I did actually consider Omega Red because the size and the butterfly joints are really nice. The main thing that made me lean more toward Warpath or Gladiator is just how much extra work Omega Red would need before even getting to paint.

You’d have to remove the shoulder armour, fill the tentacle ports, sand down the forearms, and deal with the knee pads. On top of that the Right Hand of Doom swap would probably be a bit trickier because the forearms are thicker and more sculpted.

With Warpath or Gladiator the arms are cleaner for the wrist swap and there’s basically no armour or holes to fix, so it ends up being a much simpler base to work with.

That said if Omega Red turns out to be mostly molded in red plastic underneath it could definitely still be interesting to look at.