20th Anniversary Ghost “1985 Mail-In”

Chad’s self-custom character is Ghost. The original custom was finished roughly 20 years ago. Chad created him prior to the creation of Mayor. He truly was a self-custom and the parts and colors were based on clothes that Chad owed (minus the helmet). The name was a spin off of Chad Ghostal Space Ghost’s evil twin brother.

Original Ghost (By Chad-Ghost)

1985 Mail-In Ghost

20th Anniversary Ghost

Colors

I followed Ghost’s original color scheme rather closely. The biggest change was matching his pants to a Hasbro color, and I chose “Grunt” green.

Gray (Spray): Rust-o-leum Primer Gray
Gray (Brush-on): Anita’s Charcoal
Black: Apple Barrel Black
Blue: Delta Ceramcoat Navy Blue
“Grunt” Green: Krylon Satin Italian Olive
Brown: Apple Barrel Brown Oxide

Parts

Following 20th Anniversary Mayor being an 1984 mail-in, I wanted Ghost to be a mail-in from 1985. So long Bullhorn arms, Outback thighs, and Flak-Viper feet. I chose to use Toys ‘R’ Us Cobra Trooper arms, which were a repaint of Thunder, in order to keep the arms playable. I originally chose Footloose thighs, but the cloth folds didn’t match the smoothness of the Wild Weasel feet.

Head: Cobra Commander 83
Arms: Cobra Infantry Trooper 04
Torso: Tripwire 83
Waist: Mutt 84
Thighs: Thunder 84
Feet: Wild Weasel 84

“Mail-In” Accessories

As with Mayor, Ghost’s original accessories were post 85. The Cobra Office AK47 is comparable to Red Star’s AK474 and Chad is a fan of the M16, so Ghost got one of these as well.

Backpack- Grunt 83
AK47- Cobra Officer 83
M16- Grunt 83

Other Accessories

These are the accessories that will be displayed with 20th Ghost.

Backpack- Big Bear 92
Pistol- InToyz Armed Forces
AK47- Red Star 91
M16- General Hawk 04
Satchel & Strap- Baroness 04

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