Two Red Shadows, two SAS Force

[Jay]

Well... ya gotta love those Shads...
First up is Red Jackal:

I showed him off a number of years ago, but when I got back into Joes I decided to touch up the silver and red to make them more vibrant. You can see my older, duller version in the customs section of this site.
Pretty simple custom, a 2002 Destro head onto a Funskool Cobra Commander body. That head was meant to become Red Jackal's cybernetic noggin'!

And now, Red Vulture.

Simple color matching on the body. Arms, waist and legs are from Lifeline, torso is from Crazylegs and head is from Barbecue. I think that helmet and the flak jacket torso help make him look like a driving specialist.
I'm still searching for something to customize into a Shadowtrak for him... but thus far I continue to come up short...

As for the SAS Force guys...
First up is an upgrade on Stalker:

My original one used Lightfoot arms, but I got tired of them so I replaced them with Leatherneck arms. Much like Red Jackal, my original also had very dark, dull colors, so I lightened up the green a tad to make it more visible.
Head is from a Chap Mei "Extreme Adventures" figure with the hair and beard modded, chest is a modified 83 Gung-Ho torso with an undershirt added (complete with a turtleneck to make it look like the actual Stalker toy's shirt), arms are Leatherneck's and the waist and legs are from Barbecue.
I still need to pick something to customize into his Panther. Don't want it to just be a VAMP copy...

And here's my second SAS Force guy... actually I didn't design him to join SAS Force, but with those colors how could he not?
Meet my original character, Hiryu (Japanese for Flying Dragon):

A true Frankenstein of parts, the head is a custom cast, the torso and waist are from the BJ 8-pack Wet-Suit, the arms are from Funskool Flint (themselves constructed from Blaster upper arms and 92 Roadblock lower arms), the upper legs are from Ninja Force Storm Shadow and the lower legs are from a Lamprey.
In case you can't tell from his look and his leg gear... he's a martial arts specialist.

Looking forward to hearing some feedback!

[Chopper]

Very nicely done. The Red Vulture is very similar to my Red Dingo;

http://www.bloodforthebaron.com/customs ... index.html

Same BBQ head and Crazy legs torso, but I used Hyena driver bits for the rest. Likewise my guy is a Shadowtrak driver.

Great work mate.

Mark

[The Kraken Wakes]

Hi Jay, think we chatted on joedios? Reconise some of your customs... I didnt think you were going to join?!

[The Baron]

Welcome back, Jay!

[Jay]

Very nicely done. The Red Vulture is very similar to my Red Dingo;

http://www.bloodforthebaron.com/customs ... index.html

Same BBQ head and Crazy legs torso, but I used Hyena driver bits for the rest. Likewise my guy is a Shadowtrak driver.

Great work mate.

Mark

Huh.
Well I assure you, the ressemblances are purely coincidential.

He actually started out with me searching through my fodder parts to try and see if I had anything to make a nice, original Red Laser. I looked over the Crazylegs torso, and thought about protective vests, and decided to try and make a Red Vulture from it instead. The other parts just came naturally from what matched well... except the Barbecue head which I thought made a cool driver helmet.

[Chopper]

Huh.
Well I assure you, the ressemblances are purely coincidential.

Yup, a pretty cool one tho. What's the odds?

He actually started out with me searching through my fodder parts to try and see if I had anything to make a nice, original Red Laser. I looked over the Crazylegs torso, and thought about protective vests, and decided to try and make a Red Vulture from it instead. The other parts just came naturally from what matched well... except the Barbecue head which I thought made a cool driver helmet.

That's exactly what I did. One look at that head and it was begging to be painted red. Jez, I'm starting to sound like the Baron now I agree it does make a very cool driver helmet.

[The Baron]

I'm starting to sound like the Baron now

You dare? Insolent dog!

[Jay]

My big gripe right now is I've made three vehicle drivers but I've no vehicles for them to drive.

I don't want to just use a red HISS and a black VAMP for Red Jackal and Stalker because I want them to have their own unique gear rather than just reusing GIJoe and Cobra stuff (just like I gave them their own unique appearances).
As for the Shadowtrak, I want to make something that's more functional as an infantry carrier not unlike how it was portrayed in the Battle Action Force comics.
Sadly any Action Force-scale halftracks are very expensive collector pieces... And I wish to army build at least two or three, so I've not the budget for 40$+shipping halftracks...

[Chopper]

Heh, you forget I'm well acquainted with that story

[Chopper]

My big gripe right now is I've made three vehicle drivers but I've no vehicles for them to drive.

I don't want to just use a red HISS and a black VAMP for Red Jackal and Stalker because I want them to have their own unique gear rather than just reusing GIJoe and Cobra stuff (just like I gave them their own unique appearances).
As for the Shadowtrak, I want to make something that's more functional as an infantry carrier not unlike how it was portrayed in the Battle Action Force comics.
Sadly any Action Force-scale halftracks are very expensive collector pieces... And I wish to army build at least two or three, so I've not the budget for 40$+shipping halftracks...

There's been a few lads customising Traks with Tracks. They come up pretty good. I think the best thing for the job is one of the Corps APC's painted red tho (there I go again). I think some one already did one here?