Driftwood (Dreadnok)

Like many Dreadnok prospects, not much is known of Driftwood's past. He has no noticeable accent or mannerisms that would reveal where he might have come from. What is know about him is that he loves a good firefight, displaying courage in the face of enemy fire that Dreadnoks are not normally known for. Because he handles himself so well in combat, it is believed that he has had extensive combat training and experience. The really frightening part is that this courage is not based in any sort of allegiance to unit or mission, but in the fact that he simply loves the thrill of shooting at, and being shot at by, other human beings.

Parts: Head (Slayer Design Studios), Torso & Arms (PoC Recondo), Legs (PoC Jungle Assault Duke), Equipment Harness (PoC Dusty), SCAR (Marauder, Inc.).

Driftwood was created specifically for the Dreadnok Mission Prospect Contest at Custom Figure Wars. Stop over there and check out the other great entries!

Depth Charge (Navy SEAL)

Depth Charge is the latest addition to my G.I. Joe SEAL squad. The character was originally introduced in 2003 as part of the Spy Troops line.


















Parts: Entire figure (RoC Deep-Six), Submachinegun (Depth Charge v1), Dive Knife, Pistol, Mask, Airpack & Fins (RoC Deep Six).

Night Fox (Navy SEAL)

My kids recently bought me the Pursuit of Cobra AWE Striker for my birthday. It's a very cool item, but I felt like Hasbro kinda missed the mark on a couple of things. I ended up giving it a new paint-job, but that's a different story. The driver, Night Fox, is another Navy SEAL and a Hispanic character. I've always thought the Joes needed more diversity within their ranks, so I'm always happy when Hasbro gives us more characters of varied ethnicities and nationalities. My only real problem with the figure is that they gave him a masked head. Really? Another one? Seriously? A smaller issue was that the gunbelt would not allow the tactical vest to sit properly on his torso. I solved this by dumping the gunbelt in my fodder box. It's a very cool accessory - and it will work well on a different figure.

Parts: Head (RoC Tunnel Rat), Entire figure (PoC Night Fox), M4 rifle (PoC Jungle Assault Duke).

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I recently completed a couple of trades with the proprietor of Kurgan's Customs. He's a great guy who creates a lot of really nice customs. You should take the time to check out some of his work.

Wet Down (Navy SEAL)

Like Tracker, Wet Down is another character that I had never heard of until 2010. He was released in the A Real American Hero Collection line during 2001. The figure was nothing more than a repaint of the original 1983 Torpedo figure - even the accessories were identical. When I set about doing my Wet Down, he was also going to be a repaint, but I wanted to jazz him up just a little bit. After all, he's going to end up displayed with the rest of my divers and I need to be able to tell him apart from Torpedo, right? So I added some new accessories and deviated just a bit from the original paint scheme.

Parts: Entire figure (RoC Deep-Six), MP-5 Submachinegun (25th Anniversary Cobra Diver), Parachute Harness (25th Anniversary Snow Serpent), Dive Knife, Pistol & Fins (RoC Deep Six), Mask & Airpack (25th Anniversary SRO Lt Torpedo).

Tracker (Navy SEAL)

Tracker is a character that I had never heard of until 2010. He was released in the A Real American Hero line during 1991, well after I had stopped collecting Joes. I had a few extra RoC Deep-Six figures, and decided to flesh out the rest of the G.I. Joe Team's Diver and/or SEAL characters. Tracker is the first of these.

Parts: Head (RoC Pit Commando), Torso & Arms (PoC Jungle Assault Duke), Legs (25th Anniversary SRO Torpedo), MP-5 Submachinegun (bbi Elite Force), Pistol Harness (RoC Copperhead), Dive Knife, Pistol, Fins, Mask & Airpack (25th Anniversary SRO Lt Torpedo).