At first, my two lead Cobras were Croc Master and Copperhead. Both made sense in a swamp setting, however, they don't strike me as characters that could lead soldiers into battle. I felt the set needed a leader. Bludd made sense and gave me an excuse to make an updated PoC version of the character. I found that the Resolute Zartan was a perfect base and the figure just flowed from there.
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For this project, I wanted to emulate the type of offerings that the GIJCC put out every year. I had a few criteria:

- Lots of paint apps
- No (or few) modified parts
- Weapons and accessories are all (mostly) from Hasbro's Joe line
- Vehicles are all from Hasbro's Joe line

I really wanted this set to "feel" like an authentic Club set. I pretty much stayed within these self-imposed guidelines. I only broke these rules a couple of times. My justification was that the Club has been tooling up new parts (on a limited basis) in the last few years