Parts:
Head, Lower Legs, Pauldron, Belt/Sword-25th Iron Grenadier
Torso, Arms, Upper Legs-25th Torpedo
Uzi-various figures over the years.

I really liked the idea of the Iron Grenadiers, Destro striking out on his own. Holy crud could you imagine what this would have been like had Sunbow handled this storyline. Man. I really liked the original designs of the Iron Grenadiers and felt the 25th figures just missed the mark. Although I could buy that Destro outfitted his troops in a stripped down version of Cobra Commander's battle armor the character went from looking streamlined to bulky. I didn't like it. When I started thinking about this figure I was pouring through tons of pictures of the Iron Grenadiers, everything from official to fan art. I came across some of the original card art and realized that the character looked like he was wearing a tight body suit. I grabbed a spare Torpedo and started to quickly cobble it together. After modding the knees to fit into the upper legs of Torpedo, I was amazed at how much better this looked for me. A call back to the original figure's design but with a modern and more grounded feel. PLUS the silhouette of the character was lean and tough looking, something that made sense to me based on how I felt Destro would have his Trooper's train. I'm so happy with this I'm going back and altering all of my Iron Grenadiers figures right now, with three done and the final two left to go.