a machine gunner, with an M249 as his primary weapon. The fourth would either be a sniper (with a 50cal or M200 from MGR) or a grenadier/anti-armor man (with the grenade launcher from Ultimate Flint or rocket launcher from Ultimate Duke). 4X Urban Ops (grey) - I see a few options here. 1) Use one for a quick custom Firefly, though the Retaliation 3-pack fig nails the classic remake for me. 2) SWAT team. 3) Urban Cobras who support POC Firefly and are like JV Alley-Vipers. Give them a bunch of close-quarters SMGs like MP5s and shotguns to clear buildings. 4X Night Ops (black) - These can make for great sci-fi-ish troopers with the full armor package, but i really think that they are begging to be only one thing: IRON GRENADIERS! I love the idea of mixing and matching different colors of figure and web gear. Trading around the tan, green, black, and grey can do a lot for the more realistic tan and green figs, but I think this is where we can have the most Joe-niverse fun. Paint some gold highlights on the figure and mix in some red gear from LOGAN/NATHANAEL and you've got new front-line mercs for Destro's private army. Not sure what weapons would suit them best, but they would need to be futuristic-ish. Maybe "commando" rifles or Vector SMGs. 2X CARMEN Spec Ops (green) - The obvious sci-fi use here is for Colonial Marines (with the MGR pulse rifles). In my Joe-niverse they'll be either regular Army (like the tan figs) or some heavy green-shirt Joes who would back-up POC Beachhead on a mission. Give each one an ACR with some personalized modular accessories to make them unique. 3X GUERERRO Security Ops (blue) - This is my Cobra fire team. All will get a mix of AKM/AK47/AKs74u and old school RPGs. Alternately, depending on how the NATHANAEL red tactical vest looks and how well the Hasbro heads swap here, we may have a great update to the old-school standard viper. 2X JULIE Arctic Ops (white) - I would make this a winter sniper/spotter team. The shooter would get an M200 rifle and a T9 SMG as a personal defense weapon. The spotter would get binoculars or a spotting scope stolen from another fig and an assault rifle (deluxe ACR, commando, or FOS). Mixing in some of the grey or green web gear and pouches could work really well here too. 2X LOGAN Command Ops (red) - These are an obvious update to the Crimson Guard and i can picture them being the lower-level CG troops led by the Retaliation CG or the Crimson Horsemen. These guys would get "commando" rifles or Vector SMGs similar to my "Iron Grenadiers." Alternately, you could go really heavy with their weapons--like gatling gun heavy--and make them into CG Immortals. OK, that's my plan for all of my Marauders "Task Force" figures. I can't wait to get them in had this December and look forward to reading what you all have planned for your troops! |
05-01-2014, 12:54 PM | #2043 |
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Told my girl I was going to cancel my admirals package a few days ago. Then instead upped it to vice admiral. I'll wait until they arrive and see her face. We should all record our wife's faces when the stuff arrives and have a thread posting the reactions. Then maybe send it to Conan or Jimmy Kimmel.
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05-01-2014, 12:55 PM | #2044 |
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There was one guy who said he was a depressed lawyer who dreamed of being a toymaker. But he might need a therapist more than these guys need an attorney. Any therapists out there?
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05-01-2014, 12:58 PM | #2045 |
Crimson Guard
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I'm highly anticipating Boss Fight's line as well. Maybe a little more than the MTF. Pretty soon, my playtime will consist of alternate timelines where much Roman blood is spilled.
So am I correct in thinking that Boss Fight's basic male buck will be shirtless?
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05-01-2014, 01:14 PM | #2046 |
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Combined arms......that is strikingly similar to what I was thinking..except i hadn't thought of load-outs yet. I plan to use desert as support for Dusty and Digger. urban will be support for Firefly. Originally I was thinking of making blue guys swat, but all I can see now is cobra-troopers and vipers.
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05-01-2014, 01:19 PM | #2047 |
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I think it's the Bro stretchgoal that has black balaclava, not David. Which coincidently also comes with the Tan balaclava head.
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05-01-2014, 01:20 PM | #2048 |
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At the 11th hour I kicked into the pot to get 3 of the Night Ops figures and one of the black armor upgrades.
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05-01-2014, 01:24 PM | #2049 |
Crimson Guard
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I've been a long-time lurker here at HISS Tank, but this Kickstarter got me so excited that I finally joined up. Following along on this thread for the last week has been lots of fun and now that the KS has closed, let's keep it going by talking about what roles and load-outs you have planned for your "Task Force."
Your ideas of what to do with them were pretty much the same thing I was thinking. Blue, are cobra troopers. Urban, Firefly's back up. Red, part of the Crimson guard. Green, Joe jungle team. Desert, Joe desert team. Black, I was thinking night strike team, but love the IG idea you have. Arctic, was thinking of them hanging w/ some Joes. I have tons of Cobra arctic troopers already. |
05-01-2014, 01:24 PM | #2050 |
Crimson Nerd
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Yeah, not 100 percent sure what I'm going to do with all my troops, but it's pretty likely that the urban guys will join the rapidly-growing sub-faction that Firefly commands in my Joe-verse (which presently consists of Cyber-Ninjas (Three Night-Creepers who were "burned" by their organization but inadvertently rescued from certain death by Firefly and are now loyal to him), Data-Vipers, Retaliation Firefly (Old School Firefly's apprentice), ROC Red Fang Ninja, Blackout, and Retaliation Cobra Combat Ninjas.
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