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I've been wanting to build this character for a long time now, and whipped him up just in time for the current Flickr contest (in which your votes would be much appreciated). 

 

 

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"Through Conquest, Unity. Through Unity, Peace. Through Peace, Prosperity. Through Prosperity, Progress. And through Progress, the Destiny of our people shall be fulfilled" - The Words of the Emperor
 
Once a mere Toa of Stone, the Emperor became what he is today after encountering Energized Protodermis. Instead of killing the Toa, the substance gave him a new form, allowing him to switch between this new body and his original at will. The new body lacked the elemental abilities of the original, but instead wielded powerful telekinetic, telepathic and tele-conductive skills. He planned to unite all the world, from the smallest sandbar of the southern isles all the way to the magnificent City of Legends under a single banner, and used his Toa form to move among his former brethren freely. However, Teridax's usurpation of the Great Spirit put his plans on hold, and he fought besides the Toa and Matoran of the resistance during the Reign of Shadows. However, after Mata Nui defeated Teridax and the people of the Matoran Universe emigrated to the newly reformed Spherus Magna, he pursued his task once more.
 
At an unspecified time long after the reformation, his empire would grow to encompass all of Spherus Magna, and true Unity would be achieved.
 

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"I shall wear no crown, for I am no idle king. Let this gauntlet be the sign of my rule, and let all who succeed me wear it as a symbol of Imperial power."
 
The Emperor donned a golden and silver armored gauntlet, the two colors of which represent the two Kahu, the patron Rahi of the United Empire. The banner of the Empire featured two Kahu, silver and gold, on a black background with two strips of dark red on either side. The Silver Kahu represents all the tenets and virtues that would help the nation achieve Unity. These are valor, conquest, courage, strength and ferocity. The Golden Kahu represents all those tenets and virtues the Empire would represent once Unity has been achieved, including wisdom, knowledge, peace, and diplomacy. 
 
The Emperor is known to be a charismatic and just leader. He believes strongly in vengeance and while on the Road to Unity (the era in the Empire's existence prior to all of Spherus Magna belonging to it) preferred conquest over diplomacy as a method of expansion. In spite of his temper, he never degraded into becoming a tyrant. Citizens of the Empire enjoy complete liberty so long as they do no encroach on the lives and wellbeing of their fellow citizens, or endanger the nation's Unity. Once Unity was achieved, and thus the nation's prime goal completed, the Emperor declared the preservation of Unity and the pursuit of Knowledge to be the next prime goal of his people. 
 
Some have theorised that, since Energized Protodermis is considered to be sentient to some extent, it created the Emperor to prevent a second Core War from further damaging either the ravaged fragments of Spherus Magna, or a Reformed Spherus Magna should the device invented by the Great Beings succeed in its mission. Since the device, Mata Nui, did in fact succeed in reforming the planet and containing its Energized Protodermis core, this theory has further credibility. Since a single nation covers the entire world, a conflict on the scale of the first Core War is seemingly impossible. 
 
Ever since peace has been achieved, the Emperor and his highest advisors have been overseeing a project which would use technology developed by reverse engineering the Great Spirit Robot to create a vessel capable of travelling to other worlds. Should this come to pass, a new age of expansion - and conquest - would follow...
 
 
As always, all thoughts, comments and criticisms are welcome.
 
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Model Designer at The LEGO Group. Former contributor at New Elementary. My MOCs can be found on Flickr and Instagram

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a classic

 

maybe replace the pearl gold with silver/black to unify the color scheme, but otherwise it cuts a nice profile

Thanks! The silver/gold asymmetry on one of his hands was intentional as it has significance in his backstory/lore, but I've a "spare" hand built identical to the right one to represent his unarmored look, I just neglected to photograph him in that form!  

 

Very nice job! I like the chest and the legs and a great job over all!

Glad you like it!

 

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Model Designer at The LEGO Group. Former contributor at New Elementary. My MOCs can be found on Flickr and Instagram

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I love it when a wall built MOC has a well developed backstory.

Well done.

I would of used a dark gold or copper mask because it look like a blend of silver and gold and be more to the symbolic melding of the flag design.

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It reminds me of on of my mocs, of not for just the mask and body shape. Makes me wonder if something like this could happen with said character of mine, well moc. Anyway, this is darn awesome. I love the usage of the armor around the sides of the torso to give it a proper rounded shape.

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I love it when a wall built MOC has a well developed backstory.

Well done.

I would of used a dark gold or copper mask because it look like a blend of silver and gold and be more to the symbolic melding of the flag design.

 

Thanks! The reason I stuck with a silver mask was because I wanted to keep the gold/silver scheme just to his arm, while the black/silver scheme for every other part. I'm building his pre-energized protodermis transformation version as well which will wear a Kakama, so that locked in the mask, and lacking a black Kakama, this one best fit the color scheme.

 

Nice build, but I don't think those blue pins will be doing you any favours for the contest. I feel like he needs better coveringg on his lower arms and upper chest area. It's kidna  a cool build though.

 

Aye, the blue pins weren't used by choice, but out of necessity unfortunately. 

 

It reminds me of on of my mocs, of not for just the mask and body shape. Makes me wonder if something like this could happen with said character of mine, well moc. Anyway, this is darn awesome. I love the usage of the armor around the sides of the torso to give it a proper rounded shape.

 

Thanks for the kind words mate.

 

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:kakama: Stone rocks :kakama:

Model Designer at The LEGO Group. Former contributor at New Elementary. My MOCs can be found on Flickr and Instagram

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