army building for dios

[lehsreh]

[COLOR=Red]most of us army build, but why and how many should we have? some army build just for the collection. i never did this, i never displayed my figures, and i never had the money to but 10 or 12 of the same figure when there were others i had to buy. besides, i could use only two and pretend there were others around when playing. what im wondering is when army building for dio purpose, how many is enough? myself, im thinking 4 to 6, depending on the figure. in most cases there wont be a ton of the same troop in any dio shot. if there are, then photoshop can remedy this. i see no need for more then 4 CG's, you dont see them together that much, so 4 will suffice. eels are a troop you dont see dozens of at one place either. how about all the others? im thinking 6, 8 at most. that way you have a squad. what are your thoughts? keep in mind im not talking displaying or just collecting here, im talking army building for the purpose of making dios. [/COLOR]

[Mysterious Stranger]

I try to keep my armybuilding under control in general. I think I have no more than 5 of each 25th Cobra Trooper and 8 CGs (a couple for custom fodder). I think 5 is a nice number for me. I don't do huge dios so giant parade formations aren't an issue. The most I'd use in any given set up is what you've seen in my Deadly Encounters shots. That was a LOT to pose in that confined area. I have enough to properly man the few Cobra vehicles I have customized for battle scenes.

So for me I try to keep it around 5 of any particular version of trooper.

Now I do plan on building up a nice sized Joe arctic force but those are going to be named characters so I don't count them as armybuilders.

[Stormer]

I think it depends on the kind of scene you want to show. Soundwave's Cobra comms centre looked awesome with all the Tele-Vipers, and Sonn's story with the pile of dead Vipers would have been difficult to achieve with Photoshop. Also, some of us don't have Photoshop...!

[Sonneilon]

Hey, don't forget about the shot where Major Bludd and 20 Blueshirts are about to enter the compound. That was my gratuitious HISS TANK and BLUESHIRTS shot. :p

[ToneGunsRevisited]

I try to keep a number of 4 for my cobra troops, however just from troops that I really like.

[Stormer]

[QUOTE=Sonneilon]Hey, don't forget about the shot where Major Bludd and 20 Blueshirts are about to enter the compound. That was my gratuitious HISS TANK and BLUESHIRTS shot. :p[/QUOTE]
The pile-o-vipers just sticks in my memory as the most original way of showcasing a collection of army-builders I've ever seen. We never even saw them fighting/dying, they're introduced to the story purely as corpses!

[Sonneilon]

Tis why you must have MANY!!!

But hey, it's fun to collect as many as you can too! I've got 40+ Neovipers and Vipers at my disposable. And if I ever come into mad cash, I'll start wiping out SicDunbine of DTC Blueshirts too! Someday, I'll get my armies where I want them. I need a few more DTC CGs (since a bunch of mine disappeared), Red Cobra Claws and maybe a few more Razor Troopers. :D

[Outrider]

Army building is my weakness, especially with no new stuff worthy of my cash! I army build troops because I like them, I have never bought troops just to use in a picture. For instance, I have 24 Night Vipers, but I've never posted a shot with more than about a dozen of them in it. I generally stick to 6 or 8 for most troops, but happily exceed that for my faves. Put it this way, my Cobra/Mars army now numbers more than 1,050...what does that tell you? :rolleyes:

[ToneGunsRevisited]

[QUOTE=Outrider]Put it this way, my Cobra/Mars army now numbers more than 1,050...what does that tell you? :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
:eek:

[Sonneilon]

[QUOTE=ToneGunsRevisited]:eek:[/QUOTE]

*poops*

[Scarrviper]

Depending on the figure, I try for 6 of each trooper. There are exceptions, though :D .

[Flatline]

DAMB OUTRIDER :eek: THATS CRAZY
TROOPS LIKE VIPERS AND BLUE SHIRTS I GO WITH 24. SPEACILTY TEAMS LIKE TECHNO TELE AND NIGHT VIPERS I GO FOR 8 TO 12

[sgcaper]

I just picked up 20 of the black and gold Sand Vipers, I have well over 30+ Vipers (all different colors etc). I LOOOOVE army building. I told this to my GF and she ended up getting me 11 Cobra Legions for X-Mas. I do it simply because I like the figure. Like Craig said I don't buy for pics, just my own love.

