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Weapons & Accessories:

Gung Ho Backpack, Thunder Monocular, CORPS! 3-Way Chainsaw, Voltar Rifle. All equipment was from an Accessories pack.

ROCKO

Dreadnok Swamp Specialist

Concept:

Original

Parts Used:

Head: Taurus, 1987

Painted beard flat brown. Dirt & mud effect created by dry-brushing flat dark green, flat olive, flat rust, and lastly gloss brown, until desired result was produced.

Torso: Desert Scorpion, 1991

Painted yellow portions with flat olive drab green. Dirt & mud effect created by dry-brushing flat dark green, flat olive, flat rust, and lastly gloss brown, until desired result was produced.

Arms: Rock & Roll v2, 1989

Painted tan portions with flat olive drab green. Dirt & mud effect created by dry-brushing flat dark green, flat olive, flat rust, and lastly gloss brown, until desired result was produced.

Legs, waist: Ripper, 1985

Painted light blue portions with flat olive drab green. Painted pistol flat gray. Dirt & mud effect created by dry-brushing flat dark green, flat olive, flat rust, and lastly gloss brown, until desired result was produced.

Comments:

My favorite so far. I got the idea for this figure by looking at Corey Stinson's River Pirates, Kevin Jones' horde of Dreadnoks, and Thomas Wheeler's "Pigsty" custom. I got to thinking about Dreadnoks, and swamps, and it hit me….the Dreadnoks don't really have a character who's expertise is swamps, even though they actually live in one! Hence, Rocko was born. I spent a lot of time working on him, and am extremely pleased with the results. The scan doesn't show up nearly as well as the actual figure does, and Lord knows I tried many times to get it perfect. I place the blame mainly on my lack of a good video camera. Anyway, the gloss brown gives a very good effect of wet mud, and I used it mainly on the boots, gloves, and weapons. I splashed it here and there throughout the figure though. He looks a little more militaristic than the rest of the Dreadnoks, and that’s exactly how I wanted him to appear.

I have a very detailed background/filecard for him spinning little circles in my mind, and will gladly share it once its completed. Needless to say, it is pretty interesting.