Cravin' some random dio pics

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[Alchemist]

\r\n \r\n A couple of photos I took today useing my Normandy farmhouse by 21st Century Toys.
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[Alchemist]

\r\n \r\n Some more random dios:
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\r\nThese next two photos were made using one of two green towels I bought a lot of years back just for making setups. They\'re good because they can be placed over things to make hills and whatnot. In this case I placed one over an old plastic ice type trench playset that I have that was bought for $1.49.
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[Geek-Viper]

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[Falcone]

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[cageyJG]

\r\n \r\n Assault on mega-secret arctic outpost x
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\r\nSnow Job or his doppelganger on ski patrol
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\r\nSnake-Eyes, Iceberg and Sub-zero on heightened alert after Snow Job misses his radio check
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\r\nNinja creepin\'
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\r\nTo be continued...\r\n \r\n

[cageyJG]

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\r\nChanning Tatum as Iceberg: "Yo, Snake-Eyez dawg! Intrudaz be alertin\' (From the outtake/deleted scenes)
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\r\n"WOMPF brrr-a-a-a-a-a-p" The concealed blind pops up and Avalanche puts down supressive fire
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[cageyJG]

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\r\nIce Vipers and Snow Serpent behind an emplacement
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\r\nSuddenly a S.N.A.K.E. goes berserker and threatens the enemy advantage
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\r\nSeemingly immune to red and blue lasers, someone or something approaches the icy battlefield
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\r\n...To be continued...?\r\n \r\n

[cageyJG]

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\r\nThe casualties having been tended to, and the dead buried, the surviving Joes begin an incredibly arduous 50 mile trek through the frozen hinterland toward the nearest known outpost. Before long, a solitary figure rejoined the group: the commando
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\r\nClosing the chapter on the extraordinary last struggle and the freaky UFO experiments, there is only one thing left to do. That, you know, is to do one of those cool yet dangerously close to being cliched shots where everyone walks in one long rank and stuff explodes in the background.
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\r\nBarely audible, Stalker muttered "Boom, _____. PG-13 now."
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\r\nSEE YOU NEXT XMAS.\r\n \r\n

[cageyJG]

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\r\nEverything really jumps the shark when the mystery spotter behind the sandbags directs AC-130s in for strafing runs. With perfect timing, Snow Job goes off the colossal ski jump, knocking Frostbite to safety from the clutches of the S.N.A.K.E. while avoiding being filled with holes
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\r\nThe thousands of rounds create enough disturbance in the glacier that a huge crevasse opens right down the center of the secret base and SE and SS lunge free to escape an icy death
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[Geek-Viper]

\r\n \r\n lol, nice. Love the alien craft. Also like the use of the foam packing to build an ice cave. I keep seeing these at work after we install a printer and can\'t think of what to do with them. Now I\'ve got some ideas.\r\n \r\n

[cageyJG]

\r\n \r\n Gracias, amigo.
\r\nThere is so much good stuff on this side of the forum. My favorite right now is what WWTB did with the lighting in his snow dios upthread. http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/m...2008/018-7.jpg
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[ChicagoScott]

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[cageyJG]

\r\n \r\n I like all the little details and great props. Hazard vipers - all that. Remember Dustin Hoffman and "Outbreak"? That stuff is the creepiest. Also, that looks like some kind of Serpentor like pool in the middle (where C.C. is standing), but I\'m not sure, looks like something awful bubbling up from down below...\r\n \r\n

[Alchemist]

\r\n \r\n Here are a couple of quick photos I took yesterday of some of my Comic Book 3 Pack Joes by an old cinderblock in my backyard.
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[Alchemist]

\r\n \r\n Here are a couple of photos I took today.
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\r\nCroc Master drawing his revolver:
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\r\nAnd, one of Resolute Flint:
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[Geek-Viper]

\r\n \r\n That\'s some cool stones you\'ve got in your yard. Love those shots. They look like old jungle ruins.\r\n \r\n

[Alchemist]

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That\'s some cool stones you\'ve got in your yard. Love those shots. They look like old jungle ruins.

