Reactor Roboforce: Atom Smash

First request for (and by extension, ) complete!

For details of the story, Reactor Roboforce, and the character, Atom Smash, see this link: dangerman-1973.deviantart.com/…

I was given the task to update two of the characters from Reactor Roboforce, starting with this guy. Was given a couple of references for Atom Smash's old outfit, as well as some details regarding his helmet and weapons he would wield, which happened to include a couple on his wrists, a hidden one in his chest, and a sword hidden in his belt buckle. He was also to be given helmet based off of the Celestial Being pilot suits from Gundam 00, while also given a retractable mask akin to movie Optimus Prime. Can't really show the weapons much, of course, but decided to throw in as much little details of the armor based on those concepts. Then I was given some costumes/armors to get a better idea of what was being conceived, including Tekkaman Blade and Iron Man. I borrowed most heavily from Iron Man, while also using a couple of pics off of DA artist Meganerid. My guess, this is probably more detailed than was being asked, but this was the result I came up with. My main gripe, that 'R' didn't show up too well given the small size and the fact I forgot about it when I edited the pic for upload. Oops.

Anyways, it's been February since I was asked to do this, given I was also busy figuring out a previous request, and prioritized that one before doing this pic. I don't know how well received this will be, but I did have fun doing this, and he did more or less come out relatively quick.

And to get an idea of just how much I've changed this guy, here are the two pics that were given to me as references:



Here is the version found on Dangerman-1973's page:


One of two down. Phoenix Crash will be next.

Used 7H, HB, and 2B pencils.