[MOC] HECTOR and his friends (Ultra posable Action Figures)

[Pentomind]

Hello every body.

Few weeks ago I was about to go to bed at 2 AM when i noticed some parts left unattended on my desk.
I started playing with it and 1 hour later I came up with what turned into one of the funniest and coolest little thing I ever made. :-)
I like it very much, so I decide to share it with you. Let me introduce...

Hector !

This is the first version of him, built only with some spare parts I had. This is why he misses a hand on this very early picture.

When Lego announced their new small ball-joint system, I was very excited and ordered a handful of them off Bricklink, without knowing what to do whit it, just thinking it had some great potential.

Hector is the realization of this potential. A small, yet very posable figure with a sturdy build and very lifelike proportions and articulations.

I tried to give him an aristocratic and peaceful look, like some kind of tiny butler ^^ (even though he think of him a as some kind of prince).

 

As I mentioned before, what I like the most whith Hector is his amazing posing potential ! His soles are wide enough to balance him on one feet and all the joints stay in place when posed :

You may have noticed that hector seems a little different on the last picture, that's because he went trough some improvement since the V1 !

One of the biggest flaw of the prototype was the ability for the knees to bend inward. I solved the issue by adding ''kneecaps".
I also made him a lighter face and made his arms and feet more sleek.

 

 

I ended up liking Hector so much that I made him a friend, Pole !

But I will tell you about him later....

 

Edited January 5, 2020 by Pentomind

[Actor Builder]

Hector has a heaping pile of personality!

Tell Hector I'm a fan of his, please, from me, thank you.

[MAB]

The ball joints are great. The downside is the lack of colour, people have been waiting a long time for the parts in new colours.

[carebear]

I Like this!

- the side front kick is my favorite

great work!

Greetings!

[Pentomind]

I haven't posted in the thread for a wile and I don't know if anybody reads it, but I wanted to share a little update anyway.

I have still improved HECTOR, in order to make him smoother and more durable and less likely to fall appart.

Here is the latest version of the boy. He now have DBG ankles, white gloves and rounded more durable thighs (and a yellow round butt that you cannot see in the pics  )

Hector was not meant to be a lonely guy, and he now have quite a fellowship of friends that I'd like to introduce to you.

You've already met Pole, so I'll start with him.
He's quite a nice little buddy, with a simple blue and red outfit and is build to be versatile and durable. He is the one that I use to carry around in my pocket when i want to bring some fun with me.
I choose those color because they were the main colors of the company I used to work for when Pole was born, and he's actually been wandering around my desk for several month (until I left this job actually).

He's my second favorite after Hector even  though I don't share his interest for Yoga, Karate, and other sports.... ^^

 

[Pentomind]

The next one is one of the oldest of the bunch.  He doesn't have a name (yet) so I refer to Him as ''The Warrior'' or ''The Grumpy One''.

He is Taller than his companions (by half a stud !), stronger, and has bigger arms. He has something on his chin that I think is supposed to represent some kind of beard but I cannot confirm as he is very sensitive about the topic...

He can also move his ''ears'' in any direction but never do it as he thinks it makes him ''look weird''...

 

 

 

 

[Vindicare]

These are fantastic! I completely missed them the first time around. Great job on giving them such personality. Gonna need to study these better to build one of my own. 

[Pentomind]

The next one's nickname is VLC (guess why ^^).

He looks a little bit like Pole, whit the same kind of figure and philosophy : A robust, simple character with a bright color scheme.

He is younger but equally fit and even more adventurous, and try to escape as soon as I turn my back from the shelf. He like to be noticed and managed to DIY his hair in trans orange !

He also carry around a pair of fire swords, even though he is totally incapable of properly grilling the slightest steak... :-(

 

At first i wanted to make a construction worker or hazardous environment specialist, something with bright colors and  black and yellow strips. I couldn't find the parts I needed so I went for a fire-themed character instead. I first incorporated a lot of trans-orange part but I was not satisfied with the result, and I liked the vibrant bright orange color so much that I decided to go for a (almost) full orange suit.

 

[Pentomind]

Now comes a guy that is a little bit different from the others.

His name's Sc00t, he has fully embraced his condition of synthetic being and actually does looks a lot like a robot.

He's very skilled with encrypted communication and secret information interception, and used to work for a secret non governmental organization before retiring in my living room.

He likes gadgets and technology, and carries around a set of modern warfare gear and equipment. His headgear allows him to communicate at long distance, his bionic eye grants him nightvision and his backpack incorporates high hend computing technology as well as secret spying technology. He also carries a "long range communication interception device'' but I suspect it to be far more lethal than what he pretends...

As I said his conception is a little bit different from his brother's. He can raise and lower his shoulders and his ankles have a greater range of motion. on the downside, his knees cannot rotate sideway, so he cannot sit with his legs crossed...

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 29, 2019 by Pentomind

[Aliencat]

These really show what you can portray with a good posable figure, great job!

[Pentomind]

New Update !

I haven't posted in a while but I spent some time building new characters. :-)

Actually i have BL ordered a lot of the main part that compose those figure in a large range of color and put them all in an old technic case with compartments so I have everything by my desk to build one character or two when I am in the mood.
Unfortunately I don't Have time to photo-shoot them all and therefore I am not able to introduce them all one by one so I decided to make a group picture ! :-D

 

The other big news (for me) is that I finally came up with an elegant building technic to give them rotating wrists ! :D:D:D

It helps a lot to give them dynamic pose, especially with accessories.

Unfortunately the bracket is hard to fine for a reasonable price so the conversion is still in progress :-)

 

I really hope you will enjoy these new addition, I'm very proud of them !

 

 

[Shiva]

Nice :)

[Pentomind]

Hello Guys,

I made some new characters that I want to share with you ! :-)

 

This one is rather simple but I like the yellow / dark gray color scheme. It looks like some kind of a factory / construction worker. He may get ''horny'' though...

 

The next ones are based on the same model but I wanted to give them a futuristic / clinical look. I call them The Twins :

 

This one has nothing particular, I just wanted to make a black/white ''jouster'' one :

 

 

At some point I got bored of making always the same square-shaped heads so I started experimenting. After some fails I ended up with two models that look good in my opinion.

The first one is a combat droid with an arm / shoulder mounted canon :

and the last (but not the least), and my favourite one : A white combat robot dual wielding handcanons :

 

As usual, please feel free to give me your honest opinion about these creations.