Head: Monkeywrench '85
Torso: Headman '92
Arms: Headman '92
Waist: Headman '92
Legs: Headman '92

Briefcase: Bullhorn '90 (modified with Green Stuff + Mainframe's CPU handle)
Gun: Bullhorn '90 (modified)
Grip: Muskrat '88
Bipod: S.A.W.-Viper '90
Magazines: Marauder Inc.
Knife: unknown
Pistol: Mutt '84

Il Nero got his name because his disguises are always dark colored and he always works at night. He's originally from Italy and worked as a mafia hitman. Was very succesful in his "job" and earned himself the infamous nickname and a flawless reputation through the whole Italian underworld. Therefore his distrusting bosses wanted to get rid of him, because they thought he might switch to competitive clans for bigger money. Of course, that could make themselves appear on his obituary. Il Nero noticed he got redundant and quickly escaped from Italy to the US. He offered his services there for the highest bidder, which became Cobra. No one knows what he really looks like, he always has a different look on every occasion. Excellent man of disguises, knows how to blend into the crowd, sneak up to his target(s) and takes him/them out.

Working notes: the Bullhorn gun was a fantastic feature of the original figure. Very cool the way you could take it out of the backpack and assemble it to a sniper rifle. It was a pity it didn't have a proper grip for the figure to hold it. That's how I came up with this custom. I added a grip, bipod and magazine to make it look like a real sniper rifle. But a hitman cannot rely on his rifle only, so I gave him a pistol with silencer and a knife too. Now the challenge was to make it all fit into the backpack and turn it into a briefcase. It took me quite a few hours (more than painting the figure itself), but I'm very happy with the result.