tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90696472024-02-07T13:04:41.137-05:00Frontal RobotomyThe longing for impossible things, precisely because they are impossible; nostalgia for what never was; the desire for what could have been; regret over not being someone else; dissatisfaction with the world’s existence.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger247125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069647.post-52308249701350718802013-03-07T20:28:00.001-05:002013-03-07T20:28:40.939-05:00derwiduhudar:Monument to last Japanese wolf.Wolves in Japan...<a href="http://sarkos.tumblr.com/post/44774466934">derwiduhudar:<br />
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Monument to last Japanese wolf.<br />
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<blockquote><i><b>Monument to last Japanese wolf.</b></i><br />
<i>Wolves in Japan became extinct during the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiji_restoration" title="Meiji restoration">Meiji restoration</a> period, an extermination known as </i>ōkami no kujo<i>. The wolf was deemed a threat to ranching which the Meiji government promoted at the time, and targeted via a bounty system and a direct chemical extermination campaign inspired by the similar contemporary American campaign. The last Japanese wolf was a male killed on the 23 January 1905 near Washikaguchi (now called Higashi Yoshiro) Honshū Wolf monument in Nara Prefecture, Japan. This monument inscribed with a haiku was erected in the village of Higashi-Yoshino. The haiku by Toshio Mihashi says: </i><br />
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With that wolf<br />
That is no more.”</blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069647.post-37407858541995344472012-05-12T23:55:00.000-04:002012-05-12T23:55:11.584-04:00G.I. Joe Customs : That's Just PrimeI've seen some discussion of whether or not to prime figures before painting. I come down on the side of priming. It provides a uniform surface for better paint coverage, and more importantly for me, it helps fight paint rub. As a painter, I've complained about paint rub before (canvas doesn't have joints) and priming has cut my rub down (painted surfaces interact better than painted on unpainted surfaces). Also, it shows what areas are going to be a pain for rub (Airtight shoulders, I'm looking at you) and covers sculpted details so they look even. As a plus, a white primed surface will help colors look brighter (If you've had trouble with yellow, try it) and a black primed surface will help add depth to metallic colors.<br />
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<b>Armory Primer </b>: Armory has a bad reputation in some circles for producing a rough surface, especially Armory Black. Armory Black, in my experience, is very susceptible to humidity. I've had good results on very dry days, but in any less than ideal conditions it leaves a tiny sooty grit on the surface. I've had spotty coverage from Armory White, but <i>no</i> problems with Armory Grey. <br />
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<b>Board to Pieces</b> : During one of Citadels' changes, their black primer was replaced by what was pretty much black spraypaint. The local hobby shop replaced it with Board to Pieces Black.<br />
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<b>Tamiya Fine Surface Primer</b> : This was my go to when I was building gunpla. Good, even coverage. The secondary on my Payload WIP is painted with Fine Surface White.<br />
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<b>Model Master Acryl Primer </b>(brushable) : I like a brushable primer to touch up areas I missed with spray prime, or to color a small area it would be a pain to mask off. Also, when the weather isn't right, it's my backup. If I have to go back and sand down an area of paint rub, I'll brush some on the sanded area. Absolutely essential.<br />
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<b>Rustoleum Automobile Primer</b> : Years of having various hobby shops around means I usually pick up specialist gear instead of going to hardware stores. However, some folks don't have that luxury. I was reading a painting and prep guide from a <a href="http://www.yakfaceforums.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=51&t=2722" target="_blank">Star Wars customizer</a>, and he used Rustoleum as the base (spraying Krylon Fusion over it).<br />
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I tried it out, and it had good results. Even coverage, with a slight texture (again, probably due to humidity. However, it can be wet-sanded, so that's not such an issue.)<br />
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<b>Mr. Surfacer 1000</b> (brushable) : I wanted to give Mr. Surfacer a shot for <a href="http://www.swannysmodels.com/Surfacer.html" target="_blank">priming</a>, due to it's <a href="http://www.one16thtiger.com/SBS_MrSurfacerGapFilling.html" target="_blank">gap filling</a> properties (For those breaking apart Joe torsos, you know what I'm getting at. Usually, I use superglue sprinkled with baking soda for gap-filling, then sand the hell out of it).<br />
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<b>Army Painter</b> (Alien Purple) : So, here's some good shit. Take the adherence of primer, and add color. Designed for 28mm hobbyists, it comes in a good selection of colors. I waited until Alien ('nid) Purple came out, because there's a lot of purple in Cobra. The entirety of my painting on the HEAT Viper was masking then spraying, all in one go.<br />
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<b>Krylon Fusion</b> (Safety Orange) : I've heard Fusion is best for vehicles, and not much for figures. I'll try it out on figures eventually (it seemed okay in Hawkeye's tutorial...), but man is it good on vehicles. It took about three light coats for total coverage, just watch for the rotor in the pop-up platform (don't paint the plug. It'll shred off as you rotate it. Otherwise it's pretty chip-proof.)<br />
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Here's my version of the Septic Tank, inspired my Aloysha's <a href="http://www.hisstank.com/forum/g-i-joe-customs-finished-projects/226642-septic-tank-drone.html" target="_blank">Septic Drone</a> and the <a href="http://www.hisstank.com/gi-joe-news/conventions-9/cobra-hazard-hiss-tank-compond-z-warfare-vehicle-njcc-2012-exclusive-11144/" target="_blank">NJCC Hazard HISS</a>. I have to find a good fluorescent yellow for the weapons. I tried masking them for a safety yellow/black, and it looked ghastly. Not in a good way.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069647.post-26087594432518568092012-05-05T18:09:00.000-04:002012-05-05T18:09:55.730-04:00G.I. Joe Customs: Custom Con 31 wrap-upSo with Custom Con 31 over, I can post my latest batch. I decided that since I've got the most problem with putting out "finished" customs ("<a href="http://thinkexist.com/quotation/art_is_never_finished-only_abandoned/11376.html" target="_blank">Art is never finished, only abandoned</a>"), putting a deadline on myself would help. So, I put these guys together in a little over a week.<br />
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I expect somebody will have a problem with me bashing together the Heroic Commandos and the Commandos in Action, but the truth of it is I've been wanting (and had parts sorted for) customs of the Argentine figures since the <a href="http://generalsjoes.com/reviews/2009/exclusives/2009_con-02.html" target="_blank">2009 convention set</a> came out. I was pretty much going to use the same recipes (but with Firefly legs), until recently I saw <a href="http://www.hisstank.com/forum/g-i-joe-customs-finished-projects/46010-international-custom-modern-manleh.html" target="_blank">M_renegade's Manleh</a> and realized I could use the PoC Cobra blueshirt base. I was at a loss for opponents (Mortal? Invasors?), so I looked to my workbench and realized there were a couple of figures who had foreign releases. So pure laziness wins the day.<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/89/heatviper.shtml" target="_blank"><b> HEAT-Viper</b></a> (<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/int/br-estilhaco.shtml" target="_blank"><b>Estilhaço</b></a>) : Ever since Airtight came out, there's been a parade of ideas of who he could be (I'll get to a few of mine eventually). <a href="http://www.hisstank.com/forum/g-i-joe-customs-finished-projects/219775-heat-viper-viper6.html" target="_blank">Viper6 of Hisstank</a> convinced me he could be a HEAT-Viper. <br />
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My changes are the Zombie-Viper webgear (Pipe-bombs! Duke Nukem would be proud.) and the Charbroil helmet, cut-down.<br />
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I may enclose the helmet some more, and add that mess of cables the ARAH version had. <br />
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Recipe: <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/airtight3.shtml" target="_blank">Airtight</a> body, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/charbroil4.shtml" target="_blank">Charbroil</a> head, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/zombieviper.shtml" target="_blank">Zombie-Viper</a> harness.<br />
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<b><a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/int/arg-manleh.shtml" target="_blank"> Manleh</a></b> :Originally, he came with a parachute (which would have made him an insta-buy when I was a kid), in the convention set he had a JUMP pack, so that's what I went with. I keep thinking I should add some yellow to his webbing.<br />
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Recipe : <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/cobratrooper17.shtml" target="_blank">Cobra Trooper</a> body, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/sgtstalker13.shtml" target="_blank">Stalker</a> head. <br />
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<b><a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/int/arg-redmack.shtml" target="_blank">Redmack</a></b> : I went with the Jungle Duke webgear, since his webbing was green originally. I swapped out Tunnel Rat's machine gun, since he originally came with Rock n' Roll's MG.<br />
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Recipe : <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/cobratrooper17.shtml" target="_blank">Cobra Trooper</a> body, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/duke43.shtml" target="_blank">Duke</a> head <br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/int/arg-shimik.shtml" target="_blank"><b>Shimik</b></a> :When I was putting together the first version, I used the same torso, with the same <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/sgtshimik.shtml" target="_blank">arm & leg combo</a> the club used. Since I had a spare Ripcord, I figured his arms would work better. I'm not too hot on the Rock n' Roll bandoliers, so when I realized he used a SMG, I went with Beachhead's vest. The card art had camouflage pants, so I went with that.<br />
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Recipe : <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/snakeeyes52.shtml" target="_blank">Snake-eyes</a> torso, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/ripcord6.shtml" target="_blank">Ripcord</a> arms, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/ripcord3.shtml" target="_blank">Ripcord</a> head, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/shocktrooper.shtml" target="_blank">Shock Trooper</a> legs <br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/int/arg-topson.shtml" target="_blank"><b>Topson</b></a> : If I had a Benchpress head, I might have gone with that. The camouflage is three tone instead of two tone because I thought it was too contrasting in my first go. Maybe I can make a Firefly some day and get it right. <br />
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Recipe : <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/cobratrooper17.shtml" target="_blank">Cobra Trooper</a> body, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/kickstart.shtml" target="_blank">Kickstart</a> head <br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/88/voltar.shtml" target="_blank"><b>Voltar</b></a> / <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/int/br-voltar.shtml" target="_blank"><b>Voltar</b></a> : I know the Brazilian release is more purple (usually a selling point for me), but I was set on using the HISS driver body (pretty standard). <br />
