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This is a topic about official sets, or inspired sets you have created in new colors, like all the parts existing to make a metru green rahkshi, or red nui jaga, white nui rama, yellow/keetorange turaga, earth kohliitoran... have you ever made a set inspired by an existing set in a new color? if so, what was it?

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I once built an ice version of Gali Mata. Problem was that the mask was grey instead of white and the hooks were silver. Either way, it was a really cool palette swap.

 

Another time, I tried to make a stone version of Lewa Nuva, and I had almost all of the necessary parts. However, I was missing two: the cream colored legs. Ended up using Pridak's forearms instead. Had the thing built and I enjoyed him for a bit.

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I created a golden Skakdi using parts from Irnakk, Zaktan, and Reidak to name a few of the main sets. I've never really made any other palette swap kind of MOC without making a lot of other adjustments to the model, like the MOC in my avatar. Though I have always wanted to make a brown Inika Hewkii.

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I always wanted to make a white Onua mata to counter all of the black Kopaka Matas, and I have all I need sans the white pakari. Have been hunting for one for a long time.

 

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I always wanted to make a white Onua mata to counter all of the black Kopaka Matas, and I have all I need sans the white pakari. Have been hunting for one for a long time.

 

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I always wanted to make a white Onua mata to counter all of the black Kopaka Matas, and I have all I need sans the white pakari. Have been hunting for one for a long time.

 

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You are in luck, good fellow. http://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=32566&name=Bionicle%20Mask%20Pakari&category=%5BBionicle,%20Kanohi%20Mask%5D#T=S&C=1&O={"color":1}

 

I meant "hunting for one within one of the few settlements I frequently visit in person because I can't justify paying for the shipping fees of a single tiny bit of plastic"  :P

 

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I always wanted to make a white Onua mata to counter all of the black Kopaka Matas, and I have all I need sans the white pakari. Have been hunting for one for a long time. :kakama:

 

You are in luck, good fellow. #T=S&C=1&O={]http://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=32566&name=Bionicle%20Mask%20Pakari&category=[bionicle,%20Kanohi%20Mask]#T=S&C=1&O={"color":1}

I meant "hunting for one within one of the few settlements I frequently visit in person because I can't justify paying for the shipping fees of a single tiny bit of plastic"  :P

 

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Oh. In that case, I dig. Good luck in your hunt!

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I have never actually made a set in alternate cools, though I hope to. I do hope to make a Golden Skakdi at some point though.

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I once built an ice version of Gali Mata. Problem was that the mask was grey instead of white and the hooks were silver. Either way, it was a really cool palette swap.

I can do the exact same thing.  I have silver hooks (probably from Dume and Nivawk) and a silver Kaukau from the Bohrok-era mask/krana packs, and I'm really tempted to try this now, since I still have all my Bionicle parts and that color scheme sounds really cool.

 

With what I have, I can make a perfect Water Onua Nuva.  I can also make a Fire Onua with an orange mask and claws.  And if I do that, but replace all the red parts with white, it could be Plasma Onua too!  (Okay, I'm really tempted to build that last one now.)

 

There's actually a Bionicle webcomic out there that uses photos, and the main characters are just the 2002 Toa Nuva rebuilt into different colors and given different names.  Though half of them have silver masks from the Kal era because I presume the author doesn't own them in their normal colors.  (Like, the Fire Toa is red Lewa with a silver mask, the Stone Toa is just brown Gali, etc.)

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I had tried to redesign my Self MOC in opposite colours once.

My self MOC is white with Mata blue highlights.

So I went with Black and trans red highlights.

After some time it slowly became another Dark Hunter MOC.

Still shares similarities with my Self MOC so it became a evil brother to it.

(ironically I have no siblings.)

 

For official sets I wish I could make a 2015 Gali in black and trans purple.

I could easily dye parts in black but nothing I can do till Lego makes her lower leg bones in trans purple.

