Sgt Slaughter was one of my favorite Joes as a kid. It was the Sarge who helped me get into Joes.
I did a custom a few years ago, my second custom Joe ever actually. And for the time, it sufficed because of the parts available back than. Kind of a "best at the time" scenario.
and here he is
I had used the kit from Mad Joe.
Later I would come into possession of JAKKS Sarge figure and switched out the head.
And he was great...
UNTIL
Retaliation gave us a figure of Roadblock played by the Rock!
This would give us customizers a larger new body to work with. Well it didnt take long for my fellow customizers to put two and two together.
But I was iffy about using the R body due to the skin tone. I would have had to paint the flesh. And that would mean potential paint rub off.
Well Vortious Customs Accessories and I felt the same way. And He created a conversion kit in Caucasian skin tone. The kit came with the head, torso, arms, hands, whistle, hat, and baton.
I obtained one and went to work.
Being the ever difficult to please purist that I am, I switched out the gloved hands for bare hands and gave him wristbands.
Even though most folks would have left the RB legs as is.... no
I switched the lower legs with those from CA Crossbones figure thus giving my sarge ankle articulation.
I present the finished work
I did a custom a few years ago, my second custom Joe ever actually. And for the time, it sufficed because of the parts available back than. Kind of a "best at the time" scenario.
and here he is
I had used the kit from Mad Joe.
Later I would come into possession of JAKKS Sarge figure and switched out the head.
And he was great...
UNTIL
Retaliation gave us a figure of Roadblock played by the Rock!
This would give us customizers a larger new body to work with. Well it didnt take long for my fellow customizers to put two and two together.
But I was iffy about using the R body due to the skin tone. I would have had to paint the flesh. And that would mean potential paint rub off.
Well Vortious Customs Accessories and I felt the same way. And He created a conversion kit in Caucasian skin tone. The kit came with the head, torso, arms, hands, whistle, hat, and baton.
I obtained one and went to work.
Being the ever difficult to please purist that I am, I switched out the gloved hands for bare hands and gave him wristbands.
Even though most folks would have left the RB legs as is.... no
I switched the lower legs with those from CA Crossbones figure thus giving my sarge ankle articulation.
I present the finished work
