Carcass (G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary) Custom Action Figure

And the last to complete the trio :) . I used a Tygra Thundercats 3.75 to bring him to custom figure life. He needed sculpting everywhere, a complex custom to do, but I am very happy how he turned out. I followed the card illustration as close as possible.

Lobotomaxx (G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary) Custom Action Figure

Probably, the weirdest "GI Joe" figure to ever have been made. Yes yes, a GI Joe figure, you've read well. I was asked to bring the Lunartix aliens to the 25th style, and I followed the cardback, as I saw good potential in it, and there is no other source of media for the characters. I thought that as Star Wars aliens, they are quite good. Made using a Lizard figure with some sculpting here and there.

 

Predacon Lunartix Empire GI Joe Cobra 25th anniversary custom figure style

Here is a fun custom I did last year, this is Predacon, one of the aliens that was last introduced to GI Joe in about 1994 and left forgotten since. Not specially my cup of tea, but I must admit it is a cool character, although more in Star Wars if you ask me! the vintage figure is quite forgettable, for my custom I based on the blister art, which is quite menacing. Most complicated was engineering the arms articulations, so that all arms are fully poseable. I used a Venom body, which was curiously super articulated on arms, but nearly fixed legs, and combined it with a modern Thor.

 

Hydro Viper 25th anniversary Retro custom figure

Hydro Viper; I followed a recipe I saw online for a kind of beastly Hydro Viper. I casted the vintage accesories, and modified them to fit.

Matt Trakker, cartoon style 25th anniversary GI Joe (Mask) Custom Action Figure

For some reason unbeknownst to mere mortals, Hasbro pulled up a strange concoction of a Matt Trakker in their 25th line, in sort of comic style. I hardly know anybody that would prefer that version over the classic cartoon. Hence, I was asked to do a cartoon accurate version, using the Hasbro as base. Basically resculpt armour, add pouch and sculpt the helmet, which took a good amount of time. I then casted it with plastic, so the helmet was easy to take on and off. Hope you like it. Now with the mould, I might make one ARAH version for myself :) . 

 

 

 

Sea Slug GI Joe 25th Anniversary custom figure

Here is Sea Slug, in 25th style. Done last year. I tried to make him in full 25th style, and I made him a removable helmet. I did the logo later, hence missing in some of the pictures :) . I used various 25th parts, cannot remember which, and Duke's head.

 

Overlord (G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary) Custom Action Figure Retro collection

Here is Overlord, in 25th style. The 25th line stopped short of many figures, and hence customizing kicks in :) . I casted the original parts, of my vintage figure, as they are too complicated and expensive to find nowadays. I made a kitbash of dozens of differents figures, and even then I had to sculpt quite a bit of all the details.

Downtown GI Joe 25th Custom Figure Hasbro

This is Downtown, in 25th style. This one was a commission, as usually with one version of a figure I have enough, I don't much for upgradings. I followed a pic of a 25th version there is floating around on the net, sorry I forgot who made it. I used a Duke's head, which I thought at first it wouldn't work, but with some paint I think looked quite good. Then I was going to use the original vintage accesories, but first, they looked a bit puny and undetailed, and secondly I could not find them for the life of me without forking out almost a hundred bucks, or sacrificing the accesories of my beloved vintage figure. So, I thought better to engineer new accesories, more modern, with a heavier mortar and one, heavier projectile.

 

Headhunter Stormtrooper in 25th style GI Joe custom figure modern ROC POC 3.75"

Headhunter Stormtrooper; before this, I had only done 1 custom as a paid commission, for a friend in a forum. I started properly customizing joes, and then made a few customs for sale of Marvel and DC, which brought other commissions, but just last year a collector's who collects MOTUC also asked me for this. So I did them, first modern joe commission. The Headhunter is one of the few vintage Joes I am lacking! I toyed with the idea of buying one just to cast some parts, but saw it's ridiculous prices so I had to pass on the idea (I'll get it someday, damn!). This is one of those characters that changes a lot from blister artwork to figure, I based on the vintage figure as asked, but took some inspiration from the artwork, as some things if not would look plain silly in 25th form. Doing so many small spikes was a challenge! 

 

 

SOS Action Force GI Joe ARAH custom figure

SOS; this is a custom that started as a simply partswap, and decided to improve it and upgrade it with a repainted Corps head, which are really wonderful, by the way. A member of the British Action Force, specialist in rescuing in adverse conditions.

Alas GI Joe 25th Custom Figure Airborne Comic book order of battle Marvel

 Alas; I was always fascinated by the comicbook filecards, showing me Joes I never knew nor saw! with time, I went identifying them, but some simply didn't ring any bell nor matched the figures. I realized later, as my comicbooks were in Spanish, that the filecard for "Alas" (wings in spanish) corresponded to Airborne! I could see no similarity between the figure or cartoon with the illustration! it is so bizarre, that when I came over it again, I decided to do a custom of him in it's honour. In my opinion, the old ARAH figure is nice, but doesn't look at all to have red indian descent, hence in my joeverse, that is left out and is given to Alas, a new Joe.

 I chose a 25th body, even if I don't usually, as was the only one that could give me the thin and tall look of the illustration.

 

Cobra Elephant GI Joe Safari vehicle 1:18 mount

 An captured, mind controlled elephant to enable Cobra Commander to "travel in style" 😊☺️. Done a lot of years ago, in 2008, one of my first customs.