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I made a Keetorange and Black Bohrok using parts from Keetongu. and Oohnorak

 

And a silver rahkshi of chain lightning.

 

And while not bionicle related, A silver version of Thornraxx

 

And my Bionicle OC Takanuinuva was originally Takanuva with just silver armor and the Crystal Avohkii.

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I have never actually made a set in alternate cools, though I hope to. I do hope to make a Golden Skakdi at some point though.

The fact that Thok's spine is the only one that comes in gold sort of makes options limited. While I used black for my Skakdi's secondary color, I can definitely see one rocking metru green, red, or blue.

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The fact that Thok's spine is the only one that comes in gold sort of makes options limited. While I used black for my Skakdi's secondary color, I can definitely see one rocking metru green, red, or blue.

Wouldn't that logic also apply to the Other Piraka's Spines to? I mean they only come in specific shapes and colors to. Grant it we have Nektann's spine to, but really it doesn't matter in the end. The options are still limited all ways around.

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I love making recolors, in fact, Toa Tuuli is a recolor. He uses metru green limbs from 2005 and pieces from Lewa Mata, and wearing a mata green ruru to top it all off as the Wind Toa. I also made others using the 2005 metru colored mata limbs. This is why I wish they had made mask packs for Bionicle G2, masks are the center of it all.

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The fact that Thok's spine is the only one that comes in gold sort of makes options limited. While I used black for my Skakdi's secondary color, I can definitely see one rocking metru green, red, or blue.

Wouldn't that logic also apply to the Other Piraka's Spines to? I mean they only come in specific shapes and colors to. Grant it we have Nektann's spine to, but really it doesn't matter in the end. The options are still limited all ways around.

Ch'yeah, I was just saying. At least the other spines aren't as limited to a specific metallic color. Like Vezok's spine could be used with gunmetal grey or Avok's spine could be used with gold. Irnakk's spine always seemed limited to a very specific color pattern if you used it for a standard Piraka build.

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I once built an ice version of Gali Mata. Problem was that the mask was grey instead of white and the hooks were silver. Either way, it was a really cool palette swap.

I can do the exact same thing.  I have silver hooks (probably from Dume and Nivawk) and a silver Kaukau from the Bohrok-era mask/krana packs, and I'm really tempted to try this now, since I still have all my Bionicle parts and that color scheme sounds really cool.

 

With what I have, I can make a perfect Water Onua Nuva.  I can also make a Fire Onua with an orange mask and claws.  And if I do that, but replace all the red parts with white, it could be Plasma Onua too!  (Okay, I'm really tempted to build that last one now.)

 

There's actually a Bionicle webcomic out there that uses photos, and the main characters are just the 2002 Toa Nuva rebuilt into different colors and given different names.  Though half of them have silver masks from the Kal era because I presume the author doesn't own them in their normal colors.  (Like, the Fire Toa is red Lewa with a silver mask, the Stone Toa is just brown Gali, etc.)

 

It was a pretty cool color swap. You have the pieces, so I recommend building it, even if it's just for ten minutes. It's a pretty cool thing to look at, especially if you have the original Gali Mata built.

 

If you do any of those, I'd love to see some pictures, especially of the Plasma Onua! Also, you could do the same for Tahu if you have the white Hau and you could make a plasma Gali if you have orange hooks.

 

That's an interesting concept. The adventures of a bunch of palette swaps under different names is definitely a rare premise. Reminds me of Red vs. Blue, too; what with most of the characters basically being palette swaps of Halo's Master Chief. Anyway, as for the comic, being a photo comic just makes it better. I mean, anyone could use sprites for it, but this guy got the pieces and filmed it in real life!

 

I had tried to redesign my Self MOC in opposite colours once.

My self MOC is white with Mata blue highlights.

So I went with Black and trans red highlights.

I did something similar to that; making a palette swap of my self MOC. He's green and white, but I changed all of the green to red and trans orange. Sadly, due to a lack of pieces, I couldn't have them both built at the same time. However, I bet if I found the right pieces, I could have them both built at the same time.

