Customs

Forum Officer Fled74 recently shared his custom Cover Girl in coveralls with us and also took the time to answer a few questions about how he got into collecting and customizing: Q.  What got you into collecting 1:18 scale figures and vehicles, and how long have you been collecting them? A. I had a few ARAH Joes when I was 10 or so (in 1984), and it didn’t take long for me to start swapping their body parts around. I outgrew them (or so I thought) a few years later, only to rediscover them in 2003 when I picked up a few Valor Vs Venom figures at TRU. I noted the improved sculpting, but I still found them lacking (mainly the articulation and body proportions). Thanks to Australian retailers, we never got the 25th Anniversary line. It wasn’t until I ... Read More »

I’ve had a few people ask me how I paint Tiger Stripe camo on my Joes, and I thought I’d share my technique. Now, while this isn’t a perfect representation of TS camo, it’s the best I’m able to do on such a small scale. So…. Step 1: Apply the Base Coat I lay the base coat of green down on the area that is to be tiger striped. This is the result of multiple thin coats of Testors’ Model Master Dark Green (Note: this covers how I tiger striped my Stalker custom’s pants): Step 2: Make the General Outline of the Stripes Using Testors’ Model Master Israeli Armor Sand Gray, I make the general outlines of the stripes that will later be filled in with either black or brown paint. I try to space them out somewhat evenly with ... Read More »

Forum member Wry1 recently shared his latest batch of customs of some updated GI Joe characters (Scarlett, RnR, and Ripcord) and didn't disappoint. Read More »

This is a custom HMMWV that I did last year, it was the most involved of the customs that I did at that time, and finally got around to adding it to the website! Read More »

Here is our next installment of the Member Highlights. This will be dedicated to the Founding Fathers of the fighting 118th. These are the people that were here from the beginning and helped form this place. Read More »

Our news man A.V.A.C. has been in the lab and came up with a new amazing custom! Read More »

Here is my first diorama that I made for my 9th Special Forces Group (Airborne) customs that I worked on for a couple of months. Read More »

A basic tutorial on disassembling your Modern Era G.I. Joe figures! Read More »

This tutorial is to show a basic means of wiring LEDs for your project. Read More »

So, you want to solder, do you? Well there's a few things you should know before you just get down to it if you've never done it before. Read More »