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 Post subject: My latest demon: The Scorpion
PostPosted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 1:50 pm 
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Following the trend of giving my Joes a world of hurt to go up against, I offer up yet another mixed horror: The Scorpion. :evil:

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Head: Darklon
Torso: CORPS! Star Force
Arms: VvV Sand Scorpion
Waist: Ace
Body: Rubber scorpion from Michael's
Bandoleer: DTC Grand Slam
Pouches/pistol: BBI
AK-74: Marauder, Inc.

Distant “cousins” to the Strider, Scorpions are hearty front-line fighters most at home in desert or arid conditions but are adaptable enough to be found in nearly any environment, from desert to arctic. They are also masters of the hidden ambush, being it by hiding themselves or through the use of hidden mines, explosives or simple traps.

More intelligent and martial than Striders, Scorpions tend to fight as organized teams using military tactics to herd and guide enemies into concentrations of fire while minimizing risk to themselves—not that there is much they need fear. Covered in head-to-toe chitin and artificial composite armor (chest/back and face mask) they are all but immune to most small-arms fire; armor-piercing rounds are recommended if you must face these. Intense heat, deep cold, even radiation and poisons have next to no effect on them. Directed flame has limited effect, and only if you can keep it trained on them, and provided they don’t shoot you before you get in range, given their preference for modern armaments. Scorpions can handle almost anything, from handguns up to anti-tank and anti-air weapons and are nightmarishly fast learners.

On top of all that their tail can inflict a paralyzing sting similar to that of the Strider—however, while Striders tend to use this to make prisoners (to become food later) of victims, Scorpions prefer to slowly tear the paralyzed victim apart instead with their forward pincers.

Quick and maneuverable, Scorpions can leap as high as six feet into the air and change direction one hundred eighty degrees while doing so. Like their natural counterpart they can’t cling to walls or build webs but are masters at camouflage and excel at night fighting; unlike their natural counterparts, they cannot extend their tails all the way forward to strike an opponent and most often try to flank and attack that way. Given their love of firearms, however, you’re more likely to find yourself dodging rounds from an AK-74 than that tail…


Design Notes:

I had a LOT of fun building this guy, because in doing so I was able to focus myself back on the fun of building him rather than focusing on getting him done. The first trick was figuring out the humanoid parts; I wanted a bare chest originally, but the only one I had that was suitable had a bad screw whole inside. I ended up using this CORPS chest I had in my scrap pile, which was a good (but not perfect) fit for the Sand Scorpion arms and an ideal fit for the Darklon head (which was ideal due to the mask and the reddish eyes). The Ace waist was a broken one, easily modified for use with the scorpion body. From there it was a matter of grinding, drilling, glueing and using Green Stuff to mold the waist to the body, then adding a "belt" around the top. I added the pouches to break up the sameness of the lower torso and to reflect how much these things love modern weapons.

Painting was the fun part. The original scorpion colors were OK, but a bit too bright on the yellow. I ended up dry-brushing the body with varying mixes of yellow and brown to dull it out, then used that same brown mix (actually brown/tangerine/cranberry) to blend the lower torso to the body, then did the same with the humanoid parts. Though you can't see it as well I brushed the tips of the fingers with black to match the pincers and stinger as well.

When it came to the torso, I opted to go with an "artificial armor" look (everything in black, such as the helmet, is mental to reflect artificial materials) and dry-brushed it, then painted the grenades on the bandoleer and added that to break up the torso a bit. Finally came the AK-74--I wanted a weapon they could lay buried in the sand with and still rely on--which I primed and painted to match a picture of an actual AK-74. The end result is what you see here.

BTW, the desert base he's sitting on I made months ago for displaying my Desert Humvee; it's one of two I made, though this one uses stone fleck paint (the other uses actual sand), with reindeer moss and small stones to break it up. Not much as dios go but it makes a decent "desert" shelf. :-)

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 Post subject: Re: My latest demon: The Scorpion
PostPosted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 1:53 pm 
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hehe.. funny :)

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 Post subject: Re: My latest demon: The Scorpion
PostPosted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 1:56 pm 
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This looks really cool - and the paintjob makes it look pretty seamless. The Darklon head just looks right - I don't know why, but it fits the character very well.

