Samus Aran (3)

 After finishing the Zero Suit of the last post, I dug up my Power Suit Samus from 2016 to take some comparison shots. The model is one of myt most popular ones, and I had felt that it was still technically up-to-date. Well, after 8 years, it was not. I though of doing just some minor tweaks here and there with new orange and yellow and red pieces introduced after 2016. I the end, there are no major bits that would have left untouched. Hand, perhaps, and the shoes have only black axles changed into yellow ones. The structure (or "frame" as mech builders like to put it) is still relatively same as before. The only joint type I changed is the elbow joint, which got a double joint with more mobility. As in 2016, this is based on the Other M / Smash Power Suit, as I like its robust round shapes. 

The legs are mostly smoother and made more elegant, and the hip area follow the original more closely. The shoulder pads enjoy some fresh pieces, although lot of the structure stayed as it was. The main construction of the cannon remains the same, while its ends are closer to the source materia. The rings are, of course, Clickits. The other arm was reshaped, ditching the CCBS shell with its ill-fitting infill.

The heaviest changes are in the yellow torso, the breastplate and the helmet. The torso has now more muscular shape, using many pieces that simply didn't exist 8 years ago. The breastplate is lighter than before, and this is a bit of a compromise - I just liked the pattern made of round macaroni tiles much, and had to conjure a supporting structure with enough connection points around it. It could be thicker, but I hope the issue is not too glaring. I'm happy with the new helmet, enabled by the red shoulder pads from the rose bouquet set. How chamberpot-like the old one looked! It also had some stability issues. However, I retained its best parts, the lever-connected tubes and the the general shaping of the visor.

 This was quite a relaxed intermission build between other projects. Samus has such a nice colour scheme - I wish more video game heroes were this vibrant. And it's indeed just the right scale with my new Zero Suit, as visible in some pictures in the end.

-Eero.