Yeah, apparently it is lighter in some scenes:
GubernatorFan wrote:Thank you for the detailed and beautifully illustrated review.
My pleasure.
What's under the hood?It is worthy of additional praise that the outfit is not permanently attached in any way. I was able to break it down to the
bones base body and put it back together, in a slightly different way.
Here is the base body (hanging on the stand) compared to Notaman:
It is somewhat smaller than a "normal" (non-superhero) Mezco body (which is roughly the same size as Notaman). Maybe the manufacturer couldn't find a smaller buck. Or perhaps it is just right for Mark Hamill in Mezco scale (too short for a stormtrooper).
I am not familiar with this body by the way. It is reasonably well articulated - I've seen better (Notaman), I've seen worse (
Whisky Club Marc):
Shoulders even have butterfly joints which offer both up/down and forward/backward movement. They were tight, but shock oil helped loosen them a bit.
Ankle joints are there, articulation in this area is limited only by the boots.
Unfortunately, I had a mishap with one of the ankle joints: it came apart with one ring remaining in the boot. I did pull it out eventually, but it lost some tightness, and tends to come apart again and again, so I need to fix it somehow without gluing it permanently.
And in other areas articulation is hindered by clothes. Of which there are quite a few.
The "base layer" - pants and shirt with long sleeves:
Then there is short vest with velcro on the back (but it doesn't open fully) and the grey tunic. The tunic has another layer of black material in its upper part:
And two belts:
No wonder he can't put his arms down with all of that on.
But what if I don't put
all of it on?
I think with only the base layer he looks quite clean, and articulation isn't limited.
Do I really need this?The vest apparently provides all these layers Luke had in Mandalorian - but I can't find a good pic of it from the show itself so here is a sixth-scale figure as an illustration:
But I am willing to sacrifice some screen accuracy for articulation, especially since I didn't even notice it in the show.
But before proceeding to the tunic I ended up swapping the boots with those from
SCP Mole Rat by Dragon Horse
This gives some articulation in the ankles - not exceptional, but better than non-existent.
(And poor Mole Rat now has to use the stiff oversized boots which are not fully compatible with ankle pegs; but I can live with that)
Now if we pretend the soles aren't bright yellow, these boots also look more in scale.
With a belt (which is too wide for base layer only, but still):
And now we can get back to the tunic.
Without the inner vest (and with lubricated shoulders) he can achieve a neutral pose that satisfies me
Sail barge look, with just inner belt:
And finally, here is how he looks with my preferred black cloak:
Anyway, now I feel that I'm getting there.
I still need to do something with the ankle joint, paint the soles and find a better solution for the Mole Rat (maybe loose Hasbro boots). But all in all, I consider this an upgrade.
nice one! 
