Cobra Armored Troop Transport Driver

The G.I.Joe Team has the A.P.C. for a troop transport but Cobra really doesn't have anything like that so I decided to make them one that had some firepower on it and could haul some troops into battle. The vehicle I used for this custom was a L.A.V. from BBI and will be tomorrow's post. Today's post is for the custom driver that I made for it.

Starting with a "Scarface" Cobra Officer, I popped off his helmet, head & webgear. I wanted this driver to fit in with the rest of Cobra's "blueshirts" like the Stinger drivers and Officers and Troopers but yet, stand out a little from the pack. So I used Viper upper legs insted of the Cobra Officer ones and used a Snow Serpent head and goggles along with Double Clutch's vest. I popped the glued on goggles off of the Snow Serpent's head and then painted the head flat blue and the goggle red with black trim. After the paint had dried, the goggles were glued back on. The vest was originally dark green/olive drab and was repainted flat blue with black trim and the Viper upper legs were painted flat blue with black side pockets.

Once everything was put together, he looked like I had wanted him to, like a typical Cobra "Blueshirt", yet different enough to distinguish his rank and job classification.

Custom Cobra Armored Troop Transport Driver "recipe"

Head/goggles - Snow Serpent (2008 25th Anniversary single carded figure, Wave 9)

Vest - Double Clutch (2008 25th Anniversary Vehicle Sets, Wave 1 {Vamp w/Double Clutch})

Upper Legs - Viper (2008 25th Anniversary single carded figure, Wave 7)

Rest of figure - "Scarface" Cobra Officer (2008 25th Anniversary Comic Pack, Wave 3 {"Fred" Crimson Guard/"Scarface" Cobra Officer})

Paints used:

Tamiya X-1 (Gloss Black)

Tamiya XF-1 (Flat Black)

Tamiya XF-8 (Flat Blue)

Tamiya X-7 (Red)