I had some spare parts laying around so I decided to create a new character for my Joeverse:

Cobra Strategist, Code Name: Mastermind

I still need to make a Cobra logo for his chest, but overall, I'm pretty happy with this custom.

Let me know what you think.

OB

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good idea and always good to see new characters too. Your paints are well done,
and the SJ head and the helmet looks good with that body,
Tim

I really like this idea and your fig looks great (way to salvage that goofy SJ head ) - I can see myself borrowing a lot from this custom.

The playset/dio and map board is what's really blowing me away, though - great execution all the way around!

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Thanks for the feedback guys.

It's my first mini-dio and it is actually quite simple. I threw it together with some toys leftover from other lines. When I thought up the character of Mastermind, I felt I needed to place him in his environement to setup his backstory etc.

Anyhoo, here are some more pics:

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The playset alone deserves its own posting. The parts you "threw together" look great.

The character is a good idea with a nice bio.

Painting the upper and lower half of the CC body in different colors immediately brakes up the recognizable flow Hasbro's thrown at us a billion times now. It really has a new look with the two color combination.

As for the head, something about it didn't feel quite right to me. I think it's the color of the beard. It's very close, if not identical, to the grey you used for the jacket/top. You use complicated and varied color schemes on your figures and repeating the grey, especially on an "organic" part of the figure looks a bit off. This figure would be dramatically improved by either darkening/lightening the beard or putting a wash on it. Just my two cents.

Cool custom, but awesome set! Mastermind is neat, and that's a good way to put another 25th CC to good use. Were any of the set pieces made from scratch?

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