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Thanks. The one with Flint is the thing one of my rain pipes rests on. My house is probably over a hundred years old, so there are a lot of fun looking old things around here.\r\n \r\n

[Alchemist]

\r\n \r\n I took some photos of some of my new Retaliation Wave 3.5 figures today.
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\r\nOne of Budo drawing one of his swords:
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[Geek-Viper]

\r\n \r\n I bought another Nocturnal Fire set to trade off some parts. Couldn\'t find a taker on the boards for the FRAG Vipers, so they went up for auction. Of course that means I needed some pictures. Found this "Brick Pathway" stuff at the $1 store(also available at Walmart in the Christmas section) and a chunk of black ABS plastic at work. BLAMO! Instant urban dio.
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\r\nI was in such a hurry I didn\'t setup my tripod and only used 1 light. So I had to use a pretty high ISO and a wide aperture. They could have been clearer, but I don\'t know, maybe the grittiness adds to the feel.
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\r\nBTW, I\'m digging that Flint/Duke shot Alchemist. Your backyard is the coolest. Makes me want to do a Flint/Duke/Mouse shot since those guys all have the same gear.\r\n \r\n

[cageyJG]

\r\n \r\n Alchemist & Geek-viper - maximum tastiness..
\nI love that tree background on Budo, can\'t wait to get him.\r\n \r\n

[Alchemist]

\r\n \r\n Thanks for the comments, guys. I\'ve got more pictures I took awhile back, but I\'ve been very busy lately and I haven\'t had the time to upload them. I\'m hoping to do some dios outdoors in the snow this year.
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\r\nI like the way you posed your FRAG-Vipers, Geek-Viper. And, Christmas time is a good time to pick up dio accessories. I got a lot of things like miniature pine trees that were picked up on sale after Christmas.
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\r\nAnyway, keep them dios pictures coming, everyone! I think this is one of my favorite threads here!\r\n \r\n

[scruffyronin]

\r\n \r\n Here\'s something I took a few days ago.
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[Alchemist]

\r\n \r\n We got our first major snowfall of the year. I took some quick photos outside:
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[Alchemist]

\r\n \r\n I just took a photo of my Artic HISS:
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[Geek-Viper]

\r\n \r\n Thanks cageyJG!
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\r\nscruffyronin is that a Ret Flint hat on a Ret Trooper head on a Ret Duke body? Looks good. Rest of that dio is wicked too. Lighting is superb.
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\r\nSo I found these LED x-mas lights that looked about the right scale for Joes. Then I grabbed some scrap plastic from work to use as a ceiling and took a test shot. It\'s not as bright as I would like to the naked eye. But at ISO 800 and a 1/2 second shutter at f11 it works out alright. I did just sort of slap it together so there are light leaks from the surrounding room light. Plus it\'s all just sitting on my actual floor. Also, nothing is painted yet. But the dirty plastic and floor give it a gritty underground parking garage kinda feel right now.
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[turner]

\r\n \r\n Nice
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[Alchemist]

\r\n \r\n That dio by scruffyronin looks awesome.
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\r\nThat\'s looking good so far, Geek-Viper. The thing with the lights is neat.
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\r\nI just logged in here to post more pictures, but the ImageShack website I use is all weird looking and I can\'t get into my account.\r\n \r\n

[Alchemist]

\r\n \r\n I had to get a Photobucket account because I still can\'t get into my ImageShack one.
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\r\nAnyway, I had these photos I took in my basement quite a long time ago. My home is probably over a hundred years old, so the floor is quite worn. I decided not to turn on any lights down there and just took the photos with the natural light coming in through the windows.
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\r\nThe first one is of Duke, Stalker, Snake Eyes, and Beachhead walking around down there. Who knows who or what they\'ll run into.
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[Geek-Viper]

\r\n \r\n That Decepticon one is bad ass bro!\r\n \r\n

[cageyJG]

\r\n \r\n Seconded. Can\'t get enough of that Cyclonus.\r\n \r\n

[Alchemist]

