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Better late than never, I suppose. I'll try to start work on Granite now that I actually have time. Apologies for the lighting, I usually use morning light through my eastern window for non-shit pictures.
For the anon that was complaining about the red... look, man, there's already way more black in this lineup than I would be comfortable with if I was making a Toa team from scratch. It's just not in the cards. And honestly with the thighs bare and black I'm not hating the colour scheme so much.
As to your other question, I don't want to use any neck axles horizontally because it a) royally fucks sideways neck articulation and b) prevents the head from taking a 2003+ axle mask (not that any of the main 8 will have one, but I want to keep that functionality). However, you were right about the neck looking awkward, so I reoriented it significantly on a liftarm. This I think not only looks less weird but also matched Fire/Torch's original upside-down cephalocock design more.