Iron Man’s Hulkbuster Armor LEGO MOC at Minifigure Scale

My Iron Man Hulkbuster Mark 44 Armor MOC with Iron Man Mark 43 Armor Minifigure.

Continuing my recent post of past LEGO MOCs (my own creation), I wanted to share this minifig scale Hulkbuster armor for Iron Man that I built during the summer of 2019 as something more playable and scaled properly than 76105 The Hulkbuster: Ultron Edition pictured below.

Iron Man’s Mark 44 Hulkbuster Armor is meant to put him on par with The Hulk in terms of strength and size. Considering the minifigure at the heart of the 76105 set, it is gargantuan in comparison to The Hulk. Therefore, I set a goal to build Hulkbuster armor that matched the mini-figure scale as closely as possible, encapsulate an Iron Man minifigure, and have more points of articulation than the smaller Hulkbuster armor in 76031 The Hulk Buster Smash (having a swivel waist like the 76105 Hulkbuster in this small size was beyond my skill).

Igor in 76125 Iron Man Hall of Armor inspired the basic layout of Hulkbuster using the ball-joint connectors. The 5-stud wide chest piece with an arc reactor in the center and wrap-around elements is my favorite part of the build. Rotated views with a focus on key details are included below.

Given more specialized elements–especially in dark red and metallic gold–I think that I can continue to refine this model to pack as much detail as possible within its small size in comparison to its larger brethren.