 

I made a Keetorange and Black Bohrok using parts from Keetongu. and Oohnorak

That reminds me of a Bohrok that an old friend built for fun. If I remember correctly, he tried to match Keetongu's color scheme as best as he could, but had to use black in some places. Another time, he tried to make a completely black Bohrok with trans red eyes. I think he actually succeeded, even having the giant head flap part in black. The only non-official piece he used for it was the rubber band, which was your normal, everyday rubber band that he used as a substitute for the regular ones, which he apparently lacked.

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I once built an ice version of Gali Mata. Problem was that the mask was grey instead of white and the hooks were silver. Either way, it was a really cool palette swap.

I can do the exact same thing.  I have silver hooks (probably from Dume and Nivawk) and a silver Kaukau from the Bohrok-era mask/krana packs, and I'm really tempted to try this now, since I still have all my Bionicle parts and that color scheme sounds really cool.

 

With what I have, I can make a perfect Water Onua Nuva.  I can also make a Fire Onua with an orange mask and claws.  And if I do that, but replace all the red parts with white, it could be Plasma Onua too!  (Okay, I'm really tempted to build that last one now.)

 

There's actually a Bionicle webcomic out there that uses photos, and the main characters are just the 2002 Toa Nuva rebuilt into different colors and given different names.  Though half of them have silver masks from the Kal era because I presume the author doesn't own them in their normal colors.  (Like, the Fire Toa is red Lewa with a silver mask, the Stone Toa is just brown Gali, etc.)

 

It was a pretty cool color swap. You have the pieces, so I recommend building it, even if it's just for ten minutes. It's a pretty cool thing to look at, especially if you have the original Gali Mata built.

 

If you do any of those, I'd love to see some pictures, especially of the Plasma Onua! Also, you could do the same for Tahu if you have the white Hau and you could make a plasma Gali if you have orange hooks.

 

That's an interesting concept. The adventures of a bunch of palette swaps under different names is definitely a rare premise. Reminds me of Red vs. Blue, too; what with most of the characters basically being palette swaps of Halo's Master Chief. Anyway, as for the comic, being a photo comic just makes it better. I mean, anyone could use sprites for it, but this guy got the pieces and filmed it in real life!

If I find time, I will.  I still have my bonkles, but they're buried in my basement somewhere.

 

I also just had another idea: Iron Pohatu.  I can make him black as a base (using the dark grey Rahkshi arms for his arms), but with burnt orange joints and mask from Matoran Hewkii.  Maybe he'll have Pohatu Nuva's shoes since they're silver.

 

I could also try to make different colored versions of Tahu and Lewa Nuva, but they'd have to have silver masks.  I would say Kopaka too, since I have a silver Akaku Nuva, but I don't have his shield in any other colors, so I can't really see that working.

 

In that case, Root, I could also make your Stone Lewa, but he'd have to have a silver mask 'cause that's all I've got besides the default green one.

 

Now, last but not least, Tahu.  I'm thinking I could make him something really out there and not at all Tahu-like.  Jungle, maybe?  He'd be green with blue limbs!  Perfect!

 

Looks like we've got ourselves a solid recolor Toa Team here (though half of them are Nuva and half of them aren't, but whatever)!  Plasma Onua, Ice Gali, Iron Pohatu, Water Onua Nuva, Stone Lewa Nuva (w/ silver mask), and Plant Life Tahu Nuva (w/ silver mask)!  Perfect!

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I once built an ice version of Gali Mata. Problem was that the mask was grey instead of white and the hooks were silver. Either way, it was a really cool palette swap.

I can do the exact same thing.  I have silver hooks (probably from Dume and Nivawk) and a silver Kaukau from the Bohrok-era mask/krana packs, and I'm really tempted to try this now, since I still have all my Bionicle parts and that color scheme sounds really cool.

