This is my second crack at Recondo and my first at Big Brawler's daddy.

For the former, I stayed pretty faithful to his original design but incorporated a feature I always wanted the figure to have, ever since I first saw Romancing the Stone - the back-slung shotgun.

And for big red, I stuck as close to the original as possible. The only variation was an exclamation point at the end of "SURVIVAL!" on his t-shirt. I figured Stu probably felt pretty strongly about the idea.

Thoughts?

That Recondo is phenominal. An original take, while still unmistakably the same character. I love your work on almost all the figs, but this one really stands out. What is the parts list though? Is that an Indy torso? Which head? Must know....

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Looks good I like Outback the most and I like the shotgun on Recondo's back. I remember that was something about Romancing the Stone that I thought was pretty cool back in the day.

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Awesome as always Spin!
I love em both.

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Sweet work on both. Though I'm kinda partial to the V1 Outback head . . .
http://forums.toynewsi.com/index.php?showtopic=2054676

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they both look great,

two of my favorite characters who certainly deserve the 25th treatment.

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Funny, the Recondo head has this Italian / Zorro look.
But he sure is nice!

Tim 121RVC

Very nice take on both. Do you have in wip pics of the Recondo torso mod?

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I agree the above...

They are all round awesome... very cleanly constructed too, and I love the shot gun pouch on the back, its cool when figures can hoslter all their weapons they come with.

Well done.

good customs, just keep references to flute-related metal bands associated with Brawler

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thoughts.. both are great.Outback is pure perfect and recondo I still haven't tried cuz I don't think I'd do to good on him but you hit him just right. Isn't the head the barrel roll with the 5 o clock shadow.
Tim

now you will need to make "lil mule" to go with Recondo

I loved that movie.

Glad you guys are all digging these. They were both a bit of work.

Here's the parts lists:

Recondo
Head: BTR Barrel Roll
Upper torso, arms and gunbelt: RPG Indy
Lower torso and legs: 25th Duke
Hat: Crosshairs
Shotgun sheath and shotgun: Army of Darkness Ash
Machete: Mauraduer

Outback
Head: Combination BTR Hollow Point and Hi-Tech
Torso, belt and feet: 25th Roadblock
Arms: 25th comic pack Shipwreck
Legs: 25th Duke
Hands: 25th Crank Case
Backpack: 25th Red Star
Harness: 25th Arctic Snake Eyes
Rifle: Maurauder

Unfortunately I don't have WIP pics of Recondo's torso. Suffice to say it was a bear to adapt, but I really didn't want to just use another Duke torso for him.

And Outback's torso was a lot of work as well. The white paint really didn't want to take on that grayish t-shirt plastic. And the flesh color is still a little off on the neck (think I found a fix for that today).

Thanks for taking the time to look and to comment.

Recodno is a solid custom. I too like the added shotgun on the back. I like the head choice but if it were me I would have changed Barrol Rolls stylish doo.

Outback I flat out love. This is the version I want Hasbro to make for the 25th line. It pays homeage to the original but makes enough changes to update him.

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rock on man. they both are killer. nice job

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