samueljd
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Comedian is the best body for SS IMHO. It offers the sleeveless look with excellent articulation. Plus I used the HT Leonidas hands for double sword hands.
SSC Duke 12 inch figure
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Comedian is the best body for SS IMHO. It offers the sleeveless look with excellent articulation. Plus I used the HT Leonidas hands for double sword hands.
I will have my Duke very soon and will def repaint the head and weather him of course!!!!!! Can't wait...
agent_85
Super Freak
Yes, the hair has a greyish wash, it still doesnt look natural. It has to do with the hair line edge being to sharp, There is no blending whatsoever.
The painted hair on this :
Looks closer to this:
when it should have looked like this:
You've really hit the nail on the head there. This figure has everything going for it other than the paint application. I'm so glad that Josh Small will be having some input over the paint apps in this line, getting rid of that stupid "doll-dot" once and for all.
the angry orc
Super Freak
duke needs to be planting that flag on a dead cobra. anyone do a 1/6th scale jetpack? 
Skiman
Super Freak
duke needs to be planting that flag on a dead cobra. anyone do a 1/6th scale jetpack?
Not yet, not a bad idea.
bagelsncheesey
Super Freak
got my duke yesterday, but got home too late after 
so i haven't pulled him outta package yet. can't wait, figure looks amazing!
so i haven't pulled him outta package yet. can't wait, figure looks amazing!
the angry orc
Super Freak
Not yet, not a bad idea.
get your customizer butt busy, ski!
Skiman
Super Freak
got my duke yesterday, but got home too late after
Congrats Bagels, glad you are here with the Joe freaks.
bagelsncheesey
Super Freak
Damn why do i have to live that far!
I can't wait to get my DUke and make some mods on him.
I can't wait to get my DUke and make some mods on him.
EVILFACE
Super Freak
You had a better looking Duke, but sold him@!
I know but i have the same parts i use on mine to mod the sideshow one and i'm sure that with a repaint the sideshow head will look great.
Darth Cruel
Super Freak
I would never have started to buy them. I loved GI Joe RAH when I was younger (despite the fact that RAH is not really the original GI Joe), but I am happy to say that I have moved on from the comics/cartoons other than some occasional nostalgic reflection. But the recognizability of the characters and the improvements Sideshow has made to the designs are the two factors that got me buying the line. The one sure-fire way to get me out of the line is to go 100% animation on the designs (unless they did a "live-action" version AND the "animated" version, then I would buy BOTH...but I gotta have my "live-action" version). That is the reason that I stopped collecting Hasbro's Star Wars stuff, and it is the reason I will not display Sideshow's Clone Wars Anakin with the rest of my Sideshow Star Wars stuff.
Seriously. If I had that custom of yours, I wouldn't give two thoughts to the Sideshow version. Nice as it is, it is garbage compared to what you came up with, IMO.
But card art is not the cartoon look.
thenammagazine
Super Freak
Being able to do both, I will say that while having a custom is nice, there's just something about having the official release. That's made even better by customizing the official release.
Sideshow has the perfect principal. They're inspired by the card art and so long as they don't stray to far from it, the figures will remain awesome. They're managing to maintain the balance between nostalgia and modernization fairly well. There will be genuine hits (Beach) and genuine misses (Firefly), but in the end, most of what we've seen/gotten to date has made me a happy camper.
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the angry orc
Super Freak
truth. i like some of the new takes (closet ff fan) but that being said i like that what we have beein getting doesn't drift too far from the old school representations. i think they have struck a perfect balance without going all roc on us.
Darth Cruel
Super Freak
Very true. Maybe I mis-read the question.
Okay, I have sent my back for a replacement. Hoping for one with better than $40 figure paint apps.
thenammagazine
Super Freak
They probably said, "Oops, they missed the hair detail at the factory. Send this one to Carl."
I wouldn't doubt that for a second. 
The head in Chase's pic looks much better than mine, and I assume that is unaltered. So, yeah... I think I stand a decent chance of getting a better-looking replacement.
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