Now that the dust has settled from the mania that was SDCC, we are ready to unleash Custom Corps 4! This particular CC is the product of the horrifyingly talented Hellopike! He literally spent months assembling, dying and painting an array of knockout customs.I've had some time to really look these over and my mind is absolutely blown. The details are phenomenal and the builds bring a cool, kind of "grown up" look to the characters. We will be unveiling new pics of the assortment leading up to their official release near the end of next week. Phil, you are an amazing talent and we're so honored to roll this out with you. We don't want to sell any!
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ReplyDeleteRhino Squad looks fan-f@$%&n-tastic!! Looks like a lot of love went into these guys. Can't wait to see what else Phil cooked up!
ReplyDeleteAHHHHH i'm SO excited! I really hope I get a different head make like a LSA or Govurom, but they all look cool!
ReplyDeleteThis looks to be a great CC wave. Agreed that the Rhino Squad looks really nice. I like that Sarvos Elite quite a bit too. Looking forward to more previews.
ReplyDeleteyour Gobon builds are inspired I love them! I also like the use of the Callgrim guns on the Rhino Exellis they make me think of Rumble/Frenzy and that is never a bad thing!
ReplyDeleteWOW! such amazing work. I cant wait to have some of these in my collection!!! cant wait for the release date
ReplyDeleteHmm..not sure I'm on this bandwagon yet...paint apps look kind of rough and oddly textured in these pics no?
ReplyDeleteJames: as someone who has regularly seen Phil's work up close, I can assure you of the smoothness of the paint work and the attention paid to detail. And as someone who has seen his work in this medium progress over time, I can generally say I'm excited to see what's in store for this wave.
ReplyDeletePhil, if you're reading this, man: I told ya so. Congrats on the official release!
Went to his flickr stream to get more closeup action and I don't feel any better...plenty of paint mis-applications and all sorts of well, just randomness. I see tons of builds that don't really look right, because, well, those parts don't fit that well together. I like my Custom Corps to look very high end and well thought out and a lot of this looks like the stuff the community throws together on the couch, with a solid but hurried paint job thrown on. There are all some very choice figs in this bunch for sure, but its not as likely to yield a home run on a random single fig purchase as with the Dead Prez stuff...my 2 cents.
ReplyDeleteHey James, these configurations may not be your cup of tea, but the execution on all of the customs from this round is absolutely top notch.
ReplyDeleteThe builds are original, well thought out and make a lot of sense.. at least to me they do. I'm honored to be able to work with Hellopike, I love what he's done with this stuff, but no worries if you don't, I guess that means more for the rest of us! I think it's time for some new pics!
They look pretty darn good to me. I love some of the inventive builds on these guys. Great jeeeorb!
ReplyDeleteLoving the Rhino Squad colors & that Gobon, don't know what it is, but I love it & the red looks smooth.
ReplyDeleteGreat job HelloPike !!