Head: Wal-Mart "Special Forces" figure, bootlegged from Jurassic Park 3
Body: Night Force Beach Head, "Midnight Chinese" version
Mask: Intoyz SWAT
Gun & backpack: Various new sculpt figures
Explosives pouch: Accessory Pack


In my opinion, the "Midnight Chinese" version of Night Force Beach Head fixed a lot of the things I didn't like about the retail version. The weird grid pattern on the shirt didn't work for me, and neither did the weird camo on the pants.

The pants on this version seem to be borrowed from the Funskool version, right down to the odd blue-ish green camo pattern. That didn't work for me, so I mixed some paints to match the green of the figure's shirt, and painted over the camo with it.

The next step was finding a nicer head. I don't mind the "pumpkin head" thing as much as some others do, but the sloppy painting of the eyes left his face looking stupid and soulless. When I picked up a strange Chap Mei-ish 6-pack of cheap figures at Wal-Mart, I thought the copy of the JP3 General's head was perfect for Beach Head. After a long search, I managed to find an Intoyz SWAT mask so he wouldn't lose his trademark ski mask. I had to cut out some of the excess fabric on the seams inside, though. They were so thick; it makes the figure's head look deformed.

The accessories were simple enough to get. Beach Head's backpack and gun were re-used a lot in new sculpt stuff, so it wasn't a difficult search. As for the explosives pouch, I just took the cream-colored one from the accessory pack and bathed it in RIT dye.

Overall a simple piece, but one I'm proud of.

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