I got these head swaps finished when we were doing the quarantine challenge but I wasn't sold on them then and I'm still not. They were to he the beginning of SKAR but not im not so sure.

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Igor, OverKill's reaper. After the battle Igor can be found dragging survivors back to the labs of Hotwire and Dr. Horribel where they may become future soldiers if all goes well. If not, then the two have learned what doesn't work. Meanwhile Igor has scavenged BAT parts to add to his personal collection for upgrades.

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i like elements on all those scar guys. the hood w/beret looks great painted up, the gold accents on the middle guy are very cool, and the over all color scheme of the far right looks the best. so what if you moved the hooded head over to the far right and have igors head as an alternate. maybe move the gold to the far left buck and paint that head all black under the gold helmet.

igor is freaky cool.

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Went back to the drawing board with those three Destro based figures and I now present Iron Klaw's Lieutenants:
Inferno, Abolition (Wreckage), and Tempest (Rampage)



Much happier with these versions and blown away at how much changing the boots and gloves to black on the comic pack version changed my opinion of the base.

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Ooh - I like those SKAR figs a lot. I've been digging through my fodder bin for parts for my big "reboot" project (where I'm using mostly MTF/non-Joe bodies) and realized I had a bunch of Destros and was wondering what to do with them. You've given me a great idea. I've been working on pre-Cobra/Colton-era enemies and was just defaulting to Red Shadows, but now I think merging some SKAR elements in there will really help beef up the bad guys.

Awesome stuff!

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Thanks Chief, I've heard that lots of people have these Destros laying around.

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Iron Klaw is finished after being in some state of WIP since the Disney Joe Con.

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they all look great. what is the spiked shoulder pad w/skulls from? i could use a few on predators.

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Check out Ragin Spoon for some great figure kits and accessories. I've had this kit since the JoeCon at Disney in 2017. I think its designed for the original modern designed Destro body so I had to do some mods to get it to fit correctly.

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Igor gets an upgrade!

Igor's Magnum Opus began when he found the remnants of a GI Joe fast attack tank. He cashed in his favors with Hotwire who welcomed the challenge. First he modified the mini tank chassis with the same connections Igor's waist and legs attachment. It now plugs into Igor's cybernetic spine and operates just as his legs. The chassis was then fitted with a gatling gun and flamethrower, both fed from internal chambers. Igor requested the grappling hook to assist in dragging BAT parts back to OverKill's labs. AS further thanks, Hotwire presented Igor with one of OverKill's V1 Scorponok tentacles and one of his original arm cannon prototypes. The Scorponok was fitted to the rear of The Magnum Opus and the cannon was modified with a pistol grip.






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that thing is inspired! the chest armor could look like a skull with a little carving or paint!

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A quick repaint of Thing's pants and a helmet turned him into General Traag. And a failed dye job on the SHS Thing from years ago warranted a full paint job so I turned him into Granitar.

The Rock Soldiers from Dimension X:


With the other TMNT bad guys.


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i'm not sure if i saw all the tmnt guys before. the baxter and rat king? are so unexpected! they all are so much fun. i don't remember the rock guys but only saw the movies and 1-2 seasons of the cartoon. i came super close to picking up the black and white comic 4 pack a couple years ago, i just couldn't pull the trigger since i tell myself i'm not a collector and everything is fodder

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Time for a confession. I always like the TMNT cartoon better than GI Joe, but GI Joe was my first favorite. And GI Joe toy design was better but I loved the TMNT characters.

General Traag was created for the original cartoon and he was one of Krang's henchmen IIRC. I had the SHS Thing and thought it would be neat to make a granite or quartz colored stone soldier before I realized they already had Granitar so I just went with that character.

Baxter and Rat King were done during one of the No-Joe challenges we used to have on the board here.

My buddy had Baxter Stockman but I never had one of my own. I made mine strictly from memory of the original cartoon and Playmate design. I did the sculpting at work and I don't have internet access there. The original head is covered in green stuff and bits of other accessories. The bug parts are al from some Star Wars Georgians. He's fully articulated and its one of my favorite customs and some of my first successful green stuff sculpting.





Rat King was one of my favorite figures I had as a kid. Just a really neat look and the characterization was fun. A piece piper of rats and underutilized in the cartoon. It was also one of the easier human characters to make for the challenge and easiest to repurpose for GI Joe.







I also made Mondo Gecko for the challenge as well. Bad call on my part going for one of the later figure color pallette. I keep meaning to repaint like the first version as well as finish his jet powered skateboard.





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oh those all rock!

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