Wednesday 23 August 2017

Hotwire (Cobra)

What a difference doing 'something'/'anything' makes! After posting my WiP post, I managed to paint Hotwire in the same afternoon (my equivalent to speed-painting....), and from that I hope to carry some momentum forward to get a few more minis finished this month.

Hotwire was added to the canon in the 2000's as a Cobra as a convention-only special character. The deranged Hotwire comes from a lineage of Bavarian scientists operating within criminal spheres and he specialises in B.A.T. Maintenance & repair, and is also a bio-mechanical engineer.

As mentioned in the WiP post (you can see the source inspiration and chosen base mini below), I zeroed in on tackling this model mainly based on ease of conversion - the mini is from Studio Miniatures and was immediately obvious as a candidate for reworking for my G.I. Joe Project. However, as I plan to eventually paint up some B.A.T.s (Battle Android Troopers), it makes sense to have a character who can boost them, making it an even better decision to make Hotwire. Therefore, expect to see Hotwire eventually in mine and Brummie's games of Squad Wars at some point. Painting him takes me up to four Cobra characters, so I have a way to go to catch up with my number of Joes and the number of Cobra that Brummie has painted. I have a nearly-finished Cobra Ninja Viper, and a few Joes already part-painted, so with luck a few more minis may get done this week.

G.I. Joe Minis Painted (14)
G.I. Joe team: 10*
Cobra: 4**
Arashikage: 3*
Iron Grenadiers: 1**
Oktober Guard: 0
Red Shadows: 0

12 comments:

  1. Excellent conversion and paint job mate. Just need some B.A.T's to maintain now. :)

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    1. Cheers mate. I am happy with how he turned out, although I struggled a bit with the blue. :)

      B.A.T.s will becoming including some Nano-B.A.T.s!

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  2. Tip top stuff, from a genuine "G.I. Joe" Jedi Master!! That is absolutely spot on!! :-)

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    1. Thanks for the very kind words - too kind mate. :)

      I am pleased with him. :)

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  3. What a transformation, splendid work!

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  4. Great work and the white colour- my favourite :)

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  5. Good work, although I still feel utterly lost about all this. I'm not sure how I missed Action Force/GI Joe as a kid.

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    1. Cheers Kieron. :)

      He is a later addition so obscure to many of us familiar with GI Joe, and as for missing out back in the 1980's, not sure hwo that happened either! :)

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  6. Great work pulpcitizen. You did an excellent proxy job on this mini :)

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    1. Thanks very much. I am pleased with how he turned out and I am happy that his look is 'close enough'. :)

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