Packerbacker Customs A Fatal 4 Pack pg. 85

[packerbacker180]

Hmm, not much love for Star Wars custom? Hrumph. Guess I should share a new DC Universe commission then, eh?

Roy G. Bivolo. C'mon, I mean, it's like his parents were begging for him to grow up to be a mort in a rainbow suit!

[AcidDragon]

Wow! I'm blown away by how clean the paint apps look on him. Excellent job. One of the best Rainbow Raiders I've seen! Which head did you use??

P.S. Great job on Migs, too! I haven't been watching the show lately but looks just like Burr.

[packerbacker180]

Thanks! It wasn't always fun trying to make those colors straight. Taste the rainbow! (oh, that's good, he should use that as his catchphrase if no one else is!)

The head is just Doc Midnite with the goggles modified.

[packerbacker180]

Nope, Brad May didn't score in overtime, this is a 3.75 GI Joe custom of US Army Sgt. Paige Adams, who was one of the new Joe recruits in the 2000s Image/Devil's Due Run whose specialty was urban warfare, and marksmanship. If there's one thing I like it's new characters, and female action figures. Oops, that two things. Too bad we don't get enough female figures because you guys all think they have cooties and won't buy them. At least that's what I've been told

Head: MU Civil War Agent 13
Hair: MU X-Force X-23
Torso: mix and match casts from Vortius Customs, don't remember numbers, sculpted on pockets
Upper arm: ROC Baroness v14
Lower arm: Resolute Scarlett v13
Upper legs: 50th Shooter
Knees: 50th Stiletto
Lower legs: Retaliation Lady Jaye v9
Elbow pads and holsters: MTF

[AcidDragon]

Wow, awesome job, man. Kind of wish I didn't miss the boat on the Figure Subscription Service thing but at the same time, it's hard for me to accept that I'm going to have to be force fed at minimum 12 figures for $70 each and 3.75 inch figures at that. Still very cool job.

[packerbacker180]

Yeah, no way was I subscribing to the Joe Club, but luckily there were only a couple figures each year that I really wanted anyway, and since they're all kitbashes themselves, it's easier to just make them than pay eBay prices. I did buy a couple off ebay through the years, but most are insanely expensive.

[packerbacker180]

Looking at the Club exclusives, the only figures I'd absolutely want are :
2013 Big Boa, Blackout, Covergirl, Iceberg, Iron Klaw, Dice
2014 Cross Country
2015 Bombstrike, Slice, Frostbite, Old Snake, Psycheout
2016 Billy Arboc, Pythona
2017 Big Lob, Cross Hair, Darklon, Dr Biggles, Raptor, Sneak Peek
2018 Fast Draw, Blizzard
2019 Coils O'Doom, Munitia

And out of those I bought Blackout, Big Lob, Sneak Peek, Iceberg, and Coils for reasonable prices (under $50), made Big Boa, Covergirl, Bombstrike, Munitia, and Dr Biggles-Jones, and have assembled the parts to make Cross Country, Billy, and Pythona. And Fast Draw and Blizzard are versions I didn't really like. Blizzard always had a soft spot in my heart because he's the last figure I remember getting back in the day, so I do want to make him, but just not as bulky looking as the Club version.

Some of the other figures are cool but the Club was just way too expensive. I had a hard time rationalizing the Matty Collector Club, and that was even less than this.

[Idiot Savant]

That’s a really good job on a smaller scale figure...I have mixed feelings about small figures...

I have no clue about her and most of the characters you mentioned above, save for a few of which were G1

Anyways, it’s ALWAYS nice to fill in the ranks ...excellent work

[packerbacker180]

Yeah, 3.75 are a different animal all together with my crappy eye sight. I thought I was all done, took some pics and then noticed how completely sloppy the painting was around the waste. So had to tidy that up quite a bit.

[OneNineSix]

Beautiful. That's beautiful. So much detail in such a small figure.