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Darkon: Half-Man, Half-Monster!
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Author:  8bitboy [ Fri Sep 25, 2020 11:33 am ]
Post subject:  Darkon: Half-Man, Half-Monster!
So still on my "Proto-Villain" project, here we have another member of Super Joe Team's villains! This is Darkon: Half-Man, Half-Monster. He was an evil clone of Super Joe and an ally of Gor and the Terrons. He was a reuse of the Super Joe mold but with green skin, orange eyes and and black equipment. His unique accessories were a helmet and the Lightning Lance which he often used to deflect light blasts from the good guys.

When remaking him, I knew I wanted to stay true to certain design elements but not do a 1 to 1 remake. We're in 2020 after all.

Original:

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Homage:

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He was made using City Strike Snake Eyes' body; MTF blonde bearded male head; standard MTF helmet with modded metal rods and mouth guard; Unidentified Cobra vest with modded light ray in the centre; and Lightning Lance built from an expired credit card. I can't believe I almost passed on making this guy. Such a fun project.

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*Update*

I forgot to show this off but Darkon's chest piece is compatible with Transformers War for Cybertron Trilogy blast effects. Here he is with Siege Firedrive's blast effects.

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Author:  Mysterious Stranger [ Fri Sep 25, 2020 11:55 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Darkon: Half-Man, Half-Monster!
Super Joe doesn't get enough love from collectors. I like this. Great update.
Author:  2DARK2C [ Fri Sep 25, 2020 1:07 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Darkon: Half-Man, Half-Monster!
looks cool!
Author:  Chief [ Fri Sep 25, 2020 1:25 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Darkon: Half-Man, Half-Monster!
Love this. I've been revisiting all my old Joe customs (will start posting soon - waiting on some last-minute parts from Marauder) and my Adventure Team is a little lame at the moment -- I was focused too much on mercenaries as my AT bad guys without taking too deep of a dive into the actual AT/SuperJoe lore. This opens a whole new realm for me to explore.

Amazing job - love the color & parts choices - and great job capturing the details on the head from the original.
Author:  2DARK2C [ Fri Sep 25, 2020 1:50 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Darkon: Half-Man, Half-Monster!
not necessary but to tidy up the lines an easy "fix" for the elbow gap would be some black heatshrink or some build and brawl elbow pads.
Author:  8bitboy [ Fri Sep 25, 2020 9:59 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Darkon: Half-Man, Half-Monster!
Mysterious Stranger wrote:
Super Joe doesn't get enough love from collectors. I like this. Great update.


Thanks! Yea. Super Joe remains obscure and forgotten. I didn't know anything about it myself until around last year. Here's hoping this sort of exposure helps.

2DARK2C wrote:
looks cool!


Thanks, bro!

Chief wrote:
Love this. I've been revisiting all my old Joe customs (will start posting soon - waiting on some last-minute parts from Marauder) and my Adventure Team is a little lame at the moment -- I was focused too much on mercenaries as my AT bad guys without taking too deep of a dive into the actual AT/SuperJoe lore. This opens a whole new realm for me to explore.

Amazing job - love the color & parts choices - and great job capturing the details on the head from the original.


Thanks! I can understand not delving too deep into the villain roster. G.I. Joe and Super Joe only had a handful and they were all science fiction aliens: The Intruder Commander, The Intruder Warrior, Gor, Terron and Darkon.

When you do delve into it, post them. I'd love to see your renditions!

2DARK2C wrote:
not necessary but to tidy up the lines an easy "fix" for the elbow gap would be some black heatshrink or some build and brawl elbow pads.


Is there a tutorial? I don't really want to give him black elbow pads but if this method can just cosmetically allow the elbow to appear clean, I'm down.
Author:  past nastification [ Sat Sep 26, 2020 8:48 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Darkon: Half-Man, Half-Monster!
This is ridiculously fun!

And do I see a little bit of New Sculpt armor in the recipe? Extra points!!
Author:  2DARK2C [ Sat Sep 26, 2020 1:37 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Darkon: Half-Man, Half-Monster!
there isn't a tutorial specific to using it at elbows. if you buy some just practice on a figure you don't care about, especially if you use a lighter vs. hot water or air. since this dude is painted it will take a very light touch with any heat source. there are tons of colors of heatshrink out there, different types too. i bought some by mistake that is like rigid packaging after it's formed (like bundled rc car battery covering). i also got some some 2" wide clear that didn't work out.

you can get a set from ebay for a few dollars.
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a simple elbow pad/wrap with i piece of black heatshrink on nog(left)
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the general use write up
http://wiki.joecustoms.com/wiki/Heat_shrink_tubing
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