I tend not to change my in-game armor set up very often, but recently I decided to do exactly that. Being me, I then needed to create a figure to represent my new armor. The base figure is the same
Warrior figure that I dyed black last month.
Hollow Point was originally released with the Locust Helicopter in 2003 as part of the Built to Rule line.
The base figure is just a repaint of PoC Dusty. I trimmed away the large armor pieces on his hips, but otherwise the base figure was not modified in any way. He was given a new head and a removable soft cover (from Raginspoon). Because he is supposed to be an exceptional marksman, I armed him with a scoped M14 (from Legion XIV Productions).
This is the first in a series of four. My wife and kids have become my favorite squad mates while playing Halo, and I thought it would be fun to do a custom repaint of the armor 'worn' by each family member when we were playing Halo: Reach. To be honest, I'd rather do a group of Halo 4 Spartans, but since so few of them have been released (none of which are female), I'm working with what I have available.
I've long been a fan of the Halo Universe, but only recently started playing the games. Of course, that immediately led to a desire to make Spartan figures with the 'in-game' armor I use when I play. This is the Warrior armor worn by Spartan IV characters in Halo 4. The base color is brick and the accent color is yellow. He's armed with a Designated Marksman Rifle (DMR) featuring the Noble weapon skin earned by completing the Wetwork specialization. His secondary weapon is a Magnum pistol.
Since it was originally unveiled, the common knock against the Retaliation Lady Jaye figure was that her face sculpt looked 'mannish'. This got me wondering as to whether she might not have simply fallen victim to the same fate as the reviled Rise of Cobra Baroness figure. Some time ago, I stripped all of the factory paint from a RoC Baroness head and found a really nice sculpt underneath. When I compared Lady Jaye's head sculpt against photos of the actress, two things really stood out. The first was that the figure had very red lips, whereas the actress usually wore a lighter color of lipstick. I fixed that with a tiny bit of paint (Country Colors #2300 - Painted Desert). The other issue was that the actress always seemed to use a lot of eyeliner, yet the figure had a very thin line above each eye and none below. Again, a simple fix with a bit of paint (Country Colors #2477 - Real Black). As soon as I finished adding the eyeliner, not only did she look much more feminine, but I could see a very strong resemblance to the actress. I hope you dig it.
It has been a couple of months since I finished anything new, so now that the workshop is back in order I wanted to start catching up. This is a modern era take on the classic Ninja Force Zartan. This one was requested by a friend and I'm ashamed at how long it's taken me to actually get it done. Tomorrow, he'll be on his way to Connecticut!
