Story Spoilers:
The Delta Squad battle it out against the Locust face to face, but find themselves lacking ammo relatively quickly. Marcus instructs Jace and Dom to leave and they head for a cliff leading to Motevado. Upon reaching the top, they discover Lilly’s mother who is stranded and battling for her life after being bitten by a Wretch.

Make sure to pick up the final issue of the Gears Of War Hollow Comic series the issue as one of our favourite characters will die, while allowing another to flee safely.

Characters
- Michael Barrick
- Blake (Mentioned only)
- Emma (First appearance)
- Marcus Fenix
- Jerry (First appearance)
- Lily
- Dominic Santiago
- Jace Stratton
- Anya Stroud
- Wiseman

Creatures
- Bloodmounts
- Locust Beast Rider
- Locust Berserker

The Delta Squad, carry on after facing a series of catastrophal occurrence find themselves is just about the worst position they could face when facing their alien enemies, underground! The Locust are able to flood the Delta Squad catastrophe nears as success in this mission could be the end of them!

Characters
- Michael Barrick
- Marcus Fenix
- Dominic Santiago
- Jace Stratton

Creatures
- Bloodmount
- Corpser
- Heart Leeches (First appearance)
- Locust Beast Rider
- Heart Leeches
- Locust Drone
- Wretch

After facing an ugly encounter Montevado, the Delta Squad eventually enter a battle with an oncoming, relentless waver of Locust hordes. Cole Train as leader of the Sigma Squad has been called in to help the Delta Squad, whether he and his group are able to get there in time is another question altogether. Will they discover the source of the mysterious earthquake like happenings disrupting the location?

Joshua Ortega presents a great comic piece, capturing the high quality we have come to see from all Gears related products; and Liam Sharp does more than chip in with his usual fantastic imagery.

Characters
- Damon Baird
- Michael Barrick
- Augustus Cole
- Marcus Fenix
- Lily
- Dominic Santiago
- Jace Stratton

Creatures
- Brumak
- Locust Drone
- Wretch

Meet up with the Delta Squad who have just returned and conquered a distressing confrontation with the barbaric Locust Horde. Delta Squad and Jace Stratton are set to be deployed to Montevado.

They have been appointed to a top secret mission, to ponder along a new scene and investigate something no other COG has seen just yet. Will they be looking out for new Locust surroundings, perhaps they’ll run into something they’ll dread for years – that is if they survive!

Read the comic to find out what happens! If you haven’t done so just yet, it may be in your best interest to check out the first two Gears Of War comics.

Liam Sharp’s illustrations work quite well with how the story plays out, it may not have the extreme graphics of the video game, however he managers to capture the size and realism of modern day COGs such as Marcus and Dom; battling through the treacherous wasteland of the never ending battlefield.

Joshua Ortega who in my opinion added something more to the Gears of War 2 dialogue by cutting out cheesy and over the top remarks, did a great job on this comic; which is basically the prequel to the second game.

One thing I loved was how Ortega manages to capture the heartbreak as well as violence from battle. We look on as our hero’s move from one slim chance of survival point to the other; we are wrenched to the story.

However, there are those of us who just want to see a line of repulsive lizard men cut in half; luckily for you – this comic has plenty of that!

I’d recommend you pick up issue #2 and #1 if you haven’t done so already!

To the dismay of some fans, NECA have decided to go with the Marcus mould for his body, similar to what we saw with the Hoffman figure. Jace does however come with as you would expect, an entirely new facial sculpt – which I’ll admit is very impressive!

The packaging is also a nice addition to this figure, along with the original clamshell packaging, Jace receives a very nice translucent bloody red Crimson Omen backdrop, reminiscent of when you’re about to do in the game. Jace comes packed with the standard COG Lancer Rifle and a Gnasher Shotgun.

As mentioned, Jace has been heavily based on the Marcus mould, which makes sense as he IS a limited addition and entirely new moulds cost money. Nonetheless, he looks very bad ass and is a worthy addition to any Gears of War collection.

The first six issues bring forth new material we see from the first game as well as the ending; moving on to the beginning of the second. Follow Marcus Fenix and his tribe the Delta Squad as they take on the treacherous vermin, the Locust Horde.

Sera is facing devastation, only a few Gears warriors remain. Guiding the Delta Squad is the fearless legend himself, Marcus Fenix. A leader to rookies and someone all other COG soldiers admire and fight for.

Having only found one Gear in a while; the delta squad is force back to their headquarters however an aching call forces them to push back one more time. Unfortunately, the Locust Horde is behind this and Boomers along with other beasts form a powerful group which can annihilate the seconds into their battle.

If you want to know what happened after the Lightmass Bombing; as well as the Locust’s reaction to this weapon. You’ll find out in the new Comic series of Gears of war one; by writer Joshua Ortega and artist Liam Sharp.

What You’ll Need:

This is a rather simple custom which took me about two hours to think up and finish (mostly due to paint applications). I had first come about doing this custom because I wanted something different from Marcus to lead my COG soldiers, this figure was heavily inspired by Michael Barrick and turned out the way I wanted him.

Patchy, cloth-looking materials were applied to the figure using simple super glue and a lot of patience. I used Apple Barrel paints for applying different colours to the custom. I used various sizes of small brushes to accomplish my paint job, and sometimes used needles for the smallest of details on the armour.

AdamFenix’s Finished Custom:

1. To separate the figure I soaked them in hot water and pulled them into all the small parts.
2. I then used Cole’s legs, and had to cut a portion of the waist as he was too tall.  I put Cole’s arms on Dom’s body.
3. I then used a rotary tool to remove the torch light from Doms, shoulder, cut the toes hole in the boots and shape the lower portion of the chest armour.  I also removed the pouch at the back of the chest, knife and holster.
4. I then used Milliput to build details including the straps on the legs and arms and fill in the holes in the chest armour, I moved the knife to the other leg and cut Cole’s arm so that the figure could hold the weapon.  I then sculpted the elbow joint, arm straps and torn clothing.
5. For the shot gun shells on the chest I used old Dragon model shells and made the bandolier.  I made the beard and hat from Milliput.  (I tried my glove method that I used for the Theron Guard helmet but it didn’t work so the hat is permanently attached.
6. Finally I sculpted the leg holster and painted the figure.

1. I removed and altered the following pieces from the standard Marcus: the strap on the back of his do-rag, cut the magazines and pouch around the waist in half, I also trimmed the piece of armour which is in front of the crouch and removed the shoulder pads.
2. I then added initial alterations to the figure: round knee pads, tape on right leg, beard, Mohawk and face all using Milliput free hand sculpting.   I also free sculpted detail on the back of the chest armour and leg pouches.
3. I then placed Milliput over the arms and sculpted musculature.
4. I then painted the figure using the method described earlier.
5. I created two shoulder pads, the large shoulder armour and harness using the mould method I described in my drone armour guide.  For the straps on the harness I used packing tape which I pressed into the Milliput to give the diamond pattern.
6. I used a black felt ink pen to draw the tattoos onto the arm and face.  I then used a flesh coloured wash over the top to give it a more natural skin colour.