Minor Custom: 25th Anniversary Ripcord

Ripcord has been one of my favourite Joes of all time. He was all green, had a helmet with a facemask and hose. Best of all, he carried a real battle rifle, the FAL. In the comics, it had a night scope and it was awesome!

Yes, he was impulsive in ejecting from a perfectly good airplane but he was one of the few Joes who fought it out 1-on-1 with Zartan! He may have lost but he impersonated the impersonator, himself!

Now, he is given the 25th Anniversary treatment. I actually bought 5 of these!

You may have noticed, Ripcord has a very different helmet from the Assault on Cobra Island 7 pack.
That is my custom

Originally, he came with a simple black helmet similar to Blowtorch’, however, I found it too big for his head. The way it was shaped, it was more like a skater’s helmet rather than something used for HALO jumps.
I based my new helmet off what USAF Pararescue Jumpers use but with the complete Oxygen hose setup.

It was a pain to make the face mask fit with this helmet which, by the way, came from Pilot Scarlet / Glenda. It was the most accurate mold I could find.

I know it may look unusual, the colours not matching the uniform but that is how the real world operates. If Ripcord was dressed for dessert action, then, I can adjust accordingly.

I am saddened by the fact that he has no FAL, this time around. He was, however, issued a new G36 with grenade launcher. I can forgive Hasbro for this.
I was concerned he would be issued another M4-gery like what happened to Airborne.
Ripcord’s style is European… also das ist richtig!

This gives me more work as I will definitely will have to convert it to be able to fold its stock. I mean, that jumping off aeroplanes is the main reason why such a feature exist!

If you have not gotten your Cobra Island 7 packs, I would recommend getting these before they disappear!

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