The Resolute Joe Act 13: Depth Charge with a minor twist

[gaiagear]

Hey all,

I bet you guys have been tired of seeing another Joe coming from me. Afraid the series will last a little longer as I dug up a few more Joes from the storage which can be upgraded into Resolute standard. Without further adieu, here's the 13th Resolute revamp: Depth Charge. Sgt Doug Langdon is a minor character, but since version one was damaged during my last move, thought he deserved a rebirth.

I migrated all the gear and wetsuit onto TTL nude from the old crappy DID body, did some further weathering and repairs here & there. Headset's boom mike was missing during the move, I scratchbuilt the replacement with craft wire and spacer. Perhaps the two most significant changes here are his primary and a new head. The UMP was from an old project. Repaired, added new lens for the optic. Suppressor was a reworked 1/144 EX- S Gundam beam saber hilt; added microscrew to the rear end so that the setup can be switched between regular non-suppressed and suppressed versions. Head is a repainted DML Ranger "Larry". Striped and retouched with pastel. Depth Charge's overall proportion looks a heck more better & natural after the migration IMHO. Older version looks stiff in comparison.

Not too many shots this time, but enjoy them anyway.

Ref (I'll rework Bombstrike into the lineup as well.)











The hardware....UMP tactical


Wetsuit pattern. Since most of it was covered by the diving gear. Thought I posted a wip shot to show you what it looks like underneath. Tried as much as possible to follow the 3/75" version, but of course there is always some discrepancies here & there. Can't help......


To recap, here's the old version

[The Great Shaggy]

I can't remember the original Depth Charge or Bombstrike that you did. It had to be back when I was deployed overseas. Well done yet again

[Iron_Mike]

cant ever get enough of ur Joe bashes leo, or any of ur awesome bashes for that matter, awesome job these two are fantastic
mike

[GIJOHN]

Verrrrrry Coooool!!!!

[dadrab]

Originally Posted by gaiagear

I bet you guys have been tired of seeing another Joe coming from me.

On the contrary, I quite look forward to them.

Fine work yet again.

[idreamoftoshiba]

Originally Posted by gaiagear

Hi Leo
great reworking as always. Nicely posed too. I love the female figure from your earlier shoot. Reminds me of the sniper girl from the first metal gear PS game

[joecrazy]

great job!

[tizonytnt]

very awesome, as always =-)

[shaonizzit]

great work my friend.............you knocking this series out left and right. When you gonna do some Cobras??

[zebraten]

Really like that wetsuit. Great figure!

[Clown fart]

Looks a lot better. I always love seeing RAH joes from you.
Keep going.

[blackrazor1]

Great job, but he needs some padding to his legs.

[Warriors 1st BN]

Looks great Leo!!!!!

[k9cop33]

Fantastic work as always, great job on the wetsuit!!

[gunm]

Nice!

[gaiagear]

Thanks fellas!! Got about 3 more Joes before I really wrap up the series, then follow by a couple secret characters. As for the wetsuit, I'm surprised how well the paint work holds up all these years. Even though there are some tiny chips here & there, that's normal wear & tear anyway.

Pete...yeah they were done while you were on deployment.

Ian....gotta to be admit some of the inspiration indeed came from the MGS franchise.

Chris.....there will be some cobras in the lineup no worries.

Blackrazor....thanks for the input man, will see what can I do from the parts bin.

[38oliver]

Another awesome effort. Sick custom work on that dive suit, Leo. Combat swimmers and UDT rock!

[Griz]

Don't ever stop. Period. I love your Joe's and think it's great that you covered some of the newer characters from the newer generation. How about Dart and Red Spot? Lord knows you'd make'em sick as hell.
So, what type of paint did you use for the wet suit? Straight modelers acrylic? It seems to have came out quite well.

[Auret]

that is really awesome!

[mistamoose]

Great work. Always great work.

[El Paso Trooper]

Awesome work Leo! Can't wait to see what's next!

[Tiger]

Awesome work as always Leo!!! Just a quick question, what color do you use for the skintone?

Thanks,
Niels

ps never getting bored of your Joe's

[gaiagear]

Cheers fellas!!

Rob...LOL totally. Only wish Joe universe has more UDT/ combat divers.

Joe....it won't really stop. Just that slowing down and spin into a different Joe series. Dart & Red spot?? I don't know man, we'll see. Sonny Landham aka Billy Sole would make a great Dart. As for the colors, straight up inexpensive dollar shop acrylics; than sealed with a couple coatings of Kryon matte clear. Holding up pretty well consider I posed him from time to time.

Terry, Mr.Moose, Gerald......thanks gents. Yep a few more on the drawing board. Hopefully I can roll them out, creative drive permitted.

Niels.....I used a couple color pastels for the base tone, basic flash tone & another flash tone that is more tan than the basic. The steps is similar to how fellow member Kmok15 applied face camo's base tone in his tutorial. Once the base is dried and sealed, I then applied reddish brown as highlights.

[uramegak]

Mad skills, man!

[fly-dk]

Coooool job

[Sir Eaton Flipflop]

Excellent work Leo I absolutely love these RAH figures you make.

[widescene]

Amazing job on this one Leo .... all the upgrades look sweet . Bummer about the prev. ver. being damaged in the move ... but out of the bad came the good .

As for being tired of seeing your RAH Joes ....I never get tired of seeing the always fresh & unique approach you bring to the world of Joe . well done

[gaiagear]

Thanks fellas!!!

Yeah John, indeed out of the bad came the good. It's a great reason to redo him anyway.

[getoninja]

super aweosme job, Leo. I love your concept bashes of Joes, always fantasic.

[htanner]

I am once again wowed!!