Here's my CCII Challenge figure...

SHIPWRECK: Brown-Water Navy Patrol Boat Crewman

I promised Beav a Shipwreck custom quite a while back (it might have been during the last CC), and I wanted to do something different with the character. Since he's got a couple of excellent figures capturing the navy-uniform look (the 85 and 25A figures), and the Devil's Due version has been customized pretty thoroughly, I had to start exploring other options. Until I took another look at his filecard, I had forgotten that it mentioned his time in Vietnam. I loved the idea of a 'Nam-era Shipwreck, and I had been planning to make one forever; the CCII challenge gave me the perfect kick in the ass I needed to get started on him.

Parts:

Head: Flint 91 (heavily modified)
Chest: Recondo 84 (modified)
Arms: Rock'N'Roll 89 (modified) w/ BBI hands
Waist: Skystriker 88 (modified)
Right Thigh: Bazooka 85
Left Thigh: Low-Light 86 (modified)
Lower Legs: Repeater 88
Boots: BBI

Accessories:
Shotgun: Marauder, Inc.
Pistol: Marauder, Inc.
Knife: Marauder, Inc.

Okay, here we go with the construction details (since I didn't do the best job of photo documentation on this guy).

Head: I cut off the top of the Flint head and replaced it with the bandanna from an 87 Tunnel Rat. I also sculpted on a beard and hair using epoxy putty.

Chest: I sanded the holster off of the Recondo chest and replaced it with a working holster from a Chap Mei figure. It's a little large for my tastes, but it fits the pistol and I had it on hand, so there you go. I sculpted on a new pocket, as well. The neck area had to be hollowed out to accommodate the Flint head (which, now that I think about it, I probably should have taken a picture of).

Arms: The Rock'N'Roll arms were a little too muscular, so I sanded down the biceps and tried to reduce the bulk a little bit. I also cut off the hands and replaced them with BBI hands for two reasons: to give him swivel wrists, and to allow him to hold the weapons more realistically.

Waist: I sanded down the front of the Skystriker belts and glued on the belt buckles from an 86 Hawk and an 85 Shipwreck. I also sanded out a groove on the side of the waist and glued a modified holster from a Star Wars figure (the Endor Rebel Soldier) into it. I also added a couple of BBI pouches.

Legs: I sanded off the little holster/sheath thing on Low-Light's thigh and replaced it with a sanded-down sheath from the SpyTroops Dart figure (I also had to sand down the Marauder knife to be able to fit it into the sheath). I also sanded down the Bazooka thigh to make it match the Low-Light thigh more closely. I cut off the Repeater boots, glued a BBI boot post into a hole I drilled in the lower legs, and then snapped on the BBI boots. They retained their movement and fit very snugly.

And, now, for the main event: Shipwreck!



Fully geared-up:






The famous Shipwreck back porch:


A closer look at the head:


"You mean to tell me I'm based on that creepy old man at the Lakers games?!?!"


Fighting a river pirate:


There you have it. Questions? Comments? I'd love to hear 'em.

Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. Flawless work as always. I love the holsters.

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Holy "LASER BLAST". I'm blown away by that, especially the texturing on the beard and hair. It's NOT what you'd expect but that's a good thing as it's better than anythign I could *ever* dream up.

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HOLY ____!"

That is frickin' sweet!

I might have to fight beav for it...

It's like a Joe Colton from the old school line.

Really awesome work.

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Anyone seen my eyes? Seriously, I just did that cartoon thing where they pop out of my sockets and now they have roled away.

Man, I don't even know where to begin with how utterly cool this turned out.

Will you make all my toys?

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Wow, this is just plain one of the best customs I've ever seen, peridod. I don't even know where to start singing the praises of this thing.

Love the camo, love the sculpting on the beard - love everything about it.

Awesome.

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The camo on his legs is flawless.. some of the best painting I have seen Amazing work

I'm a little disappointed in the head. Not that it is bad in anyway. You did a great job on it. I guess I was looking forward to a hatless shipwreck. I was curious what you were going to do with it.

Mods and additions, flawless.
Camo and detail painting, incredible.
Parts selection and accessories, perfect.

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Bad.

Ass.

Submit it to the gallery. Awesome to the maxxxxx!

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"JoeCustoms Hall of Fame" material here. A truly awesome piece of craftmanship! WOW!

Sweet!

Flawless mods and paint apps!

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Im going to get all fanboy and geeky here,

but your work has always been an inspiration for my own customising.

When I first saw your Sneek Peek a few years ago, I checked all your customs and loved the standard, quality and sheer skill of all your work.

And this- is the best of teh lot.

I loved all the custom challenges but this was the one I enjoyed watching most (sorry guys)

Seeing it done, Im blown away- fantastic stuff.

Thankyou for sharing.

Yeah, ditto. The beard sculpt is just plain awesome.

That is a thing of beauty. A flawless custom that's an original take on the character.