So after many months of part hunting and painting, I think I finally have the last characters I needed/wanted for my Plague project.
First up is Deadfall, the team's second-story man:
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A former Rock-Viper, Deadfall was tasked with extricating two deep-cover Cobra operatives from a highrise office building and getting them to the extraction point on the roof where a chopper was waiting. But the Joes were tipped off and had Snake Eyes in position to foil the operation. When Deadfall burst in through the 30th-floor window and grapped his to objectives, the ninja gave chase -- right up the side of the building. Realizing that he was too weighed down to outpace his pursuer and had too many passengers to juggle, preventing him from drawing a weapon, Deadfall made the logical (or pathological) decision to drop one of his passengers on the ninja. The gambit worked, knocking Snake Eyes loose (though he managed to catch himself before hitting the pavement) and Deadfall got one of his charges back to the chopper. But the agent -- a Crimson Guard -- was so incredulous about losing his counterpart that he began berating Deadfall and threatening his career. Exhausted and irritated, Deadfall pushed him out of the chopper shortly after takeoff. Deadfall was taken into custody the minute the chopper landed on Cobra Island. And while the Crimson Twins were intent that he be punished for killing not one but two of their precious CGs, they were also too shrewd to waste the talent and ruthlesness Deadfall had demonstrated. Instead of execution, they recommended he be attached to the Plague.
Next up is Road Rage, the team's wheelman:
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Compared to most Cobra recruits, Road Rage was a mechanical genius. His aptitude test scores put him near the top of those selected for the Techno-Viper program. Trouble was, he had his heart set on being a Motor-Viper. In his off time, he began stealing parts from the motor pool and armory and built a custom ground assault vehicle. His plan was to drive it out onto the proving range during a parade of new H.I.S.S. tanks show the Commander himself what a talented combat driver he was. He destroyed two of the new H.I.S.S.es before a third managed to disable his ride. Then he took out the third with the custom, one-man escape vehicle he'd built into his design. When he stepped out of the tiny cockpit to take hisbow, he was greeted by the barrels of more than fifty guns. He was in the Cobra prison more than a month before Scrap Iron filed his report on the remains of the vehicle Road Rage had designed. it was the first time anyone had seen the munitions specialist use the word "brilliant" about anything he hadn't created himself. Between that and the obvious driving skill he had demonstrated before his arrest, it was decided that Road Rage would make an invaluable addition to the Plague.
And finally comes Shuriken, the team's air-assault specialist:
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One of the most talented Strato-Vipers to ever graduate the A.V.A.C. program, Shuriken had his sights set on being Cobra's undisputed top gun. Only Wild Weasel stood in his way. So Shuriken decided to challenge the veteran ground support pilot to a simulated dogfight. His plan was to "accidentally" load one live missile into his fighter's racks and claim one of the ground crew's incompetence had cost Cobra its most prized pilot after blowing Wild Weasel out of the sky. But he underestimated his opponent's skill. After determining the heat-seeking missile was, in fact, live, Wild Weasel performed an amazing loop in his Rattler, releasing countermeasures at exactly the right moment for the missile to detonate in close proximity to Shuriken's engines. Shuriken ejected just in time, but found a Cobra security detail waiting for him after parachuting to the ground. He was arrested for the attempt on Wild Weasel's life and for destroying the plane. Fortunately for him, the Plague often needs air-ferrying to its often-hopeless missions.
I also made some tweaks to some previously seen team members.
For Blackout, I brought his hair color closer to what the actual figure was sporting:
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And for White Noise, I decided to put a little more of his accent color intoo the mix by whitening up his knee and wrist pads:
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So what do you guys think?
WOOOOOOOOWWWWWW, absolutrly Awesome, man I would fork over a good part of my pycheck for those cause there is no way in Hell I could ver duplicate them. The sculpts, the paint job the back story.......very creative and perfectly done.