Spoilers, a couple years ago IDW restarted the Larry Hama GI Joe A Real American Hero series that had ended at Marvel in the 90's. A few years after that, everyone's favorite silent ninja, Snake Eyes "died"--I say that in quotes because I'm still not certain he's going to stay dead. For one thing, there was never a body, and with a Snake Eyes movie in the works I have my doubts whether he will stay dead.

Soon after there was a teenage female lacrosse player, Dawn Moreno, in Springfield whose athletic prowess garnered the attention of Cobra Commander. Eventually she went under the tutelage of the Baroness, but fearing her loyalty might no be complete, she was sent to be brainwashed by the Brainwave Scanner. Unfortunately the machine malfunctioned, and rather than brainwash her into total allegiance, it instead uploaded all the memories and skills of a prior subject, Snake Eyes.

Yeah, that's pretty convoluted, and really, only the beginning of the story. But now she is a member of the Joes with all the memories and skills of the original Snake Eyes at her disposal.

I started this the middle of last year, got a little frustrated and intimidated by all the work needed to be done and set it aside for other projects while formulating parts ideas. I know she's a bit of a polarizing character, but I like her design from a visual standpoint, and thought she'd be a fun challenge to do, especially attempting to do so much sculpt work on a 3.75 figure, which is a lot more difficult as opposed to the six inch work I've been more accustomed with.

I think Hannibal said it best, I love it when a plan comes together.


Parts:
Head: MI Captain Marvel with sculpted visor
Hair: MU Wolverine (X-23)
Torso and arms: 50th female officer with sculpted forearm guards and piping
Hands: Marauder Task Force with some sculpt
Legs: MTF and holster with sculpted shin guards, knee pads, holster straps, and piping
Swords and sheath: MTF

Her harness was made from the top halves of two MU Deadpools harnesses. I sanded down the round DP center sections then glued those two section together to make a flat center. I then sculpted the rectangular piece for her Arashikage emblem. Finally I used some InstaMorph to hold the sword sheaths together and then glued them to the back piece of the DP harness. Pretty happy with the results.

And now you know, and knowing is half the battle.