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[00dude00]

I've always wanted to make an organic glatorian, so a few months back I started on a project to make Kiina as I imagined her to look. It's taken quite a while, but I finally finished and have something to show! A lot of people may not like this, because it strays very far from her set representation, but hopefully some of you will be able to look at it as just one way she might be represented. Any feedback is greatly appreciated, thank you!
 
high res: http://www.brickshel.../kiinafinal.png
It is all made in blender,except the sky, which is stock from prints-of-stock on -Sorry, no mentioning of sites with forums-
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Edited by 00dude00, Jan 01 2013 - 02:21 PM.

[Flaredrick: the Sniper]

Whoa, she looks like a mutated female warrior. Though you did get to capture her helmet and her trident right.

[Dual Matrix]

It is good the trident is done very well, I should've used more blue in the armor

[InnerRayg]

That's a beautiful rendering - you've achieved a wonderful representation of Kiina and frankly I would love to see some more views of this masterpiece. I think the deviations from the set are for the better - it makes a more realistic interpretation rather than the cartoon that a more set-like appearance would. Nicely done.

[ZOMBI3S]

This is how I used to interpret all things Bionicle, as organic beings that simply wore their armor, and so I have to say that I love it! My only itch is that the hands seem a bit too human, maybe if they were more blue...? Just my thoughts.

[Vox The Shadow of Reality]

wow kinda of looks like she has scales.

[~The 1st Shadow~]

This looks really good! The armor and scales are brilliant, and it almost looks like you incorporated the life-counter as a shield of some sort on her back. Very cool.

Although, the only nitpick I have is the scales (or lack thereof in some cases)--The hands look normal, and the scales on the face seem to stop too abruptly. If the scales continued over the rest of the face, it might look better. Same with most of the other bare spots. 

But aside from that, this looks great! Is that a rendering of armor over an image of an actual person, or is the whole thing (aside from the scenery) part of the model? Either way, it turned out great!

 

[ReckoningReckoner]

Abolsutely incredible. You've kept the essence of the set while adding your own personal touch, which makes it amazing.

[Takuaka: Toa of Time]

Whoa, awesome. I rather like it. It's rather reminiscent of the bio-organic style of the old movies, only in reverse. She looks like an organic creature with robotic implants, which is what folks of Bara Magna are supposed to be. Love the dramatic pose and background, too.

 

I suppose my biggest complaint, though, is how human she looks. It might be better if she were completely scaled, or at least more so. I like the human eyes, though, and of course you don't want her to look too animalistic. I wonder how it might work to base the face off of the actual Glatorian head pieces? But I guess Hero Factory uses those too, and they do look perhaps a bit too robotic. Still, it would add to the "Bara Magnan look" of her.

 

I like the design of the clothes and armor, too, and that trident is awesome. Might I ask what program you used for this?

[Zeal]

Loving the detail and lighting. She looks as if she's leading an army into battle.

Great job, man

[Neelh]

The hands and head seem out of proportion to the hips, but this is still beautiful. Most people are talking about how human it is and that it's a bad thing, though I think - and this is probably my inner cosplayer deconstructing this and attempting to make it easy to make - it's not human enough.

[Meiko]

Ah it's gross. Just because what it is. You did an excellent job making the render though. Just creeps me out lol

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Very, very cool. You even put a little heart-light thing on her chest.

[Canis Lupus]

The hands and the face look a bit too human, which kind of distracts me. Other than that, it is really good. You really captured Kiina.

[Toa Smoke Monster]

If I didn't know better, I'd say this almost looked like an actual photo of someone! I actually like how human it looks. It makes me wonder what the other Glatorian would look like if these human characteristics added to them. The only complaint I have about it is that she could use a little more blue on her chest armor, but aside from that this is a really cool drawing!

[Angel Bob]

I have to agree that this is by far the best representation of an organic Spherus Magnan that I've seen.

[renaldohoek]

This is brilliant.

 

This is how TLR should've been. I love how it's got that John Carter-esque vibe with a little bit of Japanese monster injected into it.

 

In other words, this is what 2009 would've been had Bob Thompson stayed with the story team.

 

Were I a man of decent income, I would fund the furtherment of this concept.

[Takuaka: Toa of Time]

I like the design of the clothes and armor, too, and that trident is awesome. Might I ask what program you used for this?

He said he used blender.

 

Well, not knowing what that meant, I wanted a more specific answer, but silly me, I should have looked it up. Now I did and now I know.

 

Whoo-ee, it looks like a looot of work went into this model.

[Tenebrae Invictus]

AS much as I don't like organic depictions of characters, the rendering and textures of everything on this looks amazing. It's a little weird to me though that the feet and hands seem to not be both either human or other-thing.

[Kyla Toa of Peace]

That... is... the... coolest... picture... I have ever seen. Excellent job, 00dude00. My jaw dropped when I saw the pic. Stay awesome, dude!

[fishers64]

The amount of work that went into this is incredible, and I admired the trident - looks rather Bara-realistic. However, I find the human hands and face off-putting, as well as the feet. Kiina=/=reptilian monster IMO.

To each his own, though. Nice work.