 

With what I have, I can make a perfect Water Onua Nuva.  I can also make a Fire Onua with an orange mask and claws.  And if I do that, but replace all the red parts with white, it could be Plasma Onua too!  (Okay, I'm really tempted to build that last one now.)

 

There's actually a Bionicle webcomic out there that uses photos, and the main characters are just the 2002 Toa Nuva rebuilt into different colors and given different names.  Though half of them have silver masks from the Kal era because I presume the author doesn't own them in their normal colors.  (Like, the Fire Toa is red Lewa with a silver mask, the Stone Toa is just brown Gali, etc.)

 

It was a pretty cool color swap. You have the pieces, so I recommend building it, even if it's just for ten minutes. It's a pretty cool thing to look at, especially if you have the original Gali Mata built.

 

If you do any of those, I'd love to see some pictures, especially of the Plasma Onua! Also, you could do the same for Tahu if you have the white Hau and you could make a plasma Gali if you have orange hooks.

 

That's an interesting concept. The adventures of a bunch of palette swaps under different names is definitely a rare premise. Reminds me of Red vs. Blue, too; what with most of the characters basically being palette swaps of Halo's Master Chief. Anyway, as for the comic, being a photo comic just makes it better. I mean, anyone could use sprites for it, but this guy got the pieces and filmed it in real life!

If I find time, I will.  I still have my bonkles, but they're buried in my basement somewhere.

 

I also just had another idea: Iron Pohatu.  I can make him black as a base (using the dark grey Rahkshi arms for his arms), but with burnt orange joints and mask from Matoran Hewkii.  Maybe he'll have Pohatu Nuva's shoes since they're silver.

 

I could also try to make different colored versions of Tahu and Lewa Nuva, but they'd have to have silver masks.  I would say Kopaka too, since I have a silver Akaku Nuva, but I don't have his shield in any other colors, so I can't really see that working.

 

In that case, Root, I could also make your Stone Lewa, but he'd have to have a silver mask 'cause that's all I've got besides the default green one.

 

Now, last but not least, Tahu.  I'm thinking I could make him something really out there and not at all Tahu-like.  Jungle, maybe?  He'd be green with blue limbs!  Perfect!

 

Looks like we've got ourselves a solid recolor Toa Team here (though half of them are Nuva and half of them aren't, but whatever)!  Plasma Onua, Ice Gali, Iron Pohatu, Water Onua Nuva, Stone Lewa Nuva (w/ silver mask), and Plant Life Tahu Nuva (w/ silver mask)!  Perfect!

 

No rush at all. If you ever get around to it, I would be curious to seeing your results.

 

That's a really cool idea. I can honestly see that working. Also, I'd be more afraid of a kick from Fehatu than a kick from Pohatu. :P

 

Sucks that you only got silver for those guys, but at least it would match up with the armor and weapons. Can't complain about that, I guess.

 

If you can give him the cream-colored legs that I couldn't provide, I would be very pleased. However, it would be a bittersweet ending to that episode due to the lack of a brown mask. My mind will fill in the missing color, though.

 

That's oddly similar to my BZPersona, a Toa of Plantlife with a Hau. I can still see it being a cool-looking palette swap, though!

 

That's an interesting lineup! I can imagine a story to go along with them, too. They all have the same names and stuff, but their personalities correspond gto their element changes. For example, a colder, more antisocial version of Gali and a calmer, more collected Tahu. Obviously, there would have to be some personality traits reminiscent of the water Gali  and fire Tahu to keep them from being lazy rewrites, but I see potential here.

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I once built an ice version of Gali Mata. Problem was that the mask was grey instead of white and the hooks were silver. Either way, it was a really cool palette swap.

I can do the exact same thing.  I have silver hooks (probably from Dume and Nivawk) and a silver Kaukau from the Bohrok-era mask/krana packs, and I'm really tempted to try this now, since I still have all my Bionicle parts and that color scheme sounds really cool.