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The helmet was Dremmeled from the original figure, which was a first for me. One more rite of passage as a customizer.<br />
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Recipe : <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/hisstankdriver.shtml" target="_blank">HISS Driver</a> body, Iron Grenadier lower arms, legs and sword belt, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/doubleclutch4.shtml" target="_blank">Clutch</a> head, Voltar helmet.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069647.post-1538574310151350062012-04-15T01:40:00.000-04:002012-04-15T01:49:43.888-04:00GI joe customs : Eco-assortment<span id="goog_1608421400"></span><span id="goog_1608421401"></span><br />
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I've had some variation of this post in draft for almost a month now. It's been one of those busy times where nothing much comes of it, so I'll just scatter this to the winds and move on to the next batch (post-Custom Con, fingers crossed.)</div>
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/int/br-biosfera.shtml" target="_blank"><b>Biosefera</b></a> :Wanted to do some of the foreign repaints, and went with a similar recipe to my Sneak Peek. Switched out Wraith lower legs, and decided a closed visor would work better for an Eco-Trooper.<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/91/flint3.shtml" target="_blank"><b>Eco-Warriors Flint</b></a> : Not sure to use my spare Sci-fi for Heat-Viper v2, Raio Verde, or Eco-Flint. I do like the Airtight gear, and think it might work for <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/redtorches.shtml" target="_blank">Red Torches</a> or a <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/06/dragonsky2.shtml" target="_blank">Dragonsky</a>. Tried out some Viper boots. Might go with a SM Falcon head if I make him Flint.<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/05/jungleviper1.shtml" target="_blank"><b>Jungle-Viper</b></a> : Thought the Tron head would work for Jungle-Viper or Heat-Viper v2. Had a couple Kickstarts to try it out on.<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/90/pathfinder.shtml" target="_blank"><b>Pathfinder</b> </a>: I've gone back and forth on Pathfinder recipes. I knew I'd want to use the Lifeline head once I got a spare, but I had originally thought of the Shipwreck/Storm Rider after seeing the club's Topside. Now that I've got the vest, I think I might go to a Tunnel Rat (since the torso is covered) and the waist is so thick compared to the Duke legs. But I want to use those Duke legs, for the boss camo. Argh.<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/06/skullsquadtrooper.shtml" target="_blank"><b>Skull Squad Trooper</b></a> : In one of the con sets, they decided Major Bludd could use some dudes to boss around. That sounds like a plan.<br />
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Thought the Neo-Viper bodies were close to the Avalanche body from the Con set. Probably paint the right shoulder armor silver, so it's a little closer.<br />
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<b>Skull Squad Viper</b> : Originally, I was going to make a Sonic Viper, then I saw a Micro-Heroes style sig of Skull Squad, and they had some Vipers done up in Major Bludd's colors.<br />
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Made a Viper recipe from some spare Shock Trooper, Storm Shadow and Duke parts. Vest from Kickstart, head from Python Viper (spare still needs some work.)<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/91/sludgeviper.shtml" target="_blank"><b>Sludge-Viper</b></a> : Mucking my way through the Eco-Warriors/Toxo-troops, and strangely, the most recent guy is the most complete.<br />
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<b>Steel Brigade</b> : I'm thinking of having him be across between the <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/87/steelbrigade_2.shtml" target="_blank">Gold head SB</a>, and the <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/05/steelbrigadecommander.shtml" target="_blank">SB Commander</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/82/rocknroll.shtml" target="_blank"><b>Rock n' Roll</b></a> : Most Rock n' Rolls I see use Thor or Hogun heads, and are totally diesel. I want a Rock n' Roll that's a more regular looking dude that doesn't look like he bench-presses cars.<br />
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Sculpted some hair on a Renegades Tunnel Rat head, tried to pattern it on the <a href="http://generalsjoes.com/reviews/2012/sideshow/rocknroll.html" target="_blank">Sideshow Rock n Roll alternate head</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/87/sneakpeek.shtml" target="_blank"><b>Sneak Peek</b></a> : And here's the reason I've got a spare Sci-Fi (well, trade fodder is another reason.) Once I had a Sci-Fi in hand, I realized I could use those boots for Sneak, here. Swapped in some Ren Firefly upper legs, and once I paint those knees and slap some more black on him, he'll be good.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069647.post-31911368987470774102012-03-09T04:12:00.000-05:002013-08-30T23:32:53.701-04:00G.I. Joe customs : Spring Break!It's been about three months since my last incomprehensible ramblings, and about a week since I've had to provide tech support (Whoo! Spring Break! Everybody pull down your pants and riot!)<br />
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Between talk of doubling our iPad deployment, adding a new lab, seizing control of the school newspaper offices and a ground war in <strike>Asia</strike> our ARD install, I've barely been able to wrap my head around my last After Effects project, much less get much done on the Joe front.<br />
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Add in Wave 4 finally hitting in decent numbers (ask me about army-building Airtights...) and for that matter having to go 30 miles afield to get a Zombie-Viper and I was chomping at the bit to get some WIP fleshed out, and maybe even begin painting again.<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/83/destro.shtml" target="_blank"><b>Destro</b></a> : I'm a big fan of Destro. Not only is he a suave motherfucker with a personal army, he's the guy who brought wrist-rockets to a gun fight. Cobra has a wide assortment of weaselly schemers and brutes, but Destro is the guy who can build a Weather Dominator <i>and</i> stomp you into a crack.<br />
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I wanted to use a Night Adder to make <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/03/destro10.shtml" target="_blank">Destro v10</a>/ Crime Boss Destro, but thought it just looked too plain. So I took a spare <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/07/destro14.shtml" target="_blank">Destro</a>, hollowed out his gauntlets, drilled a small hole to mount his collar and added a res <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/destro22.shtml" target="_blank">Destro</a> head. I'm going to switch the holster to the left, because why use your wrist-rocket hand to draw a pistol?<br />
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<b><a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/87/law.shtml" target="_blank">Law & Order</a></b> : I may still paint those sleeves red, but what bugged me was the leg holster. You can see the holstered revolver on the jacket, but right below that was a leg holster. Maybe somebody can give me an OPERATORS OPERATORS OPERATORS explanation for carrying both your main and your backup an inch from each other, but it bugged me.<br />
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I just switched with <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/steelbrigadedelta.shtml" target="_blank">SB Delta</a> legs.<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/02/skullbuster.shtml" target="_blank"><b>Skullbuster</b></a> : I like guys who are the toughest "*", due to my love of hyperbole. The Range-Vipers are kind of like weaponized hobos (says the guy who always polices the bodies/ scavenges the ammo), but Skullbuster is the most famous reindeer of all. <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/filecard/02/skullbuster.shtml" target="_blank">Or something.</a> Imagine Cobra recruited Bear Grylls.<br />
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<i>Recipe</i>: <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/firefly23.shtml" target="_blank">Firefly</a> arms and torso, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/dusty14.shtml" target="_blank">Dusty</a> legs, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/sgtstalker13.shtml" target="_blank">Stalker</a> and <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/tunnelrat11.shtml" target="_blank">Tunnel Rat</a> gear, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/cobracommander44.shtml" target="_blank">Cobra Commander</a> head.<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/90/topside.shtml" target="_blank"><b>Topside</b></a> : Since the Club FSS seems to be dosed with Compound Z at the moment, I thought I'd try and whip up a Topside.<br />
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<b>Wild Weasel</b> : I just added Shock trooper goggles in place of the visor. No big whoop.<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/87/outback.shtml" target="_blank"><b>Outback</b></a> : Man, those oddly proportioned legs on the 25th bugged me. I picked up a spare Tunnel Rat since I thought his colors matched Crankcase. When I looked at his shirt, I thought "Survival"<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/tunnelrat12.shtml" target="_blank">Tunnel Rat</a> with <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/sgtstalker13.shtml" target="_blank">Stalker</a> lower legs and gear. Need to dig up my dry transfer sheets.<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/90/staticline.shtml" target="_blank"><b>Static Line</b></a> : Part of the fun of new versions of old guys means getting to make the repaints. Thanks to Strato-Viper, Nitro/Motor-Viper, Slipstream, Skydive and Lift-Ticket, most of Sky Patrol is a new head and a paintjob away.<br />
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Whither Static-Line? There's no modern-era <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/87/backstop.shtml" target="_blank">Backstop</a>, except for <a href="http://www.joecustoms.com/customs/customs_specific_item.php?kind=figure&thumbs=on&alpha=B&id=9896" target="_blank">LeeMarvin80's custom</a> (where I took the charbroil armor from).<br />
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Used a res. <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/cobratrooper15.shtml" target="_blank">Cobra Trooper</a>, with ren. <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/ripcord6.shtml" target="_blank">Ripcord's</a> legs and head. A little off-white on the waist and forearms and I'm golden.<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/91/toxoviper2.shtml" target="_blank">Toxo-Viper v2</a>/ <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/92/toxozombie.shtml" target="_blank">Toxo-Zombie</a> : I know, my reputation as the Byronic Man is in jeopardy if I enjoy something popular (and despite my dismissal of Zombie movies as a socially acceptable vent for the desire to kill everyone around you. I actually like Return of the Living Dead though, since I think it's one the most realistic depictions of Something Really Bad No-one is Prepared For. C.A.T. loved to talk about it when we had duty together.)<br />
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Anyway, I tried to figure out a base that would do double duty. <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/dusty14.shtml" target="_blank">Dusty</a>/Ren. Trooper torso, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/airviper4.shtml" target="_blank">Air-Viper Commando</a>/<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/swampviper2.shtml" target="_blank">Swamp Viper</a> limbs, switched for Zombie-Viper parts as necessary. I think for the Toxo-Zombies I'll keep the light purple since their outfits are sorta bleached out from the Plasmatox. If you could see the back, it would have Airtight's blue tank on it.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069647.post-57200675658147770392011-12-10T01:52:00.001-05:002011-12-17T04:20:57.395-05:00G.I. Joe customs : EoS core dumpNow the semester is over, I can finally relax and muck around again. (No twelve hour days! No console.logs! No Flex licensing SystemFlippers and SIGSEGV errors!) Wave 3 just hit, and Wave 4 is on it's heels.<br />
