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Mata Nui Island Project Click for larger images This project is a long time coming. About 1.5 years ago, Swert and I came up with a cool idea; build the original island of Mata Nui out of system elements. This past week, we finally got into the building phase at City Blocks Lego Art Studio in Tacoma, which is run by Dan Parker, a Lego Certified Professional. (Oh, and Swert works there too.) We didn't have a limitless supply of bricks, but we still had more than enough to pull off something this big. Part of my goal for this project was to make the island as accurate as possible, in relation to landscapes seen in the MNOLG and to the various map images we've seen of the island. However, even at this scale, we had to leave lots of stuff out. (And the few structures we did include are probably too big for the scale we were working at, but oh well.) It's not completely accurate, due to the original maps not really showing the separation of the mountain and volcano very well AND the fact that we were limited by our supply of bricks. In the end, it's not exactly accurate, but it's a very decent representation, and I think any Bionicle fan would be able to recognize it. If you want more long, boring dialogue, you can check out my blog, where I droned on about building this for a full week. Or you can scroll down and see picts of more detailed sections of the island. Thanks. http://www.bzpower.com/board/public/style_emoticons/default/cool.png Behind the ScenesHere are some images showing the interior designs of some pieces of the island. See, although Onu-Koro wasn't specifically built, there's still plenty of room for them to travel beneath the surface. For a few more images, or just to see all these better organized, check out the Brickshelf Page.Questions, comments, and heck even constructive criticism is appreciated. And if you want to see a closer image of a particular portion, just let us know, because we can send Swert to go take more photos. Thanks for looking.
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Okay, now I've seen this: picture link It's an early concept drawing of the island of Mata Nui from Christian Faber's blog. The landscapes are more clearly defined here than in other maps I've seen, including various mountain peaks, ridges in the desert, and the volcano. Next year we will redo our Mata Nui island model. We will adjust the sizes to make everything more porportionate. And we will base the design off this map. (Heck, maybe even design from the coastline to the interior next time too.) Sure, it won't be as original because it would have been done before (by us) but we'd make it better!! But won't happen until next year cause we won't have time to fix it (which will require tearing it all down pretty much) and anyway Steven's already packed it away. BUT THERE WILL BE PLANS FOR THE FUTURE!
