Cobra army thread. (GI Joe)

[TerryC]

Definitely an open cockpit. Also thinking I might cut out the back bit and put a motor in there, now that I see it mostly assembled I think it needs it.

By the way, does anyone have a scale comparison pic for these guys? Eureka Musorians, I've looked but can't find a good one. (by 'good' I mean one with them next to a figure from a brand I am familiar with, I found a pic on this board of them but it doesnt really help me)

[v_lazy_dragon]

The musorians are really pretty small - not sure of a good comparison picture, but from what I can recall they are dwarfed by Paul hicks style 'True 28mm' figures, so they'll probably be too small compared to the defiance Marines

[Michka]

I took some pictures this morning.



Reaper Chronoscope, Eureka, Victory Force, Defiance



Reaper, Eureka, Defiance, Victory Force x2, Eureka, Defiance

The Eureka minis are standing on their bases and washers inside a Slotta-base, which raises them up to about the same height as the other miniatures. I was surprised how well the Defiance minis match the size of the Victory Force German troopers I use for the standard Cobra troops.

Hope this helps.

[Elbows]

Yikes, definitely scale issues there. 

[The Gray Ghost]

Thanks You just solved one of my problems, I have been wondering how those Victory German figures would scale.

also check out Pig Iron heads section they have something close to Crimson Guard style helmet.

[TerryC]

Thanks for the pic, musorians definitely out of consideration. Hopefully the Bolt Action plastics will work out

Going through the pig iron heads now, at least one set I want, thanks.

[Elbows]

I haven't gone hands on with them, but Wargames Factory has a line of plastic US WW2 GI's as well.  Let me see if I can find the sprue...



Perhaps some mix/match possibilities with the Bolt Action fellas.  They have Germans too depending on the uniforms/parts you're looking for.

[Chaos Wolf]

Ooh, great ideas you've got here, I can't wait to see how the project develops. Your first painted figures look very good, keep it up! Were you going to do Destro, Dr. Mindbender, and the B.A.T.S?

[Christian]

This is it... this is my next project

Seriously, some nice ideas here, but I can already see some scale issues (the comparison pics notwithstanding). Those Eureka figures mentioned are actually from the Kriegspiel sub-range, smaller even than Eureka's other 28mm Moderns... which could be a good source for a 28mm Duke figure.

I used to play with GI Joes when I was a kid. Right, not the most original childhood memoir but I attribute my fascination with toy soldiers to those poseable action figures.

Watching this with interest! 

[TerryC]

Chaos Wolf: My plan for the BATS was defiance marines with a head swap, and bionic arms from Blight Wheel, which I have lying around already. May swap their legs though. Destro is going to be made from a Forgeworld Death Korp leader type, and so are his personal troops. I really dont know what to do about Mindbender yet...

Havent had much time this week, but I did pick up the plumbing connector bit I want to use as the base for a Battle Ball, and had two more ideas for vehicles but I'll leave it till I have more time to post, in short; ones a 1:48 Merkava tank cut shorter, and the others an 1:35 Greyhound with multiple turrets.

Got weapon swaps and base colours done on two more vipers, and painted up a Bolt Action Commando as the first of my blueshirts. It is a bit obvious all three figure lines are in different scales but....meh close enough. I'm thinking I may be able to press mold the cobra style helmets, but I'm going to need to find a cheap source of AK-47s, any ideas?
In the second theres figures I just saw and picked up on Saturday, a star wars something that might become a dreadnok (Stormrider or something, I cant remember, hes new), and a figure that might become the Baroness after I chop off her friend. I'm not sure on the scale for them (scales going to be big hassle for this it seems) so I put in the other figures so far to see what people think.

[TerryC]

Whoops, messed it up, sorry for the double post but heres the two new vipers promised above...

[Brummie Thug]

Nice work so far. Looking forward to seeing some shots of those vehicles

[manatic]

The Assault Group sells nice AK's:

http://www.theassaultgroup.co.uk/store/home.php?cat=25

[Predatorpt]

As for the Baroness, you can always try to find the female Krav Maga agent from the original Heroscape box:



Just add some more hair and repaint it. And now a gratuitous shot of Sienna Miller as the Baroness:



(I swear it appeared on the same thread where I found the picture of the agent. I swear!)

[Steve F]

Those Heroscape figures are enormous, though.