Rip-It:

In his career with Cobra he has made a name for himself, overcoming his bountiful anguish and rage issues to be the surgical paramount that could be achieved in the HISS tank, his revisions to the original model only served to make those much less as skilled as him rise to his level... an advantage he noted when Munitia took his coveted HISS Tank Commander position from him. Choosing to not let setbacks cripple his career he looked to further expand the HISS Tank role within the growing specialized armory. His HISS 3 design merged the fast attack tank with an armored personell carrier, and again he was favored by the field commanders. An opportunity arose for him to Join the upper ecchelon, to rise from the ranks to become one of the High Command structure. The Mission; extract a package and eliminate all on site witnesses. He mustered all the control he could to keep his cool as the massacre of a hospital began. However when he discovered that the package was Destro and The Baroness' child, he spoke out on what The Commander had planned. For his concerns he was found to be lacking for The Plague... Blackout saw to his discharge would lead by example. He was shot in each knee and three time in the chest and then kicked out of a cargo plane with no chute. For many his story ended there. Alot of luck and a very hard landing later he and his savior would spend the better part of a month laying low and trying to heal and recover, plotting what they should do next. When they encountered VENOM agent Floyd Malloy and he said his boss was looking for them. Rip-it being familiar with most of the Cobra Splinter cell units figured he could talk his way through things with Miles Mayhem, however he was not prepared to be facing Inferno and Firefly. Firefly gave them an offer to join his unit, a unit that specializes on avoiding the Joe team and world conflict and center on the pay off, and alot of payback. Rip-it was sold on the unit's name alone. HISS gain two members that day.

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construction:
head - metal mayhem SE resculpted visor
waist up - battle field CC
waist down Sigma Strike Duke
1/6 shotgun

I have had the idea for Rip-it or a hiss tank driver for this head since I originally got the Metal Mayhem several years ago. I would like to make a HISS, however I am stuck on the Treds - the base for the tank would be an AT-TE

Hell I have the driver done I might as well follow through right?

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SkyCreeper:

SkyCreeper comes from a long line of catburglers, he made it his signature to stage elaborate rooftop roberies and escape using handgliders. He has always had a lasting obsession with DaVinchi artwork and out of respect has never stolen any. His special talen came to the attention of Cobra recruiters during a time when they lacked the services of Xamot and Tomax' enterprising backing. When The Night Creeper and Scorpions where raiding tombs and museums SkyCreeper too to Paris and London and never raised the attention of GIJoe. After some time he was offered a chance to asscend to new heights in the organization. As a member of The Plague he was promissed that he would have free reign of the Night Vulture unit as well as resources to take any mark he made. During the induction mission he however showed pause to the seemingly purposeless killing of civilians and cast doubt on his orders. His hesitation would be his undoing, as Guillotine plunged his sword through his chest and he was tossed out of the plane like garbage. Luck as it where has always been on his side... He was born with a rare condition, Dextrocardia. Just like he was in the mission, his heart just wasn't in the right place otherwise Guillotine's strike would have definately killed him. Coming out of shock in mid-freefall didn't help matters but it was his specialty, always prepared for such things his uniform had a wingsuit built into it. He manage to grab hold of another cast out, Rip-it. Together they where too heavy to glide in gracefully however a truck stop diner sign and an alluminum camper did break their fall instead of their necks. They overtook the responding highway patrol officer that responded and stole his patrol car and looked for a roadside place to hide and heal and figure out what to do next. A chance encounter with another freelancer put him and his partner in touch with a somewhat more than usual disenfranchised Firefly. Firefly made no Cobra promisses of power or glory just two very simple things money and revenge. So he took over the remnants of another Firefly had recruited merged it with his own styles and while he has no fondeness for birds he does enjoy the simple improvments that Raptor had done to the glider suit before his demise.

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Construction:

head - secret someone has to guess
torso - HiTech v1
forearms, hands - stormshadow v1
lower legs - arctic SE
chest pouches, waist belt, leg pouches - 3 sigma strike duke belts

I figured the pouches on the belts would give function to his pillow padded original look while also funtioning well for a burglar to put stuff, if batman had a cool utility belt , a pair of utility pants are awesome...right?

honestly I didn't make the Raptor corelation until I had taken the picture, if I was going to make a sigma Raptor it'd look alot like this as well, just less pockets, also alot of russian border commando going on as well... and I envision SkyCreeper being alot like the French guy in Oceans 12

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Well. Rip-It sure is worth the wait. Hang on, can't breathe.




Okay, the chest pains subsided.... That is amazing. I NEVER imagined my very favorite obscure Cobra would get the Sigma treatment. Now that he has, I'm in geek nirvana. That custom is amazing. Everything essential about 2000 v1 is there in this scale and it is glorious.

I am glad you approve NFC

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Approve? I want it on my shelf.


I neglected to mention Sky Creeper is awesome too, specially the facial expression. The comparison to Frenchie in Ocean's Twelve is apt I think.

Rip-It is bad ass. Just perfect. I love the grin on Skycreeper and the fact you ditched the yellow.

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