CUSTOM SERGEANT SKULLDON AND RICK RAMPAGE - ACTION FIGURE TOYS BY DSNG! [GIJOE CLASSIFIED VALAVERSE SCALE]

 I've got two new customs today!!! [ Rick Flair Voice: Wooo!!! ]

OK, I bought some of the new figures from Valaverse Wave 5, and decided to customizer them, with parts from GI Joe Classified series, in order to make some more Original DSNG Characters.

The First Character with the red beret hat and the black t-shirt is codenamed Sergeant Skulldon. His regular name is Robert "Big Rob" Totenkopf... and he's a villain!! :)

For Sergeant Skulldon, the base upper-body was Atlas, from Valaverse, and the lower-body was one of the Recon Corps soldiers. The Bandolier / X-harness strapped across his chest came from Big Ben, and I had to sculpt a basic chest armor on him, before adding the X-harness. The handgun came from GI Joe Fodder. And one of his assault rifles has a strap made from a black rubber band.

The Second Character with the baggy blue jeans is codenamed Rick Rampage. His regular name is Richard "Rick" Bernard. And he's also a villain!!! Muuhahahahaa!! :)

Honestly, every original franchise needs cool villains, so that's what I was focused on creating!

For Rick Rampage, his body was a mixture of Atlas [bottom-half] and the Recon Corps soldier [top-half], while the handgun and thigh straps came from GI Joe Classified Heavy Duty. The head came from the Marvel Legends Star Lord toy, and it was repainted slightly. And his assault rifles came from ebay & Valaverse, while a black rubber band was added to one of them.

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MASTERVERSE REVOLUTION BATTLE ARMOR HEMAN AND SHERA PRINCESS OF POWER ACTION FIGURES!

I have the Powerrrrr!! If you grew up in the 1980s, you'll appreciate these action figures from Mattel. They are highly articulated, well painted, and all around fun. Good for use as ornaments / desk buddies that bravely stand at alert, beside your PC or laptop computer.

This new Battle Armor Heman has a more serious look than the former version. And he came with an armored vest that I removed. The lovely Shera figure is one that I've shown off before, since I've had her for a while. And I took the pictures against my Cobra Wall Diorama, which I showed previously over Here. Thanks for looking! Enjoy and Share!

  

CUSTOM COBRA BASE DIORAMA WALL FOR GIJOE CLASSIFIED / VALAVERSE 6 INCH SCALE FIGURES!

Been working on this Cobra Base Diorama Wall for a few months, on and off. It was created from cardboard boxes, putty, metal, plastic and other household items. Once the main composition was done, I spray-painted it, and then I added more stuff to it. Magnets were used to add the Cobra logo and the red vertical banners, which are removable. The main three-part gate in the wall doesn't open... I almost did it, but I figured it would just be too much work.

You can look at the Before and After pictures, with some 6-inch scale figures added for a sense of scale. The rectangular size of the wall is 21.0 inches wide, by 15.5 inches high. And it weight is almost 8 pounds, since there was stuff added inside the cardboard wall, to keep it from being crushed easily.

In the pictures, I also added a custom 6-inch Cobra Commander Toy that I created like 5 years ago, but never shared it online. He was made from an old Marvel Legends Star Lord body, but he was heavily customized with putty, and the "red cloth wire-cape" came from ebay. And I added a lot of details that were painted with silver and gold. The Baroness and Destro toys are from GI Joe Classified toy line.

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THE TRANSFORMERS ONE 3D ANIMATED MOVIE FLOPS / STUMBLES / TRIPS, ETC, AT THE BOX OFFICE

So the Transformers One 3D animated movie came out last weekend, on September 20th, 2024.… and it bombed at the box office, making 25 million dollars over 3 days [which is what some hit movies make in 1 day]. And the movie cost roughly 75 million dollars to make, which does not include marketing or other post-production expenditures.

Here is a link to the movie trailer on Youtube: HERE

And here are a couple of points worth considering, about why the animated movie failed to connect with the original fans.


