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The exact measurements I used was 4.7mm "diameter" and for the extensions from the plus, they start at 1.97mm and taper to about 1.36mm. This website is helpful: http://www.robertcailliau.eu/Lego/Dimensions/zMeasurements-en.xhtml I also used a digital measuring caliper accurate to a hundredth of a millimeter on several plus rods and took the averages for my final measurements. If anyone is interested, I'm willing to make the .obj file of the rod available as I know how annoying it is to get that right! XD Ok, thanks! Sounds like you have it really fine-tuned. I'll have to bookmark that website, too. I am certainly interested in the .obj file. I'm sure it would be a great help.

Superb work on both masks! They both look very well made, as usual. I've seen others having issues with their 3D-printed plus rods not being quite right. What were the measurements that you came up with for the rod?

Kopaka is the only 2015 set I currently own, but I have some other photo ideas lined up for when I get around to buying the other Toa. This is my interpretation of the Gen. 2 arrival of Kopaka.

After seeing some of the new Bionicle animations, I wondered if perhaps similar circumstances of arrival might lead to a familiar scene. I went out into the snow to take some pictures, and after some editing, this is what I came up with: Full-size album here

These are great! I really like what you did with the lighting. Also, both the posing & camera angles are interesting and well-done.

Cool picture! The first one was a bit too bright & grainy for me, but I really like the second one. The angle, lighting, and editing are all superb!

It's been a long time since I got to catch up with the Mata Nui Matoran. I enjoyed every minute of it. Your team certainly seems to understand what made the original MNOG so charming. I really appreciate the attention to detail: All the lore seems spot-on, the village layout from MNOGII is still there, the matoran eyebrows shift when looking around, even the gears move with their bodies. I did manage to use the spikes near the outer wall to escape into the sea. I had a nice run around the dunes. I guess invisible walls will come later. Great work so far, I can't wait to see what else you have in store!

To make this, I took 3 photos. One with the Toa, one with the Mctoran, and one with a blank wall. I then combined and adjusted them in Photoshop. I used the image of the blank wall to cover up the toa-shadow, then placed the mctoran-shadow on top of that. I did need to get a different light for the Mctoran to ensure the shadow was detailed enough.

Yes, I did this with Photoshop. Good suggestion; I see what you mean. Thanks for the feedback!

The idea popped into my head for this photo with Toa Matoro Mahri, so I decided to go ahead with it. Click image for larger version.

I like the idea that Kapura simply knows something we don't. When he is practicing in Ta-Wahi, he says he can "feel" other places. "If I practice, I can be where I am not. I think I can feel it. It is hot here where I am, but where I am not is cold, and I think I can feel it. I must practice more." He later shows up in Ko-Koro, which is "cold". This makes it sound like more than just simple teleportation to me. I think that with the help of Vakama's previous research and long, tedious meditation and 'practicing', perhaps Kapura has learned how to compress spacetime around himself. Perhaps he used his natural energies to somehow manipulate and cause small wrinkles in spacetime so that Ko-Koro was closer, almost putting himself in two places at once. In travelling to Ko-Koro this way, he would still be moving as slowly as ever, yet to outside observers it would appear that he has sped towards his destination even faster than the eye can see. Matoran have innate elemental energies, so it seems feasible that after thousands of years, someone could have learned to manipulate their energies to develop unusual abilities. Thinking about this more, it would seem that Takua, who was right next to Kapura while he was 'feeling' Ko-Koro, would have felt it if Kapura was compressing spacetime nearby. So perhaps rather than distort spacetime around himself, maybe Kapura is able to stretch himself across spacetime. He would still be moving impossibly quickly by moving very slowly, and only he would be aware of the distortion, leaving bystanders to watch him simply disappear.

This looks really good as the mask of creation! All in all, I love how there's all these intricate symbols and things going on in the mask, but one thing that bothers me is the swirly parts on the brow and the chin. All kanohi stick to variations of fairly basic geometric shapes in their design. The swirly design seem a bit too "human" and organic to fit in with the rest of the MU, in my opinion. Perhaps substitute them with complex patterns of circles? Anyway, everything else works for me. The top crest is definitely a highlight, I think. Looks like a powerful mask for a big guy. Great work!

BQOTT wasn't really an organization, it was the personal project of one guy, Lewa11. I am pretty sure that he was responsible for all the music and animation we've seen. He has a BZP account, but after a several project updates he disappeared again, and as far as I know no one has had contact with or heard from him in nearly 3 years.

Placeholder version? I really like the violin here. I honestly think the violin fits better in your version than actual vocals would. All in all, great job! It seems like you brought a whole new feel to the song, and it works well.

Heh, clever play on words here. Nicely done as well. But wouldn't Tahu's mere presence there literally ignite the entire moon?

I like this. The art is reminiscent of the MNOLG, but with a consistent hand-drawn quality that works well. I'm glad you took the time to put in plenty of animations. They are simple, but done well. Not too hard and not too simple; it was a fun way to spend a few minutes. It might be nice to have something to listen to while you play it, though. Anyway, I didn't run into any bugs, it seems simple, but very polished, and great work!

Fantastic work, hats off to you. The sound and animation were all great and flowed nicely. The part with Kapura at the end was amusing, too. I look forward to seeing how your animation skill and the story develops!

This is great! The animation looks spot on, right down the the blinking. To me, it seems like that clicking sound is just a bit of static at the end of each whirring sound, so you can cut off the very end of the sound clip and that should fix the problem. Also as you may or may not know, you can easily control the frame rate in the properties panel of flash. I wish someone would do for Templar's animations, too. I look forward to seeing what else you make!

http://soundcloud.com/keyblade87/lava-rapids This was inspired by the lava surfing theme from the Tales of the Tohunga gameboy game. This is the first time I've tried something like this, and it was fun to do.

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I vote for #1!!!!!! "No eyebrows" is deceiveing, however. You say something like "eyebrows on masks". With static masks they would have eyelids/eyebrows on their heads instead.

"You'll just have to wait and see"