Doctor Mindbender allowed himself to get swept into the Python Patrol movement, in order to both get closer to certain Cobra officials who were in the Patrol, as well as to further study the Python-ization stealth based technology, in order to determine if it could be applied to his experiments. Not realizing that Copperhead's Python Patrol uniform was just a body suit, Doctor Mindbender spends hours every mission applying his Python makeup, refusing to have it tattooed on his body as Copperhead suggested.
Wow. What a pain in the butt. I can't even tell you how many times I repainted this guy. Because of the contour of the torso and head, I couldn't really mask it, so I had to paint every diamond by hand. Over and over. The cape was just a flash of inspiration and a big thanks to TSM Engraving for the Cobra stamp. I had another cape I tasked to my sister-in-law with stitching a red Python pattern on, but I still haven't got it back yet.