Another Copperhead

[XOC2008]

Fear not, Fogger! I already took all of Battle-Kata Ninja Master Roadblock-san's pictures, and a review will be forthcoming.

Copperhead from Wave 1 Retaliation Roadrock worked with some mods.

Copperhead from Wave 2 Roadrock seems to work even better. The upper and lower arms match better in person, but the lowers are painted, and the uppers are molded in that color. Minus that and the arashikage tattoo, I could have even left the upper arms.. but I wanted the bare uppers which are more fitting for ole Copperhead.

Since there's very little post-work to do, I'll just call this done.

 

[MMorelock66]

Simple yet really effective. I think I night do something similar with the wave 1 RB.

 

[Giga Bread]

I would keep the arashikage tat. He always seemed like a guy who would watch the Knife Show.

 

[Giga Bread]

How hard was it to remove the holsters and were you able to keep the holes intact? I'm considering making replacements using those spots for my Leatherneck custom.

 

[Dr Syn]

Another one to add to the list of spare Roadblocks to use in customs (especially if one gets more than one case)

 

[XOC2008]

How hard was it to remove the holsters and were you able to keep the holes intact? I'm considering making replacements using those spots for my Leatherneck custom.

I cut the holsters off mine because I'm impatient(and it left the holes filled). The plastic is pretty flimsy and rubbery so it would probably require some freezer time, but I imagine it shouldn't be too hard. The Ultimate Roadblock uses the same legs, I think, with smaller holsters.

 

[Monkeywrench]

Very Cool!

 

[Mswi]

Nice one bud! the RB tank top works great for Copperhead

 

[G.I.*EDDIE]

Dig it!...what about that other new RB torso with the knives on his front

 

[XOC2008]

Dig it!...what about that other new RB torso with the knives on his front

That's using the Wave2 torso. I changed the upper arms.

 

[G.I.*EDDIE]

Oh...did you take the vest off?...how does CH look with the RB vest on all knived up?

 

[XOC2008]

Oh...did you take the vest off?...how does CH look with the RB vest on all knived up?

Like shit. Nah. I dunno, okay I guess. But the knives need that stupid "Battle-Kata" system. That and the one sheath is white. For no reason.

 

[XOC2008]

Here it is with that vest:

 

[xhairs]

very cool take

 

[G.I.*EDDIE]

Man, paint (or remove the paint) that white piece and that'll look equally bada$$...

 

[XOC2008]

Maybe if I can get that paint off there I'll like it more.

 

[Cloud Strife]

Nice combination of parts, X!

A couple of questions:

1. If you used the vice method to split the torso, did you have any problems with it warping or cracking?

2. Did you mod the vest to fit the torso?

 

[XOC2008]

Nice combination of parts, X!

A couple of questions:

1. If you used the vice method to split the torso, did you have any problems with it warping or cracking?

2. Did you mod the vest to fit the torso?

1. Vice method worked great. In fact, this torso seemed more resilient than others and needed an extra push, but it didn't warp or crack any part of it.

2. For the Stalker vest to fit the torso, all I did was heat and stretch it a bit.

 

[G.I.*EDDIE]

I recently popped the renegades SS torso and it didn't crack either even though it needed some extra smashing in the vice

 

[XOC2008]

Updated with a 25th Copperhead holster, POC SE/Stalker/Etc mag pouch(es), and a Marauder Desert Eagle and AKM.

 

[NSA]

Whoa, COPPERHEAD IS A NINJA TOO?!

Fuckall everyone has that tattoo now!

 

[XOC2008]

Whoa, COPPERHEAD IS A NINJA TOO?!

Fuckall everyone has that tattoo now!

Yes, yes he is.

No, I'm just lazy and don't feel like getting rid of it.

 

[G.I.*EDDIE]

If those forearms are painted, a slight swipe with acetone will quickly remove it...

The added pieces to his legs look really good...figure looks a bit more complete

 

[XOC2008]

If those forearms are painted, a slight swipe with acetone will quickly remove it...

The added pieces to his legs look really good...figure looks a bit more complete

The forearms ARE painted, so I'm worried about removing the fleshtone paint. I might find something creative to do with the tattoo sometime down the line. I have numerous cobra sigil stickers laying around.

 

[G.I.*EDDIE]

Sorry, I actually meant AREN'T painted...

it's weird that they are painted though...not like they had to mold the forearm in a color for cuff or something like Mouses forearms...

 

[XOC2008]

Yeah, I don't know why they're painted. It doesn't make any sense to me. From what I can tell, they're molded in black and then painted flesh. I could be wrong, but inside the elbow joint the plastic is black, and there are places with some tiny flecks of flesh paint missing showing black. I'm not going to cut it up and be sure, but it seems pretty obvious to me.