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Not pictured, another trooper and techno-viper. Fortunately for my Army-building self, the only other collector in the area seems to be a One-of-Each guy.<br />
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Hey, how about that trailer?<br />
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Chock full of ninjas and Vipers. Cobra White House.<br />
So eager to get a Jinx, and I'm hoping the Amazon Roadblock is a '86 tribute.<br />
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Everybody is a WIP. I hardly have the presence of mind / temperature to prime right now.<br />
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<b> <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/int/cobradeaco.shtml" target="_blank">Cobra de Aco </a>/ <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/steelcobra.shtml" target="_blank">Steel Cobra</a></b> : I made a Steel Cobra before, with a Flash body and Snake-Eyes head, all classic stylee. Then I went looking through GeneralJoes Mission Brazil review, and saw the picture of him with some B.A.T.s, and thought back to <a href="http://www.joecustoms.com/customs/customs_specific_item.php?kind=figure&thumbs=on&alpha=C&page=10&id=9587" target="_blank">KrushViper's Cobra de Aco</a>, as well as my plan to use the RoC Flash as a base, and had a spare Cobra Commander torso, and he came together.<br />
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The hardest part will be color-matching that yellow on the torso.<br />
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<i>Recipe </i>: <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/cobracommander45.shtml" target="_blank">Cobra Commander</a> torso, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/cobracommander44.shtml" target="_blank">Cobra Commander</a> head, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/flash3.shtml" target="_blank">Flash</a> arms, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/08/bat17.shtml" target="_blank">BAT</a> legs.<br />
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<b> <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/89/fragviper.shtml" target="_blank">Frag Viper</a></b> : Once I saw the Firefly torso (and the bit about his Predator helmet being a 360 degree sensing device), I thought about the Frag-Vipers. I just needed some arms with a good range, and some fairly baggy pants (the Jungle Duke legs seemed too thin with the torso.)<br />
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<i>Recipe</i> : <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/firefly22.shtml" target="_blank">Firefly</a> head and torso, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/firefly23.shtml" target="_blank">Firefly</a> arms, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/shocktrooper.shtml" target="_blank">Shock trooper</a> legs, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/duke42.shtml" target="_blank">Duke</a>/<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/sgtstalker13.shtml" target="_blank">Stalker</a> webgear.<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/06/guillotine.shtml" target="_blank"><b>Guillotine</b></a> : I originally went with a Lamprey, but it didn't seem as buff as he's depicted (Why, he's almost as big as <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/05/barrage1.shtml" target="_blank"><b>MAJOR BARRAGE</b></a>). I can't do the spine-sword with a straight face, but I need something for the belt.<br />
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Honestly, I'm down with Cobra-La, but that mall Goth pig-sticker leaves me cold.<br />
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<i>Recipe</i> : <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/copperhead8.shtml" target="_blank">Copperhead</a> torso and upper arms, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/08/nemesisimmortal.shtml" target="_blank">Nemesis Immortal</a> lower arms, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/terraviper.shtml" target="_blank">Terra-Viper</a> hands, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/heavyduty12.shtml" target="_blank">Heavy Duty</a> legs.<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/89/heatviper.shtml" target="_blank"><b>HEAT Viper</b></a> : I've seen two HEAT Viper concepts I've liked, <a href="http://dnjcustoms.blogspot.com/2010/01/heat-viper-cobra-anti-armor-trooper.html" target="_blank">Sgt. Humpty's</a> and <a href="http://ratfinkcustoms.blogspot.com/2011/11/incenerators-heat-viper-darklon.html" target="_blank">Ratfink's</a>. A local preponderance of Charbroils pointed me towards the former.<br />
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I've still got to work out a helmet, and I think the Ripcord gear works as battle rattle (I'd rather keep my ammo on my hips instead of my boots...)<br />
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<i>Recipe</i> : <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/charbroil4.shtml" target="_blank">Charbroil</a>, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/cobracommander42.shtml" target="_blank">Cobra Commander</a> head, Ripcord gear.<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/92/heliviper.shtml" target="_blank"><b>Heli-Viper</b></a> : I've been planning for this guy ever since I picked up the Snow Serpent Officer from the Ice Cutter.<br />
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<i>Recipe</i> : Techno-Viper arms and torso, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/snowserpentofficer2.shtml" target="_blank">Snow Serpent Officer </a>head, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/copperhead8.shtml" target="_blank">Copperhead</a> legs, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/jungleviper3.shtml" target="_blank">Jungle-Viper</a> gear<br />
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<b> <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/87/iceviper.shtml" target="_blank">Ice Viper</a></b> : The WOLF was a favorite vehicle of mine as a kid, and I got a spare Arctic HISS Driver in a trade, so it seemed an easy custom. But, I didn't like the usual Duke bandolier, and saw another customizer use Firefly's demo vest. (Which I intend to use for my eventual Avalanche as well.) <br />
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<i>Recipe</i> : <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/arctichissdriver.shtml" target="_blank">Arctic Hiss Driver</a> , <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/frostbite12.shtml" target="_blank">Frostbite</a> hands, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/firefly23.shtml" target="_blank">Firefly</a> vest, Cobra Trooper head<br />
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<b> <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/89/nightviper.shtml" target="_blank">Night-Vipers</a></b> : A while ago, I traded for some Shock Troopers to make blueshirts from. Now that they've been in a few replenishment waves, blueshirts are dead common (and I never got enough Wv3 Snake-eyes to finish the project...), I've retasked these guys as Night-Vipers.<br />
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I still have to modify the pegs on the Jungle-Viper scopes to get them to fit the Wild Weasel helmet, and I've got to get a couple more RoC Snake-eyes belts (the dagger across the chest.)<br />
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<i>Recipe</i> : <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/shocktrooper.shtml" target="_blank">Shock Trooper</a> torso and arms, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/jungleviper3.shtml" target="_blank">Jungle Viper</a> gear and upper legs, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/snakeeyes53.shtml" target="_blank">Snake-Eyes</a> lower legs, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/08/wildweasel6.shtml" target="_blank">Wild Weasel</a>/<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/cyberviper2.shtml" target="_blank">Cyber-Viper</a> heads.<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/91/nightvulture.shtml" target="_blank"><b>Night Vulture</b></a> : The Glider pilots were some real weirdos, so I doubt even the club will touch them. Still need something for that upper torso.<br />
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<i>Recipe</i> : <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/08/paraviper.shtml" target="_blank">Para-Viper</a>, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/alleyviper13.shtml" target="_blank">Alley-Viper</a> lower arms and legs, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/08/snakeeyes34.shtml" target="_blank">Snake-Eyes</a> head <br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/90/pathfinder.shtml" target="_blank"><b>Pathfinder</b></a> : I picked up a spare Doom Rider on clearance, once I realized he had glasses and a black shirt, and might work for Pathfinder. Later I decided the Jungle Duke camo would look decent, and thought the Wild Bill hat would make him a little more <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=col+kilgore&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=6Zq&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=DVHsTufxGISTtwfy0aj3Cg&ved=0CEEQsAQ&biw=1556&bih=1053" target="_blank">Col. Kilgore</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/89/pythontrooper.shtml" target="_blank"><b>Python Trooper </b></a>: I've been kitting out Python Patrol / Mission Brazil themed figures, since the 2011 Convention set is a distant fantasy (and I disagree with the recipes, as you'll see once I put up my Leatherneck.) PLus it gives me an excuse to make "PoC" versions. I'll have to use the older web-gear if I make more than two of these guys.<br />
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<i>Recipe</i> : <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/steelbrigadedelta.shtml" target="_blank">Steel Brigade Delta</a> torso and arms, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/snakeeyes54.shtml" target="_blank">Snake-Eyes</a> legs<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/90/sawviper.shtml" target="_blank"><b>SAW Vipers</b></a> : So Zartan v3 was made out of SAW Viper parts, and one of the first <a href="http://www.joecustoms.com/customs/customs_specific_item.php?kind=figure&thumbs=on&alpha=S&id=9175" target="_blank">SAW Viper customs</a> I saw repainted a Zartan v13. So when I saw the Cyber Viper, I thought back to the Python Saw Viper. A couple spare Duke heads, and the newer Beachhead vest (from Double Clutch in this case.)<br />
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<i>Recipe</i> : <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/cyberviper2.shtml" target="_blank">Cyber-Viper</a>, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/08/wildbill12.shtml" target="_blank">Wild Bill</a> helmet, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/beachhead12.shtml" target="_blank">Beachhead</a> vest<br />
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<b> <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/02/shipwreck5.shtml" target="_blank">Shipwreck</a></b> : Revisiting my old LBC with a Steel Brigade torso and some Renegades Duke legs. I'm a big fan of that Spy Troops/VvV/Devils Due look, and I thought it would work in his old colors. Also, Recondo holster. <br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/87/sneakpeek.shtml" target="_blank"><b>Sneak Peek</b></a> : Swapped out that chunky Pit Commando vest for one from Renegades Ripcord. <br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/84/spirit.shtml" target="_blank"><b>Spirit</b></a> : Once I saw the Steel Brigade running change, I thought of my old Spirit project. Still not 100% on the Billy Sole head, and I may trim some of the gear for shinier, PoC/30th versions. Still have to put a knife in for the holster slot.<br />
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<i>Changes</i> : <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/steelbrigade3a.shtml" target="_blank">Steel Brigade</a> torso and upper arms, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/steelbrigade3b.shtml" target="_blank">Steel Brigade</a> legs and knee-caps<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/82/steeler.shtml" target="_blank"> <b>Steeler</b></a> : Stalker, Snake-Eyes, and Hawk got some new version love, and I wasn't a fan of 25th's James Garner looking version. I had a version with Wild Bill's torso, but modern tankers wear more of a jumpsuit. Not a 100% on a head.<br />
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<i>Recipe</i> : <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/steelbrigadedelta.shtml" target="_blank">Steel Brigade Delta</a> torso, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/skydive2.shtml" target="_blank">Skydive</a> legs, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/steelbrigade3a.shtml" target="_blank">Steel Brigade</a> vest<br />
