Ideas For Icarax
I like Icarax. Not a bad design, good overall look (rather like red armor over a black body, as I've said), but no reason I would buy him, as he has no recolored pieces at all... So naturally that got me thinking of what I would do to change him to make him more appealing. There are a few places where his design could, I think, be improved.
One, his arms. They're boring. Made of a bunch of things we've seen already. To amend this, see here (modeled by Antroz) – a set of Nuparu claws on the Inika armor, both to add interest and to echo the thighs, continuing that spike motif of his. For the left arm, and Inika lower arm (added bulk, and Icarax is actually big enough for the piece to be a proportionate lower arm). For the right arm, a black Pohatu lower arm, so that he can still spin the shield-thing.
Yes, that means getting rid of the gears. Their presense is great, but the way he has to have to have the Hordika arm to use them is incredibly awkward in the real set...
Two, his legs. Feet are good, thighs are messy, and I'd replace the Rahkshi legs with Piraka legs, because we've seen dark red Rahkshi legs quite a lot, but Piraka legs only once.
And last, I still think he would be awesome with a dark red Kraahkan... not only for a new color thereof, but so he doesn't look so much like Makuta. >>
And like I've already said, I'd use Ikarax with a K instead of a C. More Bionicle-like...
~ ToM
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