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Mocing


-SZ-

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So I have just finished another MOC and I got to thinking, how do you make MOCs? Do you plan it all out ahed of time? Do you just build and let inspiration strike? What do you do?

 

I, myself, find it very difficult to plan out ahed of time how I want the MOC to be. The only thing I sorta plan out is the color scheme of the MOC. So what I do is I break a couple of sets apart, from which the color I want is on, spred them out on the floor and let inspiration strike. :P

 

Normally I'll start off with a simple design of a leg (I like starting off with the legs) and build upon that design. Maybe, if I feel really creative, I'll make a custom lower leg, but normally I won't. If I want the MOC to be tall I'll use either a Rahkshi, Piraka, or Inika lower leg, then I'll connect a hand-piece to the top of the lower leg, and two +0+ and connect another hand-piece to that. After that I'll add on to the upper leg, maybe making a few changes here and there, and then I'll duplicate it to be used as the other leg (I do the feet later).

 

The same process that happened with the legs happens with the arms. And then, somehow, I really don't know how, I'm able to make a torso. Torsos are, by far, the hardest part of making a MOC, don't you agree? As I said before, I am really unaware of how I make torsos. I guess I start off with a simple design and work my way up, like with the arms and legs, but other times I just know what and how I want to build the torso and I build it.

 

Then I normally make simple feet and slap a mask on the MOC. And the weapons are just beefed up normal weapons, like, for exapmle, Lewa's swords or the Chronicler's staff (spear?).

 

So there you have it, that's how I make my MOCs, I know, I probably forgot something, but it's, at least, a little bit of an insiders view.

 

Please share how you make your MOCs too, I know you want to. :P

 

 

SZ

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Heh, legs are by far the hardest for me. And as for my style- I just kind'a start messing around with pieces until something looks good.

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I have a lot of ideas floating about, and I just experiment with pieces. For example, I thought that a Toa Metru foot might make an interesting lower jaw for a dragon - so I built the whole head from that. I'm really lucky in that I can imagine what the creation will look like in 3D, to the point of being able to 'rotate' it and and see it from different angles inside my mind - yes, I'm weird. :P

 

So, um, yeah. For contests, I just think about the theme a lot, and when I get an idea, and it looks good in my mind, I start building it. Usually with the head, then torso, then arms, then legs. Then weapon last of all.

 

So now you know.

 

-Seran

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Heh, legs are by far the hardest for me. And as for my style- I just kind'a start messing around with pieces until something looks good.
That's sorta what happens when I make torsos. :P
I have a lot of ideas floating about, and I just experiment with pieces. For example, I thought that a Toa Metru foot might make an interesting lower jaw for a dragon - so I built the whole head from that. I'm really lucky in that I can imagine what the creation will look like in 3D, to the point of being able to 'rotate' it and and see it from different angles inside my mind - yes, I'm weird. :P

 

So, um, yeah. For contests, I just think about the theme a lot, and when I get an idea, and it looks good in my mind, I start building it. Usually with the head, then torso, then arms, then legs. Then weapon last of all.

 

So now you know.

 

-Seran

No wonder you're so good at MOCing. Man, I wish I had that "skill".

 

 

SZ

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I'm really lucky in that I can imagine what the creation will look like in 3D, to the point of being able to 'rotate' it and and see it from different angles inside my mind - yes, I'm weird. :P

 

So now you know.

 

-Seran

You're not as bad as me. I can build MOCs completely in my head. It's scary, to tell you the truth.

 

-BC

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You're not as bad as me. I can build MOCs completely in my head. It's scary, to tell you the truth.

 

-BC

 

:fear:

 

You guys are so lucky. :P

 

 

SZ

 

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You're not as bad as me. I can build MOCs completely in my head. It's scary, to tell you the truth.

That's pretty much what I meant. I wonder if, per chance, you're left handed?

 

-Seran

 

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I'm really lucky in that I can imagine what the creation will look like in 3D, to the point of being able to 'rotate' it and and see it from different angles inside my mind - yes, I'm weird. :P

 

So now you know.

 

-Seran

You're not as bad as me. I can build MOCs completely in my head. It's scary, to tell you the truth.

 

-BC

And now that makes three of us. :blink:

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It's official - MOCists are weird.

 

-Seran

Well, I could've told you that. :P

 

No kidding, you guys. Everyone knows that. :P

 

 

SZ

 

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