Parts Used |
Mostly Night Force six pack, with others as noted below. |
Main Paints |
Chaos black, bestial brown, dark angel green, ice blue |
Accessories |
Various joe parts |
Playability |
Various, from 6/10 due to paint chipping to 10/10 |
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Code Name: Joutsen (Swan) Function: Anti-armour Country: Finland Originally intended as an update to Daina, I decided to make her an independant character in the team, focussing on countries that haven't had a showing in either Joe of AF history. The parts recepie is Red Star / Brekhov arms/legs and Flint's torso (stolen from Raptor's Scarlett custom), with a head from an 'Intron Depot' figure I got cheap while buying the Catwoman that would become Princess Allura. I had to chop off a massive braid and fit the head to a neck-ball, but the skin tone was an almost perfect match to the arms, though I painted the lips and hair (originally blonde). on her left arm is the Finnish flag, the UN on the right. The flash on her neck indicates she's a Warrant Officer in the Finnish Army, a subtle refence to using Flint's body. She's not as playable as the others, mostly due to a comparitivly fragile neck, but she is still my favorite .
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Code Name: Lyon (Lion) Function: Medic Country: France A real LBC, using Tundra Stalker's head and legs, and NF Short Fuse's arms and body. I painted the vest black, and added flash on the arms (French flag, UN flag). He's fully playable, with the only real danger being rubbing the insignia off, but they're pretty simple if they need repainting.
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Code Name: Hai (Shark) Function: Aquatic opperations Country: Norway I avoided calling him Viking as my first step, despite a plan to give him Tundra Stalkers Kayak. His role is somewhat crossed between a Se.A.L. the SBS and a generic commando. The cammo is not any particular scheme, but looks suitiably exotic to be from a lesser known army. He uses Short Fuse's head and legs, Flint's arms, and Beachhead's torso. He gets the Wasp mainly to match the ammo on his chest. other equipment he uses include the aforementioned canoe, and a Corps! SCUBA tank. He also has arm insignia, including the infuriatingly complicated Norweigen flag (well it is when it's so small), so he is very unsuited for going near water, but with Joutsen looks the nicest.
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Code Name: Toro (Bull) Function: Assault Country: Spain I made a figure much like this about 15 years ago, and he became my ultimate bad-ass commando fighter. Bandana, sleeveless, ammo belt, big ass grenade, he just oozed cool... and now, yeah he's still bad-ass, and now thanks to Fireflies legs, he's got stuff for blowing crap up - ohhh yeah! That and he's fully playable. |
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Code Name: Xiphos (Sword) Function: Engineer Country: Greece I had a leftover Firefly torso (who doesn't nowadays?) and no heads to fit it - until I took apart my Funskool Ripper for another project. His neck needed shavign down to fit, and I painted his glasses silver, gave him Flint's legs, and there you go. With all that ordinance on him I made him the team's engineer, giving him the grenade launcher and Recoil's mine case. Quick and simple, with a very pleasing result. The name is that of the short sword weilded by ancient Greek Hoplites, and seemed apropriate to him for some reason. |
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Code Name: Quarrel Function: Recon Country: Belgium Again inspired by Raptor's Scarlett custom, I decided instead to make her AF Quarrel - the Belgian one. No work apart from fitting the head to the neck ball, and using Con Lady Jaye's legs and Volga's torso and arms. Sho looses points for her fragile neck, but is otherwise fully playable. |
