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I made Toby from from a GI Joe Torch figure, from a comic two-pack. His head came from the same two-pack Crimson Gaurdsman that Jay'cyn's arms and legs were taken from. His hands are from a Cobra Trooper, because the Torch hands just weren't holding very securely.


 
Initial resulpting to the Torch body. Torch uses the same body as Gung Ho, and is molded completely shirtless. Both figures come with removeable vests. The red paint I was testing for the shirt is also visible here. The gun is an XM8, from Marauder's. I painted it up to look like the guns I often draw Toby using, in the comic.

The gray splotches are Mr. Surfacer, that I used to smooth out where I didn't get the Kneadatite on very smooth. This is probably the last thing I'll use Mr. Surfacer on, since what I've got is solidifying on me, and it's continued availabity here in the States is in question.


Better view of the XM8. For some reason the Polyscale paint I used for the blue, is really soft, and rubs off way too easily. I've since repainted, and given the gun a coat of flat clear. If that doesn't work, I'll smear a thin coat of super glue over the rub areas.
What a difference paint makes. Toby's signature faded blue jeans, and torn red T-shirt really make the figure look and feel like Toby, even though the hair is still the wrong color.

He still has the Torch hands, neither of which would firmly grasp either handle on the M60.
Fully kitted out. The sheath for the machete is made from the same brown vinyl I used for Angel's gear. Like the XM8, the M60 and the machete are from Marauder "Gun Runners."
Everything's painted, now. Both leg inserts have their final peices on them; a pistol holster on the right leg, and grenades and XM8 magazines on the left.

Both the M60 and the XM8 now have slings on them. The M60 has an old school two pooint single, and the XM8 has a simple single point sling. The XM8's sling is attached to a removeable end cap. The real XM8 end cap is used on the comapct carbine version of the gun, but it is a real component. I can also put the original shoulder stock back on.
The grenades, ammo clips, and .45 pistol are pieces from Marauder Inc. The holster is made from very thin (.010" thick) sheet styrene. It's basically just wrapped around the gun to get the shape, then glued to leg insert piece. The magazines and grenades are glued in place, but the pistol is removeable.
Told you, the pistol was removeable. :)

The machete was painted with Model Master Rust, then drybrushed with Testors acrylic orange, then I sprayed with flat clear, before drybrushing with silver. The handle is Model Master sand, with thinned down black oil paint brushed on to give that old wood look. I sealed the oil paint, by spraying flat clear on it, then I smeared the whle thing with superglue, to protect the paint.



This shows the folding carry handle. Getting the last piece on that keeps the handle from just pulling off, was really annoying to get glued on. The handle itself is brass rod, with the grip part of the original handle drilled out and glued in place.

Toby Miller
Machine Gunner
Primary Weapon:  M60E3 machine gun
Secondary Weapon: XM8 automatic rifle (modified)
Backup Weapon: M1911 .45 automatic pistol
Other Weapons: Machete, Fragmentation Grenades

Taken from drug using parents, and dropped into an abusive foster home, Toby had been toughened to life's hardships by the time the Technothropes invaded his world. When more sensible people were running in fear, Toby grabbed the first thing he could find that would work as a weapon. He's the first person on record to succesfully attack Technothrope's with a dull rusty machete. He's not the first person to use an old machete against Technothropes, just the first one to live to tell the tale. Raridan recruited him, as soon as he heard about the incident.

Being capable of firing an M60 machine gun on the move for extended periods, he became the team's machine gunner. For close quarters work, he perfers to use an XM8, with the shoulder stock removed. Ironicly, it makes him the only member of the team to use an automatic rifle of that small calibre.