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Raridan is a
GI Joe comic two-pack Duke, with some remolding. 
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Raridan Lefanu Team
Leader
Primary Weapon: M14 long rifleSecondary Weapon: USP Match Pistol (chambered for .45) Backup Weapon: Pump Action Shotgun Other Weapons: Plasma Sword Raridan has been travelling between universes for a while. It's not clear exactly where he got the technology, but whether he developed it himself, or stumbled upon it, he has a full understanding of it. It's allowed him to establish his company on a number of Earths. It invariably becomes a large technology conglomerate, and is never publicly traded. Raridan's casual exploration of the multiverse ended, when he came across Earth's that had become completely over run by Technothrope's. After helping the Special Responce Unit prevent Technothropes extablish a foothold in one universe, he began working with them, to stop Technothropic expansion in the multiverse. The SRU had no arguements with equiping him for out of Universe excursions, after Lefanu Heavy Industries became one of their largest investors. |
Primary paint, after remolding was
finished. Bright as it looks in this picture, the blue paint was far
too dark to make believable jeans. It also had adhesion problems.
The long hair makes the backpack hole
useless, but I wasn't planning to give him a back pack.
It looks about the same in the pictures, but the jeans
have been repainted in a lighter shade. They need more drybrushing,
though. Everything else has been painted here, as well. The belt's a
little wide, but I was covering up where I'd carved off detail from the
orginal figure.
The drybrushing shows a little better, here. You can
also see the oversized .45 Duke came with. I was going to replace this
with one of Marauder's "Auto 9" Robocop style pistols, but the size and
general proportions of the gun seem a little off to me. It was
ultimately replaced USP Match pistol, from Marauder. The real ones were
available chambered for .45, as well as a couple of other calibres.
Mostly finished, here. The plasma sword is made of clear
blue acrylic rod, and styrene tubing. The sides of the handle were
sanded down, to make for a better grip. The acrylic is far too lightly
colored, and later painted with a mixture of light blue paint, and
clear coat, to give the look you see at the top of the page.
This shows how his weapons clip to his armor, as well as
the clips for the plasma sword's handle, when it's not in use.
These are the mounts, that hold Raridan's rifle and
shotgun to his back. They're just buts of Styrene tube. The armor
itself is styrene sheet, with a bit of old T-shirt material inside, to
protect the paint on the torso.
Here, you can make out the battle damage, to the front
of the armor. The straps that hold the armor together are the same thin
styrene sheet (.010" black) that I use for gun holsters, and details.
The clips that fasten them to the front of the armor are the same
plastic sheet, stacked in such a way to creat an over hang that holds
the straps. Thankfully, these have proven easier to fasten and unfasten
that my first attempt at Angel's gear.
The visor is held to his face by
friction. It basically just pinches the sides of his head. It's made
from styrene tubing, and some of that .010" black sheet. The rifle is
one of Marauder's M14s that come with a bipod. I've chosen not to use
the bipod, and I've painted the wood textured parts of the stock, with
Model Master "Wood" colored acrylic paint.