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<b> <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/90/stretcher.shtml" target="_blank">Stretcher</a></b> : For an Olympic weight-lifter, Stretcher looked kind of scrawny. And I had a different idea for Hardball than the usual RoC Repeater swap.<br />
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<i>Recipe </i>: <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/recondo7.shtml" target="_blank">Recondo</a> torso and upper arms, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/repeater3.shtml" target="_blank">Repeater</a> head and lower arms, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/tomahawk.shtml" target="_blank">Tomahawk</a> legs, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/alleyviper13.shtml" target="_blank">Alley-Viper</a> helmet.<br />
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<b>Vector</b> : I mostly remember Laser-Vipers from the GI Joe arcade game, but one popped up in Cobra's Emo Spec-Ops unit. I guess he spins all the Joy Division tracks.<br />
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That backpack is pieced together from Duke's backpack and two barrels from Jungle-Viper anti-material rifles.<br />
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<i>Recipe</i> : <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/starviper2.shtml" target="_blank">Star-Viper</a>, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/lamprey5.shtml" target="_blank">Lamprey</a> upper legs, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/barbecue5.shtml" target="_blank">Barbeque</a> lower legs<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/03/widescope.shtml" target="_blank"><b>Wide Scope</b></a> : I picked up an Air Raid with those legs in mind for a Wide Scope, and once I get a spare Law&Order, he'll have a Lamont. I'll probably whip up a 30th looking Shockwave to go with him.<br />
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<i>Recipe</i> : <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/shocktrooper.shtml" target="_blank">Shock Trooper</a> torso, arms and head, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/airraid.shtml" target="_blank">Air Raid</a> legs, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/beachhead15.shtml" target="_blank">Beachhead</a> vest.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069647.post-8379146042073728352011-10-18T02:20:00.001-04:002011-10-19T20:29:34.640-04:00G.I. Joe customs: Space is the place (to punch Destro in the face)Finally pulling myself into corporeal form after weeks of twelve hour days and most of my department flitting off to conferences this last week. The hardest part was one of the kids deciding to set the audio to Dubstep one day (the latest incarnation of the shitty music kids listen to because the adults hate it). Not to say I'm an adult, but frankly, I lurve <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCJXIhEHSRk">Tokyo-style Speedcore</a>, but I wouldn't expect other people to, or put it on at work.<br />
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Speaking of hating music, Rory doesn't read this, so I can put on some Sun-Ra:<br />
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(I know, but I like the chorus on Nuclear War more. )<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/88/astroviper.shtml"><b>Astro-Viper</b></a> (wip) : The Cobranaut holds a special place for me. On Spring Break that year, I saw one on the peg at <a href="http://www.riteaid.com/company/brooks_eckerd/eckerd.jsf">Eckerd Drugs</a>. I had stopped collecting GI Joes after the movie, but the thought of a Cobra Astronaut hit my sweet spot. I didn't buy another Joe until the 1997 <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/97/baroness2.shtml">Cobra</a> <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/97/cobracommander8.shtml">Command</a> <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/97/destro5.shtml">Team</a>.<br />
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The leg armor is vaguely remembered from an <i>Ares</i> article on combat astronauts for <i>Top Secret</i>.<br />
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<i>Recipe</i> : <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/charbroil4.shtml">Charbroil</a> torso, MARS Trooper legs, Astro-Viper helmet, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/skydive2.shtml">Skydive</a> and <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/dusty14.shtml">Dusty</a> webgear. <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/08/cobracommander38.shtml">BACC</a> backpack as placeholder.<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/05/blackdragonninja2.shtml"><b>Black Dragon Ninja</b></a> : I picked up the Ninja Battles pack on sale years ago, and liked the techno-ninja look of the Black Dragon Ninja (which comes from painting a dragon on an <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/03/irongrenadier2.shtml">Iron Grenadier's</a> chest...)<br />
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Like I said, the Temple Snakes eyes is a great bundle of parts.<br />
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<i>Recipe</i> : <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/08/irongrenadier6.shtml">Iron Grenadier</a> torso, Temple Snake Eyes limbs, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/alleyviper13.shtml">Alley-Viper</a> head, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/snakeeyes48.shtml">CS Snake-Eyes</a> belt, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/destro22.shtml">Destro</a> scarf.<br />
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<b><a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/89/countdown.shtml">Countdown</a></b> (wip) : Whereas Payload is a more realistic looking astronaut (at least, he looks like he'd fit in Alien), Countdown looks more Flash Gordon. And that's alright by me.<br />
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I'd like to turn up an original Countdown helmet, which is a sweet piece of work.<br />
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<i>Recipe</i> : <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/duke38.shtml">Duke</a> torso, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/duke34.shtml">RA Duke</a> limbs, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/captace4.shtml">Ace</a> helmet, <a href="http://www.rebelscum.com/sw03cwdurgewswoop.asp">Durge</a> backpack.<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/92/dice.shtml"><b>Dice</b></a> : I've been looking a Dice customs trying to decide on a decent secondary, and <a href="http://www.hisstank.com/forum/g-i-joe-customs-finished-projects/152555-slice-dice.html">these</a> <a href="http://www.hisstank.com/forum/g-i-joe-customs-finished-projects/106595-dice-w-o-leroy.html">two</a> persuaded me the Storm Shadow/Red Ninja harness was the way to go.<br />
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<i>edit</i> : I'm not the only one <a href="http://gijoeclub.com/images/2011/diceFweb.jpg">thinking that harness</a>. <br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/07/rowdyroddypiper.shtml"><b>Iron Grenadier Trainer Roddy Piper</b></a> (wip) : I watched a lot of Wrasslin as a kid, (also <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPSra3AccE0">Rock n' Wrestling</a>) and I earnestly want to thank whoever decided the Rowdy One was Sgt. Slaughter's opposite number <i>and</i> working for Destro.<br />
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I've got to finish dremelling out the space for the neckball, so his head should set a little further down. I went the opposite of <a href="http://dnjcustoms.blogspot.com/2011/04/rowdy-roddy-piper-iron-grenadier.html">Sgt. Humpty</a>, and used the IG legs.<br />
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<i>Recipe</i> : Temple Snake-eyes torso, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/snakeeyes52.shtml">Snake-eyes</a> arms, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/08/irongrenadier6.shtml">IG</a> legs, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/cobracommander44.shtml">Cobra Commander</a> jacket, Build n' Brawl Roddy Piper head.<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/88/irongrenadier.shtml"><b>Iron Grenadier</b></a> (wip) : When the 25th IGs came out, I couldn't get behind the Battle Armor CC body. I cannot for the life of me find out who did it, but someone made a custom using the Reactive Armor body, and that's what got me.<br />
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I'm using the <a href="http://world.guns.ru/assault/isr/tavor-tar-21-e.html">Tavor TAR-21</a>, which the IGs used in the <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/03/irongrenadier2.shtml">Spy Troops</a>/<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/04/irongrenadier4.shtml">Valor vs. Venom</a> era. I may paint some more red patches on it.<br />
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<i>Recipe</i> : Reactive Armor torso and arms, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/08/irongrenadier6.shtml">Iron Grenadier</a> legs, gear and head.<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/03/overkill2.shtml"><b>Overkill</b></a> : Cyborg who wants to destroy organic life? How could I not like this guy? Watched the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0tDfEsZxcg">VvV movie</a>, where GI Joe fight werewolves (again), and came away digging Overkill more than in Sigma 6.<br />
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I have to credit <a href="http://generalsjoes.com/reviews/2009/rise_of_cobra/figures/collection1_wave2/cobracommander.html">General Hawk</a> for the head (I've got to dryrush it a little, since he's looking a little Mr. Beef.) I took a little nail polish remover to the black part of the RoC CC torso. Badab Black and Chestnut wash, cleaned up with Isoprophyl alcohol.<br />
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<i>Recipe</i> : <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/cobracommander43.shtml">RoC Cobra Commander</a> torso and head, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/08/wraith.shtml">Wraith</a> legs and upper arms, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/08/bat17.shtml">BAT</a> lower arms, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/cobracommander42.shtml">Resolute CC</a> helmet.<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/87/payload.shtml"><b>Payload</b></a> (wip) : Never having the Defiant as a kid, I only remember him from the Marvel appearances (so I was surprised to find out he was white as a toy.)<br />
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I've seen <a href="http://www.hisstank.com/forum/g-i-joe-customs-finished-projects/111986-jpnx-custom-modern-astronaut.html">JpnX</a>'s Astronaut, and I liked the Snow Serpent legs. Mostly, it's a matter of finding a use for the Skydive gear. I've got to work up the snuff to cut off that re-breather.<br />
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<i>Recipe</i> : <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/snakeeyes46.shtml">Arctic Snake-Eyes</a> arms and torso, Snow Serpent legs, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/skydive2.shtml">Skydive</a> secondary, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/captace4.shtml">Ace</a> helmet.<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/91/skymate.shtml"><b>Skymate</b></a> (wip) : The glider pilots are obscure dudes, and therefore at the top of my to do list.<br />
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I'm not sure what to do about the hat/headgear, except not make it hot pink.<br />
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<i>Recipe</i> : <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/08/mutt8.shtml">Mutt</a> arms and torso, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/sgtthunderblast.shtml">Thunderblast</a> legs, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/08/cplbreaker.shtml">Breaker</a> head, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/08/cobraofficer6.shtml">Cobra officer</a> webgear.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069647.post-84995684612363005682011-09-11T01:24:00.000-04:002011-09-11T01:24:45.512-04:00Harvest Moon<iframe width="420" height="345" src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/0vVU7MyK9fQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069647.post-26816359185731813392011-09-07T00:44:00.001-04:002011-09-07T00:44:14.044-04:00G.I. Joe customs : Slice, Dice, Baby<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/92/dice.shtml"><b>Dice</b></a> : I saw a Dice custom a while back that used Para-Viper parts for the torso and upper legs to cut paint rub. I had to make a few changes from the Temple Snake-Eyes parts out of sheer cussedness. And with a ninja, I didn't have to figure out what those arm blades were for.<br />
