this project at first seems like a really simple repaint and minor part swap but it really involved a whole series of complications.

the figure was actually coming from my parts bins while actually being mostly two figures
Gung-ho and Firefly v2

however I had gotten the gung-ho torso in trade from another customizer who was more into cutting grinding through joints than cracking casings...

I had to first find the arm to match... yes have another that had the opposite arm amputated as well.

I fashioned a rod using one of the many many missiles I have and burnished it flush using a soldering iron.

the helmet had been hacked on to remove the leaves, I decided to carve the netting into it to try to salvage it.

the barrel tip had been broken off the grandslam launcher, I took the screws out and removed the rest of the sliding mechanism, added the zip line bar and scope.

the head had been on a bag with another figure that had been spraypainted and most edged had caked black bits on them.

in this I did finally kill off one of my abadon black citadel paints and had to open a new one... the yellow base by citadel is fantastic to work with.

so here he is, Backblast, he hates airplanes

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That's amazing how all that work comes together and looks so seamless. That splash of bright yellow that the ammo belt brings is a great design element that really sells Backblast even more than the launcher I think.

looks flawless

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