Well, I already screwed this up, but that was because I thought our camera was at my wife's school where she said she left it. I'll instead give it a step by step treatment and history.
I was able to sit down and finally get into the pieces I wanted to use from this set. I donated Commander Cody and Plo Koon figures to the lot. I boiled and popped the Plo Koon because I wanted his forearms. I took another Commander Cody body that was in the package already, and looked as though it had been attempted to use several times. I removed the forearms to Cody and added in Plo-Koon's forearms, trimming the elbow armor out so that the arm could straighten properly. Next I chose some shoulder armor caps I had lying around to beef out the shoulders. I kept the Plo Koon hands and head to use as well. I also chose what looked like some kind of armor that went with the clones from the Mission to Abbregaddo battle pack, with the gun holster on the front of it. I started with a medium grey paint as a base color to give it a uniform color, blending out the lines from Cody's yellow stripes. From there, I chose a French Blue to add as armor accents.
Next, I used a clear orange paint to wash over Plo Koon's skin, so that it wasn't a direct swap out, giving him a skin tone of his own. I further changed his breathing and goggle apparatus from bronze to silver. I also added some random pouches to his leg gear to hold medical supplies.
Finally, I washed over the figure with a flat black to give him that weathered look, rounding out the figure. I have named him
Captain Silas Elgin, Kel-Dorian male. No Jedi, nothing special. Just a desire to serve his Galaxy as a combatant and field medic in the war against the Separatists. He donned a set of Clone armor, along with some upgrades, and joined his brothers-in-arms, charging head first into any battle presented to him.
I'd really like to take this time to thank Luke Sprywalker for putting this very fun, very inventive contest together for us all. While we had some bumps along the road, the Brotherhood has traveled its circuit, and is now destined to return to its master. I'd sure like to do something like this again, but perhaps be a little more discerning in who is included in the process, so as to avoid the trouble we had in the past. Thank you Luke, thank you very much.