\r\n \r\n Thanks, guys! I think that particular Cyclonus figure from the Reveal the Shield line is great. Not only does it have a nice transformation, but it\'s articulation in robot mode is pretty good.\r\n \r\n

[Alchemist]

\r\n \r\n I had some fun with the 50th Outnumbered sets today.
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\r\nA Cobra Viper Officer hears a Joe vehicle engine in the distance and tells a Cobra Trooper to get ready with his RPG.
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\r\nLittle do they know Beachhead has already crept up to there position and is waiting on the other side of it.
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\r\nLater on, Destro is captured by Leatherneck and Hawk.
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[Geek-Viper]

\r\n \r\n I can\'t get enough of your backyard man!
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\nAnyway, couple years later, here\'s a couple from my back yard. No story line. I just didn\'t feel like setting up lights. So I went out side to use the sun. Shots turned out pretty good for just using my phone.
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[Alchemist]

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\nThose really are pretty good for just using a phone!
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\nI haven’t done any outdoor dio pics lately. I like getting down on the ground to take ’em. I injured my lower back last November while doing yard work, so I wasn’t able to get down on the ground like that for several months. I’m better now. I’ll have to take some outdoor pics before winter comes. The foliage out there changes from year to year so they’re always interesting.
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\nHere are a couple of old pics from out back I didn’t post before:
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\nLady Jaye and a GI Joe Trooper in a hole my dog dug:
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\nSome of 21st Century Toys’ Vietnam War figures, which are poorly articulated like their other early figures, but have pretty nice paint applications:
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[Alchemist]

\r\n \r\n Airtight vs Toxo-Zombie:
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\r\nThis was shot in my basement on an old shelf today. The "test tube" is just an old jar filled with some leftover nails. It\'s a pretty random dio, for sure.
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\r\nI had a Toxo-Zombie when I was a kid. Smalljoes.com got some Club ones in, so I ordered one and it arrived this morning with some other figures that I bought. I have the Club\'s Toxo-Viper, as well. It\'s cool that they made them in matching colors.\r\n \r\n

[Geek-Viper]

\r\n \r\n I love that you put the Toxo all in shadow, but you can still make out the outline. Very creepy.
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\nI think I\'m going to try to get some Rock-Viper stuff tomorrow morning before it gets hot. One of our neighbors in our building recently moved out, but over the winter he built a little dirt mound parking spot next to the carports for his VW. Now that he\'s gone there\'s some pretty cool terrain left hanging out over there.
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[Alchemist]

\r\n \r\n Tomorrow’s Halloween, so I thought I’d do a creepy dio in my basement. This one\'s based on the cover of issue #49 of the 80’s comic. The mummy is Montezuma\'s Skeleton from the DVD pack wrapped up in a strip of gauze. I used battery operated tea lights to give the effect of torches lit in a tomb. This was super random. I threw this together in a few minutes using what I had available.
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[Geek-Viper]

\r\n \r\n The tea lights work rather well I must say.
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\r\nHere\'s a photoshopped dio(I hope this counts). I found that the new Stiletto could make this killer pose and as I was editing the pics for the archive I remembered I took this fun shot of an alley behind Capitol Theater before it snowed. So I sized and lighted her digitally to match. The angles aren\'t quite right. I think I\'ll try some reshoots.
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[Alchemist]

\r\n \r\n I was out and about the old backyard today. I took some Joes out with me and took some pics.
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[cageyJG]

Everything really jumps the shark when the mystery spotter behind the sandbags directs AC-130s in for strafing runs. With perfect timing, Snow Job goes off the colossal ski jump, knocking Frostbite to safety from the clutches of the S.N.A.K.E. while avoiding being filled with holes



The thousands of rounds create enough disturbance in the glacier that a huge crevasse opens right down the center of the secret base and SE and SS lunge free to escape an icy death



The entire top and bottom halves of the base open to reveal a massive crater from which a buried UFO, awakened and disturbed, takes flight