Kamakura

Appearances - pretty much every issue of the Devil's Due comic to date

Parts Used - Decimator head, Hardball torso, Rock Viper lower legs, left arm and right hand, Hardball right arm, 1992 Duke upper legs, Red Star waist, 1991 Snake-Eyes sword

My first custom from the new comic, and probably one of the most complicated Joes I've done to date.  I probably couldn't have done it a few years ago, but thanks (or no thanks) to Hasbro's Star Wars line, I've acquired a good number of skills I wouldn't have just doing Joes.  While Joe customs pretty much entale simply swapping and painting parts, Star Wars is another beast entirely.  On this one I ended up sanding down the ridge on Decimator's head, sculpting a hood, sculpting a sash on his torso, sculpting a belt and sash on his waist... then there was the hard part.  For his right arm, I primarily used Hardball's arm.  However, I sliced it off at the wrist with a Dremel and glued on Rock Viper's hand, which I'd also sliced off.  I then filled in the gap with Sculpey, and also filled in some gaps on the left arm to look smooth like skin rather than wrinkled like cloth.  I also evened out the left upper arm to look like the right upper arm.  A couple layers of paint and a red Sharpie pen for the Arashikage symbol finished things up. 

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