Cooey's Toy Box

Here's my first experiment in redoing the chest rigs and vests on old G.I. Joes. The volunteer this time around is Duke. I also changed the tucked in pant legs into something more modern looking since most troops nowadays dont seem to blouse their pant legs anymore. This is my chest sculpt v1. I also played around with the pose, especially the way soldiers nowadays cradle their rifles. Enjoy!   

Here's a small project I managed to finish a few weeks back. It's an ARAH Range Viper in a red/gold paint scheme. Actually, only the head is a range viper and the rest of the body came from my G.I. Joe bitz box. The rifle came from the Terminator Salvation toy and the stand from the Arcane Legion army pack box. Could you identify the other parts used? This guy will be leading a squad of custom Cobra C.L.A.W.S. They're already done but I'm still looking for rifles for the squad. Their pictorial will be up soon too. Enjoy!

A pleasant surprise greeted me as I hurried to the studio this morning. Unang Hirit, GMA's morning news and talk show, featured Hogwarts Philippines just as the last Harry Potter movie opened in cinemas last night. Hogwarts Philippines started in 2001 and bills itself as "the first and only wizarding school for the Filipino witches and wizards." The taping had just finished but I came across a setup of books, memorabilia, ephemera, statues and toys. The members of Hogwarts Philipiines were already packing up their stuff so I only managed to snap a few pix. Here are a few of the NECA figures.     NECA really does a good job in capturing the actors' likeness. And the paint job on their figures are levels above those of the regular run-of-the-mill action figures.   I really dig this toy of Robby Coltrane as Hagrid, Hogwart's gentle giant. Incredible texturing and above average painting really are hallmarks of NECA! The downside to NECA's approach though i