 

With what I have, I can make a perfect Water Onua Nuva.  I can also make a Fire Onua with an orange mask and claws.  And if I do that, but replace all the red parts with white, it could be Plasma Onua too!  (Okay, I'm really tempted to build that last one now.)

 

There's actually a Bionicle webcomic out there that uses photos, and the main characters are just the 2002 Toa Nuva rebuilt into different colors and given different names.  Though half of them have silver masks from the Kal era because I presume the author doesn't own them in their normal colors.  (Like, the Fire Toa is red Lewa with a silver mask, the Stone Toa is just brown Gali, etc.)

 

It was a pretty cool color swap. You have the pieces, so I recommend building it, even if it's just for ten minutes. It's a pretty cool thing to look at, especially if you have the original Gali Mata built.

 

If you do any of those, I'd love to see some pictures, especially of the Plasma Onua! Also, you could do the same for Tahu if you have the white Hau and you could make a plasma Gali if you have orange hooks.

 

That's an interesting concept. The adventures of a bunch of palette swaps under different names is definitely a rare premise. Reminds me of Red vs. Blue, too; what with most of the characters basically being palette swaps of Halo's Master Chief. Anyway, as for the comic, being a photo comic just makes it better. I mean, anyone could use sprites for it, but this guy got the pieces and filmed it in real life!

If I find time, I will.  I still have my bonkles, but they're buried in my basement somewhere.

 

I also just had another idea: Iron Pohatu.  I can make him black as a base (using the dark grey Rahkshi arms for his arms), but with burnt orange joints and mask from Matoran Hewkii.  Maybe he'll have Pohatu Nuva's shoes since they're silver.

 

I could also try to make different colored versions of Tahu and Lewa Nuva, but they'd have to have silver masks.  I would say Kopaka too, since I have a silver Akaku Nuva, but I don't have his shield in any other colors, so I can't really see that working.

 

In that case, Root, I could also make your Stone Lewa, but he'd have to have a silver mask 'cause that's all I've got besides the default green one.

 

Now, last but not least, Tahu.  I'm thinking I could make him something really out there and not at all Tahu-like.  Jungle, maybe?  He'd be green with blue limbs!  Perfect!

 

Looks like we've got ourselves a solid recolor Toa Team here (though half of them are Nuva and half of them aren't, but whatever)!  Plasma Onua, Ice Gali, Iron Pohatu, Water Onua Nuva, Stone Lewa Nuva (w/ silver mask), and Plant Life Tahu Nuva (w/ silver mask)!  Perfect!

 

No rush at all. If you ever get around to it, I would be curious to seeing your results.

 

That's a really cool idea. I can honestly see that working. Also, I'd be more afraid of a kick from Fehatu than a kick from Pohatu. :P

 

Sucks that you only got silver for those guys, but at least it would match up with the armor and weapons. Can't complain about that, I guess.

 

If you can give him the cream-colored legs that I couldn't provide, I would be very pleased. However, it would be a bittersweet ending to that episode due to the lack of a brown mask. My mind will fill in the missing color, though.

 

That's oddly similar to my BZPersona, a Toa of Plantlife with a Hau. I can still see it being a cool-looking palette swap, though!

 

That's an interesting lineup! I can imagine a story to go along with them, too. They all have the same names and stuff, but their personalities correspond gto their element changes. For example, a colder, more antisocial version of Gali and a calmer, more collected Tahu. Obviously, there would have to be some personality traits reminiscent of the water Gali  and fire Tahu to keep them from being lazy rewrites, but I see potential here.

 

I was thinking of making them more like completely new characters who just happen to look exactly like existing Toa in different colors.  (If you're ever been into Transformers toys, you should know exactly what I'm talking about.)

 

Though I do like "Fehatu" for the Iron Pohatu.  Original?  No.  Fun to say?  Yeh.

