Zarrapastroso GI Joe undercover agent custom figure

Here is Zarrapastroso (translation; scruffy, shabby). A former army veteran, who lost his home while on the army due to bureaucratic blunderings, became a vagrant. While tramping he discovered a Cobra underground compound, and he alerted his old friend Hawk. After being offered a good position in the military, Zarrapastroso accepted but turned down the idea of being behind a desk, preferring to operate as a undercover agent and keeping his street lifestyle. Now, just armed with a broken bottle and a hidden revolver under his coat, he spies on Cobra and other criminal organizations while being unnoticed by everyone!

Cobra Manifesto and Fósforo ARAH gi joe vintage custom figures

Here are two simple customs, born from the remaining bits of a Black Major/Red Laser figure. I got it second hand but came with x2 spare torsos and heads, and this just called in for some customizing! I'll admit the colours are a bit funky and a bit too pink for me, but they still make for some distinctive figures! Manifesto and Fósforo are two players in the latest Cobra Civil War. Helping the newly appeared "President Cobra", they promise equality, better pay and a return to Cobra values! Manifesto main military speciality is propaganda and spread of misinformation. Fósforo is a expert in detonations, arson and fireworks in general, a maniac who likes to burn anything at any time, specialist also in special effects and making fires seem worse than they really are, and to confuse the enemy and instill fear and chaos. They are henchmen of "Snake Haze" (the purple Snake Eyes), which is a mysterious ninja serving the new "President Cobra". They've chosen this light hue of purple to distinguish themselves from other factions and regular Cobra troopers and operatives.

Selva Profunda GI Joe vintage custom figure

 Here is a rework of one of my first GI Joe customs. Originally, it was just a recombination of parts with a bit of paint in Falcon's head. It had yellowed badly, and with hindsight he needed a revamp, so I gave him a full repaint, except for the accesories. I gave him some facepaint in the sort of Commando modern warfare.

Selva Profunda is the GI Joe specialist for deep jungle warfare in South America. Himself a native, he can work in the deepest of jungles, moving undetected and surprising Cobra, even in the furthest Amazonian jungle!

Samba GI Joe arah vintage custom figure Brazilian operative

Samba; she is the Brazilian operative of GI Joe, expert in cryptofauna and cryptozoology! new reports indicates the presence of dinosaurs deep in the amazonian jungle, a secret that naturalists and GI Joe try to keep, and Cobra wants to capture them to use their DNA in their evil experiments!

This custom was born when I got my first vintage Lady Jaye figure, I thought so different from the cartoon which I tried to customize to make her more like her. But after sometime in storage it yellowed, so I thought of revamping that custom and making a new figure, basically with dark skin I had to repaint it :) . The dinosaur comes from the Revell Dimetrodon kit, which after years it had lost two feet, which I repaired with sculpting. A bit homage to the never produced afroamerican female Joe that appears on Yo Joe.

AGENT ZERO GI Joe custom figure Fortnite style Marvel

Agent Zero; a mysterious man, secret agent pertaining to some secret government organization not even GI Joe is fully aware of, he pursues certain Cobras for some unknown crime, and partners with GI Joe members during these missions.

 Backstory; a long time ago I did a custom of Agent Zero in 6 inches (actually the Marvel character Maverick in another suit/codename) and I thought, this would be cool in the Joeverse. I bought dead cheap a Fortnite figure, and thought "he is almost identical to him!" so after a bit sculpting and repainting here it is. Sorry for the blur in the two pictures, I didn't notice they were so blurry and it was freezing and raining as you can tell in the last picture! but just for that last pic it was well worth it!

Cobra GRAFFITI custom action figure GI Joe Valor vs Venom hasbro

 Here is a custom I just took pictures last week, Cobra Graffiti! once a street gang member, which went to prison for repeated damage of public property with spray painting, he freed himself and joined Cobra as the only way for rebelling against the system he wants to destroy. He is, however, many times too unruly even for Cobra levels, as only total anarchy satisfies Graffiti. He is often embroiled in petty disputes, gang wars and major uprisings in the Cobra hierarchy. He uses toxic spray painting shot at extremely high pressure which can be used directly as a weapon, blinding opponents and enemy vehicles.

