Pulsy Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 (edited) Gallery- Edited November 24, 2011 by Pulsy Quote My Flickr My Brickshelf MOC- Odd MOC- Gasalis MOC- Vespide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrickPharaoh Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 That actually looks amazing! But the pink sort of ruins it IMO. Quote "Welcome to Valhalla, Warrior." Recent MOC's: The Headless Horseman (BBC71 Finalist) LDD CCBS Chess The Shadowed One (BBC69) Nydoretha (Netherealm Empress) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ObfuscatedCubeEntity Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 Neat! I really like the construction of the torso, but I think that the overall color-scheme could be improved by removing the pink, or the lime green. 9.5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pulsy Posted November 24, 2011 Author Share Posted November 24, 2011 The pink and lime green are highlights. They give the MOC added "flavor." I don't usually follow a typical Bionicle color scheme. Instead of pink and lime would you suggest any different colors for highlights? Quote My Flickr My Brickshelf MOC- Odd MOC- Gasalis MOC- Vespide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 1st Shadow Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Looks great! Yeah, the colour scheme is a bit kooky, with the pink and light blue against dark green and tan. Maybe orange or red instead of pink? But it still looks good! Nice job on the overall construction! Quote ~Your friendly, neighborhood Shadow ~Credit for Avatar and Banner goes to NickonAquaMagna~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pulsy Posted November 25, 2011 Author Share Posted November 25, 2011 Looks great! Yeah, the colour scheme is a bit kooky, with the pink and light blue against dark green and tan. Maybe orange or red instead of pink? But it still looks good! Nice job on the overall construction!Hmmm, Red would look too christmas-y, but orange is an interesting thought. I guess we'll see how it goes because I'm working on a similarly colored creation now with dark blue instead of dark green and lime and orange as secondary colors. Quote My Flickr My Brickshelf MOC- Odd MOC- Gasalis MOC- Vespide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ObfuscatedCubeEntity Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Well, if you remove the pink, I would suggest blue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 1st Shadow Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Looks great! Yeah, the colour scheme is a bit kooky, with the pink and light blue against dark green and tan. Maybe orange or red instead of pink? But it still looks good! Nice job on the overall construction!Hmmm, Red would look too christmas-y, but orange is an interesting thought. I guess we'll see how it goes because I'm working on a similarly colored creation now with dark blue instead of dark green and lime and orange as secondary colors.I see what you mean on the red. But I look forward to this creation you speak of! Quote ~Your friendly, neighborhood Shadow ~Credit for Avatar and Banner goes to NickonAquaMagna~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elzy Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 This is a nice example of a MOC that isn't bad from a technical stand point but is really handicapped by colour. The core color scheme of light blue/sage/tan isn't bad, but the way it's applied is. The pink and light green is more of an issue - why are these here, and what are they highlighting? Well they aren't really highlighting anything.The lime in the hips is the most egregious example of this - they're tucked away and semi-hidden, but they're in this bright highlight colour. On the sides of the thighs, you're already using the light blue as an accent, and then there's this misplaced lime sitting there. Most of the pink flowers suffer from the same thing - they're too out of the way to be proper accents, but they're too noticeable to be anything but an eyesore.It's important to be careful when introducing quaternary colours to an already complex scheme. Pink is never going to work here for you unless you either change up the whole scheme, or if it was some sort of internal-only color that you couldn't see without doing a cross-section. The transparent lime is probably your best bet, as it ties into the sage fairly well. And you're going to want to limit where it is - if you use any trans lime outside of the center of the chest there and maybe as a replacement for the flower on the head and the visor in the weapon, you're going to be overdoing it. So get rid of the lime in the legs (replace with light blue or tan or just remove it outright), and ditch all of the flowers.With those out of the way, colour blocking becomes the other issue. Most of your colours are being thrown around randomly on this, leaving you with a MOC that lacks visual consistency. An easy way to do proper color blocking is to take each colour you're going to be using and ask yourself "what's this colour's purpose - what segments of the MOC will be in this colour?"For the light blue, you currently have it torn between accent colour and a skeletal colour, augmenting the blue-grey. As the torso is probably the best instance of colour blocking on this at present, I'd stick with making it skeletal. I'd drop the light blue on the outer thighs and chest plates, and probably swap the light blue sockets on the feet with the blue-grey sockets on the back of the knees. Keep colours together.The tan and sage are used fairly well at the moment. The thighs are probably the worst place for them, as the panels only match colours diagonally, giving it a clashing harlequin appearance. I can understand this being limited by piece availability, but ideally the thighs plating would be a single colour, or divided sage/tan on the top/bottom or on the front/side.The torso and feet are pretty good in this regard, the only other thing I'd really suggest would be replacing the sage limb pieces in the upper arms and shins with blue-grey, in keeping with that colour's role as skeletal structure. I'd ditch the 1x1 tan plates on the arms as well, unless you can find more substantial plating in that colour.Here's a roughly Photoshopped example of what a more cohesive colour scheme and a more coherent colour blocking layout could do for this MOC. The colour here assists the eye in picking out the shapes of the MOC, rather than hindering it as in the present layout. Something to consider for revisiting this or for application in future MOCs.