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<b> <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/92/slice.shtml">Slice</a></b> : The other half of Cobra's ninja bros. I made a one with a Marvel Universe figure, but it doesn't look right. He came about from some parts juggling from an Air-Viper and the Wild Weasel below.<br />
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<i>Recipe</i> : <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/07/redninja2.shtml">Red Ninja</a> torso, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/airviper5.shtml">Air Viper</a> upper arms and legs, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/cobratrooper16.shtml">Resolute Trooper</a> knees, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/jungleviper3.shtml">Jungle Viper</a> lower legs, mask from Temple Guardian Snake-Eyes, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/snakeeyes48.shtml">CS Snake-Eyes</a> hands,.<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/84/wildweasel.shtml"><b>Wild Weasel</b></a> : After seeing <a href="http://www.joecustoms.com/customs/customs_specific_item.php?kind=figure&id=10259">Stronox's lower arm swap</a>, I figured I had to do something about those goofy Snow Job arms. I was thinking of making a more Marvel comics flavored WW, and had been playing with an Air-Viper to do it. I noticed the lower arms were the same color plastic, and easy-peasy. Swapped the hands onto the new arms and away.<br />
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Zarana : I said I'd find that MU Storm jacket. For those <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/03/zarana2.shtml">Spy Troops</a> fans out there.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069647.post-70963601621446490802011-08-30T16:00:00.000-04:002012-03-09T04:23:08.992-05:00G.I. Joe customs : Got to get tough<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/90/metalhead.shtml"><b>Metalhead</b></a> : I mostly remember him from the time he played mid-boss at the battle of Benzeen, but he seems <a href="http://www.cracked.com/article_17474_the-7-most-unintentionally-hilarious-g.i.-joe-characters_p2.html?wa_user1=4&wa_user2=Movies+%26+TV&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=recommended">most notable</a> for being a spaz in the DiC cartoon.<br />
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I prefer the <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/94/metalhead2.shtml">v2</a>/<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/05/metalhead3.shtml">v3</a> body, but I wanted a v1 styled head. I had started shaving down a Ripper head, but I had a James McCullen IX sitting around, so I shaved part of the mustache, and added some greenstuff.<br />
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I may repaint the gauntlet gold so it blends in better. I didn't dig the grey on the v3, so I made the leg armor gold.<br />
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<i>Recipe:</i> <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/destro22.shtml">Pilot Destro</a> arms and lower torso, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/destro26.shtml">Arctic Destro</a> upper, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/jamesmccullenix.shtml">James McCullen IX</a> head, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/firefly22.shtml">Firefly</a> legs, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/copperhead7.shtml">Copperhead</a> belt, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/lowlight8.shtml">Low-Light</a> goggles<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/91/tracker.shtml"><b>Tracker</b></a> (unproduced Night Force version) : Actually painted, trimmed down the cheeks from the Cyclops head. May paint the visor yellow like the DiC version, since the red sort of drops out against the black.<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/93/mirage.shtml"><b>Mirage</b></a> : GI Joe's Bio-Artillery/Rocket-Fire/Weapons Expert. I saw someone use the Recondo lower legs making him, and I had a Jungle Duke with a bandana, and everything went together. I plan to make my Repeater more Colonial Marine, so I figured I had to make a Mega Marine to hang with him.<br />
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Recipe : <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/beachhead15.shtml">Beachhead</a> torso and arms, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/recondo7.shtml">Recondo</a> upper legs, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/destro26.shtml">Destro</a> lower legs, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/duke42.shtml">Duke</a> head, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/shocktrooper.shtml">Shocktrooper</a> webbing <br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/90/nightcreeper.shtml"><b>Night Creeper</b></a> : Like the Range Vipers, the Night Creepers are great army builders that aren't easy to army-build. I've got a few CS Snake-Eyes whose legs I've swiped for Sand Vipers, and I dig the wv3 Storm Shadow (except for that spring-loaded torso).<br />
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Recipe : CS <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/snakeeyes48.shtml">Snake-Eyes</a> torso and arms, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/stormshadow40.shtml">Storm Shadow</a> legs, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/shocktrooper.shtml">Shocktrooper</a> head, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/nightcreeper12.shtml">Night Creeper</a> head-wrap, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/cyberviper2.shtml">Cyber-Viper</a> armor Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069647.post-44517504581060010292011-08-27T01:19:00.000-04:002011-08-27T01:19:03.274-04:00Storm Shadow vs. Gaddafi<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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NATO recently deployed <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14677754">Storm Shadow against a C3I bunker at Sirte</a><i><br /></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">"Storm Shadow is optimized for
pre-planned attacks on static targets, whose positions are
accurately known before the mission. (bridges, airbases, radar
installations, communications hubs, port facilities, bunkers etc.)
With long-range and efficient stealth design, Storm Shadow can
eliminate strategic components of enemy defensive systems, without
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(Edited from the <a href="http://defense-update.com/products/s/storm-shadow.htm">SCALP EG</a> page at Defense Update) </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069647.post-58061220181609623982011-08-09T23:39:00.001-04:002011-08-09T23:39:29.158-04:00G.I. Joe customs: North American Zarana MonopolySo last Wednesday, that blessed package arrived from Hasbro Toy Shop:<br />
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Someone must have talked with the packing department (the complaint I've heard most often online is "Mai produkt not mint case fresh A bloo bloo bloo would not do busnizz aga1n"), since it was tightly packed with crushed Kraft paper. Delicious, Minty Fresh. It lasted a minute after this picture was taken.<br />
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I'm happy to see her weed-whacker has a nice modern M4-style stock, and her dagger looks like new tooling (I think the only old tooling is Resolute Scarlett/Helix lower legs, and Ripper's rifle.) I'll have to fab up an appropriate backpack. After looking at her upper arms, I regret not getting the variant for fodder, since they'd be spot on for a <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/93/scarlett2.shtml">Ninja Force Scarlett</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/86/zarana.shtml"><b>Zarana</b></a> : I just added the red shoulder holster from PP Copperhead, with the side strap cut off. A Reso Trooper backpack is filling in for her backpack.<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/04/bat13.shtml"><b>BAT v4</b></a> : Did a little painting again, to touch up some RIT dye. Had just about enough to block out the torso on this guy. Still have to dig out the Air Viper from the RoC Night Raven for those lower legs. Man, I dislike paint rub. <br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/03/blackout.shtml"><b>Blackout</b></a> : Relented on the funky arm armor, after I realized the <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/eliteviper.shtml">Elite Viper</a> arms would work with some dying.<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/92/slice.shtml"><b>Slice</b></a> : A while back, I made a Slice from a MU Hand Ninja, MU Ms. Marvel sash, and a head made from Cobra Commander's head, some screen, and greenstuff. I'm waiting for the new Storm Shadow to start redoing the ninjas, but I still like the height on this guy.<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/03/swampviper.shtml"><b>Swamp-Viper</b></a> : When the early shots of the Desert Extreme Environment Pack came out, <a href="http://i.toynewsi.com/g/index.php?mode=view&album=GIJoe%2FInternet_Exclusives&pic=89458_07.jpg&dispsize=800&start=0">one of the figures</a> was a Croc Master with an AVAC head, Battle Armor Cobra Commander's backpack, and the sword and three-section staff from Snake-Eyes v34. Wow.<br />
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Having seen that majesty, I was a little disappointed by the <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/swampviper2.shtml">Swamp-Viper</a> we got from the Sting Raider set. He still had a swag paintjob, though. The arms got a black RIT bath. I may dip the helmet later, since it looks much too clean, now. Badab Black for the wash.<br />
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I'm apparently one of the few people who embraces <a href="http://robertatkinsart.blogspot.com/2011/06/beachheador-was-that-firefly.html">Sunbow <i>and</i> Comic <i>and</i> Toy versions</a> of GI Joe (I'm a little hazy on DiC, though.) It makes an odd time deciding who I want to have figures of, though.<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/04/actionman.shtml"><b>Action Man</b></a> : Action Man was the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Man">British GI Joe</a>, and I found out about this when catching the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Man:_1993%E2%80%932006">version 2 Animated series</a> (Where he had probability vision, seeing mathematical formula over everything. Take that, Helix and Amadeus Cho.)<br />
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Around this time, Action Man took over for Tracker in a TRU Night Force 6 pack. (Head on over to <a href="http://www.joedeclassified.com/">Joe Declassified</a>, and read the story in Issue #1.)<br />
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Why the Daniel Craig head? They released a series of Action Man figures dressed as James Bond, so it seemed a good choice. As for Ice Storm, as much as I like new Joe characters, I can pop the head off a Frankenstein and not break a sweat.<br />
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<i>Recipe:</i> <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/icestorm.shtml">Ice Storm</a> body, <i>Golden Compass</i> head<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/04/bat13.shtml"><b>B.A.T. v4</b></a> : Ahhh, BATs. Finally, someone the Joes could shoot. The v3s don't do much for me, and I've got an Iron Man figure to beat into a v2.<br />
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I was looking at the Air-Viper legs, and though about how spindly they were, and it followed from there to the insectile legs on the v4s. Had to sand the shoulder discs down a bit. I'd like to find a weirder looking head, more <a href="http://marvel.wikia.com/Ultron_%28Earth-616%29">Ultron</a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briareos_Hecatonchires">Briareos</a>.<br />
