Bazooka "Zook" from the Reloaded project

[ska_lives]

This figure was my first entry into the GI Joe: RELOADED project that Icecream man is putting on(go check the entries out!). I had this figure pieced together for MONTHS prior to this, because he was going to be a regular Bazooka custom, but I just couldnt figure out what I wanted to do with the jersey.
Reloaded came along, and I decided that since this was set in the near future I would repurpose the custom and make it into a relative of an original Joe member. Thus 'Zook, the son of the original Bazooka was born. I opted to make him a Rugby player because it would allow me to give him a jersey number without painting numbers across the split of the torso, and it would work well for incorporating the Joe logo as a team seal. From there is was just painting and some washes, then voila!
I hoped you enjoy, and that you enjoy all of the hard work everyone has put into RELOADED!

CnC is welcome and appreciated.

Recipe:
Head: Ret. Roadblock wv. 2 w/ sculpted beard
Body: ROC Benchpress
Lower arms: Ret. Roadblock wv. 2

Accessories:
Bazooka: Ret. Lady Jaye
BP: Ret. Lady Jaye
Rifle: ARAH Outback v.1

Fliecard(bio by me, design by Icecreamman)

 

[Meddatron]

Really great job on that beard!

 

[WildBill]

Yeah, cool fig!

 

[K-Tiger]

Needs a couple of extra rounds for that SMAW*. Strapped to a ruck would be fine.





*Yes, I know the back pack has "rockets" for this thing, but the removable section on the launcher itself is the actual round. This is the Fighting 1:18th, and motherlovers got to learn.

 

[ska_lives]

So what you're saying is the entire rear tube is the round? It's a manufacturer error to have packed the rocket pack with it?

 

[K-Tiger]

The circled section is the cased projectile. After it's fired you unscrew it and place another one on the trigger/sight assembly.

Note Zap is holding the SMAW backwards because Hisstank: Fuck doing it right.


Whether to say it's an error or intentional on Hasbro's part is hard to say.

 

[ska_lives]

Gotcha gotcha.
I looked it up as well earlier. If I had a few more I could go for accuracy for sure. The downside, Ill have to play pretend for the time being...at least until I can find some more BPs as well.
Now, reliable sources of ammo and such are for sure things I can get behind, some of the other nuanced details are not really my thing, but this is one that I would be down to fix if I had the extra bits.
I appreciate the info.

 

[Raimondo]

Awesome work as usual!