Here is the latest (and last...for a while) member of my Mortal Kombat inspired Mandalorians - Cyber Smoke!
PLAYER TWO - CYBER SMOKE! FIGHT!
A member of the Lin Kuei clan of Mandalorians that produced both warriors known as Sub-Zero, Tomas Vrbada was a mighty warrior in his own right. Friends with the younger of the two, Tomas was granted the codename "Smoke" following a successful Rite of Passage his clan required of all members reaching the age of thirteen. Smoke was present when the Mando known as Scorpion killed the older Sub-Zero. Smoke attempted to avenge his clanmate, but was hopelessly outmatched by the evil warrior. Scorpion left his battered foe at the bottom of a chasm, believing him to be dead. Smoke survived for the three days it took a scouting droid to locate his body by accident. Notifying his clan on Mandalore of the find, the younger brother Kuai Liang arrived to collect the armor of his fallen brother Bi-Han and what remains of his friend Tomas. Tomas is rushed to the nearest medical facility, and the clan authorizes his body to be rebuilt with cybernetics. What little organic remnants remain are forever locked insided a beskar body. Tomas, now called Cyber Smoke, vows revenge on Scorpion with his friend Kuai assuming Bi-Han's armor and codename of Sub-Zero along side him. The two travel the galaxy, seeking the one man who destroyed both of their lives. They will not be whole until Scorpion is defeated in Mando combat. Cyber Smoke's preferred weapons are a concussion greande launcher and the specialized gauntlet that spews a smoke mist that dissolves untreated beskar on his left arm. He also keeps a blaster pistol on his hip as a back-up weapon.
"Special Effect" smoke cloud. Lame, but it was the best I could think of at the time. I may go back and revisit it sometime. It's a length of wire plugged into the gauntlet port with pulled cotton swab glued on.
This was a McQuarrie Concept Boba Fett with the alternate head. Dreadlock cables came from a variety of sources. Kinda hard to tell from the cruddy pics, Cyber Smoke has a multi-colored "smokey" paintjob I'm fairly proud of. If I were to aquire more of this base fig I'd make Cyrax and Sector (complete with chest-launched projectile "special effects"). I have one of the bodies, need one more and two of the alternate heads. Thanks for tuning in!
