recruited

new characters based on law, flint, spirit and stalker:

assault revisited

now that's better. shockwave applies the same move he's been practicing to a cobra motor viper, apparently because of a stolen color scheme:

variation

so, i was planning to draw shockwave smashing some dude's spine with an aluminum bat, but i ran out of room on the edge of the post it note, so now he's sort of just... playing baseball:


and don't forget to pick up the 1989 edition! collect them all!

the troops

character designs based on beach head, snake eyes (masked and unmasked), quick kick, gung ho and sgt. slaughter:

adaptation

new character designs based on lady jaye, duke, and shipwreck:

more character designs

the grunts:


destro analogue redesign:

R&D

caste system and new helmet design:


design for the training room scene:


and these are designs for the actual characters behind those masks:

stalker

little known character from series 1, 1982:


incidentally, i really like that these cobra viper costumes completely encase the soldier's head, but leave his arms exposed.

UPDATE: i just found out that stalker, a character i was never familiar with as a child, is the same character that was featured in a VERY familiar sculpt that i always thought look like a garbage man. small world!

roadblock

roadblock, the "mr. T" of the G.I. joe universe, flinging a cobra hiss driver offscreen:

bbq

barbeque vs. a cobra battle android trooper: