Blood for the Baron!

Finished this a while ago, but didn't get round to writing up a filecard for him as I couldn't decide on his background. Since the board was quiet and I saw an article about China building the worlds longest suspension bridge just south of Shanghai, I thought I'd finish him off and post some pics.

As usual it started as an EBay auction like this:



And now looks like this:

BRIDGE UP


BRIDGE DOWN

And in action, creating an armoured bridgehead with Steeler and his boys...............

And the bridelaying dude himself...........

AVLB

GI Joe Bridgelayer painted and Z Force stickers (re-used and custom home made ones). I considered a few changes, such as guns and an antenna, but am running out, and they didn't seem to add much - so I left it pretty much at that.

Pontoon

Couldn't waste the original tollbooth hat (although I admit he doesn't look all that oriental) so I used the figure. I wanted heavy gloves though, so I took the arms from a GI Joe Range Viper. He still has his original hammer, but I added a crowbar from some cheap figure set.

I thought this would be my last Z Force custom for a while, as I have partly finished a couple of new vehicles for The Enemy, and still have some SAS Force ones to complete. However I recently found a GI Joe Warthog for a couple of quid and thought it would suit Skip as a Command Vehicle in an armoured battle. I never liked the APC for this as he wouldn't be in with the tanks and his 2MS is "Use of Heavy Armour". Although I think it might be better to even things out if I used it as a troop carrior for some Red Shadows..................mmmmmmmm....................can't decide!

I'd love to see some Shadow customs!! Doubtless whatever you decide will end up looking superb. Excellent work.

Many thanks. I'm part finished a couple of customs vehicle for your esteemed organisation Baron (he says bowing). I'm still missing a few bits, but I'll post the pictures so far. Who knows, someone on the forum may be able to help.

I love the bridge layer. The attention to detail, such as the Z-Force sign on the bridge is brilliant.

Pontoon is cool, but I reackon he needs a Z-Force symbol on his arm.

By the way, I know you've already said but, what paint do you use on the Vehicles.

Looking forwards to new Shadow converts, should be geat.

I know what you mean about the on his arm, but I've yet to find a way of putting it on that doesn't detract from the overall look of the figure.

As for the paint it's:

jimbo wrote:I tried a couple of types and colours, but my patience gave out and I went for ...

Humbrol Enamel SATIN 131

This is a green paint somewhere between gloss and matt, and although the colour isn't an exact match the 'satin' finish is close to the shiny, but not gloss, finish to the Z Force plastic.

Unfortunately enamels don't seem to take very well to the flexible plastic of the figures. I've painted an old US Para body (sacrilege I hear some cry!) with the same paint to give me a bit of body type variety on my Z Force army, but it didn't take well. I'll dig a picture out to demonstrate in a minute.

or dead!

Jimbo

jimbo hats off to you this fits right in there im having to look twice just to see if theres a z force bridge layer box in the background as this could have been designed to be released with steeler and his mobat

Jimbo, great job, (like your other customs)

did you intend Pontoon's real name to be "Tomorrow" (translated from Mandarin)?

Michael