Cobra Crimson Guard Urban Assault Strike Team Heavy Battle Tank continued.............


After the satin black camouflage had dried, I painted the rest of the detail applications on th etank. The raised conduit running all over the tank, engine fans and cooling vents, bolts, rivets, tools, etc. were all painted. Then the rest of the stickers went on and it was time to put the tank back together again.

Custom Cobra Crimson Guard Urban Assault Strike Team Heavy Battle Tank "recipe"

Complete Tank - G.I.Joe Mobat (2008 25th Anniversary Target Exclusive Ultimate Battle Pack)

Paints used:

Krylon Fusion Satin Burgandy Spray Paint

Krylon Fusion Satin Black Spray Paint

Krylon Color Creations Satin Black Indoor/Outdoor Paint (#KDQ5105)
Tamiya XF-1 (Flat Black)

Tamiya X-1 (Gloss Black)

Tamiya X-9 (Brown)

Tamiya X-11 (Chrome Silver)

Cobra Crimson Guard Urban Assault Strike Team Heavy Battle Tank continued........


After some of the detail paint apps had dried, I used a soft tip pencil to draw the outlines for the camouflage on the tank. I then used satin black acrylic paint and filled in the camo patterns. This took multiple coats with the black since it's fairly thin. I painted the camouflage with the tank "mocked up" so the pattern would flow the right way and not be off from the other parts.

Then after the black camouflage paint had dried, I applied some Cobra and Crimson Guard logo stickers.

Continued in tomorrow's post.......................

Cobra Crimson Guard Urban Assault Strike Team Heavy Battle Tank continued.......


After the flat grey primer had dried, I sprayed those parts with Krylon Fusion Satin Burgandy and some with Krylon Fusion Satin Black too. Then, after they the coats had dried, I did some detail paint work on some of the parts and then mocked the main parts of the tank up to decided on the camouflage pattern. I used a pencil and softly drew the desired patterns on the tank so I'd know where to paint the black for the camouflage. Here's some pics:

To be continued in next post............

Cobra Crimson Guard Urban Assault Strike Team Heavy Battle Tank (U.A.S.T.H.B.T.)


I liked the idea of the Crimson Guard Strike Team and wanted to make some vehicles for them. Before I finished taking this Mobat appart, I had decided to make this a special branch of the Crimson Guard Strike Team and call it the Crimson Guard Urban Assault Strike Team. I had decided the colors would be the Burgandy with Black urban style camoflauge.


For those that aren't aware of what this custom actually looked like before the whole project, here is 2 pics of what the 25th Anniversary G.I.Joe Mobat Tank looks like:

So, after taking it completely appart, I seperated the pieces to show them once taken appart so you get an idea of what's involved.

Then, it was on to the primer. Using Flat Grey Primer spray paint, I coated the main body, underbody, main turret and small turret(turrets are not pictured with primer).

To be continued in tomorrow's post..................................

Cobra Viper Officer (Arctic Outfit) continued from yesterday's post.........

After the flat white paint had dried, it was time to do some detail paint apps. I painted the details on his inner thighs, outter thighs, vest and faceshield with sky blue and also used gold for his lenses on his goggles and flat black for trim on his inner and outter thighs and the belt & some pockets on his vest along with the grenades on his vest. I glued his torso back together and placed a red Cobra symbol sticker from cobrastickers.com on his vest to finish him off.

Custom Cobra Arctic Viper Officer "recipe"

Head/Goggles - Viper Pilot (2008 25th Anniversary Vehicle Set, Wave 3 {Fang/Claw})

Rest of figure - Desert Explosives Trooper (2008 25th Anniversary Internet Exclusive Desert Conditions 7 pack)

Rifle - Viper (2008 25th Anniversary Single Carded Figures, Wave 7)

Paints used:

Flat Grey Primer Spray Paint

Flat white Spray Paint

Tamiya XF-1 (Flat Black)

Tamiya X-11 (Chrome Silver)

Tamiya X-12 (Gold Leaf)

Tamiya X-14 (Sky Blue)

Cobra Viper Officer (Arctic Outfit)

Next up in the Cobra arctic customs was this Viper Officer. Using the same basis as the Arctic Viper for this one, I started with an Internet exclusive Desert Explosives Trooper and popped him appart. I then sprayed the torso, arms and upper legs with flat grey primer. Then sprayed them with flat white after they dried.


to be continued in tomorrow's post.....................

