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Author:  Jay [ Mon Jul 15, 2013 7:01 pm ]
Post subject:  Spirit and Neo-Viper
My original Spirit custom was... an oddity that mixed ROC Leatherneck's upper body with ROC Rampage's belt and legs...
Maybe it made sense to me at the time but now it felt very unusable...

I considered getting another commando-sweatered Snake-Eyes bases to do something based on the DDP look, but then I remembered I had that 30th Steel Brigade body I'd made a strange Duke out of. Its coloration matched the original Spirit's attire nicely, so it made for a nice hybrid of the original blue/tan look and the later commando-attired versions.
Took some dremeling to get the Quinlan Vos head to fit. Pondering if I should find him a nice belt to finish him up.
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This is pretty straightforward. Felt like repainting a Neo-Viper to match the colors of the Action Battlers five-inch figure. Had to take some liberties, especially with the forearms, because the details on the larger figure didn't match those of the smaller ones.
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Thanks for looking!
Author:  Otto the Otter [ Mon Jul 15, 2013 9:45 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Spirit and Neo-Viper
If you can find the loin cloth and web gear of 25th Spirit or at least the loin cloth, that'd finish Spirit off nicely.
As far as the Neo-Viper, never a fan of the figure and painting it bronze does nothing for my opinion, but the paint looks tight and contrasts nicely with the black.
Author:  HypnoHustler [ Mon Jul 15, 2013 10:33 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Spirit and Neo-Viper
Holy _____! That Spirit is awesome. So simple and cool. I may have to try that, I like the PoC Spirit a lot, but the green has never quite worked for me. Very nice man, very nice.
Author:  Pugsley [ Tue Jul 16, 2013 11:21 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Spirit and Neo-Viper
Using Quinlan Vos for a Spirit head = BRILLIANT!!!
Author:  Matthew [ Tue Jul 16, 2013 11:52 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Spirit and Neo-Viper
Spirit is genius. The lion cloth would be very Spirit-y, but I think you could use POC Jungle Duke webgear with maroon accents.
Author:  Dusty79 [ Tue Jul 16, 2013 12:47 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Spirit and Neo-Viper
That spirit is great.

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Author:  Kilcarr [ Tue Jul 16, 2013 12:50 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Spirit and Neo-Viper
HypnoHustler wrote:
Holy _____! That Spirit is awesome. So simple and cool. I may have to try that, I like the PoC Spirit a lot, but the green has never quite worked for me. Very nice man, very nice.


This. Really nice work, Jay.
Author:  Jay [ Tue Jul 16, 2013 11:52 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Spirit and Neo-Viper
Wow, thanks everyone!

Suburbanator wrote:
If you can find the loin cloth and web gear of 25th Spirit or at least the loin cloth, that'd finish Spirit off nicely.

I do have the loincloth/webgear of 25th Spirit, it's what I cut the necklace out of. I tried fitting it on the figure but the webgear is so thick and Quinlan's hair sits so close to the shoulders that it wasn't a good fit at all.
I also considered just cutting the loincloth piece out, but I wasn't feeling the loincloth look added to this attire....

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As far as the Neo-Viper, never a fan of the figure and painting it bronze does nothing for my opinion, but the paint looks tight and contrasts nicely with the black.

Yeah, Neo-Vipers are really unpopular. Personally, I love em, and own every version of em (along with one of each army builder using a ROC base body piece, except the SRO Elite-Viper I still can't find), and I decided to bring the variations from different scales over to my 4" collection.
Author:  Tanstoys [ Thu Jul 18, 2013 4:21 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Spirit and Neo-Viper
Both look really nice. might copy spirit
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