Retief, the CDT's toughest diplomat from Keith Laumer's comedy SF series. Throttling, as he often must, a member of the Groaci, the "sticky-fingered five-eyed trouble-makers" of the galaxy. If you haven't read any Retief stories, check out some free stories. The early ones are clever and funny as Retief outwits the grasping Groaci. Retief is made from a Gambit with his coat cut down and hair trimmed. The fruity colors are correct: the CDT wears garish formal clothes for every occasion. The Groaci is adapted from an old Marx dinosaur with extended back legs, a new neck and mandibles and throat sac, eyestalks of plastic string, and eyeballs from a pearl necklace kit. He wears a space harness and ribbed cloak made of florist's wire supporting a split cape cut from index card. I don't recommend using dinosaurs: they're made of a "greasy" hard plastic that resists glue and paint. He's already starting to flake. Dullcote to finish, two coats. Retief is mostly known from SF stories, but had a short-run comic book.