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Ldd4 Bionicle Contest


bonesiii

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So, in the interests of this blog not being entirely dead, I'm launching another blog contest. :P

This one will be very simple, with rules designed already into the program LEGO Digital Designer 4. I love using this program and watching the upload gallery, but Bionicle MOCs are rarely made with it. Of course, it doesn't have many Bionicle pieces, but what about something like a Playsets location? There's all kinds of possibilities.

So for this contest, you are charged to use LDD4 to make Bionicle locations, nonstandard beings (example: Morbuzahk, who didn't have the typical Bionicle pieces style), objects, vehicles, etc.

This is, like all my other MOC contests, a Bionicle Paracosmos contest; so the winning MOCs will be used in future fanfics of mine in that series. :)

Rules:

1) Yes, you must use the current version of LDD (version 4; download here).

2) I'm allowing two separate categories -- in the Standard Category you must use standard mode, so only pieces/colors that may be uploaded to the LDD gallery (the ones backgrounded in green). In the LEGO Universe Category use LU mode to have many more pieces and wider color ranges, but cannot upload to the gallery. Please say which category each entry is in. :)

3) Please no "normal Bionicle beings" -- I've had plenty of these already winning previous contests, most of whom I haven't used yet. So no beings that would normally be MOCed with Bionicle pieces, but I won't make this an absolute rule per se. :P

4) You may use locations or beings from the official story, or if you follow my fanfics you could work from descriptions there (you could even use illustrations I've made, etc.) Or you could make up your own stuff but be aware it might be more difficult for me to work these into stories, so simpler may be better for that.

5) Please when you enter, first state what type of MOC it is -- i.e. location, object, being, etc. as well as the name of what the MOC is (ex: if it's a location like Kini-Nui say that name). I'm not going to bother with fancy entries forms, though. :P

6) You may enter as many as you like in here. :)

7) Please post at least one screencap of the MOC. (And if you could make sure the image is not huge, that'd be nice. :P) FTR, the best screencaps aren't left in the design mode, but viewed in the mode with the background images at strategic angles, the blue background of building guide mode, or the white background as in the images uploaded to the gallery. And be sure to put the pic on brickshelf or the like rather than trying to direct link if you go with the gallery pic.



Also, I would greatly prefer if yall would upload the MOCs to the gallery and include a link to your own member gallery (the closest thing it seems to allow to linking to specific MOCs) so that I could download the file, but this is NOT a rule. (It's often difficult to do this with big MOCs, etc. and I wouldn't want to discourage entering if you don't have time for this.) If that doesn't work, you may alternatively email me the file directly at bonesiii@gmail.com (but please only do this if the gallery method doesn't work). Being able to look at the file 3-dimensionally can help in judging winners, though it isn't necessary per se. :)

(Note: Your gallery here means the public side, not the "my gallery" button; once any MOC of yours is approved for public (this usually takes about a day), then click it, and click your member name. The link that appears in your address bar then is the link I mean.)

Entry period begins now and closes July 1 2011, at midnight EST. :)


Judging notes:

Weight will be given to cleverness of design. Try to shy away from the plain stacked rectangle bricks designs (not a rule :P). I don't require that the MOC hold up well in plastic form to win, although that will help (and I can tell :P). Yes, mini-scale is fine (ex: the Hau statue in the banner here could see a mini-scale stone statue and the mouth could be a door entrance to some important location).

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Does Pre-mutation Karzahni count?

I'll allow it. :) He's a "normal being" which I said I'd prefer not to do, but it's not a rule (and he was weird; I can definately see how you could do him in LDD4, 'specially with the chains).

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Heh, I actually have a few Bionicle location scenes, but they're all done in LU mode, so that I can use whatever colors I want with all the pieces they have. :P It'll be interesting to see what people make.

 

:music:

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I would totally enter this if I knew anything about Bionicle anymore.

Bionicle knowledge not really required. :P All I did for that mask example was make a mask after all lol. And it could help to look at pics on BS01 or whatnot.

 

Want entries. :P lol

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Allowing LU mode would be sooo much better because of the limited color selection in normal mode. I sort of have something but it's not anywhere near what I wanted it to be and it's sort of dull and blah.

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Well, how about if I add a category for LU mode?

 

The reason I wanted to limit it to normal is that LU mode can't be uploaded, plus it's good practice to work with a limited selection of pieces, just like we would with the pieces we own. :) Also LU mode has so many pieces it can be difficult for many to handle timewise so I didn't want to let it be unfair. But a category would solve that...

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I still haven't figured out how to access LU mode. :P Anyways, so it basically needs to be something from Bionicle but made out of system pieces? (in LDD4 of course.)

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I still haven't figured out how to access LU mode. :P Anyways, so it basically needs to be something from Bionicle but made out of system pieces? (in LDD4 of course.)

MechaFizz told me how to do it in an LDD MOC topic of mine recently. If you look at my latest blog entries, it's the one about Hatman and the wooden ship.

 

And correct -- also, there are some Technic/Bionicle pieces (Bohrok teeth, etc.) in standard mode too which are also fair game.

 

 

A separate category would be nice. The files could just be emailed or uploaded to Brickshelf.

Alright, consider an LU category approved. :) I'll edit something in about it...

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