Taking out the big guns! But seriously, guns like these don't appear in Marauders II Africa.


Screamer was harder and more time-consuming than Dead End. Sometimes when I look at it, I wonder just how the heck I was able to finish it especially the sidecar harness area, which stressed me out for many months.

Comparison pics of Chasers and then some:

My 3 favorite customs: Dead End, Screamer, and Carnage.

Dead End and Carnage.


Screamer and Carnage.


Screamer and Dead End.

Sketches of the Chasers. More Chasers to come in the future!

Pyrophiliac's Marauders

PITS

The Pit was originally the name for a vehicle in Wez’s gang but after much thought, the name came to represent a new vehicle in Marauders II Africa.


Marauders pour their cruelty and sadism into their vehicles. Pits essentially are mobile flatbeds filled with dozens of upright spikes both metal and wooden, upright chainsaws, nails, spears, drills, swords, knives, arrows, buzz saws, shards of metal and wood, sharp materials, etc. All these materials have one intent --- to impale their victims to certain death.


Pits are hauled by separate vehicles or in some cases, Pits are part of a vehicle.


During vehicle pursuits, marauders fighting aboard vehicles hurl their opponents onto Pits where they are instantaneously impaled to death.


The idea for the Pits vehicles was partially inspired by the pit arena from Mortal Kombat (both movie and videogame).

I would have taken gory pictures of impaled victims but I’ve run out of time.

Pyrophiliac's Marauders

BACKLASH (Chaser #3)

Spikes are a common trend in Marauders II Africa marauder vehicles (i.e. pits, Dead End, Screamer).

Monster Quads were already in my mind when coming up with marauder vehicles.

Backlash is the first of these Monster Quads in Marauders II Africa. Backlash is equipped with a flip-down steel bar covered in razor sharp nails and spikes. Rather than running over their victims (i.e. fleeing villagers), marauder quad drivers prefer to kill their victims in a more brutal way --- clubbing them in the back as they flee for their lives!











Backlash is currently a work in progress. It would have been finished but my 2nd Cobra Ferret broke so I had to use the Raze monster quad from Marauders. If Hasbro ever releases a 25th anniversary of the Cobra Ferret, I hope they strengthen the plastic in the rear wheel axle plastic because it snaps off easily.

Dune Lords aka Sand Masters

Like the Defenders led by Pappagallo in Marauders, the Dune Lords aka Sand Masters dwell in the deserts of the Middle East. Their leader Zeidi has sacrificed so much for his people and they too for each other. The Sand Masters are one of the last tribes that continue battling against Pyrophiliac's empire of sadistic and merciless warauders. Pyrophiliac offered them the chance to join him but Zeidi and his followers are humans, not monsters.

Sand Fighters (Desert Warfare Vehicles):

I barely started modifying this GIJOE Sand Razor. Among the Dune Lords' modes of transportation are dune buggies, dirt bikes, camels, and horses.

The Wall of Interrogation and Torture

I came up with this idea while I was in a pissed off mood. When I get moody, I try to convert the negative energy into something positive and this is the result --- a cool idea. Of course I also enhance my creativity, ideas, and imagination by listening to music (mostly Japanese), watching awesome movies like Punisher: War Zone, Waterworld, and The Road Warrior, and googling other people's customs for inspiration.

Anyway, rather than taking the traditional approach of using plastic and spare parts, I chose to use cardboard (for budgetary reasons also) and I'm really content with the end result. This Wall of Interrogation and Torture allows marauders like Wez to interrogate prisoners, enemies, villagers, etc and force information out of them otherwise, they get their limbs hacked to pieces and that's not a pretty sight.

Of course, I characterize marauders as the most deceitful in the post apocalyptic Earth so even cooperative prisoners meet their doom --- chainsaw style.

In the future, I'd like to perfect this particular piece and allowing it to rotate such that a prisoner would suddenly find himself or herself upside-down. The Wall could be rotated to any degree at the desire of the marauder.

VEHICLES IN WEZ'S GANG

From left to right: Raze, Breaker, Rage, Dog Cage Transport, and Carnage.




Vehicle not shown are Wez’s bike, marauder scout bikes, and Schleich truck.

The vehicles in Wez's Gang are virtually finalized. Took about a year but sure learned a lot! Now it's time for Wez's brother's gang --- Toecutter!