 

Speaking of BZPersonas, I was actually thinking of making one of these recolor Toa my new BZPersona (most likely Plasma Onua, but Fehatu sounds like an okay fit too).  My old one from '03 is a product of my 8-year-old mind and I would much rather retire him.  (I don't wanna clutter up this topic with talk of BZPersonas, so if you're curious about my old BZPersona, go ahead and PM me. :P)

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I also remember making a black/medium blue pokawi (same color scheme as the medium blue nui jaga) and a brown and dark gray one which I loved, or course I like them better with minifig katanas for beaks and still don't know why they weren't used on the original pokawi?

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I also remember making a black/medium blue pokawi (same color scheme as the medium blue nui jaga) and a brown and dark gray one which I loved, or course I like them better with minifig katanas for beaks and still don't know why they weren't used on the original pokawi?

I always figured they could come in different colors, like a lot of tropical birds.

 

Thinking about also making a Mukau-colored Artakha Bull (using Toa Nokama and Guurahk as main sets, but with some beige parts from '01 Pohatu if/when needed).  As soon as I find time to dig up my old Bonkles and actually make stuff, I'll probably make whatever recolors I can.

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I once built an ice version of Gali Mata. Problem was that the mask was grey instead of white and the hooks were silver. Either way, it was a really cool palette swap.

I can do the exact same thing.  I have silver hooks (probably from Dume and Nivawk) and a silver Kaukau from the Bohrok-era mask/krana packs, and I'm really tempted to try this now, since I still have all my Bionicle parts and that color scheme sounds really cool.

 

With what I have, I can make a perfect Water Onua Nuva.  I can also make a Fire Onua with an orange mask and claws.  And if I do that, but replace all the red parts with white, it could be Plasma Onua too!  (Okay, I'm really tempted to build that last one now.)

 

There's actually a Bionicle webcomic out there that uses photos, and the main characters are just the 2002 Toa Nuva rebuilt into different colors and given different names.  Though half of them have silver masks from the Kal era because I presume the author doesn't own them in their normal colors.  (Like, the Fire Toa is red Lewa with a silver mask, the Stone Toa is just brown Gali, etc.)

 

It was a pretty cool color swap. You have the pieces, so I recommend building it, even if it's just for ten minutes. It's a pretty cool thing to look at, especially if you have the original Gali Mata built.

 

If you do any of those, I'd love to see some pictures, especially of the Plasma Onua! Also, you could do the same for Tahu if you have the white Hau and you could make a plasma Gali if you have orange hooks.

 

That's an interesting concept. The adventures of a bunch of palette swaps under different names is definitely a rare premise. Reminds me of Red vs. Blue, too; what with most of the characters basically being palette swaps of Halo's Master Chief. Anyway, as for the comic, being a photo comic just makes it better. I mean, anyone could use sprites for it, but this guy got the pieces and filmed it in real life!

If I find time, I will.  I still have my bonkles, but they're buried in my basement somewhere.

 

I also just had another idea: Iron Pohatu.  I can make him black as a base (using the dark grey Rahkshi arms for his arms), but with burnt orange joints and mask from Matoran Hewkii.  Maybe he'll have Pohatu Nuva's shoes since they're silver.

 

I could also try to make different colored versions of Tahu and Lewa Nuva, but they'd have to have silver masks.  I would say Kopaka too, since I have a silver Akaku Nuva, but I don't have his shield in any other colors, so I can't really see that working.

 

In that case, Root, I could also make your Stone Lewa, but he'd have to have a silver mask 'cause that's all I've got besides the default green one.

 

Now, last but not least, Tahu.  I'm thinking I could make him something really out there and not at all Tahu-like.  Jungle, maybe?  He'd be green with blue limbs!  Perfect!

 

Looks like we've got ourselves a solid recolor Toa Team here (though half of them are Nuva and half of them aren't, but whatever)!  Plasma Onua, Ice Gali, Iron Pohatu, Water Onua Nuva, Stone Lewa Nuva (w/ silver mask), and Plant Life Tahu Nuva (w/ silver mask)!  Perfect!

