Hot Toys Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater - Naked Snake (Sneaking Suit Version)

[elvis1976]

Skull ill snap a few next to other figures too haven't seen Many of those too to ease the wait. I really do think this is just a beautiful figure though, best ever is the head. Hot toys is back boys, crisp paint job matte finish on quality plastic, no more of this oily makeupy look you saw in all the avengers and red skull and Gordon and whatnot. This is back to the level of their best like wolverine and aldo reign.

Jack and other MGS experts... I really want to do me up a naked snake in fatigues. I should just slap the HT head on the metal boss and be happy with the peace walker version but I just can't seem to shake the need for Snake Eater in fatigues.

Anyway my question is this. Do you think if dyed a little cooler/darker green the metal boss jungle fatigues (the alternate to the OD) would substitute of for the Snake camo fatigues like medicom did for their second version? I really love the idea of painting the face too I always loved that look on snake. It would make me ok with not having the iconic tiger stripe look.

Personally the metal boss BDU are bad, really bad.

Here's my PW one.
This is a uniform made by toy soldier and easily available on ebay.

for my snake ater version I used a tiger stripe easily available on ebay but not 100% accurate, i just found one that is better looking.

 

[Raymond F.]

Maybe you grabbed em all on eBay seb buddy because I spent like 3 hours last night looking all over hells creation for 1/6 tiger stripe camos! Lol.

The ones you posted you have on the way, I looked all over for those too. No luck!

I'd be more than content with something as bad ass as yours.

 

[Jack D]

I totally agree. Persoanlly I think the two outfits that Elvis1976 suggested are the best options, and as he said they are easilly available and $24 each.

As far as pattern goes, I think the Soldier Story MAC-V SOG tigers and the Reload Action tigers, when weathered, are the closest, but they are both difficult to find. Toy Soldier had a pattern similar to the RA ones with their earlier Vietnam sets, but I think the tailoring and fit is horrible.

 

[Jack D]

Raymond, here:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/XB20-02-1-...0147?pt=US_Action_Figures&hash=item415cecd8f3

 

[Jack D]

Here's what I mean by weathering the pattern.

The first pic is stock SS tigers from the MAC-V SOG figure, the second is after I weathered them. The color is much more accurate to the early war pattern Naked Snake wore in MGS3.

 

[elvis1976]

Here for the OD one

https://www.befr.ebay.be/itm/TE53-0...3572?pt=US_Action_Figures&hash=item3a6d67f8a4

 

[Raymond F.]

Thanks a lot boys... Now decisions decisions, don't want to be cheap and easy and do a peace walker with most of the metal boss items I already have or go all out and do snake eater...

Jack your colour looks great on yours, how did you get it that way? I read something about baby powder? Doesn't the powder rub off and get all over everything?

 

[elvis1976]

Ray this guy still has the reload set I bought.
He sold the toy solider one but the reload is really good.

https://www.onesixthwarriors.com/fo...-vest-ht-akm-m40-dragon-goldstream-guard.html

Personally if I were to choose one look i would go with teh snake eater one.

 

[Jack D]

I did use baby powder. I just dose the uniform on both sides with a generous amount of powder (over the sink) and then crumple the uniform in my hands and work in the powder. Then I pat the excess powder off the outfit and that's it. Really simple, doesn't come off (I have uniforms I've done this to from the days of 21st Century Toys Ultimate Soldier and it still is on there.) Plus if you don't lik how it comes out, you can just rinse the uniform and start over.

 

[Raymond F.]

Thanks boys, Seb I just contacted him and Jack ill give it a go. Snake eater it is!

 

[lerath666]

Mine
https://www.sideshowcollectors.com/forums/showthread.php?t=119728

I may hit you up for that. Give me a few days, as I've got some bids on ebay at the moment. if i get outbid, I'll probably come buy that off you .

Personally the metal boss BDU are bad, really bad.

Here's my PW one.
This is a uniform made by toy soldier and easily available on ebay.

for my snake ater version I used a tiger stripe easily available on ebay but not 100% accurate, i just found one that is better looking.

Elvis, as aways, awesome

 

[krec9]

Been searching a while any good boots for snake Mgs1 that are similar to this . don't the face. lol

 

[LoneWolf]

Personally the metal boss BDU are bad, really bad.

Here's my PW one.
This is a uniform made by toy soldier and easily available on ebay.

for my snake ater version I used a tiger stripe easily available on ebay but not 100% accurate, i just found one that is better looking.

These are awesome customs, Seb. Just awesome!

 

[theghostinside]

where did you get the arm sleeves from?

 

[Uncanny Web-Slinger]

Anxiously awaiting pics on The Boss now, posing them in a CQC fight would be great

 

[Raymond F.]

Here's some pics I took for those who are awaiting their snake to arrive...

 

[Biojex]

Fantastic shots Raymond. I really dig the lighting.

 

[Raymond F.]

Thanks man! I wanted to go with a dusk type under lit look for mood but also to show the quality of the head and paint job. Hot toys where have you been for two years? It was like two Christmases ago when I unboxed wolverine, the quality of plastoc and paint on this guy matches that. Next to a head like comissioner Gordon it made me wonder why the trend was a steady decline in quality. Glad snake looks as good as he does.

Overall besides the lack of being able to move too much my only real complaint about the figure is that he should have some related open palm hands and he should have a gripping hand that doesn't have his trigger finger pointed. Three of these hands here are nearly identical.

They could have easily made his plastic chest armour from a more flexible PVC plastic. Not rubber but something that wasn't Rock hard... Same with the boots so his ankles could move. Just two things alone would have had him able to do dozens of extra poses. Snake could really benefit from some crouching poses, it's not really easy to do espionage when you can't even crouch.

 

[Snake Plissken]

Just as I predicted that the tracking from UPS would make a earlier delivery, my Snake arrives today instead of tomorrow.

 

[krec9]

Here's some pics I took for those who are awaiting their snake to arrive...

Best pics I seen of this figure.