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 Post subject: 25th Fast Draw Update (12/7)
PostPosted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 1:45 pm 
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Thought I'd update folks on my project of making extra 25th Lady Jayes into Cobras.

Following the great advice, I found her another set of web gear, then painted it and her suspenders ice blue. I haven't taken out the next LJ from her blister yet, so there's no progress on the helmeted version. Still, as a techie, this looks promising:

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Next, here's my new 25th WIP, one I'm pretty sure doesn't have enough popular votes to get a 25th treatment himself.

So far, it's just a parts swap (I have to shore up Beachhead's noggin on Snakes' body), plus a reshaping of the Padme Fighter Pilot helmet.

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Can you guess who he is?


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 Post subject: Re: 25th Lady Cobra tech update (+ new WIP)
PostPosted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 3:25 pm 
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The LJ looks nice. The ice blue looks too bright for my taste. Kind of stands out too much. As for the WIP I'm not sure who that would be. My guess would be a paratrooper of some sort.


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 Post subject: Re: 25th Lady Cobra tech update (+ new WIP)
PostPosted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 3:39 pm 
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Is that Fast Draw? If so, frikkin' sweet.


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 Post subject: Re: 25th Lady Cobra tech update (+ new WIP)
PostPosted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 4:51 pm 
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I dunno about all the Hip Pouches...I know guys cant get away with wearing fanny packs...and on her it just gives a really wide hips look that I can't say I like. Also try printing out a cobra Logo on any printer...then glue it to the figure...then go over the edges and such with the uniform color to blend the edges into the figure

Even if it looks like a sticker or somting, It'll look better than hand painted logos.

I too would have guessed Fast Draw.

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 Post subject: Re: 25th Lady Cobra tech update (+ new WIP)
PostPosted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 1:30 am 

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she does look better than your 1st take at her, make her suspenders black.
My quess would be fast draw as well, he looks pretty good to be him.
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 Post subject: Re: 25th Lady Cobra tech update (+ new WIP)
PostPosted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 9:11 pm 
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Houston, we have pads.
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Well, mostly, at least. Thank goodness for Spy Troops: The chest protector is from the back of a Cobra CLAWS bulletproof vest, with a bit of plastic from a JLU Rocket Red armor glued on. The thigh pieces are the shin guards from the Grunt (to Cobra CLAWS) figure.

Those I'm settled on; the shin guards either will be Rocket Red armor built onto the Burnout MP pads, or a gray pair of the Grunt-to-CLAWS shin guards. In either case, I have a different pair of knee pads that will go on the figure.

Also, I'm trying really hard to make all the pads removable, but these thigh pads are frustrating. The position you see is the position that they will stay on the figure. If I cut either strap, then there is not enough of an arc to hold the pad on in any position. So, poll time: what's more important? The dorky strap over the leg sculpt details, or removability?

Oh, yeah, and I went over the helmet once more with the sander bit on the Dremel; the white patch is where I nicked a small hole in the plastic and patched it with super glue and paper.
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I've started /thinking/ about the FAFNIR system for this version of Fast Draw, and that I might use a 25th Roadblock ammo pack for the base. It'll be an excuse to get the single-card when it comes out. :) But whether to remain tubeless, or go with something more akin to my new sculpt Fast Draw (with Metalhead leg rockets), I don't yet know.

Fast Draw's FAFNIR system is one of the truly imaginary gadgets in GI Joe, right? I can't google anything like it anywhere.

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 Post subject: Re: 25th Fast Draw Update (12/7)
PostPosted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 10:35 pm 
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I love Fast Draw, and am really looking forward to seeing him completed

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