OMITTED FIGURES
After looking through the archive you may note some figures
have been omitted from the Re-Color Project and did not get a repaint. Of course
any figures that are already painted proper Cobra colors will not need a
repaint, but some others were omitted despite not having a Cobra color scheme.
This section covers the 1987-1994 figures that appear to need a proper repaint
yet were omitted from the project, and explains why this was the case.
NAMED CHARACTER
SUMMARY
Generally named characters do not get a repaint since they
are assumed to be high enough up the Cobra ladder to be able to wear what they
like. This means that a lot of the named Cobras will not be in Cobra colors at
all, though I did make exceptions when the original color scheme was especially
outlandish or ridiculous since Cobra Commander might allow a certain leniency
when a high ranking member is choosing a uniform, but not to the point of
letting them make Cobra look bad. Exceptions to this are if a named character
has more than one released version. If a second version of a character comes
out it will be re-colored to match the original version where applicable.
NAMED CHARACTERS
1987
Big Boa
Croc Master
Crystal Ball
Raptor
1988
Destro: This guy would
normally get a repaint since he does not match the colors of his original
release, but here an exception is made due to the circumstances of this figure.
The original Destro was an independent arms dealer whereas this version is an
Iron Grenadier commander, so this one wears Iron Grenadier colors rather than
his normal "independent operator" colors.
1990
Decimator
Metal-Head
Overlord
Vapor
1991
Cesspool
Interrogator
Sonic Fighter Major Bludd: Major Bludd would normally merit a repaint to the colors of
his original uniform with a brown jumpsuit, black gear, and silver grenades.
Hasbro saved me the trouble by coming out with a repaint of this figure in the
precise color scheme needed back in 2000.
1992
Destro
Dice
Slice
1993
Cobra Commander
1994
Metal Head: Since
Metal-Head is technically an Iron Grenadier he did not get a repaint at this
time, but he shall once I finish all the Cobra figures.
TROOPER SUMMARY
The generic troopers are normally omitted from the project
only if they already have an appropriate color scheme, and when this is not the
case a note will be made next to the figures entry in the lists. Hasbro's
repaints of existing figures are only used in the project if they are serving
in a different role than their original version. This means that while Sonic
Fighter Viper and Lamprey get repainted for the project, the Star Brigade
Astro-Viper and Techno-Viper do not since they are essentially just a re-issue
of the original figure in crappier colors. In both of these figures cases the
original version is used in its place. The same goes for the later 1993-94
repaints that started popping up, both paint schemes represent the same
soldier, so only one repaint will be done for these figures in the project.
Examples of these repaints include the orange Flak-Viper and Alley-Viper, and
the black and Green Firefly.
RANK AND FILE
TROOPERS
1987
Techno-Viper: The colors
on Techno-Viper seemed like a perfect melding of the purple colors from
Tele-Viper and Dr. Mindbender, so I decided to keep this color scheme and use
it for all science related troops that are associated with Mindbender.
1988
Astro-Viper
Iron Grenadiers: Its
pretty clear that the established color scheme for this group is black, gold,
and red, with a bit of khaki for the vehicle drivers. Why then did they
immediately take a giant crap on that by turning around and painting some of
their guys in a gaudy pinkish purple color and then moving on to neon orange
and whatever else they thought would totally ruin what could have otherwise
been nice looking figures? All Iron Grenadier troops that got urinated on by
the Hasbro design department will be repainted the proper colors at some point
after the Cobra troops are finished and will be added to the re-color gallery.
This will include Nullifier and Voltar from the 1988 series.
1989
Iron Grenadiers: The incorrectly
colored Iron Grenadiers from 1989 will also get a repaint when the time comes.
Annihilator is in really bad need and currently doesn't even resemble a Destro
trooper with those awful colors. T.A.R.G.A.T. looks pretty sharp in his colors
but blue is a Cobra color, and Cobra and IG already look similar enough without
dressing them in each others colors. I guess no one at Hasbro ever heard of the
term "friendly fire". Wild Boar will be left as is.
Night-Viper: The
colors on this figure were just so perfectly fitting I had to leave them alone.
If there were any more Night Ops specific Cobra troops, they would also use
this color scheme for the Re-color Project.
Track-Viper
1990
Laser Viper: When most
Cobra troops were turning neon colors, this one actually had a nice color
scheme and looked like a proper Cobra soldier. The color scheme for Laser-Viper
is used for all Cobra troops that carry advanced weaponry systems.
Night Creeper: The
Night Creeper organization works for Cobra, but is not a part of Cobra. As such
they remain unchanged and all future Night Creeper figures will also use this
color scheme.
Range Viper: While
Range-Vipers colors don't precisely match any of the pre-established Cobra
color palettes, it does come very close. Since these guys mostly keep to the
field and rely heavily on captured supplies, its no surprise their uniforms are
a little off in color here and there. I considered repainting this guy for a
time but decided to just leave him alone since he looks fine as is.
1991
Crimson Guard Immortal
Desert Scorpion: At
the moment this guy is grouped in with the other disposable troops since he is
from a punishment battalion, so the black and yellow B.A.T. colors are right
for him. I left the brown there since it was fitting for a desert trooper. At
some point this entire figure may get repainted in the Viper color scheme.
1992
Air Devil
1993
1994
Cobra Black Star: I
didn't repaint this one since its a Cobra ally and not a member of Cobra. The figure
might still get a repaint at some point since he has a pretty cool design and
could look great if given the right color scheme.