Ignighton aka Ignik “The Spark of Life”
The story of this MOC reaches as far back as the year of 2014, when the idea of having a self-MOC was especially popular and I was just freshly introduced to the MOCist community on flickr by a friend, so after seeing many amazing creations there, I naturally wanted to build one for myself, but I wasn’t really keen on using G1 parts and disassembling my sets for that purpose in the process, simply in fear of potentially breaking some of them and being left with damaged/incomplete figures, so I turned to more durable CCBS pieces, although unfortunately their selection in my collection was very limited at the time and that fact has been reflected in all of the model’s iterations, starting a a simple HF character up to the most recent version you’re about to see below, most notably in such design aspects as, the color scheme, which happens to primarily consist of my three favorite colors, and the original helmet choice.
Hero Recon Team Agent (Legacy variant)
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Transitional inbetween state/Peek at internal torso construction
First lair off
Underneath the back armor plate
Some design notes and inspirations:
- His lower legs are meant to resemble a pair of combat boots enforced by some armor plates and equipped with booster engines at the back, which alongside the piston details of Metru feet allow him to dash during pursuits and provide some additional force while kicking.
- A multi-tool ice shield piece serves as the backplate in reference to its prominent use as one in the HF animated show and a matching silver 2.0. chest plate is a nod to the more unitary design of heroes in the Invasion From Below episode. Together, they’re supposed to look like a tactical vest.
- Use of a lime green Hero Core piece, as opposed to white utilized in later sets, is a representation of his designation as a member of the Hero Recon Team.
- Transparent lime elements scattered throughout would work as police lights.
- Lime green decorative spike element used heavily in the 2.0. line is placed in vaguely the same spot as is Evo’s in the animation as a tribute to his character being my favorite one.
- Flipped Brain Attack Surge’s helmet may not have proper eyeholes in such orientation, but is instead equipped with numerous sensors.
- The chain is there just for looks and characterization, but could possibly be used as handcuffs.
- If I were to make any accessories for this version, I think, I’d settle for like an energized tonfa or two.
- The lime green stud piece is literally a belly button hiding an open pinhole and its round shape corresponds somewhat nicely with bushings covering that technic axle’s ends which are all needed for the conversion.
“The Spark of Life” (a G2 style hero)
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Some design notes and inspirations:
- Samurai styling with minor cues from Overwatch’s Hanzo and Genji’s original concept.
- His namesake’s - Toa Ignika’s sword and armor pieces.
- Cable at the back of his head is now torn and the energy is spilling out of it creating a braid.
- Little drone buddy can perch on his shoulder pad while his staff weapon is stored on the back skirt armor.
- Boba Fett’s forearm mounted shooter.
- Protector of Jungle’s vine tails and Protector of Stone’s spikes, but made from plants rather than bones.
- Leaf rosettes on his arms were meant to use different printed 1x1 round tiles, for example ones with HF or Overwatch symbols, but ultimately felt too distracting.
- Enchanted psionic arm is a prosthetic made with the remains of Ignik’s friend, whose head serves as a shoulder pad, while his consciousness is imprisoned in that small blue crystal, which fortunately doesn’t stop him from channeling his powers through the limb and communicating using telepathy. I made it simply because I had these two unused bone pieces lying around after modding my copy of Toa Ekimu set.