Thank you, gentlemen! Appreciate the feedback.
For the shoulder piece try: Shoulder Right Standard last page top row third from the left
For the collar try: Tops MaleStandard second to last page top row far right
For the open part of the coat try: Tops MaleCoats second to last page second row third from the left or the sleeveless tuxedo jacket two pages earlier
For the chest piece maybe try: Tops MaleCoats page 7 top row far right - the sleeveless moto jacket.
I love to see all of your prize versions of other Machiners' characters, but are you posting your own creations somewhere?
He was sick of being thought of as a freak. So he perfected looking just like anyone else. He perfected the art of quick change. Then he started practicing arson. True to his circus roots, he went by ‘Rube’ from then on, whether disguised as an ordinary man or woman. Without his special gear, he would NEVER pass for that . . . he’s destroyed most of the records of his appearance. There’s some on a server down the street from you–hey, do you smell smoke?!
Beautiful storytelling - art and words, both but the picture really tells the story on its own.
The important thing is to keep experimenting and keep creating.
Kudos on continuing with your comics pages. It's far more difficult to do in HeroMachine than it seems at first.
Good stuff.
As far as your creativity road block, try looking through the items to see if any of them look to you like something other than what they're intended to be. Maybe a glove looks like a toaster or a rifle looks like a building tower - that sort of thing. Then build a character or costume or landscape around that idea.
Sola redesign has a lot more character - not that there was anything wrong with the original but I can tell by looking at the redesign that YOU like this one better. There's a lot of personality in the posing too.