Shellshock: Steel Fury

[Chro]

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Hopefully that image is small enough... if not, I can put up one that fits.

Feedback is appreciated.

[Kanakalackin]

Sweet! Where'd you get that silver Takadox armor piece? The arm design looks awesome.

 

Oh my gosh! The return of Gavram! But he looks best with the Ignika.

Edited April 18, 2013 by Phantom Terror

[Chro]

Thanks CK. I've forgotten where that armor piece is from. I quite like the forearm design and variations thereof; it's quite versatile.

 

Wait, what about Gavram? Shellshock was initially a lot skinnier and wore the Ruru, but I decided to use a custom head and bulk him up a lot. The alt. masks were just for fun, and I do agree that the Ignika looks good, but it's unpleasantly overused, if you ask me.

[Makuta of Time]

For alternatives, I really like the Ignika and Tryna. Overall this build looks amazing. With that blade and jetpack on his back.

 

Funny ending pic.

 

Next up: My dark side.

[Chro]

Thanks! The blade was a last-minute addition, since I thought he needed a weapon or something, but it works. The jetpack is just armor or something.

[Hitoshura]

Great design overall. The torso and legs especially, and all that "detail" and addons. The alternate masks are nice as well on him.

Sweet! Where'd you get that silver Takadox armor piece?

From what I recall, it came from Vamprah.

[Chro]

Thanks TD7... you're right, I think it was Vamprah.

[Taipu1]

As I said on Skype, he's awesome, but the character itself is an ugly thing. I'll give a bit more of an in-depth review.

 

The head, is a brilliant piece, Pohatu's climbing claws are neat, and work really well as horns. The slick build is great, but is also perhaps the primary reason for the ugliness.

 

The torso is also good, integrating the grey Jaller Mahri armour piece was probably tricky. The back of the torso is more of a masterpiece though. Its uncluttered, but sleek, and the tubing is used appropriately.

 

The arms I like, most people give elbow joints the hinging type ball joint, rather than freely moving, but I've always preferred the extra degree of posability. The tubes following the shoulders and arms are done well, it looks like an actual muscular system.

 

My quibble is the legs, and its something I've thought about a few of your MOCs, Chro. Your leg builds sometimes seem cluttered. You pull it off reasonably well, but I always feel that I've seen smoother builds. This mainly refers to the lower legs, which here are a little boxy as well. The feet are good though.

 

The pictures with alternate Kanohi are cool, the one with the Knights helmet looks like an Iron Man suit, specifically the first one in the first film which Tony Stark made in the cave.

Edited April 19, 2013 by Taipu1

[Chro]

As I said on Skype, he's awesome, but the character itself is an ugly thing. I'll give a bit more of an in-depth review.The head, is a brilliant piece, Pohatu's climbing claws are neat, and work really well as horns. The slick build is great, but is also perhaps the primary reason for the ugliness.

I see what you mean. As a character, he's certainly all business, nothing excessive on him (except for the amount of armor, perhaps).

The torso is also good, integrating the grey Jaller Mahri armour piece was probably tricky. The back of the torso is more of a masterpiece though. Its uncluttered, but sleek, and the tubing is used appropriately.

The torso armoring was pretty tricky, yeah. I used a similar construction on Jaller's torso. I often see the front of a MOC getting more focus when being built, but I try to work on the back as well, thank you.

The arms I like, most people give elbow joints the hinging type ball joint, rather than freely moving, but I've always preferred the extra degree of posability. The tubes following the shoulders and arms are done well, it looks like an actual muscular system.

Yep, I usually go for the free balljoint on arms, and sometimes on legs or torso as well. Glad you like the tubing, I wasn't sure whether or not to use it.

My quibble is the legs, and its something I've thought about a few of your MOCs, Chro. Your leg builds sometimes seem cluttered. You pull it off reasonably well, but I always feel that I've seen smoother builds. This mainly refers to the lower legs, which here are a little boxy as well. The feet are good though.

I often start building with (or at least pool a lot of parts and effort into) the legs, and yes, the over-armoring here is a bit boxy. The MOC was pretty skinny until I realized that I could attach double Inika shells to each lower leg, then bulked him up accordingly from there.

The pictures with alternate Kanohi are cool, the one with the Knights helmet looks like an Iron Man suit, specifically the first one in the first film which Tony Stark made in the cave.

Someone's mentioned that to me, yes- I didn't notice until it was pointed out.

[Kanakalackin]

I cot the "return of Gavram" thing from the fact that you used the same mask.

[Chro]

Ah, the Miru in the alternate mask section? In that case, it's also the return of Locnor, Diaran, Araic, Raxon, Liuss, Agnahn, Norru, Asgage, Cilira, Zekize, and Arenther. Maybe a few more, but I think I got that right. (And that's just out of my own MOCs, not everyone's.)