Great job

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that head is just awesome! really great pics, i love seeing the in process shots.

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Not into Joes like I once was, but I want 2 of this figure - one to pretty up as RB, and one for what looks to be pretty great fodder.

Love what you've done with yours.

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I was never really satisfied with my gunmetal repaint of Pursuit of Cobra Duke. And with the recent reveal of Retro Duke, it seems like I have to repaint it again so I did a quick Photoshop and came up with four possible colors:



Which one best screams "Duke" to you?

- JM

i don't dislike any of those. there is an obvious pun with a brown duke. i think the dark green with some metal on the high spots.

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I just replaced the Resolute Animated style tac vest with something more realistic while still keeping the same pouch configuration. Also gave him a ballcap like in the early Marvel issues.

As for Duke, I went with the dark green armor and gave the red epaulettes from the cartoon just to spice things up.







- JM

I agree. I grew up on the brunette Hawk toy and cartoons but I really like the solid look of intensity this head has. Also feels like the right age.

Great figures and ultra real set work!

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I think the last Duke looks the best.

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Looks great.

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The 50th Duke figure doesn't get alot of love. But that sculpt is a great representation of a modern operator.

First thing I had to do was repaint it in colors a little closer to the 1983 figure but also more realistic. Why Hasbro chose to use the cartoon colors on a realistic toy is beyond me.

Step 1: Mask off areas to be painted.







Note: this is the lazy way of doing things. Ideally, I should have detached the hands, forearms, and legs.

Step 2: Color blocking.



Tan for the combat shirt. Three passes with the airbrush was enough to cover the collar.





Yellow sand for the hair.



Light olive drab for the pants.





Step 3: Detailing.

Combat shirts usually have darker sleeves than the torso portion.



Since the vest is taken from a Cobra Shock Trooper and is based on a SWAT trooper, the vest isn't that accurate to current military tactical vests. Either I cut off the "fabric" portion or paint it to disguise it as part of the combat shirt.





I decided to paint the "fabric" portion of the vest rather than modify it physically but cutting it off.



The figure still needs a belt but is more or less complete now.

- JM

Looks good.

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Kind of difficult to capture the color change through photos so I took multiple angles.

These pearls have been around for a while now and have been used in everything from car paint to resin sculptures.

Please excuse the fingerprint as I touched the figure before the paint was fully dry.















- JM

Awesome! I have seen mini pieces painted similar a d wondered how. Very cool use for zartan.

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I've been wanting to try those metallics forever but not having a good idea for why made me put it on the backburner. That turned out great. Perfect character choice.

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