Vedain

This is just a head and hand swap. I ripped this off from DnJcustoms (Don). The pants are a bit rough because I was trying to go for a dirty look, but missed on the application. This is one of the beings Luke Skywalker cuts down the Jabba's Sail barge and is not a Skiff guard per se. It is made from a Klattuu Skiff Guard body and a Red Nikito head and hands.

Clutch, 25th Style Tan Uniform

This is my crown jewel and it grew out of disatisfaction of having a tan Steeler from the Ultimate Battle Pack. My original Clutch is green, and I have a couple of Vamps. I don't have any Vamp 2s. But in the cartoon, Clutch is always drawn in this uniform. I found a Vamp on clearance for my 25th for o-ring clearance. I than just painted everything up. I like this one. It is possibly one of my best customs I've done.

Grunt, 25th Style

So Grunt was going to be one of the two figures I knew that would have to be custom versions were I to switch to 25th Style. The other is/was Grand Slam. Grunt was included with a TRU 3 pack but that is now way too expensive/hard to find. Since I was having an equally hard time finding Firefly, I came up with the solution, Firefly and the Greenshirt pack. Kills multiple birds with one stone, plus gave me 3 other bodies free for customs (2 taken by Mainframe and Hacker).

So I painted up, painted around the flag (a nice added detail), used the Hawk/Flash head with brown hair.

Grand Slam, 25th Style

Grand Slam has always been shafted. There was the 82 original, which I've copied the colors here, the 83 Jetpack version, than nothing until the DTC days, and finally another a few years later as a Target Exclusive 25th back in his Jetpack colors.

I don't know why I gave him a Jetpack. IT seems like every other figure now comes with one. I think the jetpacks are silly, but I just couldn't dig out the HAL in time to take the picture. The body like the original is shared with Flash. The head is even Flash's original.

Steeler, 25th Aniversary Style

Steeler is related to the Clutch custom. I wasn't happy with the Tan Steeler from the Ultimate Battle Pack that I got clearanced out. So I tried to make him that green/brown color of the original. I didn't quite match it, but I'll live. This is the body of a 25th Clutch, the head and helmet of that Steeler with Steeler's lower arms.

25th Style Flash

I liked my Flash custom. Pitty his o-ring kept snapping. Flash was my very first GI Joe figure. I've had several versions of this custom mostly because the comic pack shorted him by just making him an astronaut. I settled on the VvV Comic Pack Grunt head and just modified that to make it fit on the 25th style body.

Mainframe Custom Update

So meet one of the custom figures that inspired the switch to the 25th style body and away from o-rings. Hacker and Mainframe were both originally 2004 Comic Pack Grunt bodies with their respective heads. They're o-rings broke usually about every 2-3 months. So I swapped them here using the heads already given; for Mainframe a cast of the 2000 GI Joe ARAH Leatherneck, modified it to the 25th body, used a Firefly vs Greenshirt troopbuilder. Put on the old vest and now he looks like a posesed Marine hacker.

Sgt Hacker, 25th Style

So meet one of the custom figures that inspired the switch to the 25th style body and away from o-rings. Hacker and Mainframe were both originally 2004 Comic Pack Grunt bodies with their respective heads. They're o-rings broke usually about every 2-3 months. So I swapped them here using the heads already given, in Hacker's case the original, modified it to the 25th body, used a Firefly vs Greenshirt troopbuilder.

25th Style Shipwreck

This was a relatively simple custom. I disassembled the leg with the holster and cut the back end off so the pump shotgun could fit.



And Just because I can...

More Weapons and Accessories

Combat Shot Gun



So here's a gun for Flint. This started as a Marauder Inc Combat Shotgun. Trimmed off the stock. Painted the shells. Painted the handles.

Double Barreled Sawed-off Shotgun


This was one of those Marauder Inc guns that I'd been curious about for a long time. However the pictures I've seen of it aren't that imporessive. It took using a brad point bit to make holes for the double barrels to finally see this one reach its full potential. Add some brown paint to the handle, and silver dry brushing.

Modified Pump Handle Shotgun


You've noticed this is heavy on the shotguns so far. This is/will be the final one. It started with my desire to be rid of o-rings for 25th Aniversary figures. I wanted something that could pass for Shipwreck's gun. I have this one but use it for Zanzibar. Trimming off the front handle than painting it took care of the rest.

Bandolier for Duke


Just a Simple use of accessories here. I took a Clone Wars Obi-Wan Bandolier, reversed it, glued on some Grenades from bbi.

Compound Bow


This is just the bow from the 25th Aniversary Comic pack 21.5 (battle damaged Snake Eyes and Stormshadow with a cloak). I painted the bow black, gave it to Zartan (along with the cloak).

Finally, not a custom because I really didn't do much here. I just have the Marauder Inc Tactical Pistol to Gen Hawk and put it in his holster. Fits better than the Hasbro guns and just about any other pistol from any other line I tried.