Lhikan Revamp

Finally got around to posting this, he’s been sitting on my desk for 5 months already.

Around the end of last year, I saw Joshua Johnson's magnificent Iruini revamp (flic.kr/s/aHskM3zNRb) and decided that my Lhikan could use some beefing up. I borrowed his leg design, and built everything else to scale - this is the first Moc I've done at this sort of size, so I'm not entirely confident about adding all the bulk that Iruini has.

The armpits of all my Mocs in the past have been massive, so I wanted to change that for this revamp. I’m rather satisfied with the result, Lhikan is far more posable than he was, but at the cost of being a touch more fragile. The CCBS shell in the torso is held in place by a single 3L rod angled into a slizer foot, and part of the shell is pushed against a 4L cross axle. It tends to pop out most of the time (some of the pictures reflect this…), which is a shame. I really wanted to use Lhikan’s original swords, but they just weren’t big enough, so Master Tahu’s swords were used instead, albeit with custom handles.

Additionally, this revamp was an ideal time to test out my new lightbox. Looking back at the photos, the lighting probably wasn’t bright enough, so that’s something to work on next time. Regardless, any feedback on photos or Moc are welcome, thanks for looking!

Done