Small Scale Military Headquarters

I thought about reviving the old 1:18 Colonial Marine thread for this, but the news is just too good and I had to have the word pictures in the subject. Go, NOW and look at the pictures!!!!!!! http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Hot-Toys-ALIENS-RIPLEY-Snap-Kits-predator-Full-Case_W0QQitemZ6060896404QQihZ009QQca...

There are new SS figures available at Small Joes. I figure if anything is worthy of a post in the 1:18 forum it is new 1:18 scale product. Enjoy or don't... Wink http://smalljoes.com/german_ss_schutzstaffel.shtml http://smalljoes.com/images_ss/ssfigures-1_l.jpg http://smalljoes.com/images_ss/ssfigu...

Thanks for the tip! Also, it looks like their starting to show up on Ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/BBI-1-18-ELITE-FORCE-MODERN-NAVY-SEAL-COMBAT-DIVER-XD_W0QQitemZ6062459191QQcategoryZ2467QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem http://cgi.ebay.com/BBI-1-18-ELITE-FORCE-MODERN-US-AIR-FORCE-NIGHT-STALKER_W0QQ...

Nice figures, good work and giving me some ideas. Also, just want to throw my voice out to Marauder John and his cool-ass weapons company. I still like BBI's guns more, but Marauder is way beyond 21st Century's 1:18 guns. He is making guns now that I would have loved to have had 10-15 years ago as a...

I have a line on the Para's and maybe one of the 4 operators (thanks Razor17019) so how about a SpecOps figures BUMP. Anyone?

Steelbonnet, Damn fine work. I love the GPS/Satcomm antenna and have been wondering how I would make that part myself. I had been working on the same project (two of them) before my current deployment and now I'm all excited to get back to it. I was in a plumbing supply store once, in the Toilet par...

all 4 are exclusives? I thought it was just the spec ops guy (the guy with the beard) I thought SpecOps in the description of these figures implied all 4 of them. The bearded guy's package actually refers to him as Special Ops, and some here have been referring to him as DevGru (a member of the Nav...

Wow. Thats some detailed, time consuming work you've done there. I actually really like how BBI made thier pouches as separate pieces glued onto the figure; it was a big step away from the 3 3/4 gi joe sculpted on gear and added realism, but your cloth gear with actual opening pouches is amazing! Ni...

Also, Digger mentioned the arms being removable for customs. Those new paratrooper arms, heads, waist and legs (something might have to be done to conceal the straps on the legs), would look pretty good mounted on a previous BBI sculpt chest in order to give them body armor and a chest rig...

God, I hope to see some new weapons sets from BBI now! It looks to me that all four of these SpecOps guys primary weapons are new sculpts. The DevGru AK is for sure, as well as both sniper rifles (sweet, 2 guns with one guy!), the HK "9MM Sub-machine gun" that comes with the SEAL is a new sculpt; ni...

Someone make this a sticky thread, then everyone add thier favorite reference sites as links! I'm sure you all know about military photos dot net, but maybe not. Be sure to add your favorite obvious refference site because I might not even know about it... http://www.militaryphotos.net Also from an ...

Cheers to you Bravo_26! Great photos! You have done a public service and it is appreciated! I'm with you in looking forward to photos of the other up coming modern figures!
Thanks.

Heres the thing; I am writing you from somewhere in Iraq. I have another 6 to 8 months to go and would really love to get ahold of the new BBI modern figures. If anyone finds them at an online retailer (ebay, amazon whatever) please let me know, I'm willing to buy that way. Or if anyone finds extra ...

I don't see these at your site. Would love to see pictures. Also, you only have the 2 modern paratroopers? Will you be getting the 4 new BBI modern special operations figures?

Thanks for the pictures Corey. Those look great and now I'm hoping to see both of thier weapons in new weapons packs, that M4 with the second para pictured looks beautifull!
BBI really has improved what I already thought was a great product!
I look forward to seeing pictures of the rest of the line!

F-ing sweet! I admit I havn't been paying alot of attention to the new figure news lately, been busy. So I just noticed this stuff about new modern figures. I mostly only collect modern and Star Wars so this is really exciting. So...since I had such great success obtaining the new weapons packs a co...

Yep, it's Patton's head. Showed up in an Ebay lot, I wasn't even expecting it, but now it's one of my favorite customs. No Iraqis saw me staging these figures. The desert ones were taken clear the hell out in the desert and no one was around. The photo from the river though. There were some third co...

Found a nice modern special operations reference page. See SpecwarGear.com . There are some in-the-field type photos but most I've seen before. The real gem is in the Gear and Equipment section where there are photos of individual pieces of gear sorted by type and use. The Survival Gear page is my f...

I also love to customize the weapons too, here are some pitures of those too. Alot of the M-4 add-on accessories came from PTE guns. I don't like thier guns because the plastic is soft, but love them for thier add-on details. http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i286/MiniMil/Mil%20Customs/Weapons.jpg h...

As long as I'm showing these. Anyone want to play guess where the head came from? I'm sure most of you will recognize them. First the old man of the group; http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i286/MiniMil/Mil%20Customs/CMDI.jpg He's wearing a Target-BBI camelbak accessory, and while I'm not sure the p...

I will use this thread to show some newer customs, I am in Iraq now and will get some more 'in Iraq' photos of the few figures I have with me. Look for those within a week or so... For now I am going to start with some pictures of BBI figures in Iraq while on my first tour (2003-2004). On the bank o...

Here is a picture of a few cast spares I have with me. I have dozens of each and others at home and once I get back there I may have to offer them up as trade fodder. Also, here is a link to a great tutorial on making molds and casting parts: http://www.ironcowprod.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=319 The...

Nice work, thanks for the additional pictures. I am digging your take on Collosus. Now, not trying to hijack your thread but I have been meaning to post this Weapon X custom for awhile and finally have a picture. (Thats supposed to be a cigar in his mouth). Also I have some other military custom pic...

Nice work steelbonnet. And I gotta say that after reading your post I realized I had not paid enough attention to the NY toy show. I googled TOYBIZ Showdown and found this: http://www.generalsjoes.com/toyfair_06_gallery/toybiz/showdown/toyfair_showdown.htm While I'm not so sure about Namor and why w...

Does anyone else make casts of these types of parts? I made casts of a bunch of modern BBI pouches, canteens, ect for use on custom figures. I can't exactly share copies with anyone right now, since I'm still stuck in Iraq, but I could possibly trade off extras when I get home this fall... Someone e...