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The Great Fly - Nui Rama Revamp


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With the new 2015 sets only days from being out (or already in some of our homes, like mine ;)), I've been wanting to work on a project I've thought of doing for awhile now. Images link to larger ones on Brickshelf. :) Please upvote and comment if you like it!

 

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Top Angle

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Top (No Stand)

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Bottom (No Stand)

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New and Old Comparison

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Nui Rama vs. Lewa!

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The Battle Continues!

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The Great Fly vs. The Master of Jungle!

The Tarakava, Nui Jaga, and Manas Revamps are all in the works as of this topic's posting. You'll be seeing them soon!

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I really like the personality of the model, if that makes sense; it's unique and yet true to the original. I love the small tweaks to the angles and positioning of the face elements, though I'm not entirely sold on the stinger in front.

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That is pretty nice. I'd go so far as to call it what the Nui-Rama would have been if it were released in the Inika-build age.

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That is pretty ###### nice. I'd go so far as to call it what the Nui-Rama would have been if it were released in the Inika-build age.

I was actually thinking the same thing. It's kind of a shame that we really didn't get anymore large rahi past the two we received in 2003 (Visorak aren't large rahi). But yeah, I guess my only negative thing to say about it is the size compared to Okoto Lewa...it's not big enough compared to the master. It's still large enough to pose a threat, but I personally would've tried to scale it to the new size. And that's a very minor gripe; very nice revamp indeed!

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That is pretty ###### nice. I'd go so far as to call it what the Nui-Rama would have been if it were released in the Inika-build age.

I was actually thinking the same thing. It's kind of a shame that we really didn't get anymore large rahi past the two we received in 2003 (Visorak aren't large rahi). But yeah, I guess my only negative thing to say about it is the size compared to Okoto Lewa...it's not big enough compared to the master. It's still large enough to pose a threat, but I personally would've tried to scale it to the new size. And that's a very minor gripe; very nice revamp indeed!

 

 

Oh, I never intended to scale it to Gen 2 Bionicle. I just threw in the pics with Gen 2 Lewa to make you guys jelly. :P

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Oh, I never intended to scale it to Gen 2 Bionicle. I just threw in the pics with Gen 2 Lewa to make you guys jelly. :P

 

Well...that works too haha :P I can't deny I'd probably do that too lol.  :evil:

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This is awesome! I love how articulated it is. The only things I would try are adding another pair of wings and removing the front stinger/proboscis. Also, making all ball and socket joints uniform in color (but you could always put green bulbs in for black ones).  

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Not sure how I managed to miss this till now but am glad to have found it now! This is a really nice redesign and I think a decent improvement over the original. I believe the main reason for this is that you gave yourself a lot more freedom to build by removing the function but it was definitely worth it. The whole shape is really close to the originals but the improvements you made to the tail are just great. I have to agree with Fsnorglepuff (lol) on the proboscis though, it just looks a bit too much like a funny nose to me! Plus of course the original didn't have it and I'm not a big fan of fundamental changes in redesigns...

 

Am surprised that evergrey_toa thinks this Rahi is too small to fight 2015 Lewa as I thought the complete opposite when I saw those pictures. Lewa Mata looks much bulkier and stronger due to his larger pieces and especially mask. Although Okoto Lewa IS bigger it's pretty negligible an I think if anything he looks more vulnerable than the original so the scaling works fine for me. Besides I'm pretty sure a bug that big would give any Toa a pretty bad day. New or old!


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Not sure how I managed to miss this till now but am glad to have found it now! This is a really nice redesign and I think a decent improvement over the original. I believe the main reason for this is that you gave yourself a lot more freedom to build by removing the function but it was definitely worth it. The whole shape is really close to the originals but the improvements you made to the tail are just great. I have to agree with Fsnorglepuff (lol) on the proboscis though, it just looks a bit too much like a funny nose to me! Plus of course the original didn't have it and I'm not a big fan of fundamental changes in redesigns...

 

Am surprised that evergrey_toa thinks this Rahi is too small to fight 2015 Lewa as I thought the complete opposite when I saw those pictures. Lewa Mata looks much bulkier and stronger due to his larger pieces and especially mask. Although Okoto Lewa IS bigger it's pretty negligible an I think if anything he looks more vulnerable than the original so the scaling works fine for me. Besides I'm pretty sure a bug that big would give any Toa a pretty bad day. New or old!

Without the proboscis the model looks rather lacking on the face. I also feel like it looks a bit like a combination of the orange and green Nui-Rama designs. I can post pictures without it, just so you guys can see what I mean.

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I'd certainly be interested in seeing it that way if you find yourself with time to take a few shots at some point :) And don't compare it to the Nui Kopen, your model is on a whole different level!


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I'd certainly be interested in seeing it that way if you find yourself with time to take a few shots at some point :) And don't compare it to the Nui Kopen, your model is on a whole different level!

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Here you go. Honestly, I feel like without the proboscis the face is rather lacking. Also, I wasn't necessarily comparing it to a Nui-Kopen, merely just saying it's got a combination of the face design of both Nui Rama (The proboscis of the orange one, and the lower jaw of the green one). I did the same thing with my Tarakava, giving it a lower jaw like the green tarakava, and the upper head of the blue one.

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Since it was brought up, have you thought about making a Nui-Kopen and seeing how the two compares?

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Mhmm, this is great! I like how you constantly manage to keep the Rahi designs consistent to the original yet more complex and detailed, and it is no different with this Nui Rama. The colours mesh very well and the design for the body is very innovative and definitely looks insect-like.

 

Another excellent job. Do you keep these together after taking the photos? You should definitely do a group shot!

 

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Since it was brought up, have you thought about making a Nui-Kopen and seeing how the two compares?

 

I've thought about it, but I wanna finish off some other MOCs I've been itching to make first.

 

Mhmm, this is great! I like how you constantly manage to keep the Rahi designs consistent to the original yet more complex and detailed, and it is no different with this Nui Rama. The colours mesh very well and the design for the body is very innovative and definitely looks insect-like.

 

Another excellent job. Do you keep these together after taking the photos? You should definitely do a group shot!

 

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Thank you for the praise. :)

 

Also, you'll be seeing a group shot --with an added bonus-- next week. ;)

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Definitely love the long, curving, vicious tail!

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Definitely love the long, curving, vicious tail!

 

Thank you! :)

 

Hey! You took off that nose! Good. I like there being no nose. :)

 

I merely took a photo without the nose to show what it would look like. I prefer the proboscis, and the finalized model on my shelf still has it.

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That is pretty ###### nice. I'd go so far as to call it what the Nui-Rama would have been if it were released in the Inika-build age.

I was actually thinking the same thing. It's kind of a shame that we really didn't get anymore large rahi past the two we received in 2003 (Visorak aren't large rahi). But yeah, I guess my only negative thing to say about it is the size compared to Okoto Lewa...it's not big enough compared to the master. It's still large enough to pose a threat, but I personally would've tried to scale it to the new size. And that's a very minor gripe; very nice revamp indeed!

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