1. Severe Brand Damage – For those who don’t know, the pointless pronouns / woke shit had already crept into the franchise with the release of Transformers Earthspark on Nickelodeon. Plus Optimus Prim and Megatron, two male robots, had a “son”. Hence a Ton of longtime Fans and Parents walked away, along with their kids.


2. The Marketing for Transformers One was horrendously bad – From the movie trailers, it came across as a watered-down childish melodrama, for very young kids that like other franchises like Despicable Me and Minions. The original Transformers cartoon series from the mid-1980s was far more mature, and just all around more solid. And unfortunately, the perception overshadowed the reality. Therefore, many original TF fans, myself included, didn’t bother to give the new movie a chance.


3. Revisionist History, presented at its finest – If you are a long-time adult fan, this new origin story may not have appealed to you or your wallet [lets face it, the guys in their 40s who grew up on the original Transformers are the ones that buy those toys for themselves and their kids]. The movie’s trailer showed scenes and events that were not tied to the original lore, while presenting them in a childish carefree manner.


4. Immature Themes – If you watch the original cartoon series, the was a true sense of gravitas and high stakes, as the Autobots fought the Deceptions. It was “cartoony war”, with elements of camaraderie, bravery, loyalty and even treachery [from the bad guys]. Conversely, the vibe of the new movie from the trailers was just not solid enough. Frankly, it was soft and jovial.


5. Poor overall direction of the story – Strangely, those open minded fans that have gone to see the Transformers One movie have said the whole thing was good [although the first act = 1/3rd of the movie, was fueled with childish antics, before things got serious].

But if Hasbro were wise, they would have made a 3D movie based on the original Transformers G1 series, with the 80s original designs presented in smoother 3D form, showing what led the Autobots to flee from Cybertron. In that timeline, linked to the comics and the former cartoon series, Optimus Prime was a working class robot, while Megatron was some sort of gladiator. And they were not “Close Buddies”. Doing that, and sticking with the original set up, would have likely brought back parents and their kids, for nostalgia.


6. Some Character Design Flaws were too jarring to ignore – Some of the character designs in the new TF movie seem to be strongly influenced by the current-day manga / anime robot design themes. And while the small torsos, high pants, and long legs work for Japanese Anime Mecha Robots and souless Gundams, they don’t necessarily work well for Western Giant Robots.

And if you take a candid look at the design of Arcee [standing on the extreme right in the poster that I shared, above], you’ll see that her overall design looks awful, in terms of her feminine proportions… it's like she was not allowed to look like a beautiful woman, at all. Hell, just slap a menacing mask on her, and have her crouch low like a monkey, and she’ll look like a pink robot troll. Her design from the 1980s was more than 10-times better. And those references were obviously ignored.

After the recent video game failure of Concord [which cost Sony over 400 Million Dollars to make], it has become evident that Woke minds hate feminine beauty. And unfortunately, the leading female in this Transformers One movie was designed as such.

CUSTOM JACCOB "MADDOGG" MADONOR ACTION FIGURE TOY BY DSNG! [GIJOE CLASSIFIED VALAVERSE SCALE]

Another new custom action figure, with the top deck background of my new Sci Fi Base Diorama [which I'm still working on]. For those that follow my work, you know that the Sci Fi Base Diorama currently has two floors: the bottom level interior and the top deck exterior, shown over HERE.

This figure is named Jaccob "Maddogg" Madonor. And he is a hero, an Original Character for the DSNG Series. The base body was GI Joe Classified Tiger Force Outback. And I got the new head sculpt from ebay. His jacket came from Marvel Legends Star Lord, and it was cut and customized. Four swords and daggers were added to the jacket, on the front and back. And the sickle blade wrapped around his right arm is a custom, made from parts bought on ebay. His M249 machinegun is from a Valaverse weapons pack, and it was customized. I added some tattoos to his left forearm, and a gauntlet with spikes on his right forearm. He was hand-painted with Tamiya acrylic paints, while his face is partially hidden behind the black bandanna cloth. 

Everything in the background is custom made, and colored with a combination of hand paints & spray paints. And the two ATVs are custom made, based on Halo vehicles on ebay. All right, thanks for looking! Enjoy and share!