[Sonneilon]

11 Cobra Legions??? All at once??? Wow... That means you have 11 Air Troopers and it also means that you have 11 Storm Shadows. Course, at least you can use 1 stormy as a default and the other 11 can be his ninja clan, right??? I actually did that but in an opposite way. The Legions Stormy is my default and the 4 Stormys from the 1st 5-pack act as the White Lotus Society.

[Prince Adam]

I tend to get a little crazy when it comes to army building. It's HIGHLY addictive and not to be taken lightly. Especially with the 25th since they can be bought locally. I think Techno Viper and Strato are the only Builders I have that I've only got 1 of. :o

For scenes I try not to clutter the shot with endless masses, but at the same time like to show Cobra as having a huge army. So it's a 50/50 swap for me.

[ender098]

I go for 10 of each special vipers (Frag/Flack/incinerators/night/range, etc.) As for Regular vipers and blueshirts (to include Nightwatch) I try to build platoons of 30.
Squads= 2 fire teams of 4, RTO and OIC.
Platoon = 3 squads.
This doesn't always work. I also have a platoon of Neo Vipers and CLAWS.

The Claws I use as Extreme heavy weapons experts, mine carry .50 cals, mini guns, Grenade launchers, etc.

But for a dio, 6 is more than enough. If you can fit more than that into your shot, you're probably doing a "Show of Force" pic of troops at a rally!

[vader9900]

I really only collect figures from before 1990, I only keep mint or near mint figures. I am not Donald Trump, so this limits my army building. My biggest army is 1982 & 83 Cobra Troopers & Officers which is up to 20. I have 6 CGs & 6 Vipers, most of my specialized troops are about 4 each. On the Joe side the only thing I Army build is Steel Brigade, I have a version A,B,C & 2 Ds & looking for a Gold head. :mad:

[sgcaper]

[QUOTE=Sonneilon]11 Cobra Legions??? All at once??? [/QUOTE]

Yup and I only use 3 of the SS (1 regular, 2 private SS force) I'm looking to unload the rest so if any one is interested PM me, they're just taking up space here.

I used the 11 CC as my Cobra Storm troopers which worked out nicely for me as army building a super elite squad went.

[Mecha-Viper]

I'd like to army build but back when i was able to spend money of stuff i was an idiot and just bought the cool named ones, and of coruse they all poofed when i moved out so i'm down to 1 half of a viper some where a wild weasel (who i use as a crimson guard pilot rather then mr Weasel) and a razor trooper.

[yorktownjoe]

Not much of an army builder, but I like small squads of 2 to 6. I made an exception on the Viper Pit and bought two 6 packs...it was cheaper than trying to eBay v.1's. They need to be modified though...

I noticed from another thread that Family Dollar has VvV single carded figures for $2/ each. Are there any of those worth "squad" building? Sand Viper? Tele-Viper? Black Snake-Eyes for customs?

[vader9900]

[QUOTE=yorktownjoe]

I noticed from another thread that Family Dollar has VvV single carded figures for $2/ each. Are there any of those worth "squad" building? Sand Viper? Tele-Viper? Black Snake-Eyes for customs?[/QUOTE]
All of the above.

[Sonneilon]

I'd build SandVipers before TeleVIpers but having a few on hand are good. Always need a few comm guys running around.

I build in squads of 10. 4 squads = 1 Platoon so you can see how I operate. As it stands now, I have 1 platoon of VIpers and NeoVipers, 2 squads of Blueshirts and almost 1 squad of Razor Troopers and Claws.

[viper08]

[QUOTE=Sonneilon]I'd build SandVipers before TeleVIpers but having a few on hand are good. Always need a few comm guys running around.

I build in squads of 10. 4 squads = 1 Platoon so you can see how I operate. As it stands now, I have 1 platoon of VIpers and NeoVipers, 2 squads of Blueshirts and almost 1 squad of Razor Troopers and Claws.[/QUOTE]

I have 1 short term major goal and 1 long term goal for my army building.

Short term - 100 Motor Vipers (I am at 57), 100 Vipers (Pit) ((I am at 116)), and 40 TeleVipers (I am at 42).

Long term - 5 to 30 of each specialty Viper (Night, Heat, Saw, etc....)