Head: 2003 Roadblock
Body: 2005 Shadow Strike

The idea of another "no frills" Cobra Ninja to augment, or even replace, Storm Shadow is a good one.

The Shadow Strike figure was just a repaint of an earlier Storm Shadow figure. It really needed to be taken in a different direction so that it didn't look like Storm Shadow in a red gi.

I used a 2003 Roadblock head, with sculpted hair and a much lighter skin tone, to replace the head. It has a South American look to it, which works well to set it aside from Storm Shadow.

I see this character as being Storm Shadow's pupil/future replacement, much like Kamakura is to Snake-Eyes. I wanted to make it similar design-wise with my custom Kamakura, so I sculpted the hood pulled down around the base of the neck.

The Shadow Strike body suffered from the "Short Torso Syndrome". I sculpted a sash at the base of the torse to add length.

Thanks for looking.