Whilst I am in the mood to finish off figures on the paint bench I have got another Alpha Squad figure finished. Again he has sat a while part done on the paint bench. This is Mercer an ex Cobra Viper and the only known Viper to of defected to the Joes and survived. Mercer is a member of the Renegades a group of individuals lead by Sgt slaughter they don't answer to anyone but themselves and are a bit of a loose cannon.
The figure itself is the Green Beret from Rogue Miniatures repainted in a suitable scheme. The advantage of doing Mercer is to test out a colour scheme I hope to use for the Cobra Vipers that I plan to do at some point. Interestingly the card art never matched the action figure. The hairstyle was correct but the colour was sort of a strawberry blonde. The figure I had and in the cartoon he had brown hair so that is what I went with. Googling some images I can see later figures all had brown hair as well with the later ones adding a beard and changing the hair style. I use to have a flat top as a a hairstyle growing up as well so it was kind of like having a mini me.
I had Mercer as a kid and he also had a role in GI Joe the Movie in storming Cobra-La alongside the other renegades and the other new recruits. So had that bit of extra character compared to the other Joes I had. I want to make the remaining two renegades Taurus and Red Dog. Taurus I think I can make from a Hasslfree figure with an added beard and some new weapons. Red Dog is far trickier and I am pondering the choices for him.
I have no frame of reference for this chap, but it looks good anyway. :)
ReplyDeleteAnd I’d put money on the fact that you have never looked anything like this.
Thanks. I had the same hair style and the imagination of a kid. I looked like everything from a Green Beret to superman.
DeleteVery cool figure - you have to get a hovercraft too! :) BTW, I grew up with the bigger GI Joes - wish I kept the stuff.
ReplyDeleteLol I can get a 3d printed one. If I end up being able to make the Pilot Cutter then it will erode my resistance for sure.
DeleteGreat work on Mercer Simon, do you have a full picture of red dog in case I spot a relevant figure for you ?
ReplyDeleteThanks Dave! Similar to the below image. It doesn't have to be 100% if I can find a body donor and head details can be added etc.
Deletehttp://gijoe.wikia.com/wiki/Red_Dog
No problem will keep an eye out for you
DeleteAnother nice addition to the crew
ReplyDeleteThanks Clint!
DeleteOh, I remember these, I had them too. Nice approach on Mercer, looking forward to seeing what you make up for the other two.
ReplyDeleteCheers dude. The figure for Taurus is on my shopping list from Hasselfree. I need to ponder Red Dog some more.
DeleteI don't remember these three, though they look design-wise to be of the same time frame as the later Dreadnocks (Who I did have, and their car with bonnet-mounted gatling guns)?
ReplyDeleteEither way, I think you've found a good fig to represent Mercer. What I really like about him is how you've painted his anti-Cobra tattoo on his arm! ^_^
Lol cheers Dai . I repeadtly watch the movie on VHS as a kid so can remember them all coming to the rescue. The tattoo is a transfer with me painting a circle and crossing it through.
ReplyDeleteOh! Looking just awesome Simon!
ReplyDeleteThanks Michal!
DeleteThis is a very fun series of posts. 😀
ReplyDeleteCheers Stew. There are quite a few if you take a look at the Alpha Squad and Serpent Fanatic tags :)
DeleteI shall do so. 😀
DeleteGood choice of figure to represent Mercer and great paint-job.
ReplyDeleteThanks Joe. Its been nice to find one and not have to mess besides deciding colour scheme :)
DeleteGreat muscles and splendid job Simon!
ReplyDeleteGood eye for converting!
ReplyDeleteUn touched apart from paint. Going to get another and change gun and add a new head and make Muskrat.
DeleteNicely done Simon! And if you ever need a Duke Nukem proxy or even a John Cena proxy you have this mini at hand ^_^
ReplyDeleteThanks buddy, OMG I had not thought of those!
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