Blood for the Baron!

There was an advert for the first series of figures, set in a small toy shop.

The owner, who I think isn't Bernard Cribbins but at the time reminded me of him, was serving a young lad at the counter, suggesting which figure he might like, with phrases like "How about a Desert Rat? ...Or maybe a ...

Stunning, right down to making the webbing look like leather.

You'll need to swap positions then.

Like Santa visits every home, Barry the Bullshitter, sometimes in disguise, turns up in every workplace.

Last time one of his doppelgangers turned up at work we gave him a bullshit detector and told him he had to press it everytime he spoke; he still didn't get it.

What Bob said about a skull shaped base brought back a memory.

When I was a kid a friend's dad, a fantastic art teacher, designed an enemy HQ in the style of a castle shaped like a skull, with the mouth & teeth as the portcullis gate, fiery turrets, the works: a dark and threatening place. From the ...

What a read! Thank you Bob & Jim, incredibly comprehensive.

There was (might still be) a work-in-progress thread he had going for this and some of Dark Horse's other superb customs. The Walker and its complementary ShadowDrome were back-to-back Custom of the Month Winners:

August 2011: ShadowDrome
September 2011: Shadow Walker

That is really well done, the set up around the stretcher is superb.

Simple, excellent.

The stingray's form is probably far-out enough to work for the shads too.

Which begs the question: why did they never storm a beach with it in BAF?

A swordfish piling into some dunes, crew picking off shads left, right and centre - that would have made great front cover art.