More inspiration needed.

[Ultimo]

So, I'm trying to recreate another of my old characters from my youth.  The character is loosely based on the Atom or Ant-Man, with a bit of Molecule Man thrown in.  In essence, he can make things shrink or grow.

 

My first thought was to make him a Controller or Dominator, with Earth Control powers to represent him enlarging dust particles and debris around a target.  However, I've not really found a secondary that I'm finding satisfying.

 

I think I like the idea of him using controls, but I'm just having trouble fitting into the concept.  Any thoughts?  Should I try a different AT?  What power sets?

 

I figure he'll end up getting Stealth (representing him getting so small he can't be seen), but beyond that... I'm undecided.

 

Any thoughts are helpful.

[Triumphant]

Ant Man is indeed a tough one.  Partly it's costume manipulation.  Make one costume with maxed out height to represent a giant version and buy the mini prismatic aether costume to represent the small version.  Earth Control could be used, as you say.  You might have to lean into the concept more from the Molecule Man perspective to find powersets that really fit.  I'll try to think of some more suggestions, but nothing comes to mind right now.

[JJDrakken]

A Wife Beater(Ant-Man), A guy who constantly disrespected(Atom), another who is a shut in and wants to be left alone, because he was manipulated into doing horrible things(Molecule Man).

 

😛  Sorry, just had to, lol.

 

But for reals, have you thought about using Electrical Control and Kinetics as a way manipulation?

[Without_Pause]

Can you costume change into a different size? It would be worth looking into. 

[Psyonico]

2 hours ago, Without_Pause said:

Can you costume change into a different size? It would be worth looking into. 

Sure,

 

Using the people inside icon/facemaker (ie: not trainers) you can change scale and even body type.

[Without_Pause]

1 hour ago, Psyonico said:

Sure,

 

Using the people inside icon/facemaker (ie: not trainers) you can change scale and even body type.

Let me clarify, can you do it as part of a keybind?

[Psyonico]

11 minutes ago, Without_Pause said:

Let me clarify, can you do it as part of a keybind?

Well, assuming you've made the changes to your two costumes then you could use the /cc command.  Either bind 2 different keys to 2 different costume slots or use a bindloadfile to have one key switch which costume is being loaded.

[Ultimo]

Ok!

So, I've made some variations, and decided on a Dominator, Earth Control/Radiation Assault (with Stealth).

 

The concept of the character goes something like this (someone more versed in quantum physics is welcome to weigh in - that's a pun, by the way).  He's a quantum physicist, doing research focused on the Higgs Boson, and it's interaction with fundamental particles.  When the Rikti attacked his city (Toronto), the building housing his lab was collapsed, trapping him within.  He used his research and what equipment he could scrounge together to try and escape.

He did this by manipulating the connection between the particles composing the debris and the Higgs field, thereby effectively reducing its mass.  However, he discovered that the matter didn't simply reduce in mass, but also in dimension, becoming greatly smaller.  This didn't really help him, so he tried it on himself, and found he could shrink in size, allowing him to slip through the debris to freedom.  Further enhancement of the equipment allowed him to increase the interaction with the Higgs field, thereby increasing the mass and size of matter.

 

He uses this effect to increase the size of dust in the air, even the air itself, to contain targets, and also to increase the effective mass of his punches, allowing him to strike targets with tremendous force.

 

What do you guys think?  Is the physics even a little plausible?