DH: Flora Strike XL

[Jetrax99]

So, here's my entry for the Digital Hero contest. Originally was a standard size, but I said "it needs to be bigger". So, I made her an XL.

And to the member who are MLP fans, yes, I know. Fluttershy's colors. When I realized that I said "Screw it add butterflies to the armor".

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Bio:

Flora is not one to mess with. Many bots have made her angry and then found themselves completely disassembled in 1/2 a second.

One of the few heroes to be given the rank of commander, along with Furno and Merrick Fortis, Flora is a highly skilled combatant. Even some of the male heroes don't have the bearings to challenge her in a sparring match. But some do. Furno, so far, is the only one to beat her. But for some reason, after that, she began frantically chasing him, constantly saying she's in love with him, much to his annoyance. This however, does not effect her prowess in battle. When you see her swooping down on you, RUN!

Edited June 22, 2013 by Jetrax99

[Dorek]

Gold/yellow and pink, huh? An interesting choice, to be sure.

A very fun design, and definitely captures the essence of an actual Hero (XL) set, which is always good. The Hero Core Locking Clamps on the shins don't actually stick out as much as they could, which is great, though I think the butterflies are a tad bit silly =P. The wings are very nice, and again, emulating official designs. The upper chest seems a bit too similar to Furno's for my taste, but maybe there's a lot more going into the construction that I can't see.

The sword is cool, but pretty generic at this point; with the new trident piece, everybody and their mother is doing some kind of riff on the blade thing. The shield is very nice though, and fits with the general motif you have going on.

[Infernum]

Now THIS is cool! One of my favorites yet! Love the color scheme! Great work!

[Bigger Fish]

Gold/yellow and pink, huh? An interesting choice, to be sure.

A very fun design, and definitely captures the essence of an actual Hero (XL) set, which is always good. The Hero Core Locking Clamps on the shins don't actually stick out as much as they could, which is great, though I think the butterflies are a tad bit silly =P. The wings are very nice, and again, emulating official designs. The upper chest seems a bit too similar to Furno's for my taste, but maybe there's a lot more going into the construction that I can't see.

The sword is cool, but pretty generic at this point; with the new trident piece, everybody and their mother is doing some kind of riff on the blade thing. The shield is very nice though, and fits with the general motif you have going on.

What new trident piece?

[DraikNova]

He meant the connector piece that the blade uses. Anyway, this MOC uses one of the strangest color combinations I've seen, along with an interesting build.

[ToaJaller78]

Well....... I like that SOMEONE can make a very feminine XL. Like it.

[Kadabra]

Love the MLP reference to the best pony. Other than that, very creative use of the exo force arms to create a flower motif on the shield and them in tandem with the core clamp chest pieces to make the same motif on the shoulders and shins. I personally like the butterflies even beyond the Flutters reference because, y'know, insects pollinate flowers and stuff, so they're her equivalent of Furno's flames or Surge's lightning or Stringer's speakers or whatever. It's very "set-ish", if you know what I mean. One thing I would have done is either gone for a pure yellow/pink color scheme (for simplicity's sake) or a yellow/pink/green color scheme to emphasize the plant theme. I feel like gold and yellow clash too much to be used as primary/secondary and are not contrasting enough to be used as primary/tertiary (accent). All in all, amazing MOC.

[Jetrax99]

@Kadabra, all Brain Attack heores have a metallic color and was rather tired of using just Gold, Silver and Gunmetal.

But thank you for your input, and I'm glad you like it.

[bacem]

now this is fresh! a female hero with very feminine attempt. you sure pull that out pretty well. and if you don't mind, can i get a back shot? it seems there are much more going on than just furno's torso building technique.

[Jetrax99]

bacem's back shot.

[bacem]

bacem's back shot.

thanks! that is an interesting way to connect that double ball joint for wings. tough, a little too cluttered i guess. but since you use friction joint on her legs, she'll still able to stand properly if we build this in reality. good work!

[Jetrax99]

I had simple ways around it, but the wing would've sat down lower than I wanted.

[exxtrooper]

That shield is absolutely extraordinary

[davidr]

Great building technics, goofy pieces and color scheme. What's there not to love? That sword is a bit generic though, but whatever. I wish there were pieces in these colors because this looks way too awesome!