Schrage - Oktober Guard Infantryman

Where Daina is the hot-headed member of the Oktober Guard, Schrage is the laconic, cool-headed one. He seems almost lazy, but he still does his part.

Maybe it's fitting that I don't have to much to say about Schrage since he is a man of few words himself.

I used a Sith Trooper Commander and file the sides of this hat down to match Schrage's hat. I based my coloring off the Oktober Guard pinup of the back of a yearbook, rather than the figure they issued in 2012.

-c

Daina - Oktober Guard Sniper

There are a lot of similarities between Daina and Scarlett: they're both smart, deadly, and often serve as second-in-command. However, where Scarlett is normally cool and calculating, Daina is bad tempered and prone to biting.

For Daina, I first considered the Reaper Miniatures Russian Sniper, but it just didn't feel right. Daina needed to be a bit...rougher. So, instead I went with Reaper's Evie, Post-Apocalyptic Heroine. I cut the brim of her cap off and used green stuff to make her trademark hat. I also filled in the missing midriff part of her shirt. I left the ponytail which, now that I look at it, does look a little weird.

Might have to rethink that choice...

-c

Colonel Brekhov - Oktober Guard Officer

I've mentioned the Oktober Guard before and how much I would have liked having them as a kid. Having a Russian equivalent to the Joe team, who they could work with or against depending on the mission, would have been a blast. It worked well in the comics, after all.

Every team needs a leader and Brekhov was the perfect Russian stereo-type. He could have been in any James Bond movie as the person leading Russia's troops against some threat that winds up reluctantly teaming up with Bond. Now that I think about it, that sure happened a lot in those movies.


Anyway, didn't need any modifications for Brekhov. Just a Reaper Miniatures General Drake with the right paint job.


I guess it is a little sad that the miniature got demoted from General to Colonel.

-c

Dragonsky - Oktober Guard Soldier

Back when I was collecting G.I. Joe figures, they never made any of the Oktober Guard toys, which was a bummer. I would have been thrilled to have them. And one of my favorites was Dragonsky.

Most of the Oktober Guard wore normal military gear, so when Dragonsky came out in this purple outfit with a flamethrower, I thought it was freaking cool.

I started with a Heroclix N.O.W.H.E.R.E. Soldier and added the fuel tanks, hose, and helmet with green stuff.

I tried to add the little red star on his helmet. I might be hard to see in the pic though.

-c