He's not a "proto-villain" as he appears in a lot of media before his eventual resurgence in infamy in IDW's G.I. Joe and Transformers comics. In the original Battle Action Force comics, he was supposedly of Swiss descent, raised and educated in Britain, graduated from college, joined the army, went rogue and became the fanatical leader of the Red Shadows. "Blood for the Baron!". He eventually, betrayed his own organization and started a new one: Cobra. He became the Action Force Cobra Commander. Didn't like that. The IDW take saw the original Joe Colton take on the mantle of the Baron for a short time. I didn't like this either.
Anyway, I decided that this new Baron Ironblood was a former disciple who took on the mantle. He believed the world needed a Baron Ironblood and he will continue what the previous one didn't have the heart to finish.
He was made by using the 2017 Ninja Force & Transformers Cobra Commander body; unidentified head which happened to be compatible with G.I. Joe bodies; single sticker decal for the skull and crossbones logo; helmet made from that thin black plastic that is used to cover the edges of boxes. It was interesting creating the helmet actually. The template used for the helmet comes from the original toy's helmet schematics.
Original:
when i first looked i thought "man he found the perfect size sharpie lid for the helmet!" . i don't know what all is going on with it, but it's impressive for scratch built. the "joint?" in back is really interesting.
