Syndicate customs member Letal has brought some serious firepower to the table with his most recent work. His rendition of the 90’s Deco H.E.A.T.-Viper v.2 is fantastic! Take a look and see the modernization for yourself and see how it is a great take on a classic.
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From the workshop of Letal:
“For some time I thought about doing a more “serious” Ninja Force, being more radical with the changes but for some reason I ended up keeping the things close to the original figures but changing what I din’t like, a playing with the colors to make them, at least for me, more classy.”
From the workshop of Letal:
“My idea of a Night Force Chuckles is he working undercover as stand up comedian in some bar frequented by the mob and Cobra goons. 🙂 I think my version is closer to Miami Vice than Magnum P.I.”
From the workshop of Letal:
“Not exactly a new custom … I had to repaint it due to the bad habit I had of using enamel paints in my early days of customizing.
I repainted everything but the shirt and used a new head. I know it is impossible to dissociate it from Bruce Willis, but since in my joeverse Joe Colton is a bearded fellow I really don’t mind and think it fits the original figure.”
From the workshop of Letal:
“This one was a lot of fun to do and at the same challenging for me to finish, to sculpting or gluing or deciding how to distribute the colors on the details there was a good deal of work. Originally I wanted to use a Darth Sidious head, which I saw on other custom and it is a great fit .. only .. I didn’t have one here, but thanks to my brother Byrnes, I had this extra Rex Lewis figure, so I tried my luck with it … and I must admit I am very happy with the result.
Some things I thought while doing this figure:
His right arm is not robotic, it is in fact sort of a shell/exoskeleton made of gold to protect his skinless arm which without this protection would rotten.
The right arm and left side of his face took the blunt of the toxic liquid in the accident, but just the vapors turned all his exposed skin into a thin and fragile thing.
The device in his left leg is an automatic dispenser, to administer drugs and painkillers to keep him alive and walking (don’t you think and that chemicals would give him cancer).”
From the workshop of Letal:
“1990. Love that year.
I guess I tried to keep things faithful and yet a little less goofy, if such thing is possible. I like to think CGI having his 1st MOS as Anti-Tank Specialist … a nemesis for Metal-Head maybe. His main weapon bothered me because there was no protection from the blast of the missiles, so I modified the one you see here to look a little less dangerous to the user
Anyway… does this guy work? Let me know if you will”
From the workshop of Letal:
“Another great figure from the year 1990: Stretcher.
You will see there’s a change in his “vehicle” … for a O-Ring figure his flying platform was a nice acc, but I wanted something that could actually carry a wounded soldier … or at least carry Stretcher himself .. because really for a modern figure the original platform is a wee bit tiny. I am by no means a vehicle customizer but I tried my hand in this ATV and had some fun in making it useful for a rescue trooper. I don’t Stretcher would always use a vehicle but in some situations it might come in handy.
“A bumpy extraction is better than no extraction.” – Stretcher”
From the workshop of Letal:
“Hi there! After a couple of months without posting new customs, here’s one that was actually finished by the end of April.
I know this helmet and head were used before for some great customs here (It made the front page here I am certain), so tks for the inspiration. Please share any thoughts on yet another Sneak Peek custom.”
Letal may not be overly enthusiastic about his vision of the concept PoC Blowtorch, but I think that it looks fantastic, and is definitely front page material!
From the workshop of Letal:
“Nothing really new here … Based on the concept Blowtorch image, that then was customized by Cdt Weasel, that then should have been a variant for PoC Jungle Assault Blowtorch. It’s not an exact copy, I think mine ended up a little more green, some different detail here and there and different feet and added kneepads. One of the things I didn’t like much in the original 25th Blowtorch were the small feet… Â Anyway I like to keep track of my customs so I am posting it.”
From the Syndicated desk of Letal:
“I present to you, the leader of the Headhunters. The boss of all bosses. The Kingpin of all despicable and illegal things. Down to the beauty of his pockmarked face and corny ponytail: Headman.”
[See the rest of Letal’s customs HERE.]
From the Brazilian workbench of Letal:
“Here is my little Battle Force Customs project …
From left to right:
Avalanche (Antar), Blaster (Atomizer), Blocker (Volanter), Dodger (Kaptor), Dee Jay (N/R), Knockdown (Detector) and Maverick (Meteor)
The names under parenthesis are the Brazilian release code names. Here the Battle Force (Força 2000) had the Iron Grenadiers (Força Destro) as enemies, both groups represented subdivisions for Gi-Joe and Cobra using the most advanced technology.”
From the workshop of Letal:
“Here’s my update/homage to the Cobra Laser Viper. I am very happy with this figure… so much that I almost entered him in the quarterly contest… but in the end I changed my mind. As usual, any words are welcomed!”
From the workbench of Letal:
“I think of the Desert Scorpions not as desert elite infantry full of high tech stuff; I think that role fits better for the Sand Viper corps. These guys are relegated to watch over clandestine Cobra oil pipelines and plants in the desert, as they are responsible for large portions of barren lands and stay away from any human contact for days.”
From the workbench of Letal:
“FLAK Viper is not a character I see made often, in part I think, because he belongs to the bright Battle Corps era… and also because I don’t think there’s much parts available to do it… Since I don’t mind some accommodation and didn’t know what to do with the Clone Trooper helmet that would not look like too much like Clone Trooper in different collors… I started cutting the helmet. The legs where from an Arctic RoC Snake Eyes that I didn’t know what to do with it… Then I looked to a FLAK Viper and thought … those big pants could work for some kind of heat/fire resistant suit for a guy who fires rockets from it’s back. I think the rest fell in place too… and that big f. gun that comes with the awesome Jungle Viper could serve as second weapon for him to take down small aircraft.”
Congrats to Byrnes and Jericho Noleski for winning the Mayhem Custom Choice Award! You guys deserve it!
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Mayhem Customs contest polls are closed and the winners are in! We would like to thank everyone for entering the contest and every entry was simply amazing!
Stay tuned for the  Mayhem’s Choice Award!
One more winner to be announced!
1st prize goes to BL4CK5H33P with his rendition of Crimson Guard “Fred”. He came in 1st place with 12 votes scoring 28.57 of the total votes.
2nd prize goes to Letal with his rendition of General Philip Rey. He came in 2nd place with 10 votes scoring 23.81% of the total votes.
3rd prize goes to Mr. HobbyHobbs with his rendition of the beautiful Lady Jaye. He came in 3rd with 7 votes scoring 16.67% of the total votes.
One of our newest members, Letal brings us his extraordinary talent to the OG13. Check out his Daina of the Oktober Guard.
