H.I.S.S. tank and G.I. Joes (Vamp added, May 17, 2013)

[Michka]

This is the very beginning of a G.I. Joe project. It's kinda sad how long it's taken me to get this far. The H.I.S.S. tank is from my buddy Mike's Shapeways store, Arctic Skunk. It's available in the store right now.






Here is the H.I.S.S with Storm Shadow, a RAFM Modern Heroes Ninja. This way you have an idea of the size. It's not a big tank. Just enough room for the driver and the gunner in the turret. Destro sells these cheap to Cobra Commander, so he can buy lots of them.  



Here we have the only Joes I've finished so far. Snake Eyes and Torpedo are both from Chronoscope. They both need new bases, as does Storm Shadow. Unfortunately I've run out of basing materials at the moment.  



And finally a battle shot. Since I was shooting this in my backyard I was reminded of my younger days when you played with whatever toys you had. Snake Eyes and Torpedo are taking on Storm Shadow and a tank. It could happen.  

[A_Train]

Very awesome.  Do you have other Joes planned?
There is a good Cobra Commander out there now.

[joekano]

Very cool models, and the paint jobs are excellent.  Brings back a lot of memories of backyard adventures in my youth as well.

[Brummie Thug]

I wanna see Shipwreck including parrot!

Seriously nice though dude 

[leonmallett]

Very nice. Looks a tad small to my eye, but accomplished work on the tank.

Good minis selection as well.

From one GI Joe fan to another.

[Michka]

Thanks for all the kind replies.

Do you have other Joes planned?

I'm working on a Scarlett conversion right now. I have a Duke planned and maybe a Beach Head. For Cobra I have to do a Baroness and I will eventually pick up the Golgo Island Cobra Commander. I'll be getting a whole bunch of Victory Forces figures when I have the chance and that web-site doesn't hate me. I've had problems in the past.

 As I said, this is just the beginning of a much larger project. Of course at this rate it'll be done sometime around 2044.

[Weird WWII]

Fantastic!!!  Truly, fantastic!!!

Brian

[dijit]

Great work and great to see my favourite Jow in miniature; my younger self always thought snake eyes was way cooler than the others and hated the fact that my brother had him and not me

[Faust23]

Tasty!

[DS615]

Ooh, that HISS is spectacular.
What are you going to use for the regular blue suits?

[Michka]

I just put in an order with Victory Force for 2 German Wehrwolf Half Squads. That's ten men. I also ordered the NEW WAR German NH Half Squad for specialists and such. I think 15 is a good starting place. It seems I've found some inspiration on this project recently.

[Doomsdave]

I can't believe I missed this.  Wonderful.  I will be scoring some of those tanks for sure, the HISS was my favorite vehicle as a child.  I have been wanting to build a 28mm version for some time but lack the skills and equipment.  Thanks so much for the heads-up. 

[Papa Spanky]

H.I.S.S. tank was my favorite GI joe toy also. Excellent conversions, cant wait till 2044 to see them all finished. On the plus side I will be in my 70's and every time I see your models will be the first time for me... 

[Christian]

I love this! 

The backyard is the perfect place to take those photos... it is mostly where I played with G.I. Joe's anyway! Brings back memories, thanks for sharing!

[mpennock]

Excellent conversions, cant wait till 2044 to see them all finished.

Michka was at my place for a game yesterday and told me that he now had five Joes finished, and had primed his Cobra troopers. Maybe we'll have to revise that date to 2042....