Non-TF: Gi Joe Big Boa WIP...

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  1. Karis Mahid

    Karis Mahid My fiancee is the avatr

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    So I've been working with a lot of paints lately. Most of my customs are kitbashes with details painted in. After many layers of varnish and spray, I hope they are also playable.

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    One of my favorite Gi Joe characters of all time is Big Boa... Unfortunately, I cannot afford the club subscription. Luckily, I found something even better than the Night Adder/Road Pig/Resolute base that was used for the collector clubs big Boa.

    I found Marvel Universe Hercules. As usual, the goal is to make the figure playable and mostly chip proof. The entire figure has been cleaned, sanded, and primed. I am planning to get him a loin cloth, strip it via acetone, dye it blue, and add a coat of metallic blue for the pants and boots detail. He's a boxer and should resemble one.

    As usual, I'd like feedback. This is the second custom I've painted. I am using GAME Vallejo shades set with varnish.
     

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  2. Slipstreamer 8

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    sweet
     
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    omg i remember this dude! great custom!
     
  5. Karis Mahid

    Karis Mahid My fiancee is the avatr

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    My custom is the one in the birthday suit, not the Hasbro one.
     
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    ah okay :)  nonetheless, great start! are you using the original big boa head?
     
  7. destrongerlupus

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    You're off to a great start! The Herc body is a brilliant choice!

    Just keep going, this is clearly a winner!
     
  8. Karis Mahid

    Karis Mahid My fiancee is the avatr

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    Thanks. Unfortunately i injured my foot moving the dumpster in our building today.. It got crushed so there is gonna be a delay.

    The custom is more of an update than anything else. He is more or less a bodybuilder with a penchant for gladiator and roman stuff. It extends into his personal lifestyle as well :x

    1987 joes are some of the best characters. Raptor, boa, crystal ball, and croc master they essentially made a Spider-Man's rogue gallery of characters. Way better than the green vs blue/red gi joe stuff. But there is something for everyone lol
     
  9. G.I.EDDIE

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    Nice choice for a body...very muscular...small suggestion...wait until the Kwinn figure is released and you can use his upper legs for the boxing shorts look...heck, the whole leg set off that figure might look pretty cool...
     
  10. Karis Mahid

    Karis Mahid My fiancee is the avatr

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    Quinn is going to become Robert Muldoon if I get it. The herc figure is huge... So trying to keep it all proportional and I hate the night adder mold for boa.

    If alyosha casts the weapon set I will pick it up and bash some gladiators with the kwinn body.

    I am also making g1 bombshell and grimlock in the pipeline. Just making a "chip free" playable figure takes sometime lol
     
  11. G.I.EDDIE

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    I know exactly what you mean...not only time, but money since you may have to buy multiple figures to bash together to make one paint free playable figure...
     
  12. Karis Mahid

    Karis Mahid My fiancee is the avatr

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    I am actually buying rit dye and dyeing the legs for the custom. By getting them a light cobalt blue, paint chipping would be so much less. Most dye is a buck more than most of the paints.

    Btw, the collector club boa is out. I hope someone is casting that head.
     
  13. Karis Mahid

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    all joints are sanded, painted using the acetone/paint mix method with heat curing. I used super glue over the knee joints

    Figure is 100% playable and 99% chip proof.


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    looking good, but not near as good as the magically thickoliscious lady in your avatar.
     
  15. Karis Mahid

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    Glad to see someone else likes thick and plus size women. Most of my non gay male friends think that's freaky.