25th Anniversary Barrel Roll

iwbeta · **Posted:** Thu May 22, 2008 12:20 am

The first of the Stall siblings, Barrel Roll was one of the gems from Spy Troops.

The head, glider, and spy gear are from the original Barrel Roll, the torso and legs belong to Wild Bill, the upper arms and feet are Snake-eyes, the lower arms are Duke.

PaidLoad · **Joined:** Wed Jun 27, 2007 6:52 pm

Close...but you made the hands fit too well into the forearms. And you've gotta go back and make one for its later release, with flesh-colored plastic, no paint.

it looks pretty sweet.

Bura Bura Bushi · **Posted:** Thu May 22, 2008 12:57 am

Holy crap you nailed him to a T, I can't get over how well you captured him using 25th parts. Out standing job on Barrel Roll, I'm sure this is a recipe that will be barrowed several if not many times.

TR101AL · **Posted:** Thu May 22, 2008 1:05 am

Outstanding! I was wondering what to do with my extra Ace body and went a different direction. Now I want another to attempt this. Great job. 2 thumbs up and a twist.

Chief · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:19 am

Just fantastic. Love the parts choices on this -- and you can bet I'll be copying a good portion of your recipe.

HypnoHustler · **Posted:** Thu May 22, 2008 1:27 am

Beat me to it. That was pretty much the exact recipe I was planning to use.

Solid custom man.

Malcolm · **Joined:** Mon Dec 24, 2007 10:30 pm

Nice work... damm barrel roll has an uncanny resemblence to my face, which is why im modding his head for my self custom. Great work though.. I've always been a fan of barrel roll, so i might make a version also... just might sculpt a lil extra here and there though.

Scramble · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:19 am

That's one of the best 25th customs I've ever seen, and I've seen Chief's stuff! It's a perfect colour match and so smoothly applied that if you hadn't told me it was a custom, I would have believed this was a 25th release I had missed.

Keenan · **Posted:** Thu May 22, 2008 9:32 am

This translates so well from the Spy-Troops line. Totally worth copying.

Matthew · **Posted:** Thu May 22, 2008 9:58 am

this is great. First thought was wow, you can polish a turd. Great job using semi-worthless Ace parts. Lengthening the arms makes an amazing difference. Very nice, now bring on Blackout.

chaosx · **Posted:** Thu May 22, 2008 12:48 pm

I'm stealing this today! but how do you get the upper arms separated from the lower ones? I never could get that

pluv · **Posted:** Thu May 22, 2008 12:51 pm

Such a perfect custom. Chalk me up as another person going to steal this idea. Really, if Hasbro made a figure just like this I would buy it.

Lt_L1zrdking · **Posted:** Thu May 22, 2008 1:34 pm

Gotta agree with everyone so far, perfect custom. It looks more like a production piece than a custom.

iwbeta · **Posted:** Thu May 22, 2008 3:07 pm

Chaosx, I let the faucet run until the water is hot, fill the sink and submerge the the figure for 30 second. Usually the lower arms will pop right out of the upper parts.

If I can swing a second Barrel Roll head, I want to make the red/brown uniform.

Matt, Blackout is on his way.

past nastification · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:19 am

That is a fantastic figure. This is what the Ace figure could have looked like, instead of the "how do I wipe myself?" short arms.

I'm particularly glad to see that you adapted a Barrel Roll head instead of trying to disguise a 25A head. Really sells this as what could be a definitive version of the character.

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