Cobra Viper (Arctic Outfit) continued from yesterday....................

After the flat grey primer and flat white had dried, it was time to add some detail paint. I painted the inner thigh padding with grey and red along with the stripes and pouches on the outer legs. The vest was painted with grey and flat black and received a red Cobra symbol sticker from cobrastickers.com to finish it off. I also painted the lense pieces on his goggles with flat red and the sides of his knees above the boots with flat white.

Then it was final assembly time and re-glued the torso. Decided to give him some different gear for the arctic too. He still has his typical standard issue Viper rifle, but I gave him a Snow Serpent backpack with missile launcher and skis and poles so he can be an arctic ski-patrol Viper.

Custom Arctic Ski-Patrol Viper "recipe"

Head/Goggles - Viper Pilot (2008 25th Anniversary Vehicle Sets, Wave 3 {Fang/Claw})

Rest of Figure - Desert Explosives Trooper (2008 25th Anniversary Internet Exclusive Desert Conditions 7 pack)

Backpack - Snow Serpent (2008 25th Anniversary Single Carded Figures, Wave 9)

Skis/Poles - Snow Job (2008 25th Anniversary Single Carded Figures, Wave 5)

Paints used:

Flat Grey Primer Spray Paint

Flat white Spray Paint

Tamiya XF-1 (Flat Black)

Tamiya XF-7 (Flat Red)

Tamiya XF-19 (Sky Grey)

Tamiya X-11 (Chrome Silver)

Cobra Viper (Arctic Outfit)

Another of my vast line of Cobra Arctic customs was this Viper. I didn't like the 25th Anniversary Arctic Vipers that Hasbro released with the Internet Exclusive Arctic Conditions 7 pack so I decided to make my own. I started with a 25th Anniversary Internet Exclusive Desert Conditions 7 pack Explosives Trooper and popped him appart. I then sprayed the body pieces with flat grey primer and after that had dried, sprayed them with flat white.

Continued in tomorrow's post...................

Major Bludd (Arctic Outfit) continued from yesterday.....................

After painting the neck flesh color and detailling his jacket and thigh pads with the flat black, I dremeled out the inside of the cut "bionic" right arm of Major Bludd so it would fit on the glove/hand peg from the arctic Snake Eyes forearm piece and then once it was the right size, glued it onto the peg and end of the forearm piece with Lok-Tite. I also had to dremel out the inside of the back part of the hood to allow Major Bludd's helmet to fit on his head. Then, I mounted the legs onto the lower torso halve and put the bottom of the jacket piece on. Then I put the arms and the lower torso with legs and jacket bottom into the upper torso and glued the torso halves back together. After the glue had dried, I put his dog tags around his neck and glued the hood on and then popped his head/helmet on.

Custom Arctic Major Bludd "recipe"

Head/helmet/dog tags/gun/backpack - Major Bludd (2008 25th Anniversary Internet Exclusive Desert Extreme 7 pack Set)

Lower right "bionic" arm and legs - Major Bludd (2008 25th Anniversary Single Carded Figures, Wave 8)

Torsos/Hood/Right Upper and Forearm/Left Arm and Hand/Jacket Bottom - Snake Eayes (Arctic) (2008 25th Anniversary Single Carded Figures, Wave 8)

Paints used:

Flat Grey Primer Spray Paint

Tamiya XF-1 (Flat Balck)

Tamiya XF-15 (Flat Flesh)

Tamiya X-11 (Chrome Silver)

Major Bludd (Arctic Outfit)

Another of my custom arctic Cobra figures, Major Bludd! Using yet another arctic Snake Eyes for the basis of this custom, I popped it appart and used the hood, upper and lower torsos, upper right arm, left arm and bottom of jacket. For the Major Bludd parts, I used the head, helmet, dog tags, legs, lower right "bionic" arm cut off just above the elbow area and gun with backpack.

I sprayed the jacket pieces with flat grey primer and decided to leave them that color and add flat black details to the buttons, belt and trim.

To be continued in tomorrow's post.............................