Wondering Why There Hasn’t Been A Post In Awhile? Haha Well Here Is Why: I Capped Off The Individual

Wondering why there hasn’t been a post in awhile? Haha well here is why: I capped off the individual figures for 1988 with Voltar, and now am entering into the VEHICLE drivers.

As has always been the case with the vehicle art, there are some vehicles that are fairly easy, and some that are EPIC and super complex. For example, the one I am working on currently! ROLLING THUNDER. With epic vehicles that are basically “playsets” I often try to do something a bit more special with the art so as to pay homage to the piece.

Hilariously the figure that comes with the Rolling Thunder is unbelievably simple, but man oh man the vehicle. Phew! So, yeah, I will try and post art updates as I go but it’s one of those pieces where I spend time thinking about a lotta aspects of it and studying it, etc. But not playing, no, definitely not, I swear. 😇

SIDENOTE: about my Rolling Thunder is that a) i have yet to clean it up (sorry), b) I am usually pretty good about having all the pieces to my childhood collection but I am missing ONE of the big red missiles, which is bad for the OCD, and c) I’m missing the thingy that holds the gun turret below the drivers. On the bright side, all the seatbelts are still in place? 🤔 Safety first! 😃 . . .

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Phew! This is the first vehicle drawing for the 1988 series and WOW what doozy. This vehicle is so epic it could possibly be considered a play set in the same vein as the Mobile Command Center. This vehicle is so big it comes with an additional TINY vehicle. This thing is over 3 feet long and comes with what I would guess are the two largest rockets ever released with a G.I. Joe toy set?

The sad part to me I guess is that the vehicle far outshines the driver “Armadillo” that comes with the Rolling Thunder. If I’m being honest, I find that to be the case with a vast majority of figures that come with a vehicle.

This vehicle art took a long time to complete. I decided to up the ante a bit for the context I put the vehicle in, and create a dynamic background. I brought some of my other art styles to the mix, doing a bit more of a “painterly” style to the background, particularly with the clouds. I wanted to have some purples and oranges in the sky to compliment the green of the Rolling Thunder itself.

Like I said, I know it took an epically long time to get this out but thanks for sticking with me and I hope you enjoy the final result!

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