thanks guys. This is actually my response to a challenge given to me over on the st6 boards. One of the members there sent me a fodder bag with enough parts to make 3 complete figures, the problem was that the parts were pretty much random. I've had this figure in mind for a long time and it just happened that one of the torso's he sent me was a shirtless fig, which is how I wanted the figure... However I'd have much rather had a larger more muscular set of arms. I was stuck using the snake eye's arms though, which is one reason it has the shoulder pads (which I think look kind of odd)...
I realy like the concept though and I want to weather the figure and give some more personality to his mask (which is supposed to resemble a welder's mask in how it flips up). I was thinking about using a red and orange color scheme for his helmet to further reflect the use of fire in his profession....