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<i>Recipe</i> : <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/08/bat17.shtml">BAT</a> head and arms, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/airviper3.shtml">Air-Viper</a>/<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/starviper2.shtml">Star-Viper</a> legs, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/cobracommander43.shtml">Cobra Commander</a> torso.<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/92/bigbear.shtml"><b>Big Bear</b></a> : The Oktober Guard is one of my favorite factions in GI Joe. (Daina doesn't look like Jackie O would be a tenet in my Verse.)<br />
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It took a while for the proper Oktober Guard to get toys, but Red Star (who seems to be a bizarro Colonel Brekhov <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/08/redstar2.shtml">now</a>) and Big Bear held the pass until they got there. He does occupy <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/05/horrorshow.shtml">Horrorshow's</a> ecological niche, but I'm fine with two green guys who wreck tanks. I'll have to sculpt an ushanka, but I think Outback's head will do a yeoman job.<br />
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<i>Recipe :</i> <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/08/captace2.shtml">Ace</a> body, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/frostbite12.shtml">Frostbite</a> legs, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/outback7.shtml">Outback</a> head. Belt from an <i>Indiana Jones</i> Russian soldier. <br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/07/ltclaymoore.shtml"><b>Lt. Clay Moore</b></a> : So in the Sunbow episode "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiuElCw8z9E&t=3m41s">The Traitor</a>", Dusty runs afoul of Clay Moore (even in the Arena of Sport!), who ends up rescuing Cobra Commander in the end. In 2007, the GI Joe Collectors Club made a figure of him promoted to Shock Viper Commander.<br />
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This encapsulates the world building I'm shooting for, and I applaud the club for it. I plan on using the Armored CC body for regular Shock Troopers once I get a head kitted out.<br />
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<i>Recipe</i> : <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/08/cobracommander38.shtml">Cobra Commander</a> body, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/heavyduty12.shtml">Heavy Duty</a> head, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/08/cobraparatrooper.shtml">Cobra Paratrooper </a>helmet<br />
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<b>Crimson Guard</b> : So, in the Sunbow cartoon, the CGs <a href="http://www.joetoonarchive.com/displayimage.php?album=92&pos=241">wore gloves.</a> Little things like that bug me. (I suppose you could make a CG Leonard Michaels with a little white paint. I don't think I'm a big enough <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKdI4sAtIy4&t=2m52s">"Operation Dragonfire"</a> fan to do it.)<br />
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Recipe: <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/08/crimsonguard12.shtml">Crimson Guard</a>, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/08/cobracommander29.shtml">Cobra Commander</a> lower arms and upper legs<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/91/tracker.shtml"><b>Tracker</b></a> : Once upon a time, it was a right of passage for a Joe customizer to take a Tracker, and make him look less like a Football themed hot dog cart.<br />
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I'm planning on making the shirt olive drab, like the Night Force version (you did read that Joe Declassified issue, right?), but leaving the pants black.<br />
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Recipe : <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/snakeeyes44.shtml">PP Snake Eyes</a>, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/duke42.shtml">Duke</a> arms, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/08/steeler4.shtml">Steeler</a> webbing, MU Cyclops head.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069647.post-64466856774993087982011-07-29T16:49:00.001-04:002011-07-29T16:49:23.823-04:00Chaos has Paladins now?<br />
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Man, I never thought I'd find a reason to reread my <i>Gord the Rogue</i> books.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069647.post-86714321432825317882011-07-26T19:31:00.002-04:002011-08-03T02:38:58.191-04:00G.I. Joe customs : Zarana fatigue celebrationSo I survived a visit to Hasbro Toy Shop once the SDCC exclusives went up.<br />
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An hour and twenty-six minutes of page refreshes and realizing the credit card processor went down (if I had started with PayPal, I might have got the Cold Slither Zarana I had in my cart.) Not a big loss, since I was interested in parting her out (Legs to Munitia for the stockings, upper body for a <a href="http://www.myuselessknowledge.com/joe/characters/zanya.html">Zanya</a>. Ever since I saw the inexplicable cornrows on <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/images/scarlett12_large.shtml">Scarlett</a>, which might just be oddly wide hair texture, I thought she might be a good Zanya head.)<br />
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In Memorium (<span style="font-size: x-small;">I'm sure not going to pay upwards of $90 on fodder</span>), let's do our <a href="http://joeguide.com/summaries/raise_the_flagg/">B.A. LeCarre</a> impression, and listen to some <b>Cold Slither</b>:<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/93/namecobra.shtml"><b>Create-A-Cobra</b></a> : I got out of Joe's without getting a Steel Brigade (I sure as hell pored over the ad, picking out weapon proficiencies for myself.), and Create-A-Cobra was way after that.<br />
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After I picked up the Wave 3 Trouble Bubble, though, I thought the Elite Viper looked like an extra from a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bayQ3TDFSS4">Missy Elliot video</a>, and therefore a perfect candidate for Create-A-Cobra.<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/86/mainframe.shtml"><b>Mainframe</b></a> : I think I like Mainframe so much because computer dudes are usually portrayed as space cases. Meanwhile, he got a CIB in Vietnam, then went into MIT. Plus, Zarana cared for him, and that might be more impressive.<br />
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I'll probably Dremel out the helmet and put it on a CP Hawk head. Mainframe's grizzled, not grisly. I really don't care for the Shipwreck torso, either. Only Tunnel Rat can pull it off. <br />
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<i>Recipe</i> : <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/viper21.shtml">Python Viper</a> torso, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/firefly19.shtml">Firefly</a> legs, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/08/dataframe.shtml">Dataframe</a> (???) head, lower arms, and strap.<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/munitia.shtml"><b>Munitia</b></a> : Another member of Cobra's emo special forces unit, The Plague. (I bet her DeadJournal is all Sylvia Plath quotes, and corpse pictures with Helvetica Bold captions.)<br />
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I do like her style though, the funky hip boots from her time as a HISS Driver and the head wrap. Since her figure was a recycled Baroness, I figured I'd follow suit.<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/84/spirit.shtml">Spirit</a> : Why not the <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/spiritironknife4.shtml">PoC Spirit</a>? Well,<br />
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<li style="padding-left: 10px;">1. He's <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=billy+Predator&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=lir&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial&prmd=ivns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=akkvTp_SDsatsQKeq71B&ved=0CBgQsAQ&biw=1556&bih=1118">Billy from Predator</a>/ <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=sonny+landham&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=dOC&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial&biw=1556&bih=1118&source=lnms&ei=iEkvTuONAvGFsgL17pVm&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=1&ved=0CC4Q_AUoAA">Sonny Landham</a></li>
<li style="padding-left: 10px;">2. and he'd make a better <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/02/dart.shtml">Dart</a>.</li>
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Yes, I know Dart was a Spirit (and I'm not getting into the Airborne discussion again), but Dart is from <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/filecard/02/dart.shtml">White Earth</a>, so that's as close to a home town (well, rez.) boy as I'll see in G.I. Joe, so he's on the to-do list.<br />
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(And I'm probably the only guy who liked the Spirit vs. Storm Shadow rivalry. So there.)<br />
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<b><a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/03/blackout.shtml">Blackout</a> </b>: Part of the <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/03/barrelroll.shtml">Family</a> <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/05/bombstrike.shtml">Stall</a>, Blackout is otherwise notable for being part of the Plague, Cobra's Emo special forces unit. I wasn't a big fan of his silver highlights, in part because I went sickhouse with a Testor's silver paint pen as a kid to make my Joes more "realistic". (I think I read the customizing tips <a href="http://smashthegoddamnedstate.blogspot.com/2011/06/advice-from-past.html">Smash the State</a> was talking about.)<br />
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I came up with the Firefly vest on Snake Eyes combo trying to make a more "PoC" Airborne. Then I picked up <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/airraid.shtml">Air Raid</a>, who is supposed to be <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/08/sgtairborne3.shtml">Airborne</a>, and decided he'd be my <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/03/barrelroll.shtml">Barrel Roll</a>, and decided to use Res. Duke's headsculpt since they're brothers. I do have to make him a redhead.<br />
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(Also, if I ever make a Sky Patrol <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/90/airborne2.shtml">Airborne</a>, I'll name him Air Raid. Hope that clarifies things.)<br />
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<i>Recipe:</i> <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/snakeeyes52.shtml">Snake Eyes</a>, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/firefly20.shtml">Firefly</a> vest, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/duke32.shtml">Res Duke</a> head, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/lowlight8.shtml">Low-light</a> goggles. <br />
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<b><a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/84/ripcord.shtml">Ripcord</a></b> : So, in addition to Zartan, Ripcord has been "<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/03/sgtairborne.shtml">Halo Jumper</a>" / Airborne, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/spcaltitude.shtml">Spc. Altitude</a> (who is <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/90/freefall.shtml">Freefall</a>, not <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/91/majoraltitude.shtml">Major Altitude</a>) and <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/ripcord2.shtml">Marlon Wayans</a>.<br />
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Also, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FluNM036_Qg">Kool Keith</a> is <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JLnnq4rv1U">Dr. Dooom</a> is <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9VYzNUXGDA">Dr. Octagon</a> is <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqg_IPlQyqA">Black Elvis</a>.<br />
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<i>Recipe:</i> <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/spcaltitude.shtml">Spc. Altitude</a>, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/kickstart.shtml">Kickstart</a> head<br />
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(Yes, it's a repainted Airborne head. That's how deep the rabbit hole goes.)<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/86/motorviper.shtml"><b>Motor-Viper</b></a> : I only remember Motor-Vipers from the 87' movie, but the <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/nitroviper2.shtml">Nitro-Viper</a> didn't do much for me (neither did <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/93/nitroviper.shtml">Nitro-Viper</a>. Yep, another one.)<br />
