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WILDDOG
Special Missions
by BigT1674
Comments:
Here is a custom joe of an obscure DC comics character called Wild Dog.
This was the first custom figure i ever made. i made him about 13 years
ago when i was 12. DC was trying to capture some of Marvels success of
The Punisher, by creating their own unforgiving hero. I remember that Wild
Dog #1 was the first comic book i ever saw blood in and the comics code
let it pass.
I believe that this character could have been the leader in the trend
of the super-violent anti-heros that comics fell into in the late 80's
and early 90's. after his initial mini series, he had a good run in detective
comics. that is untill DC decieded that he didnt fit into their revamped
universe in 94 and they killed off this once great character. i highly
recomend the limited series for GIJoe fans, or fans of characters like
Snake-eyes.
The figure was made from Beach-heads lower half and Bazookas upper half.
i dremeled down Bazookas jersey numbers to give a flatter painting surface
and also the head for the hockey mask. then painted the figures upper half
with plasti-coat oil-based acrylics. the result was a figure that followed
Snake-eyes and Storm shadow into the terror drome to rescue Scarlett when
i was a kid, as well as a bunch of other adventures. DC comics may have
killed him off, but he lives on in my GIJoe collection. |
