heavy metal's "beard"

[snowed_in]

Dirt. Explain how it could possibly be a beard please!

The grime is just covering up his stubble
Couldn't help my smart-*ss self

[GMW79]

I actually would work well as stubble if not for the nose, but it's definitely dirt. I wish Hasbro had done more of that type of paint app back in the day.

[John Missal]

It is probably the best facial paint app ever for a gijoe figure, followed closely by Hit & Run. Very character specific, but more so, very job specific. The paint app goes way too far up the face for it to be a beard, and as stated, matches the goggles outline perfectly. As a kid, I too thought it was a beard, but as an adult collector, I see the subtlty of it being dirt on his face. More joes could have benefitted from attention to detail like this (some do, some don't)


And For a US Military unit, Joe had way too many beards and non-regulation mustaches.

[Janus]

What I think was meant when it was called a "beard" was just that a beard of dirt form teh goggles. As a kid I never noticed it and as an adult I can see that it is dirt on the face.

[Average Joe]

isn't it a bit too evenly distributed to be dirt? Same color and thickness across the whole section? At least a beard grows in evenly like that.

[Janus]

I guess I should have added that the key that displays the"beard" is not a beard is that Heavy Metal has a mustache which is black, a true beard would match in a toy painters mind. It is just a 'beard" of dirt.

[Average Joe]

I guess I should have added that the key that displays the"beard" is not a beard is that Heavy Metal has a mustache which is black, a true beard would match in a toy painters mind. It is just a 'beard" of dirt.

if a beard isn't as thick as a mustache, it wouldn't appear the same color as the mustache. Second graders even color lighter to show different thickness.

[Janus]

if a beard isn't as thick as a mustache, it wouldn't appear the same color as the mustache. Second graders even color lighter to show different thickness.

I agree they do, but if you look at the dirrt it surrounds his moustache. That to me seems a bit odd. If he was going for the stubbled look it would most likely be for the beard part but not around his moustache which seems trimmed nicely. Also, there is the large amount of the dirt which goes midway up his nose. I have heard of hair on the nose...but that goes beyond belief. Also I think the color of the dirt is a greenish brown. I would think they would have done a mix of black and a lighter shade for stubble.

[Average Joe]

I agree they do, but if you look at the dirrt it surrounds his moustache. That to me seems a bit odd. If he was going for the stubbled look it would most likely be for the beard part but not around his moustache which seems trimmed nicely. Also, there is the large amount of the dirt which goes midway up his nose. I have heard of hair on the nose...but that goes beyond belief. Also I think the color of the dirt is a greenish brown. I would think they would have done a mix of black and a lighter shade for stubble.

all good points

I just felt like arguing.

[Pit Viper]

Yeah it's clearly dirt. i was amazed when i heard someone once say it was a beard. Of course I also had a guy swear that Destro was wearing an orange shirt and thus could be a black man after all since according to him you couldn't see his skin.