GI Joe Duke custom

Although I'm certain that we'll see this guy soon in SSCs Joe line the parts pretty much fell into place and there was no point in not making this one. He's not actually been added to the blog yet so you guys are getting the first look.

And if anyone would be so kind as to point me in a good direction for finding his "wings" medal/badge I'd be very greatful. I'm sol on the one...

Looks good. Don't know about that hair though.

As I said in another thread:

I love this custom Duke!

Great job, Mando!!!

Looks great... only thing is the head doesn't look confident enough for Duke. Its close, but maybe a sculpt with a stern look would work better. Aside from that its perfect... an excellent translation of the character to 1/6

Keep 'em coming bro.As usual your Joes look better than Sideshow's will.

Very cool custom. I'm hoping when SS puts out a Duke it's more in line with his "Desert Camo" 3rd(?) release figure, since that's a more traditional military look anyhow. I gotta say though, I'm more interested in how Sideshow is planning to "retro-fit" some of the odder, less military looking characters than bland Joes like Flint and Duke.

galactiboy said:

Looks great... only thing is the head doesn't look confident enough for Duke. Its close, but maybe a sculpt with a stern look would work better. Aside from that its perfect... an excellent translation of the character to 1/6

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He needs the Duke Smirk.

swiftlikessharpthings said:

Very cool custom. I'm hoping when SS puts out a Duke it's more in line with his "Desert Camo" 3rd(?) release figure, since that's a more traditional military look anyhow.

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And I'm strongly hoping they don't go with that version. That isn't Duke at all IMO.

Classic look is a must.

EVILFACE said:

He needs the Duke Smirk.

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Mando's version looks good but I agree about the hair/expression. Since 84 Duke won't come with much in the way of complicated gear/accessories hopefully SSC includes two head sculpts for him, one grim and determined and one smiling like the old card art. Smiling head could even be the exclusive.

Nice but the head looks more like Perfect Tommy from Team Banzai.

Khev said:

And I'm strongly hoping they don't go with that version. That isn't Duke at all IMO.

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There's really nothing wrong with the way the OG one looks. I used to use this outfit to make custom October Guard grunts when I was a kid. The red perplexed me even back then.

kl241 said:

Nice but the head looks more like Perfect Tommy from Team Banzai.

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It looks more like Prince William, which is who, I believe the headsculpt is supposed to resemble. But it's a good of what's on hand and it's not like we don't know who he's supposed to be. Any ideas for the backpack?

thenammagazine said:

It looks more like Prince William, which is who, I believe the headsculpt is supposed to resemble. But it's a good of what's on hand and it's not like we don't know who he's supposed to be. Any ideas for the backpack?

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Point is it should look more like a manly Duke than a boy Prince.

kl241 said:

Point is it should look more like a manly Duke than a boy Prince.

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Well then Mr. Armchair General, show us how much better your custom Duke looks.

thenammagazine said:

Well then Mr. Armchair General, show us how much better your custom Duke looks.

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Alright Private. Here's one:

Mando said:

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I think he looks great, and that the hair is spot on! I would definitely pay $80 or so for this one, if Sideshow released it.

kl241 said:

Alright Private. Here's one:

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I thought you were going to show us YOUR custom Duke. Guess not. Probably too much work eh General? Honestly, between the two, I prefer Mando's headsculpt. This one's kind of like Bruce Willis' retarded brother. I'll give you the outfit though. It's extremely nice as it's been fully realized. However, I deduct a point for being un-American. Where's his flag?!

On a side note, I never got why the paratrooper wings were on the opposite side of where they should be.

I always thought Duke was a tool but at least this custom has more accurate fatigues and gets points for having a more masculine sculpt with proper flatop.

kl241 said:

I always thought Duke was a tool but at least this custom has more accurate fatigues and gets points for having a more masculine sculpt with proper buzzcut.

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I think that's a Diehard sculpt isn't it? The hair's slicked back, not buzzed.

A good Duke Nukem sculpt sans glasses would fit perfectly. With glasses, he'd make an excellent Flagg:

Khev said:

And I'm strongly hoping they don't go with that version. That isn't Duke at all IMO.

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Anyone notice he's wearing Luke Skywalker boots/leg wrappings from ANH?The 1 thing I did like about this Duke is the headsculpt. Best headsculpt on any Duke figure, imo. When I got the v4/Desert fatigues Duke as a kid I remember putting the v3 head on it.