Mando's customs

MANDO said:

I'm not sure anyone has, except maybe 'Nam. He was pretty excited by the concept when it was just an idea. Very anxious to see what you guys do with them. There's definitely improvements to be made over the original design.

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"Whah, whatevah do ya mean, sugah?"

I want in for sure for a wild weasel, already gathered parts for him...

MANDO said:

Thanks, Ski!!

Took a revised team shot, though not everyone is actually in it.

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This shot is beyond fantastic!!

The Weasle helmet is still a go at some point, just not sure when. It still needs some work, a few details, as it's pretty bland atm. Always tinkering with the idea of doing other helmets and lately I've really been in the mood for BBQ.

Buttmunch said:

I'm personally going with more of a Fighter Pilot vibe to him. The all blue outfit seems like jumpsuit or flightsuit to me. Would be kinda dorky with a blue sweater and blue pants

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Fighter pilot could be cool. I'd love to see a play the versatility of the helmet.

thenammagazine said:

"Whah, whatevah do ya mean, sugah?"

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Today, the part of Nam will be played by...Rogue?

maskfreak said:

This shot is beyond fantastic!!

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Thanks, bro!

Couple Star Wars ones. Both have been done for a while now I just never get around to shooting some things. Since I only collect SW offerings from Empire now (kinda) I really wanted to redo SSC's Han. The head is kitbashed using the face from Indy and the SSC Han hair.



There's still a couple things I want to swap out, particularly the black belt for a more accurate one and I'm thinking T1000 boots.

Hasbro IG-88 repaint. One of their best offerings and a very detailed sculpt, not to mention tall!





blown out but this shows the detail better.

GI Joe Barbeque wip. Head is retooled from a dud Steel Brigade cast. Still some work to be done on it obviously but he's gonna be cool.

BBQ! Hells yes!

More of Barbecue. Head is almost finished as is the chest tank. Started working on the axe today.



Stripped and repainted the goldies as well. Damn gold paint was to gloppy had to thin out the layers. Much happier with them now. Trying to knock those out by the end of the week so I can focus on the next batch of silvers and then the sky's the limit!

Mando,

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the ESB Han! Is everything else standard SS on a narrow shoulder true-type? Also, did you sculpt and paint the head? It's awesome!

bmarz1000 said:

Mando,

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the ESB Han! Is everything else standard SS on a narrow shoulder true-type? Also, did you sculpt and paint the head? It's awesome!

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Thanks, Bmarz!
The outfit on Solo is entirely stock on a narrow TT, could probably benefit from using a longer neck though. As for the head it's kitbashed using the Indiana Jones facesculpt and the hair from the Bespin Han. The seams are filled in and then the whole thing got a repaint.

No major update just a wip of sculpt I'm working on:



Gonna work on the eyes some more tomorrow. Once the mask is done I'll go about smoothing over the rest of the head.

Good stuff there, Mando. That Solo looks great.

Hell yes!! Han looks great Mando! Been wanting to do something like that myself. Best ESB Han I've ever seen.

Thanks guys. I really need to finish Fett now though. Once ESB is somewhat taken care of I'm moving toward my next fave ilm: Raiders!

The first finished Steel Brigade v2 (aka "Goldy") helmet:








The tally marks were suggested to me by a friend when I was doing the the first run. Similar to soldiers in Vietnam putting marks and things on their helmets.

I really dig that MANDO, great stuff

I really like the tally marks. Is that how you're numbing them? If not, I still really like that. I was thinking about that on the first run too actually, but I didn't want to mess with your great paintjob by adding them.

Buttmunch said:

I really like the tally marks. Is that how you're numbing them? If not, I still really like that. I was thinking about that on the first run too actually, but I didn't want to mess with your great paintjob by adding them.

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I hope not, there is only 5 of us (including Mando) One of us would just have 1 tally mark.

Awesome work Mando.

Glad you dig, guys!
I will be numbering the four but on the lower back of the neck. Right now they are all sitting pretty at five kills.

Potential helmetsculpt idea:

'91 Cobra Desert Scorpion


The backpack is typical 90's Joe malarky but the gun and suit wouldn't be too hard to bash. Then the sculpt could be modded into a Snow Serpent helmet/facemask.