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[5h4rK]

  Whoa! Fantastic work on both of them turner! ..can't wait to see the others!

[turner]

Thanks man!  If the Lord allows, I have 43 or so more!

[turner]

The credit belongs to the Lord, I thank Him for doing these with my hands.

The Rhino vehicle came with Bruce Sato and another version of Matt Trakker.  I think I liked the Rhino version of Trakker better than the Thunderhawk version as a kid, and I still do.  I think it may be my favorite of this project at this point.

Matt uses parts from about 5 joe figures and 1 wolverine figure, plus accessories from 2 more joes.  The Mask actually didn't come with the neck flair, so had to greenstuff that, as well as the thigh pads, belt buckle, hair, and lower torso armor.  Dremmeled/sanded/greenstuffed the tunnel rat upper leg to remove the leg straps and pouch.

I want to thank all the guys who helped me out getting the parts for this project.  The mask items in this post came from (best I remember) joe grizzly and jay, thanks fellas.

MATT TRAKKER














Next up, BRUCE SATO
He uses parts from 6 joe figures and 1 Indiana jones figure, green stuff for the chest armor, side and back straps, side pouch and straps, forearm padding, boot tubing on the lower legs and feet, knee pads, and belt.  Dremmeled/sanded/greenstuffed the pouches on the breaker upper leg.  The lower torso retains articulation (the straps and lower armor is not attached to the lower torso, the leg with the pouch also can move.  The paraviper knees had 4 pads and the cartoon Bruce had 3, so I dremmeled/sanded the paraviper pads off and greenstuffed the 3 back on.

















Here is a mock up of a custom card along with a vintage scott and t-bob card, NOT A FINAL PRODUCT, just a mock up.










Recipes:

Matt Trakker RHINO Version
head-dollar general duke with greenstuffed hair
torso-breaker/joe trooper type
arms and hand-25th general hawk
upper legs and knees (I think)-tunnel rat
lower legs-wolverine
feet-dollar general shipwreck
torso armor-zartan modified by cutting and greenstuff
belt-roc snake eyes vs.44
lower torso armor, hair, thigh pads, belt buckle-greenstuff

Bruce Sato
head-krexx
torso and upper legs-breaker type
upper arms-lift ticket
lower arms-general hawk
hands-Indiana jones line
knees-paraviper with greenstuff padding
lower legs-storm shadow/training snake eyes type with greenstuff tubing
feet-flash with greenstuff tubing
torso armor, belt, side and back straps, lower arm padding, knee pads, lower legs tubing, feet tubing, collar, side pouch and straps-greenstuff

[turner]

Thank You Lord for allowing and enabling me to do this. 

These two had some similarities, aside from the greenstuffing needs which are not unusual for these characters:
-they both needed gloves and I ended up cutting joe arms, attaching a peg to keep the articulation, and using different star wars gloves
-they both have stripes down the arms
-they both have a mask which I altered

Since many of these mask helmets were designed to extend from the shoulders up, I tried to keep from "pushing" them too far up by using green stuff instead of removable accessories on the shoulders, and trying to do the green stuff thin.  However, there were 3 or 4 masks I just couldn't seem to get to sit low enough.  Two of them were Brad's and Dusty's. 

I cut Brad's in half horizontally, removed a layer, and put it back together with green stuff filling gaps.  Dusty's I enlarged the view shield with green stuff so it would line up with his eyes better (the vintage one also did not line up with the eyes).

Also, this project is primarily based on the cartoon version of the characters, but I decided to include pics of the vintage figs with them anyways.



BRAD TURNER with HOCUS POCUS

Green stuff for the boot tops, chest plate, bars, wire ends, 6 back plates, belt, buckle, drop down belt, leg pouch and flap.











HOCUS POCUS ON!


DUSTY HAYES with BACKLASH!

Green stuff for the vest, zippers, pockets, elbow pads, air hose sides/front, leg straps, leg pouch, drop down pouch and leg strap, waist to pouch strap, shin and knee pads, the straps for shin and knee pads, and helmet viewscreen.













BACKLASH ON!  (Vanessa's in trouble)




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RECIPES:

BRAD TURNER
head and mask-krexx (I modified the mask by cutting it shorter)
torso-bazooka trooper
arms, boots, feet-python crimson guard
gloves-star wars pilot with added pegs
upper legs and knees (I think)-breaker type, dremmeled/greenstuffed/sanded the pouch and leg holster off
lower legs-cobra commander cut with python crimson guard boots added

DUSTY HAYES
head and  mask-krexx (modified with larger view screen)
upper torso-roc gung ho
lower torso-SRO hawk
upper and lower arms-bazooka trooper, cut with peg added for gloves
gloves-star wars (female pilot I think)
upper legs-breaker type, with pouch and leg holster dremmeled/greenstuffed/sanded off
knees and lower legs-flash
feet-SRO deep six
hose-resolute destro

[nighthawk]

Man, I wish you can send these to Hasbro and get them to pay you a royalty and release them as is.

[turner]

Thanks bro, I'm hoping to have Vanessa and Gloria next

[turner]

Thank You, Lord!  I am grateful.

Gloria and Vanessa from M.A.S.K.!



Gloria Baker, agent of MASK!


Green stuff for boot fronts, boot straps, jacket (lower torso), jacket side pads, elbow pads, jacket collar, jacket pendant, and a portion of the mask (I cut it and made it shorter, replaced the back lower half with green stuff and added the hoses). 






Cartoon references






Vanessa Warfield, agent of VENOM!


Green stuff for boots, shirt collar, shirt collar pendant, arm gloves (on upper arms), shoulder pads, belt, belt pouch, leg pouch, leg strap, waist square. 





Cartoon references


Whip ON!

[pdaat]

Great work all around.  Sato is about perfect!

[turner]

Thanks!  Alex and buddy might be the next ones.

[grunt 4 mvp]

Awesome - I missed out on MASK as a kid (mabe saw an episode or two), but finally picked up 7 vintage figures in a cheap lot of 80's toys. Pretty cool, and your versions are spot-on.
Star: Amazing attention to detail - really looks like something that should be produced and sold in stores.
Wish: Some of their helmets seem to sit a bit high on their heads (long neck syndrome), but maybe that is unavoidable.
Question: Are their MASK message boards you can post this on? I bet they'd love these!

[turner]

Thanks for the comments bro

There is a mask forum and I've posted them over there as well.  They don't have much traffic though.

As for the long neck syndrome, some are worse than others.  I actually cut the Gloria mask to make it shorter and used green stuff for the back lower half to get it to sit lower on the torso.  I cut brad's also to shorten it, and enlarged dusty's visor so his eye line would be closer to right.

[Prince de Lu]

you are really the master of green stuff