Joining in for "Hawkins look is a bit ... odd? bland? boring? 40Kish?" at least he has a 24" range weapon and here and there a point more in his stats. For that he is very pricey. The HMG is one point more. I guess I will not use him often and for shelf guarding duties he is not beautful enough ;-) Oh and one small detail: He has his Multi Pistol in his hands and still a pistol in the holster, which he has not in his profile.
Agreed on the annoyance over the lack of helmet, but I think he's safe from snipers in the Inner Sphere. Unless they miss a BattleMech badly enough to hit a soldier in another IP, at least.
