I share your pain.
I've got one I'm planning on working over sometime. First, I'm going to remove the legs at the hip, move into a running pose, and re-attach more centrally. If I lose some of the mudflaps at the back, too bad.
Then I'm going to cut the arms - carefully - at the elbows, and repose like the TRO art above - bent. Not that "zombie walk/parade rest" straightness.
Will it help? We'll see, sometime.
W.
Something like this, Worktroll? Sorry to quote something from like three years ago, but this paintjob has existed for five years so if I had seen this post then, I would have replied then as well. I think I made this mod circa 2007-2008 so... yeah, minds think alike sometimes.
And the Flashman is one of my favorite 'Mechs, hands down. Good design, and
it doesn't look like every other 'Mech out there. Let's face it, for a lot of beginners looking at the designs it's hard to tell the difference between a Quickdraw or a Trebuchet - but it's hard to mistake a Flashman for anything BUT a Flashman.
It's also brutal in Alpha Strike. Just had to mention that. Even the lotech is A/S 7/6 with 4/3/0 OV1 - that's respectable even into later games for a mere 36 points.