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But when I was taking apart <a href="http://generalsjoes.com/reviews/2011/pursuit_of_cobra/figures/wave5/cobracommander.html">Wv5 Cobra Commander</a>, I realized his arms were pretty boss. I had been thinking of the <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/cobratrooper15.shtml">Resolute Trooper</a> arms, instead of going with <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/08/zartan14.shtml">Zartan</a> uppers for the shoulder armor.<br />
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<i>Recipe:</i> <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/nitroviper2.shtml">Nitro-Viper</a> head, torso, lower legs, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/08/wildbill12.shtml">Wild Bill</a> upper legs, <a href="http://generalsjoes.com/reviews/2011/pursuit_of_cobra/figures/wave5/cobracommander.html">Cobra Commander</a> arms.<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/int/br-voador.shtml"><b>Escorpiao Voador</b></a> : "Flying Scorpion" was part of the Brazilian Sky Patrol, and was made from <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/91/cesspool.shtml">Cesspool</a>, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/89/scoop.shtml">Scoop</a> and <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/89/recoil.shtml">Recoil</a>, none of whom have ME equivalents. With a different head, he could be the base for a <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/int/br-tigor.shtml">Tigor</a>, as well.<br />
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I'm fascinated by the international Joes, and especially new characters and backstories (<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/int/br-invasor.shtml">Snake-Eyes is an alien Invasion force!</a> Also a <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/int/arg-cobramortal.shtml">Harlequin Cyborg</a>! Also <a href="http://www.bloodforthebaron.com/toys/002/sas/018/index.html">Ragnar Ragnarsson of the SAS!</a> ) That segues into the next guys...<br />
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<i>Recipe:</i> <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/airviper5.shtml">Air Viper</a> torso and arms, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/duke32.shtml">res Duke</a> legs, <a href="http://generalsjoes.com/reviews/2010/pursuit_of_cobra/vehicles/alpha/awestriker.html">Night Fox</a> webgear, Heavy Duty head (can remember <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/heavyduty12.shtml">which</a> <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/heavyduty11.shtml">version</a>, one has too short a neck hole though), <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/alleyviper13.shtml">Alley Viper</a> helmet. I do have the one from <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/firefly19.shtml">Firefly</a>, but this says "Scorpion" to me.<br />
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<b><a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/int/br-gatilho.shtml">Gatilho</a> </b>/ <a href="http://generalsjoes.com/reviews/2011/exclusives/gijcc_2011_con-03.html"><b>Trigger</b></a> : The Python Gunman is another Airborne repaint, and one of two new Python Patrol characters to come from Brazil. I wondered how the Collector's Club would handle him.<br />
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And they made an Airborne repaint. Well played.<br />
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<i>Recipe:</i> <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/kickstart.shtml">Kickstart</a> body, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/08/sgtairborne3.shtml">Airborne</a> head and helmet, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/beachhead15.shtml">Beachhead</a> vest.<br />
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<b><a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/int/br-relampago.shtml">Relampago</a></b> / <b><a href="http://generalsjoes.com/reviews/2011/exclusives/gijcc_2011_con-03.html">Lightning</a></b> : The Python Motorcyclist was a Ripcord repaint. But there isn't a Ripcord you say? <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/spcaltitude.shtml">Oh yeah</a>...<br />
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Once I saw Low-Light, I thought of <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/int/2intcard/br-relampago.jpg">Relampago's card art,</a> and finding a second Low-Light on the pegs, I thought I'd go for it. Also have to trim the ammo clips on that vest.<br />
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<i>Recipe:</i> <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/lowlight8.shtml">Low-Light</a>, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/firefly22.shtml">Firefly</a> vest, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/rollbar3.shtml">Rollbar</a> helmet (wait a minute...)<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069647.post-70645084271485127482011-07-05T01:23:00.001-04:002011-08-03T02:27:43.344-04:00GI Joe customs : Bench-dependence DayAnother batch of guys from the bench, in varying degrees of assembly, completion and eigen-states.<br />
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One of the things I do is spitball various constructions, which is something I never got until I started customizing. I would see a guy post "Hulk(v21)" or "Deadpool(v44)", and think "Man, you haven't got it right, yet?" (<span style="font-size: x-small;">Ha, ha, ha, what a maroon I am.</span>) Now, I see a figure coming out months from now and think "If I had those gloves/feet/pistol/helmet/kneecaps, I could make ____ even better." <br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/82/grandslam.shtml"><b>Grand Slam</b></a> : The <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/vehicles/82/hal/">H.A.L.</a> was the first Joe vehicle I had (Anyone think I wouldn't go for the laser cannon given half a chance?). Add in <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/filecard/82/grandslam.shtml">the file card</a>, and I signed up for <a href="http://joebattlelines.com/2011/04/05/no-love-for-grand-slam-one-fans-rant/#more-2268">F.O.G.S.</a> day one. Why am I complaining that a repaint of Flash ends up being a repaint of Flash most of the time? I'd just like a "better" one (Which ends up being the same argument made about Cobra De Aco customs...). Anyway, once I saw the red pads and black gloves, something clicked.<br />
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Still need to find a good deep Green color, and paint the wraps black. May swap out the legs with Shadow Tracker after I see <a href="http://www.facebook.com/CodeNameBlastOff">Operation: Blast-Off</a>.<br />
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<i>Recipe</i>: <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/duke43.shtml">Duke</a> torso and upper legs, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/liftticket2.shtml">Lift Ticket</a> arms and lower legs, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/08/deepsix7.shtml">Deep Six</a> head.<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/83/majorbludd.shtml"><b>Major(s) Bludd</b></a> : Boy, was the single-card Major Bludd a fizzle. I'm okay with the <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/08/majorbludd10.shtml">Sunbow</a> colored one from the DVD set, but that head-sculpt is sort of ... underwhelming. I'm not sure Mutt is a better option, but it's not worse. On the right, is my try at <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/int/chinesemajorbludd.shtml">Chinese Major Bludd</a>, with a <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/gijoehawk4.shtml">General Hawk</a> torso, and on the left, well, man I love that <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/duke43.shtml">Duke</a> torso.<br />
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<i>Recipe</i>: <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/doubleclutch4.shtml">Double Clutch</a> arms and legs, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/08/mutt8.shtml">Mutt</a> head, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/alleyviper13.shtml">Alley-Viper</a> helmet.<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/03/redspot.shtml"><b>Red Spot</b></a> : Another guy from the New Sculpt era, Red Spot is another Joe laser trooper. He's also got one of the most <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/filecard/03/redspot.shtml">nerd-insulting file cards</a> I've seen. I might have to take a couple pins off my beanie for making him.<br />
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<i>Recipe</i>: <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/dusty13.shtml">Dusty</a> torso, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/footloose4.shtml">Footloose</a> webgear, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/sandstorm.shtml">Sandstorm</a> helmet.<br />
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<b>Sandstorm</b> : Poor bastard was born dead.<br />
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(His character was supposed to be introduced during the RoC Target wave 3, as a GI Joe MP. Then in PoC, Zartan came with his outfit, and un-masked head, having killed him and assumed his identity. The funniest part is Wave 3 got cancelled, so...)<br />
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Also, gonna repaint those horrible hands.<br />
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<i>Recipe</i>: <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/sandstorm.shtml">Sandstorm</a> body, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/zartan20.shtml">"Sandstorm"</a> head and vest<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/87/sneakpeek.shtml"><b>Sneak Peek</b></a> : Poor dude has been the "fat kid" of GI Joe for many years. His <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/87/87card/sneakpeek.jpg">card art</a> looking like <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=jon+lovitz&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=jcd&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial&prmd=ivnso&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=jZQSTtGkHKWLsAKBzvDUDw&ved=0CEQQsAQ&biw=1423&bih=1083">Jon Lovitz</a> couldn't have helped. Folks should get to know him. <br />
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I made one of the standard "<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/08/cobravehiclegunner.shtml">Vehicle gunner </a>/ <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/scrapiron8.shtml">Scrap Iron</a> with a Scrap Iron vest" versions, but wasn't too satisfied. So I went with Bazooka legs and tried to go for a <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/88/sneakpeek2.shtml">Night Force</a> color scheme. <br />
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<i>Recipe</i>: <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/marsindustriestrooper.shtml">MARS Trooper</a> body and upper arms, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/duke32.shtml">Duke</a> lower arms, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/08/sgtbazooka3.shtml">Bazooka</a> legs, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/pitcommando.shtml">Pit Commando</a> vest, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/rollbar3.shtml">Rollbar</a> helmet<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/88/toxoviper.shtml"><b>Toxo-Viper</b></a> : Made before the Dukes of Hazard-Viper was announced, and before I got a Volcano Viper (everyone's favorite guy to make a Toxo-Viper out of, and <a href="http://www.joecanuck.com/NL/2010/OCT10.pdf">canon in Canada</a>). I bought an Arctic Shipwreck to use the head for Frostbite, and thought it might make a decent approximation of a MOPP suit (or a Cobra knock-off. I refuse to believe Destro makes the "leaky-suits")<br />
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It was also, obviously, my first go at RIT dying (and finding out those harder upper legs don't take dye well.)<br />
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<i>Recipe</i>: <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/shipwreck15.shtml">Arctic Shipwreck</a>, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/beachhead15.shtml">Beachhead</a> mask (since the original helmet doesn't fit, which is what I was shooting for with the collar.)<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/89/windchill.shtml"><b>Windchill</b></a> : <b>JIM STEEL</b>. How Adventure Team missed this guy, I don't know.<br />
