Aka That HF Guy, aka Chromeboy, aka “Isn’t That Just A Bulk Revamp?”, aka Andosomethingsomething Airhead I don’t remember
Every year I update this guy, it’s an annual tradition at this point. And, since 2022 is nearing its conclusion, I thought I’d post a new version before it’s too late to keep the tradition going. So I wiped the dust off of my white background, pulled out the camera for the first time in half a year and started taking pictures. Many pictures. A lot of pictures. This is going to be my biggest MOC post by far and probably ever, so prepare yourselves as we dive deeper into this sea of bland shades of grey.
(Here are the links to V6, V5 and V4)
The obligatory turnaround:
Even though I thought that V6 was a big improvement compared to the fifth, with time I grew more and more dissatisfied with it. While I was trying to make it as cohesive as I could, I ended up making it too bland. V6 lost almost all of the features that made the character recognisable and unique, keeping only the general colour scheme and the mask. So, in this version I tried to add all those features back in a new and improved state, while adding some stuff never seen before and fixing some issues from the previous version.
Comparison to V6
All of the changes here are purely cosmetic, the general structure is still the same.
Here are all of them:
- I added trans-blue lights, as accents of that colour were present in V3-V5
- Got rid of the obnoxious HF symbol on the chest (reference to V1 that didn’t have it at all) and moved the HF insignia to the shoulders
- Rebuilt the panels on the sides of the waist. Now they are attached to the upper hips instead of the waist to allow for better leg articulation and a slimmer silhouette
- Changed the chest armour to get rid of the ugly stud undersides and 90 degree angles of some system plates (the new version makes the waist articulation almost non-existent, but the improved hip articulation makes up for that loss)
- Rebuilt the feet, made the shins and elbows bulkier and the shoulders slightly narrower
I know that the changes on the figure itself might not seem significant enough to call this a separate version, because they aren’t. What underwent the biggest changes are the accessories:
V6 had extremely few and they were basic, so I decided to fix it by adding back a lot of the stuff from previous versions:
Nobody’s going to look at any of this, right?
Prosthetic arm
At one point in the NOTaHFfan lore Renner loses his left arm and it has to be replaced with an outdated mechanical prosthesis. It was always one of the most recognisable features of the MOC, but I got rid of it in V6 because I couldn’t find a way to build it at the time
To give an idea that this is an old, outdated piece of tech I included an external power source of some kind on the back.
Two small cannons are attached to the arm
Ghid plush
I included this because, according to some people, I’m a Ghid simp, which is a wrong opinion to have.
STOMP
All of the accessories can be stored on the MOC at once:
Action poses:
Comparison to all versions:
Well, I think that’s it!
Constructive criticism is appreciated, tell me what you think!
@Hawkflight your feedback on the previous version of this MOC helped me tremendously with improving it, so would it be too much to ask you to do the same here?
