Hi there, I have decided to post all the customs I have made in the past, and I feel it might be better to post them all together, as some are minor conversions. I think it will be easier for all.
And so, starting with the most recent I have pictured and classified;
Diminisher; a full repaint of Chief Torpedo. I saw it as a figure with good potential, and so I created this character for the Action Force, to equilibrate with my vast hordes of Cobra and GI Joe;
Drumstick; this one I haven't even figured it out myself yet. Was supposed to be a sort of futuristic rebel, and I tried some different techniques on him. I rebranded him as a AWOL retriever specialist, trained in capturing renegade GI Joes or traitors.
Now on to the new Steel Brigades. Bought a good amount of Gears in China (back when they were dead cheap) and thought that it would be cool to make an improved version of the Steel Brigade. I casted the head modifying it so it has a ball-neck. The leader uses gold-green inspired by the Gold Steel Brigade.
Radical Red; an anarchist vent on destruction, chaos, upheaval, rioting and more. Wanted to use Barbecue's head on a repaint and went for the full red with inkings.
Rosen Ritter; probably not many have seen the anime "Legend of the Heroes of the Galaxy". Anyway, I saw that the head on the movie Cobra Commander was very similar to these space troopers from this anime, and so I went on to make one. Could work as a Cobra space trooper. They wield axes as any laser would trigger a complete explosion in the starships (due to some gas) and so they all fight with these axes (just in case you were wondering)
. The body of Barricade is very nicely sculpted, pity that maybe the head wasn't as good as the body. It has lots of nice details to paint. 
. When I refer to inkings, it is either using actual chinese ink, or diluting paint until it is runny and behaves like an ink. In this case, I used both, black ink and diluted brown paint, to highlight all details. Usually I just paint a dark base, and then highlight the details, but you get another effect if you use the ink method, more precise and tidy.
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