 

No rush at all. If you ever get around to it, I would be curious to seeing your results.

 

That's a really cool idea. I can honestly see that working. Also, I'd be more afraid of a kick from Fehatu than a kick from Pohatu. :P

 

Sucks that you only got silver for those guys, but at least it would match up with the armor and weapons. Can't complain about that, I guess.

 

If you can give him the cream-colored legs that I couldn't provide, I would be very pleased. However, it would be a bittersweet ending to that episode due to the lack of a brown mask. My mind will fill in the missing color, though.

 

That's oddly similar to my BZPersona, a Toa of Plantlife with a Hau. I can still see it being a cool-looking palette swap, though!

 

That's an interesting lineup! I can imagine a story to go along with them, too. They all have the same names and stuff, but their personalities correspond gto their element changes. For example, a colder, more antisocial version of Gali and a calmer, more collected Tahu. Obviously, there would have to be some personality traits reminiscent of the water Gali  and fire Tahu to keep them from being lazy rewrites, but I see potential here.

 

I was thinking of making them more like completely new characters who just happen to look exactly like existing Toa in different colors.  (If you're ever been into Transformers toys, you should know exactly what I'm talking about.)

 

Though I do like "Fehatu" for the Iron Pohatu.  Original?  No.  Fun to say?  Yeh.

 

Speaking of BZPersonas, I was actually thinking of making one of these recolor Toa my new BZPersona (most likely Plasma Onua, but Fehatu sounds like an okay fit too).  My old one from '03 is a product of my 8-year-old mind and I would much rather retire him.  (I don't wanna clutter up this topic with talk of BZPersonas, so if you're curious about my old BZPersona, go ahead and PM me. :P)

 

That's fine, too. Just a thought.

 

Wasn't meant to be original, but yeah, it's still a pretty effective name, especially when you're trying to have a different label than "Iron Pohatu."

 

I'll go ahead and continue that discussion in PM.

 

It just occured to me that a blue Whenua can be built. Kind of makes me wish the other Metru masks were released in different colors. The '06 Matoran would have been the perfect opportunity for that, but alas.

Yeah, with Nokama Metru and Idris from the Karzahni set! I actually thought of that, but decided it would be too easy. Speaking of Karzahni, you can use his thigh armor to make a green Vakama Hordika, but the fire weapons don't come in green. :(

 

I also remember making a black/medium blue pokawi (same color scheme as the medium blue nui jaga) and a brown and dark gray one which I loved, or course I like them better with minifig katanas for beaks and still don't know why they weren't used on the original pokawi?

Reminds me of the Waikirus I made at one point. I didn't have Pahrak, so I improvised and made white and green variants with Kohrak and Lehvak.

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Speaking of Karzahni, you can use his thigh armor to make a green Vakama Hordika, but the fire weapons don't come in green. :(

 

I believe the prototype for Matau Hordika did use the same head as Vakama Hordika.

 

Oh, did it? Huh, that's pretty cool. Well, at least if anyone wants to build that variant, they don't have to give up an arm and a leg for a rare prototype! :D

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Speaking of Karzahni, you can use his thigh armor to make a green Vakama Hordika, but the fire weapons don't come in green. :(

 

I believe the prototype for Matau Hordika did use the same head as Vakama Hordika.

 

Oh, did it? Huh, that's pretty cool. Well, at least if anyone wants to build that variant, they don't have to give up an arm and a leg for a rare prototype! :D

 

 

Aye, I found the images in question. They're not great pictures but they do show the heads are clearly the same (Whenua also used the same head as Onewa did, too).

 

vakama.jpg matau.jpg

 

I also only just noticed they have different left arms than the final builds, too. I don't think I've ever seen either of those pieces in those colours though.

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Speaking of Karzahni, you can use his thigh armor to make a green Vakama Hordika, but the fire weapons don't come in green. :(

 

I believe the prototype for Matau Hordika did use the same head as Vakama Hordika.

