I remember when I was a boy into scale models I always wanted the kit with spare figures in it so that I could display them diorama style in my cabinet. Ok, I admit, when I was young I usually didn’t display my models but rather played with them. And the figures accentuated the game play and gave me the opportunity to monologue… hehehe. Of course I took extra steps to ensure that I didn’t break them.

So when I suddenly took up my passion for collecting kits all over again I was looking for figures to complement the package. I’m lousy at figure sculpting but I found out however that you can actually make figures with a mold made out of polymer clay if you have an already pre-existing figure. This can be done with the use of some Mold Maker from Sculpey. Its basically a form of clay that needs to be baked in order to harden. Its difference from regular clay is that its sort of rubbery after baking making it easy for you to pull out your casted item. The drawback is that usually only one side of the figure can be casted in the mold, leaving the other side bare. You’d have to make another mold of the other side then use your fingers and a little bit of creativity to combine them together.

Quite recently my son had his birthday and his mother wanted to mark the occasion by making a personalized cake topper for his birthday cake. The figures she made were the cast of the Backyardigans. The reason for this is because our son loves this show so much.

My wife started sculpting clay last year and from that time has really gained a lot of skill and experience, well in my eyes anyway and you could say I am biased because I’m her husband *snicker*

After tackling the top brass of Cobra, we head on down to middle management. The Baroness, intelligence officer and sometime 2nd in command of the Cobra organization. The Baroness is not just a pretty face with a self made title, she really is aristocracy. In the comic book series by Marvel Comics, the Baroness entered into the world of terrorism and the Cobra organization after mistakenly thinking that the Americans were responsible for the death of her relative.

I think it be fitting that I showcase my beloved GI Joe collection by starting with the main man himself, on the Cobra side that is. None other than Cobra Commander.