 Custom backstory; many, many years ago I bought a ridiculous amount of headless VvV figures.... god knows why they were beheaded (maybe early Star Wars customizing?). Anyway, this is about the last combination of those, with a head made out of body putty, epoxy and molten plastic. He was lying around half finished until I decided to tatttoo it with graffiti everywhere. Silver weapon no idea from where it came, if anyone knows I'd be happy to know!

COUP D'ETAT GI Joe ARAH Vintage Cobra custom figure

This is Coup D'Etat, a custom I did about 5 or 6 years ago and just made pics lately. Coup D'Etat is a Range Viper that got stranded in a forgotten war in Central America, and guess what, he managed to get "elected" Presidente. His survival skills were so high, that he realised the only way to stay alive was to rise to the top and rule over all the country. Nobody knwos what happened with the rest of his squad, or which Range Viper he was, but he has now forsaken Cobra and he looks to create his own evil empire. His weapons are real gold plated, to have emergency fortune always at hand. In a lot came a damaged Range Viper head, that cried for something cool to do with him. And so it came about.

Amok Dreadnok Cobra custom figure GI Joe Hasbro 25th

This is Amok, a new Cobra dreadnok. I got the Roadblock 25th figure, which I thought was awful, and hence I customized him. I felt more Dreadnoks were needed, and at the same time I had a spare bike to repair, so was born Amok. 

"A Dreadnok with the urge of running around, recklessly, without objective nor reason, if you see him in your backmirror, run!"

Dino Hunter GI Joe custom figure

This is Dino Hunter, a figure heavily inspired by Chad and Matthew's Jurassic Park line of customs (if I remember well, this was about 5 years ago). I liked very much the concept hence I did it with a few spare parts I had. The whole dino idea, even if a bit absurd, I dig it quite a bit, and would have loved that all Jurassic Park figures would have had Joe size and articulation.

Miles Mayhem GI Joe Cobra version custom figure MASK Kenner Venom

And here is another in my line of MASK figures turned to 25th. Pity only Trakker managed it to make it officially. Was asked to do this, if for my collection probably I will do it on vintage o-ring bodies. I made a cast of the helmet so I would always be able to do this :) . Luckily there exists the Destro ROC base figure, which is just great for Miles Mayhem. The collector who wanted didn't want him fat, so it was easier this way. All the concentration went into the MASK, and sculpting, moulding, casting, then sanding to make it fit, was complex. Did a controller for him as he always seems to be controlling something at a distance :) .

Mirage Omar Shadow Strikers custom figure GI Joe ARAH style

Here is another custom figure I made some time ago :) . He is Mirage Omar, an interesting character that appeared in the very short lived "Shadow Strikers" series, a sort of MASK toyline with clear vehicles. I saw very much GI Joe potential in it, (the enemy is called "Dr Viper", and his organization, the "Evaders", you cannot get much more GI Joe than this). Sadly there was only a pilot episode. Some of the designs are very interesting.

So I chose Mirage Omar, the coolest and most different. He is an ex-terrorist that has turned to good hero ways. Like MASK, I think this would have been super cool in Joe version, hence customizing is the only way to turn :) .

If you are interested, you can see the only episode here;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhnhrCOVEjM&t=2s&ab_channel=VHSLegacy

             

 

Arumakan GI Joe ARAH custom figure

 

Here is Arumakan; a sort of south east asian Sumatran mercenary expert in gliders, having two gliders, one for silent attacks, and another jet one for powerful ground attacks. Sort of my hands went free on this one, but I am very happy with how he turned out. Name comes from the glider which was a paper plane.

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

 Here is Wild Boar! another 25th version. Hasbro left the line with many gaps, hundreds of them really. I made his weird two-helmeted fashion, and gave him a weapon as the original never had one.

Again, I believe I got rid of another Snake Eyes from this world (far too many :lol:), to create this new character.

GRANITE Custom GI Joe Cobra vintage figure arah

Here is Granit, a custom that was inspired by a great custom, I think I saw on Chad/Matthews website (please correct me if I am wrong). I saved the image for years, and then I stumbled onto a "granite spray", a strange and wonderful item, that allows you to actually spray texturized granite onto something. The design is sadly flawed, as it is clogging continuously, but at least allowed me to pull out this custom :) .

The main idea is that he sports a new, experimental armour based in very thick granules that renders him virtually indestructible to small arms fire, and hence, if you have such a suit, the first thing you do is becoming a mercenary :) .