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Iolana - Champion of Sky


Aanchir

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A graceful Bionicle swordfighter I built this week. I haven't really come up with a story for her. She mostly just evolved out of an assortment of building techniques I'd been fiddling around with.
 
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okay so, i really do like a lot of the techniques used here. like, i really love the weapons, and the use of the hero factory claw-hand piece as her back is kind of genius to be honest. but like, were the butt cheeks necessary?

i know what youre thinking, whos gonna care what shoes shes wearing but BELIEVE ME, WOMEN notice

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the, erm... "plates" (i'll call em that) on the back, while helping the shape, probably would have benefitted from not being such a contrasting color, i'll elt it pass on account they don't come in gold yet, but it really doesn't help the model when one's eyes are dreagged to that portion of it so easily. o:

 

otherwise though, seems like a fun, simple, cohesive build!

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Very graceful looking indeed.  The color scheme and armor design is so sleek and awesome looking.  And the weapons you've paired her with really seal the deal.  Phenomenal work here.

Thank you!

 

okay so, i really do like a lot of the techniques used here. like, i really love the weapons, and the use of the hero factory claw-hand piece as her back is kind of genius to be honest. but like, were the butt cheeks necessary?

Necessary? Maybe not. But I think they add to the streamlined, humanoid look. Originally, I was contemplating having those pauldron pieces on the hips, the general idea being to fill them out some so the joints don't feel as scrawny and exposed as constraction sets' hips often tend to be. But I couldn't find a way to make it work that neither had huge, unsightly gaps nor impeded posability. When I found a way to angle them diagonally from the back, the hip design started to both look more natural and function more naturally.

 

This butt design would definitely look ludicrous on a smaller MOC, but I feel like on this MOC it's in proportion with the rest of the design and flows nicely with the other contours. It's not for the sake of gratuitous sex appeal or anything like that, it's mainly just a matter of filling out the hips in a way that doesn't seem too blocky or robotic.

 

the, erm... "plates" (i'll call em that) on the back, while helping the shape, probably would have benefitted from not being such a contrasting color, i'll elt it pass on account they don't come in gold yet, but it really doesn't help the model when one's eyes are dreagged to that portion of it so easily. o:

 

otherwise though, seems like a fun, simple, cohesive build!

I didn't want the gold to dominate the color scheme. In fact, pretty much the only reason I used gold was because it was a color I had a matching chest plate and mask in. When I started building, the thighs were black and entire torso was silver, but the only silver chest plates I have are Lewa's and Skull Warrior's, and I didn't have a mask that I really thought fit either of those (plus, I'm tired of so many of my MOCs being dominated by neutral colors). There aren't a whole lot of colors in which I have a matching mask, chest plate, and talon pieces. Gold just happened to be the most fitting.

 

Truth be told, I kind of regret that the color scheme ended up being pretty much the same as G2 Kopaka, just organized differently. I wish I had those talon pieces in more useful colors. I have a bunch in Reddish Brown but I'm still struggling to use them in a MOC since there aren't a lot of brown shells.

 

Ideally, I'd like it if I could make those Technic connectors on the sides White and Silver Metallic to continue the alternate-colored look. But they don't come in Silver Metallic.

 

May I ask that you show us the torso design you used? I'm very intrigued.

Sure! These photos aren't the best (my lighting right now isn't great), but hopefully they're relatively clear. I also took a photo of the leg construction while I was at it:

 

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If you have any specific questions about the parts I used I should be able to answer them.

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