Love the bio as well. My only question is, does he ever accidentally sting himself in the back of the head? :P

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 Post subject: Re: My latest demon: The Scorpion
PostPosted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 2:00 pm 
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Wow! I think I like this one more than your Strider!!

I agree with Chief, that head is perfect.

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 Post subject: Re: My latest demon: The Scorpion
PostPosted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 2:05 pm 
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Niiiice. Seamless transition between the Joe parts and the Scorpion body. I also like the Darklon head, very sinister. Your Joes are pretty much screwed :lol:

Makes me want to do something similar with a Sand Scorpion upper body as an "Ultimate V-Troop". I may have to steal this. Thanks Doc!

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 Post subject: Re: My latest demon: The Scorpion
PostPosted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 3:36 pm 
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Sweet, and perfect for desert figures, let alone if you can get something with a...nevermind, just had an idea. :shifty:

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 Post subject: Re: My latest demon: The Scorpion
PostPosted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 9:19 pm 
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Man, I might steal this. He is diverse in that if you drop the weapon and ammo belt you have an instant manscorpion. He kicks butt across all joeverses :-D .

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 Post subject: Re: My latest demon: The Scorpion
PostPosted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 9:59 pm 
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Thanks, guys. :-) Glad you like.

Chief wrote:
Love the bio as well. My only question is, does he ever accidentally sting himself in the back of the head? :P


In the original bio, he could, and in fact in a story idea with these that's one way they were defeated. But I smartened them up and took that possibility out; I figure like a scorpion it likely wouldn't be affected by it's own venom. You can thank that nasty-looking Darklon head for that--it made it simply look too smart to stick itself.

Kilcarr wrote:
Wow! I think I like this one more than your Strider!!


That was part of the idea. :wink: Always trying to up the nasty factor of these dudes. As it I've got two more tarantula bodies and lots of broken crotches so he and the Strider may yet gain playmates. :-)

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I agree with Chief, that head is perfect.


It definitely worked out that way--better than the Star Wars head I had in mind (and a lot less work.)

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Makes me want to do something similar with a Sand Scorpion upper body as an "Ultimate V-Troop". I may have to steal this. Thanks Doc!


You're welcome. :-) That's something I'd love to see. :-)

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Sweet, and perfect for desert figures, let alone if you can get something with a...nevermind, just had an idea. :shifty:


This is going to be good, isn't it? :-D

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Man, I might steal this. He is diverse in that if you drop the weapon and ammo belt you have an instant manscorpion. He kicks butt across all joeverses :-D .


Not a bad idea...while I was working on him I was always playing Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide, and one of the creatures that popped up were Stingers--which reminded me soooo much of him.

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 Post subject: Re: My latest demon: The Scorpion
PostPosted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:06 am 
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man thats sick and cool at the same time. great job

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 Post subject: Re: My latest demon: The Scorpion
PostPosted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 7:59 pm 
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This guy is like Golobulus' really cool and really evil cousin or something. If Cobra-La had looked more like this, maybe it wouldn't have sucked so bad.


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PostPosted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 5:06 pm 
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JEEBUS! scorpions give me the heebie jeebies anyway but to let you know how awesome this figure is, I shuddered looking at it. You really creeped me out Doc.
Awesome work ;)

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 10:02 pm 
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Man, that is sweet. The paint on the back of the head is awesome. It makes the custom flawless.

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8-O Damn DR that bad boy has that cobra La thing going for him I love it!

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 Post subject: Re: My latest demon: The Scorpion
PostPosted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 12:50 pm 
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Again, thanks guys! :-) I think after this one the next few will the humanoid in nature; not easy finding good "bodies" for the lower half (although I'm thinking if I can find a rubber crab things could take yet another twist...I love doing these!). Right now he's on display, lorded over by my Hell Knight and looking to raise havoc with his Strider cousin. :lol:

Cobra-La? These guys'd eat 'em for breakfast. :evil:

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 Post subject: Re: My latest demon: The Scorpion
PostPosted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 12:53 pm 
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I don't like it.

only because I hate bugs and it looks scary! ;-)
It's awesome, and very original. :-D

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