Head- Custom-cast
Arms - Tunnel Rat v2
Torso - Duke v8

Cap - Marauder Inc.
Rifle - Cross Hair v3
Backpack - Mercer


The Sea Devils are my first attempt at a full subteam for GI Joe. It came about when I did a new custom of the Devil's Due version of Shipwreck. I mixed a nice blue colour for his sweater and hat (a mix of basic blue and intermediate blue), but I made way too much of it. It's such a pleasant colour that I decided to build a whole team around it, and the natural theme (both based on the colour and that Shipwreck would be a member) was water. So I came up with the Sea Devils, a Joe team that specializes in amphibious, littoral and riverine operations. Unlike existing subteams, I wanted to do a significant proportion of new characters to go along with the existing Joes who fit in with the idea, and use a relatively consistent colour scheme involving the Shipwreck blue, intermediate blue, and light and medium gray.

Riptide is an original character. He really started with the head, which I had on hand, and built the character from there. His filecard information is below.

File Name: Ruel, Elmore T. Jr.
Birthplace: Temple, TX
Service Branch: Marines
Grade: E-4 (Cpl)
Primary MOS: Scout Sniper
Secondary MOS: Rifleman

The son of academics, Riptide was never really into book learning. He attended Texas A&M University for two years, and was a member of the Corps of Cadets with an eye towards becoming a millitary officer. But he never fit in with the other prospective officers, finding them to be too soft for his liking, so he left the school to enlist with the Marines, because he knew he could respect the Drill Instructors as they yelled at him. After graduating the Scout Sniper course, Riptide found his place on the G.I. Joe team, because whaveter else you might want to call a Joe officer, "soft" is not a word that fits.

"Riptide is a miserable cuss. Nothing anyone does is ever quite good enough, and he doesn't hesitate to let them know it. But he holds himself to the same standard, and will criticize himself even more loudly. Really, he just likes to complain. He's at his happiest when he's yelling about something."

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