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Sadly, there aren't a lot of coat torsos (<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/cobracommander39.shtml">Resolute Cobra Commander</a>? <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/destro23.shtml">RoC video game Destro</a>?), so I went with Duke's techno-harness. May swap the legs once I get my <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/90/coldfront.shtml">Cold Front</a> further along.<br />
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Most of the articles I've read online recommend the dye and not the coating, but the joints that rubbed off were from the dye, while the coating stayed intact. I've had good luck with Rit dyeing, so I might just dye the swivels and see how it looks.<br />
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<i>WiP note:</i> Why not finish painting these guys before putting them up? Mostly because everytime I photograph something, I notice what I've got to touch-up...<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/84/clutch2.shtml"><b>Double Clutch </b>:</a> My disappointment with the PoC VAMP was with the baffling Clutch/Double Clutch (The brown Lamprey/Snow Job parts are otherwise great for <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/int/chinesemajorbludd.shtml">one specific reason</a>.) I never had a VAMP mk2, but in most of the Sunbow series, Clutch used his v2 outfit, so I really wanted one. <br />
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The Duke 43 arms are great short-sleeve arms, something the 25th/ME figures came up short on.<br />
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<i>Recipe</i>: <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/doubleclutch4.shtml">Double Clutch</a> torso and head, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/duke43.shtml">Duke</a> arms, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/zartan20.shtml">Zartan</a> legs, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/08/doubleclutch3.shtml">Clutch</a> vest<br />
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<b>Scrap Iron</b> : I credit <a href="http://www.joebattlelines.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=127&t=16760">Alexx Shorts</a> for the thought of "PoC" Scrap Iron. I had some left-overs from a trade where the other guy wanted a Destro with the Iron Grenadier armor, and I grabbed another Iron Grenadier and an Arctic Destro and behold. For a character I've described as a jerk, I've made a few Scrap-Irons...<br />
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<i>Recipe</i>: <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/destro26.shtml">Arctic Destro</a> body, PoC Iron Grenadier vest, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/destro27.shtml">City Destro</a> shoulder-pads, Scrap-Iron head<br />
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<b> Desert Range Viper (<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/06/rangeviper3.shtml">Operation M.O.T.H.</a>)</b> : The Range-Viper is such a great figure, but it's pretty hard to army-build him. I do have a couple RoC Fireflies and spare Resolute Troopers (congratulations on making a trooper I don't care to army-build, Hasbro), and I don't mind an Alley-Viper with different lowers, but I do have to make another helmet for this guy.<br />
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<i>Recipe</i>: <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/firefly20.shtml">HoH Firefly</a> body, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/alleyviper13.shtml">PoC Alley Viper</a> lower legs, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/tunnelrat10.shtml">Tunnel Rat</a> holster, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/dusty14.shtml">Dusty</a> cape<br />
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<b>Sand-Viper</b> : Of all the JvC/Spy Troops molds, the Sand-Viper is the one I'd most like to see a new version of. I thought the Dusty mask was a good fit for the Sand-Viper muzzle, and I've got the parts to whip up a <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/05/sandviper5.shtml">v5</a>, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/05/sandviper4.shtml">v4</a> (with the wv5 CoCo torso) and a <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/03/sandviper2.shtml">v2</a>.<br />
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<i>Recipe</i>: <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/cobracommander43.shtml">RoC Cobra Commander</a> torso, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/snakeeyes48.shtml">CS Snake-Eyes</a> legs, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/firefly22.shtml">PoC Firefly</a> arms, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/10/dusty14.shtml">Dusty</a> masked head, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/agenthelix.shtml">Helix</a> beltUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069647.post-4295662988416888942011-06-29T04:50:00.002-04:002011-06-29T04:52:54.601-04:00Wu-Tang is half the battleAs the <a href="http://www.avclub.com/articles/gi-joe-sequel-now-has-rza,58216/">AV club announced</a>, RZA is now Blind Master in the new GI Joe movies. (Followed by the Internet freaking out, and not being able to tell the Hard, Soft and Blind Masters apart. I'm just happy we're not getting the <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/92/firefly2.shtml">Faceless Master</a>. )<br />
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I do disagree with "only one issue", though. He had a whole arc training Billy, breaking the Joes out of a Borovian gulag, and finally getting iced by Zartan. (<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/08/hardmaster.shtml">Part </a>of a <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/covergirl2.shtml">Proud</a> <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/86/serpentor.shtml">Tradition</a>.)<br />
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My only complaint is we probably won't see a blind ninja break some fools with a ball-peen hammer and a grenade.<br />
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Anyway, I've got a pile of guys on my bench, in assorted states of Frankensteining, so I'll start with the decently finished ones, and start on the WiPs and half-painted ones later.<br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/87/crazylegs.shtml"><b>Crazylegs</b>:</a> Everyone's problem seems to be the Sandstorm head, and the Snow Serpent legs. When I was putting him together in my head, I thought Copperhead legs would be the way to go, but no way do I want to try and color-match that French Grey he's painted in. Maybe I'll make a Night Force version sometime.<br />
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<i> Changes</i>: PoC Blowtorch head, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/liftticket2.shtml">Lift-Ticket</a> helmet.<br />
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Then I decided to do some Python Patrol customs, and I swapped to the PP Copperhead body, and covered up that awful Roadblock torso.<br />
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<b>Shipwreck:</b> <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/02/shipwreck5.shtml">Shipwreck v5</a> was one of the few Joes I bought during my Joe hiatus (89-07). Somehow the Commando sweater and bell-bottoms worked for me, and after not getting the same satisfaction from the RoC one, I hunted down a spare Snake-Eyes to do this up. Possibly the laziest of Lazy Bastard Customs.<br />
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(Yes, I tried 5-pk Shipwreck/Storm Rider legs, but they're meant for wider hips. Also tried the Steel Brigade torso for the color match, but didn't like the arms. May add the fake turtleneck collar, though.)<br />
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<i>Recipe</i>: <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/snakeeyes54.shtml">PoC Snake-Eyes</a> arms and torso, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/shipwreck14.shtml">RoC Shipwreck</a> head, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/08/shipwreck12.shtml">Comic Shipwreck</a> legs. <br />
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<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/90/subzero.shtml"><b>Subzero:</b></a> Who?<br />
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<i>Recipe:</i> <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/snakeeyes46.shtml">Snake-Eyes</a> body, Res Destro harness, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/08/snakeeyes35.shtml">Arctic Snake-Eyes</a> webgear, <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/11/icestorm.shtml">Icestorm</a> head.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069647.post-28812950385508250592011-05-03T21:34:00.000-04:002011-05-03T21:34:22.123-04:00He'll fight for freedom...So I read <a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/terrordrome/statuses/65148346473521153">TheTerrordrome</a> retweeting <a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/Shortpacked">Dave Willis</a> today:<br />
"It's just like G.I. Joe, but nobody's dressed like a Native American or a football player: <a class="twitter-timeline-link" data-expanded-url="http://www.businessinsider.com/the-team-that-killed-bin-laden-seal-team-6-2011-5/" href="http://tinyurl.com/3bkw5ul" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="http://www.businessinsider.com/the-team-that-killed-bin-laden-seal-team-6-2011-5/">http://tinyurl.com/3bkw5ul"</a><br />
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I'm going to skip the <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/06/spiritironknife2.shtml">Native American</a> part, but I had to fire up Photoshop:<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">If you're not one of the three fans of <a href="http://www.yojoe.com/action/91/tracker.shtml">Tracker</a>, there's a reason he's there. (And no jersey, damn it.)</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069647.post-78474096842093354422011-03-11T18:31:00.000-05:002011-03-11T18:31:52.153-05:00At least there's a happy Outlanders fan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivNXdBUjdgBpkQsaAdqBu2hfV-4zrnxJzTQFy6pTlGE9QuK6tXsWLPtY6hQxAzBITYODfpc8UnRV6LO0ASnmfN_tW5zCoOQSxmhUJ3YWgxissnQ8k6H-UnzB38GQv0rTwbWnUUsQ/s1600/USS-Reagan.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivNXdBUjdgBpkQsaAdqBu2hfV-4zrnxJzTQFy6pTlGE9QuK6tXsWLPtY6hQxAzBITYODfpc8UnRV6LO0ASnmfN_tW5zCoOQSxmhUJ3YWgxissnQ8k6H-UnzB38GQv0rTwbWnUUsQ/s1600/USS-Reagan.png" /></a></div><br />
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<a href="http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/11/live-blog-japan-earthquake/">– USS Ronald Reagan was in the region for a long-planned exercise off Korea, but now steaming towards Japan to help.</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069647.post-51583394683033678732011-03-09T20:20:00.000-05:002011-03-09T20:26:28.408-05:00I'll get in on the funI just read the comments on Jeff's <a href="http://jrients.blogspot.com/2011/03/new-spells-for-your-considerationconste.html">new spells post</a>, and had to do something for Face of Terror.<br />
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<blockquote>That mans that you draw on others to an almost parasitic extent, and while it's a good thing to rely on your friends for strength, you're not exactly what we'd call a "giver." Instead, your very presence leaves those around you feeling drained, and while they might resent it, they find it awfully difficult to get rid of you once you've got your hooks in.<br />
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Even worse, your default mood hovers somewhere between "smarmy" and "pompous," constantly fueled by the fact that you actually <i>have</i> been around a while and learned a lot -- though probably not as much as you think. You consider yourself to be better than most of those around you, and while it's true that you have some talent, it all just makes people want to punch you right in the face.</blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEcgea1rFvbypb_QKIQZu0QIzgL2rsqTK6w09TAoEjeZ4_4b1dYGK3A4o9UbZGdeSjXng-NZPJbGhqtEf0fhZ9cRQTd86GldNhBAHU8WZ9w-sUp0OdGQ1heQxsB79kfB71y0qQ3w/s1600/Zodiacula.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEcgea1rFvbypb_QKIQZu0QIzgL2rsqTK6w09TAoEjeZ4_4b1dYGK3A4o9UbZGdeSjXng-NZPJbGhqtEf0fhZ9cRQTd86GldNhBAHU8WZ9w-sUp0OdGQ1heQxsB79kfB71y0qQ3w/s640/Zodiacula.jpg" width="524" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(Also, I'm a cusssp Cobra Commander, you foolssss.)</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com