Growing up, Shockwave was by far my favourite Joe. I don't know why but every part of him appealed to me. His design, his character, even his colours (although the yellow always perplexed me). I had to update him for my Joeverse because it simply had to be done. He's the leader of the Joe SWAT team and generally is the go-to guy when it comes to urban operations. I really hope you guys enjoy him because he's been a long time coming.

Parts List
Head: Shockblast (Rise of Cobra)
Torso: Shockblast (Rise of Cobra)
Arms: Shockblast (Rise of Cobra)
Hands: Beachhead (City Strike)
Upper Legs: Shockblast (Rise of Cobra)
Knees: Beachhead (City Strike)
Lower Legs: Shockblast (Rise of Cobra)
Hat: Shockblast (Rise of Cobra)
Vest: Beachhead (City Strike)
Neckpiece: Batman (The Dark Knight 2-Pack)
Shoulder Pouches: Shockblast (Rise of Cobra)
Shoulderpad: Batman (The Dark Knight 2-Pack)
Gun: Beachhead (City Strike)
Extra Knife: Duke (City Strike)
Shield: Cobra Shock Trooper (City Strike)

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looks great

Excellent update for Shockwave.

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Not too bad, but IMO he needs some cutting in his waist area to dispose of the "diaper crotch" effect, and a proper belt.

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you perfectly brought him into the POC look. outstanding work. The look you have here would be perfect for swat army building. A little darker blue on the clothes and different heads. Wow. would be killer with him in charge and a team behind him.

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Pretty slick. I like it.

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Perfection, wouldnt have changed a thing, and no figure of shockwave has looked as good. perfecto...great work.

Top notch. It's a great update!

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I never got any prior versions of Shockwave to know exactly what all is done, but this one does look production caliber, and the gear does definitely modernize him for POC quite well.

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cannot go wrong with that vest...superb

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Very smart choices here.

Love the little touches like the Batman shoulder pad.

Well done.

I am incredibly happy everyone digs my changes here. Like I said, this character is very near and dear to me.

Jay: I thought about doing the crotch work but didn't want to risk ruining the figure. I did try some belts too but they really didn't work with the vest. I briefly considered glue some parts somewhat beneath the vest to give the illusion of a belt, but decided against it.

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Well, that all depends on your definition of "ruining". I cut mine up with an x-acto (as well as the ROC Leatherneck who became my Spirit, and a 25th Scarlett mold), and aside from some minor stress marks from the cutting inside the joint, which doesn't really show much unless you look INTO the leg joint, they're fine. You can probably even sand those marks away.
Have a look:
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t285 ... kblast.jpg
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t285 ... Spirit.jpg


You know, I've had this problem too for some projects. There's a lot of full webgears but not many belts that work in a versatile way.

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I may actually give the cutting idea a go, having seen your results. I'd have to get a X-Acto knife though, as I do not have one. I most just use this pen knife a friend gave me as a gift, but it's nowhere near sharp enough for that.

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Be sure to get the "hobby knife" version and not the "hardware store" version, since this requires some amount of finesse:
http://mindsprints.files.wordpress.com/ ... -knife.jpg

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