- Elzy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pulsy Posted November 25, 2011 Author Share Posted November 25, 2011 (edited) This is a nice example of a MOC that isn't bad from a technical stand point but is really handicapped by colour. The core color scheme of light blue/sage/tan isn't bad, but the way it's applied is. The pink and light green is more of an issue - why are these here, and what are they highlighting? Well they aren't really highlighting anything.The lime in the hips is the most egregious example of this - they're tucked away and semi-hidden, but they're in this bright highlight colour. On the sides of the thighs, you're already using the light blue as an accent, and then there's this misplaced lime sitting there. Most of the pink flowers suffer from the same thing - they're too out of the way to be proper accents, but they're too noticeable to be anything but an eyesore.It's important to be careful when introducing quaternary colours to an already complex scheme. Pink is never going to work here for you unless you either change up the whole scheme, or if it was some sort of internal-only color that you couldn't see without doing a cross-section. The transparent lime is probably your best bet, as it ties into the sage fairly well. And you're going to want to limit where it is - if you use any trans lime outside of the center of the chest there and maybe as a replacement for the flower on the head and the visor in the weapon, you're going to be overdoing it. So get rid of the lime in the legs (replace with light blue or tan or just remove it outright), and ditch all of the flowers.With those out of the way, colour blocking becomes the other issue. Most of your colours are being thrown around randomly on this, leaving you with a MOC that lacks visual consistency. An easy way to do proper color blocking is to take each colour you're going to be using and ask yourself "what's this colour's purpose - what segments of the MOC will be in this colour?"For the light blue, you currently have it torn between accent colour and a skeletal colour, augmenting the blue-grey. As the torso is probably the best instance of colour blocking on this at present, I'd stick with making it skeletal. I'd drop the light blue on the outer thighs and chest plates, and probably swap the light blue sockets on the feet with the blue-grey sockets on the back of the knees. Keep colours together.The tan and sage are used fairly well at the moment. The thighs are probably the worst place for them, as the panels only match colours diagonally, giving it a clashing harlequin appearance. I can understand this being limited by piece availability, but ideally the thighs plating would be a single colour, or divided sage/tan on the top/bottom or on the front/side.The torso and feet are pretty good in this regard, the only other thing I'd really suggest would be replacing the sage limb pieces in the upper arms and shins with blue-grey, in keeping with that colour's role as skeletal structure. I'd ditch the 1x1 tan plates on the arms as well, unless you can find more substantial plating in that colour.Here's a roughly Photoshopped example of what a more cohesive colour scheme and a more coherent colour blocking layout could do for this MOC. The colour here assists the eye in picking out the shapes of the MOC, rather than hindering it as in the present layout. Something to consider for revisiting this or for application in future MOCs.http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/elzaban/WIP-Temp/conifer_coloured.jpg- Elzy Thanks so much. What you said really made a lot of sense, and I'll keep it in mind on my current MOC. And I must admit, the photoshopped MOC does look better. I still personally love the pink anyway but what you said about blocking and layering really helps. Thanks again for one of the most helpful reviews I've gotten in a while. Edited November 27, 2011 by Tufi Piyufi Quoted image linked. -Tufi Quote My Flickr My Brickshelf MOC- Odd MOC- Gasalis MOC- Vespide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohannDakitsch Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Great MOC. The shape is really good.But yeah, the color layering and choice kinda ruins it... But I guess Elzy already said pretty much everything. Quote The night is dark and full of terrors... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simulacrum Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 As said before, pink and lime green are slightly distracting. Replacing those with more color shceme friendly parts would be nice.The body itself is great, but the arms in my opinion could have been more... Customized.The use of normal lego and bionicle really looked good in this moc. 7/10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pulsy Posted November 30, 2011 Author Share Posted November 30, 2011 As said before, pink and lime green are slightly distracting. Replacing those with more color shceme friendly parts would be nice.The body itself is great, but the arms in my opinion could have been more... Customized.The use of normal lego and bionicle really looked good in this moc. 7/10.If the arms were more "customized" they wouldn't fit the flow of the MOC. Not everything has to be completely "custom" all of the time. Quote My Flickr My Brickshelf MOC- Odd MOC- Gasalis MOC- Vespide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarohum Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Personally, I love the color scheme. And the overall bulkiness of it is awesomesauceishness. Great job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space: Ocean of Awe Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 I clicked on this expecting to see a tree...but this is way cooler. I actually like the pink highlights, and all the colours really fit together well. The ball joint sticking up behind him doesn't blend in too well, but it's pretty much hidden in the awesomeness. While the body looks a little thick, I can't help but feel it's the perfect size...my first reaction upon seeing this was "whoa!"=) Quote "Baby, in the final analyses, love is power. That's where the power's at." TumblrTwitterWattpad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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