Ok, after all the awesome Dusty customs lately I decided it was time to get off my ass and make my own. I had cobbled together a pretty decent rip-off of TR101AL's Dusty (even bashed a pair of Duke feet onto the SJ body) when I realized that it's 2008, and EVERYbody in the Army has been to the desert at least once, so the "Desert Trooper" specialty is pretty much obsolete. Plus, other than the Arctic guys, I'm not real big on environment-based troopers for the most part. So I figure it this way - Dusty's just a regular ol' general-purpose soldier -- think "Tan Grunt"
. He got the name 'Dusty' because he's from Vegas and loves the desert (he's the Desert Survival Instructor, after all), but he's not tied to it. So I went with a generic look that differs from the rest of my Joes. In this case, I gave him a set of ACUs (the new Army digital camo) -- I'm not super-pleased with my camo job, but it'll work. I was going to give him a t-shirt, but figured if he does go to the desert he'll want long sleeves, and they make Under Armour long-sleeve tees in tan (I've got a couple), so why not just give him one of those (since it means no sculpting or sanding
)Then to top it all off, I gave him a boonie cap, because that's what a special ops soldier would wear, not a helmet with a towel on it. Then I decided on making him blonde, since that's how he first appeared in the comics - but I gave him a "dirty blonde" look - maybe he's got some sand in his hair or something
So anyways, here's my "rebooted" Dusty - enjoy!
