So...I'm now in possetion of at least 20 of the Brown and Green BigBen from the JvC 2pack...and about 4 or 5 of the powder blue Repaint.

Obviously they're Prime candidates for a cast head and a bit of time in RIT dye... any suggestions?

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Aside from lining them all up for a picture and putting some smart collective subtitle to it... no not really.

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Since you are dying, I'm gonna say no Arctic troops...maybe throw em in black for SAS style troops? Keep BB as their leader and give em gas masked heads? That could be pretty cool.

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Sounds cool.
Or vastly increase Broken Crotch's army...

Ooooooo I got one for ya!!! Combine the masked Cobra trooper head with the Crystal Ball hair and make Crystal Troopers!!! And then dye them black, paint the details so they all match and BLAM-O!!! you've got some Crystal Cannon Fodder!!!

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Crystal Commandos

And you can use the heads to make Live Action Beav customs. That's why I had them all.

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I didn't even know he was sick!


I'd say make the Audacious Squad or something along those lines. Paint them all in putridly bright, obnoxious colors and just see how bad you can get them to look. Only a squad such as that could possibly go up against Crystal Ball, after all.

I was going to make custom figures for the PA Joe meet and needed a base figure that I had a lot of. (Now enters Big Ben and Mirage)

Here are some pics of what I came up with, hope it helps.







The regional theme was coal miners and coal mining. We had some great ones from the previous year and I tried to tie in to that. The Cobra Mine Trooper is called Methane and the Joe/Big Ben is Auger who is based on a local version of Tunnelrat.

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Black dye + Beachhead head + Law helmet = SAS Trooper.

But do you want to paint that many eyes?

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In that case, Night Force Beachhead head (...everyone who bought the TRU Hydrofoil has one they want to part with, right?) + law helmet.

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I recall Raptor did something pretty cool with Big Ben figures, slapped some Night Creeper heads on em and made em terrorists.
http://www.joecustoms.com/customs/custo ... 48&id=5575

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19th century mexican desperados

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S'funny...I put a Sgt. Misha head onto a tan Big Ben torso, then added some Wild Bill v1 waist/legs. I was trying for the Mexican Bandit look (like in Three Amigos).

Other then donating the Big Bens to one of the board members who needs extra like figures (like the JoeCanuck or other regional figure), I would like to see the just different colors.

Let's see, there is the v1 Big Ben in dark green, the tan Big Ben from the 2-packs, the blue Big Ben, the Arctic Big Ben packed with Whiteout, and the torso was also used for one of the Oktober Guard members. Did I miss any uses?

I'd definitely use the torso for a 'new' version of the classic v1 Rock 'n Roll.

Maybe in black for a Delta Force JOE?

Pink for Big Brawler? (only if the crossed belts were batteries not bullets)

OD for a VietNam era Stoner HMG?

Maybe in Tiger Stripe over OD BDUs?

Cobra blue for a Cobra trooper not promoted to SAW-Viper?

generic color for a mercenary squad?

Pythonize?

Tiger Force?

Slaughter's Marauders?

Night Force?

Sky Patrol?

Bronze Bombers?

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I'm goign to go against the grain here and suggest instead of making them all the same army builder, make them all individuals in the same army.

For example, you could get a head to represent all of your favorite JoeCustoms members and make your own JC army. The same could work for the Convention with heads to represent all your con going friends.

Go the Spectre route and add some Star Wars aliens heads and hands, and in some cases feet, and make a Mindbender monster army.

Get some head casts from JFAK and make your own Steel Brigade: Celebrities.

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I know the body in white makes a good base for JoeCanuck figs. What would you trade for seven of em?

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