First of all, thanks a lot for organizing this wonderful contest! It's been a while since we've had such an event and the outcome is great with those 17 entries. Nice to see some "old" members participate again, as well as quite a few new members (from the FB page I guess, come check out the forum too!).
Congratulations to the winners and all the other entries deserve some praise too so here we go:
Slice's Customs:
I like the use of sand colored stuff on him, so he can also be used for desert missions, but he's still "black" enough for regular operations. I've heard about using magnets on custom figures before, though I never tried it. Your custom's poseability looks fantastic, so it's a good inspiration for using those magnets some time soon.
slim19722:
I'm not familiar with customizing in that scale myself, but your work is great! A very cool classic look, truly like he just walked out of a comic book.
a.dream.deferred:
That's an original combination of Mech-suit + Ninja. Man, I'd love to see this in action in the cartoon! I like your choice of color scheme, that version is my 3rd favorite SE look. Great work on all the battle damage, it's easily overlooked.
Gijoe_Gio:
Scarface! Nice work on the head, almost an exact copy of the scarred SE from the comic! The repair work on the waist looks flawless as well, I didn't notice it until I read your description.
The Odinson:
Cyborg Ninja, yeah! The head is a good choice, a normal SE head would've made him look more human. I like the green accents, as if it's some kind of special metal. I don't recognize the gun, where is that from?
Chris Rooks:
Someone went shopping at Marauder Inc...... 
He really is loaded with weapons! A bit too much stuff for my personal taste, but you've spread the weapons pretty well all over the figure so it doesn't look too bulky. Do you have more pics of him?
Raptor:
At first I was surprised thinking: "Hmm, Raptor usually takes better pics than this." Then I saw the description and found out what was going on. That's humor, a funny entry!
Braxthunder:
I can see him appearing in the movie "Wild Wild West" too. Nice steampunk look!
Topes:
Not a fan of JvC, but yes you actually did improve that SE version big time! I wouldn't think of using the purple in some spots, but it works looks surprisingly good.
Riselvato:
Ninja Barbarian, hahaha! Of all the crazy ideas one can come up with, this is the craziest one but still funny. I'm getting a Skyrim/World Of Warcraft vibe looking at him. Sweet!
2DARK2C:
Quite some background story! And wow, you've put a lot of work in all the custom made stuff. Kudos. I love the pic of him standing on the horse, aiming with his bow.
CNK01:
Inspiring work! I like the un-hooded head best, it's full of coolness. Subtle drybrushing makes everything shine a bit more. The action pics are simply awesome, I'd love to see a dio story full of that stuff.
Ian:
Different face coverage for SE came out really good, the bandana and face camo are nice new features for the character. This urban SE is a solid custom, excellent paint job considering the limited color palette you´ve used.
Chief:
The completely white Timber is a refreshing take on the usually grey-ish scheme. Great idea, it somehow emphasizes the mystery surrounding SE. I love the dio shot with all those red ninja's.
SoaUSMColRet:
I watched Thunderbirds a lot as a kid. When I look at the third pic of this entry I can almost see this custom come to life and move in the way the puppets did in Thunderbirds. Very realistic work! I also like the background, the American flag on wood is beautiful.
chad_ghost:
Hasbro should've released this as a V4. The head is recognizable as SE, yet still different enough to see it as "new". Nice mods on the waist to let him carry the extra weapons. This custom is another example of how to achieve great results painting with only a few colors.
My own:
I can totally imagine people seeing this in a SE contest and think: "Uhm, what am I looking at here? What was he thinking?" I certainly wouldn't vote on it myself when the goal was to make an ultimate SE, hahaha!
I know this is a pretty strange entry, but I challenged myself to go for the alternative route with SE. Brainstorming of what I would make took me a lot of time. Then all of the sudden I thought of what I could do taking that code name literally, something with real snake camouflage. Going through my parts bin I found the Pythona parts and those weird round spots on her body might just make good eyes. Next I had to find a suitable head, because the Pythona head was already saved for a different project. It had to be a strange head as well, to make it fit with the extraordinary body. The one from Predator was laying around for a long time, but was now alien enough to serve as an alternative SE. I just had to paint it in a way so it wouldn't look too obvious as a Predator.
Painting all those snake eyes was a real pain with that cursed yellow and the surface of the Pythona parts was pretty rough in some spots. These kind of eyes do exist in real life with a certain snake species.
For a background story I still haven't figured out yet how she would fit in the G.I.Joe verse. I guess this could be a new addition to Cobra La, an alien fighter recruited by Golobulus who has strange new weapons and an unseen camouflage suit.
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I was working on a native american SE before my injury and whatnot.