Cobra Crimson Strike Team Viper

Next up, I did a custom Crimson Strike Team Viper based on the JoeCon Crimson Strike Team set from 2002. I made this custom Viper a year before any news of the 2009 JoeCon Crimson Strike Team set was released. I started with a regular 25th Anniversary Wave 7 Cobra Viper and decided to make a removeable helmet for him too. First, I popped off the Viper head and then dremeled out the inside until it would fit over a 25th Anniversary Cobra "Scarface" Officer head from the comic pack. Next, I took off the Viper's vest and painted it black, red and silver with Tamiya acrylic paints and painted the Viper's body red also. I painted the Viper's wrist pads silver as well as the insides of his thigh pads. Then painted the helmet red and the goggles black with silver lens and red straps on the goggles, added a Crimson Strike Team logo in silver on his left bicep, painted the outside trim of his wrist pads and inner thigh pads black along with the pockets on the outside of his thighs.

Custom Cobra Crimson Strike Team Viper "recipe"

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

Rest of figure - Viper (2008 25th Anniversary Single Carded Figure, Wave 7)

Paints Used:

Tamiya X-1 (Gloss Black)

Tamiya X-11 (Chrome Silver)

Tamiya X-7 (Red)