 

Oh, did it? Huh, that's pretty cool. Well, at least if anyone wants to build that variant, they don't have to give up an arm and a leg for a rare prototype! :D

 

 

Aye, I found the images in question. They're not great pictures but they do show the heads are clearly the same (Whenua also used the same head as Onewa did, too).

 

vakama.jpg matau.jpg

 

I also only just noticed they have different left arms than the final builds, too. I don't think I've ever seen either of those pieces in those colours though.

 

Ah, there's the image! Yeah, they really do have the same head mold. As for the left-hand arms, I don't believe Matau's is available in Metru green, but I know Vakama's can be found in a 2006 BIONICLE play set.

 

If I remember correctly, I think Nuju had the head Whenua ended up using.

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I once modified Roodaka so she was predominately red, for no reason whatsoever other than to see how it looked, I guess.

 

that actually sounds pretty cool. I'm going to try that.

 

A blue Sidorak might be neat as well.

 

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I once modified Roodaka so she was predominately red, for no reason whatsoever other than to see how it looked, I guess.

 

that actually sounds pretty cool. I'm going to try that.

 

A blue Sidorak might be neat as well.

 

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That's what I love about the number of colors that LEGO released those pieces in.  You could make your own custom Vortixx or...whatever Sidorak's species is called, if you're one of those "set-accurate" types.

 

Anyway, for the rest of y'all's and for the sake of staying on topic, I figure I might as well bring this up.  My very first OC ever, who I'm currently using as my username, was a Tahu and later Tahu Nuva recolor named Hakura.  He was conceived as a Ta-Matoran with a very odd color scheme (Red Hau, Nuparu's body, Kohrak Va feet, so technically a Jala recolor too?), then I made him a Toa later, and then a Toa Nuva.  I retconned him as Plasma some time after, even before we knew the canon colors (they were red and white in my headcanon, plus that was a pretty common color for plasma MOCs at the time).  But since red isn't far off from orange, and black is pretty much a universal color in the Bionicle-verse anyway, I figured, why not just keep him as he's always been?

 

His build with both forms was just a complete copy of Tahu's build (though I used a Lewa Nuva katana for the Mata/Old form), but with an Onua-colored upper body and Kopaka-colored lower body.  I think I started off just using Tahu's eye color, but switched to Kopaka's later on to make him less Tahu-like.  Besides, I'm gonna use him in the BZPRPG, and a lot of Plasma characters there have blue eyes anyway, so why not?

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Here's a moc of a recolored Bohrok Va

 

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/banana92/Recolors/20161020_223738.jpg

 

You all know I love them, and I just got two kohrok-kal dark orange shields, the secondary color and eyes are dark gray (trans the eyes) the mask would be light gray since those exist in hard plastic!

 

In accordance with bohrok, I loved the flexability allowed by the bohrol arms being avalible in so many colors, like making a red and keetorange, or green and dark green variant and so on, the visorak were similarly fun to customize!

 

Also the 2007 matoran are nice too because with Solek's mask on a white model, and Von Nebula's on a black model, you can make all 6 colors, and I have, also Dalu/Nokama can make a mata blue or medium blue one, and so on :)

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Is it possible to make an orange Bohrok? I know Furno's bike has the head piece in orange, but I'm not sure if there are any orange shields or feet.

Just do what I Did with a Keetorange Bohrok and use Black and Silver pieces in place of ones that don't exist in orange.

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Is it possible to make an orange Bohrok? I know Furno's bike has the head piece in orange, but I'm not sure if there are any orange shields or feet.

Sadly no :( that being said the closest thing the orange shields are the dark orange kohrok kal shields, if you can use a little clever building you might be able however to swap black parts (like connectors, the bohrok head liftarm) with orange ones and make the body black to counter that, keetorange is probably the best bet as a secondary color and purple or dark gray eyes might be the best choice, the former being quite expensive however.

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