I’m an enormous fan of the Colonel Hawk from the comics, however even I can acknowledge the look he sported as Basic within the cartoon and his 1986 determine might be his most iconic look and would possible be the inspiration for his Categorised determine. Let’s check out Basic Clayton “Hawk” Abernathy!
The field artwork options Hawk in the course of a battle in entrance of the G.I. Joe Headquarters, little doubt a reference to the Come up, Serpentor, Come up episode of the cartoon. It makes me wish to construct a headquarters backdrop.
Hawk comes with a helmet, two pairs of goggles, two pistols, a shotgun, and a grenade launcher. The pistols are shut in dimension, however a barely completely different design. The larger gun suits in each holsters, however the smaller one suits within the chest holster solely. They each match properly within the hand and are solid in stable black plastic.
The grenade launcher seems just like the one which got here with the retro Gung Ho and can also be solid in a reasonably stable black plastic. He can maintain it fairly properly, although the inventory does bump up in opposition to the beefy biceps a bit. The strap does permit him to hold all his weapons without delay.
The shotgun seems just like the one which got here with Covergirl, however solid within the stable black plastic. All of the weapons can use blast results from the varied weapons packs.
The small goggles are designed to be worn on the pinnacle underneath the helmet and are solid in a mushy black plastic and have a very brilliant silver paint for the lenses.
The large goggles are designed to suit on the helmet as seen on the classic determine and the cardback artwork.
The helmet is solid in a reasonably mushy plastic and wobbles a bit on Hawk’s head, just like the best way Dusty’s helmet didn’t fairly match. like Dusty, it could actually match tighter in case you put the goggles on. Should you don’t need him to appear like he’s carrying the goggles, you possibly can put them on backwards and it holds the helmet on higher. For my part it’s additionally somewhat too vast the place the spherical half meets the slight brim with a view to accommodate the goggles, however I just like the dented and scratched element. I don’t assume his ears ought to present a lot from the entrance, however I’ve seen the extra I squished it onto his head the higher it regarded.
Sculpting right here is very nice with an amazing, heroic portrait and the leather-based jacket has some nice textures. The one factor I don’t love is that the bicep minimize is extra of a straight line and is somewhat unattractive.
The articulation is generally commonplace for Categorised, nevertheless his mid-torso articulation is a ball joint. A minimum of I believe it’s a ball joint, however there’s not quite a bit motion there. It additionally looks like the butterfly joint for the pectorals are literally ball jointed as an alternative of hinged as a result of they will transfer up and down. Hawk has:
- Ball and socket head, decrease neck, mid-torso, pectorals, and waist
- Swivel/hinge shoulders, wrists, hips, and ankles
- Swivel boots, biceps, and thighs
- Double hinged knees and elbows
- Hinged drop-down hips
Paint is basically good with a stable faceprint and good element on the shoulder patches, nametag, and pins. I like how a lot paint is on the left chest pins despite the fact that they’re lined by the chest holster and the jacket has a mushy drybrush that conveys put on and tear properly.
General Hawk is superb. I do want he got here with an alternate pointing hand relatively than the bigger weapons, however he’s received nice presence. I believe the helmet in all probability might match somewhat higher in the event that they didn’t should account for the goggles, however I additionally actually like the choice of shifting them.
I’d nonetheless purchase a Colonel Hawk within the OG 13 type and I hope he comes with a Categorised MMS since that appears extra possible now that the VAMP and SMS are on the best way.
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