 

 

WIP PART 5 - NEW CUSTOM SCI FI BASE DIORAMA FOR GIJOE CLASSIFIED / VALAVERSE 6 INCH SCALE FIGURES!

More progress on the Sci Fi Base Diorama! After building the support tower, which is roughly 13 inches tall, I've decided to build an upper level, and it will be designed like a garage for vehicles. Two rectangular stacked art boards were used to create the roof, before I started adding more constructed props.

Plus I've added some circular cabinet puck-lights in the base level, to light it up. And on the upper level, I've added two of my newest custom vehicles, Tech-Razor ATVs, to replace the GI Joe Cobra Ferret. And two custom-painted Cobra Coil bikes were also added to the garage.

The rear wall on the upper garage level was made from cardboard, while the metallic fences were made from gutter rails. And I made the rest of the props that you see, placed around the perimeter. A few 6-inch figures were placed upstairs and downstairs, to give a sense of scale and size for the diorama. 

Maybe I'll add more furnishings downstairs, along with a ladder to climb upstairs. We'll see...

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WIP PART 4 - NEW CUSTOM SCI FI BASE DIORAMA FOR GIJOE CLASSIFIED / VALAVERSE 6 INCH SCALE FIGURES!

More progress on the props for the Sci Fi base diorama! I've added a support tower, which is about 13 inches tall, like the walls of the base. It has four different technical designs on each of its four sides, and it's intended to be a cornerstone support for creating higher levels; like placing a rectangular cardboard slab on top of the existing base, to build the second floor. So will I build a higher floor in the future? I dunno. You'll have to wait and see.

The support tower was made from cardboard, black putty, and wood sticks, and it was reinforced on the interior, so it's very sturdy. The two barrels were made from small pipe fixtures, and the shipping pallets were made from wooden craft sticks. There is a new large oval table as well, which is shown in the pics, while the former hi-tech blueish holographic table is set in the background. The two small storage bags [duffle bags] were bought from ebay, which are shown in the latter pics - one is black, while the other is white. 

The GI Joe logo on the rear wall is held by a magnet. So it can be switched out, if you want to convert this into a hi-tech Cobra base. And two 6-inch scale Valaverse action figures were added, to give a sense of the size.

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WIP PART 3 - NEW CUSTOM SCI FI BASE DIORAMA FOR GIJOE CLASSIFIED / VALAVERSE 6 INCH SCALE FIGURES!

 Still working on the new Sci Fi base diorama, using cardboard, putty, wood and other household items.

I've also been working on props for the base. And everything is hand-made, except the gun-table, located in the back, on the right. I bought that item on ebay, but I had to raise its height and make it wider. The GIJoe Classified Destro figure was added, as a height reference. The leftward wall is actually blank, since it hasn't been made yet. And more props are being made.

And the last pic shows the base under a blue light, like its getting infiltrated by Destro at night.

So when will it be done? will it have three or four walls? Will it have an upper level? Honestly I dunno. We'll just have to see how it goes. Stay tuned for more!

  

And Part 1 is over HERE

Part 2 is over HERE

WIP PART 2 - NEW CUSTOM SCI FI BASE DIORAMA FOR GIJOE CLASSIFIED / VALAVERSE 6 INCH SCALE FIGURES!

Still working on the new Sci Fi Base Diorama! It's a slow process, but we're getting there. The furniture items are still being worked upon, but here you have the basic Two-Wall structure. The dimensions for Length, Width and Height are: 18-inches x 15-inches x 13-inches. And this diorama was designed for 6-inch scale action figures.

Everything was made from cardboard, wood strips, and putty / clay. It is possible to use foamboard as well, but I didn't do so in this case. Plus several household items were added here and there, while acrylic hand-paints and spray-paints were used.

I've added two Valaverse Action Force Figures in the pics to help you grasp the scale; and some images are presented with a blue-light filter, while others have the standard white light. Also, there are two tablets set on the leftward wall, with small blue screens. They are held by magnets, and they are removable.

Will a Third Wall be added? I dunno, we'll see how it goes in the future ;)

Part 1 of this series, showing the behind-the-scenes and the prelim layout work is over HERE