Just finished up my second (and final) entry for #BionicleMaskMaker. Mask Power: Instills fear into the opponents of its wearer. Here's the full gallery.
I've got another thing to share. I felt like an idiot photographing that Two of October's contests down, two to go. I'd still like to build something for the Halloween BBCC, and also for /r/bioniclelego's Technic-function contest.
Wildlife of the Ancient City is out. FINALLLY BECAUSE HOLY MONKEYTRUMPETS THAT WAS A LOT OF WORK Most of the combiners that I made were included in the final project, but there were a few that didn't make the cut. Figured I'll post them here because why not, a couple of them are kinda cute. I'll even make up some names and descriptions. Scuttle Found in and around the streams in the mountain range. These are a small and friendly Water Rahi which use a saw-like appendage to dig into the
The figure itself doesn't use any creative techniques or anything, I just wanted to share the shield design. Building this made me wish we got mask packs. I get why they're not a thing, but it sucks being forced to work gold into so many MOCs just so I can use different masks.
Spent half an hour fishing broken joints from my Bionicle drawers, took some photos. Here is the whole pile of broken joints. May they rest in pieces. Most of them just had small, unexciting cracks, so I picked out all the horribly disfigured parts and took some glamour shots. The obligatory 2007 lime green comparison. I was actually surprised to have so many still in tact, but I've probably never MOCed with those pieces since they're so fragile. To be honest though, I think this is t
The Summer wave is firing up and I'm really hyped. As of right now I won't be able to afford the Skull baddies, but I'll definitely buy Basher as soon as he hits the shelves, and hopefully the others before too long. I want to do a "Wildlife of the Ancient City" project, like a "Wildlife of Okoto 2.0:" Combiners for the Skull villains. Probably a lot of skeletal, undead Rahi to fit the wave's theme. Who knows what creepy wildlife has been developing in the spooky, abandoned city? I also made a
About a year ago I was trying to learn some basic 3D modeling, going through the stuff I made I found this Bionicle thing. First, just a Huna: Front, Angle. But I also made the top half of a Bionicle character and gave him some animation (pardon the unfortunate camera movement): Video.
Has that gold Skull Spider mask actually done anything in the story? I need to watch the rest of those webisodes. *** I just finished reading The Subtle Knife a few minutes ago, and can't wait to start The Amber Spyglass. I last read the His Dark Materials trilogy 6-7 years ago in middle school so it really feels like the first time reading it, yet there's a lot of familiar stuff as well. I also finished the Harry Potter series some time ago and shed more tears than I care to admit. After
My Mixels have been gathering dust so I built these savage little jungle-dwellers. Well I am heading off to Charleston on Wednesday, I'll only be there for two days but I am anxious to leave Florida. The time has come for me to get a job (I submitted a few applications, with reluctance), so I'll probably be locked down here for a while still. Did I say I'm trying to get a job? Oh god please someone stop me. I think that a nice long 16-hour road trip will make applications and such seem like
On May 15th I may be making the 8-hour trip to Charleston, SC, to see my oldest brother graduate from his military training, and after visiting for a couple of days I'll be returning with my belongings (PC & speakers & Midi keyboard & other things that I've missed dearly). I mean it's probably going to happen, it just depends on the condition of my parent's car. So I'm really amped right now and just wanted to share with someone! One or two or none of you may have noticed that my a
So far I own Glomp, Wizwuz, Magnifo, and Niksput, and they are all super fun. Here are a couple little guys I made for fun this morning. Mixels are a lot of fun to build!
I just had to build something with that pretty transparent Mask of Fire. In my head this is just "trans-fluorescent-orange lava Toa," but officially he's a Tahu remake. For the most part there are no new tricks with this build, but I am extremely happy with those upper-arms (even if they are a major hassle to pose). Anyway, hope you like it, here's the topic in BBC. On a totally unrelated note, I've been producing a lot of music for the past few days, and I'm going to share one of the songs
I was at Walmart today and the Minecraft sets caught my eye. If they had Snow Hideout I probably would have caved in and bought it...fortunately they didn't, but they did have a bunch of $5 Mixels, so I decided to finally buy one. Mixels are pretty great. It was a tough choice between this guy and the purple wizard, in the end I made a snap decision and went with Glomp. I like his mustache.
There's a contest on Reddit to build a Bionicle MOC with twenty pieces or less, so inspired by BBCC 69 I built a CCBS Keetongu. I made it for lulz, but I know some people here really want a CCBS Keetongu so there you go!
I built Slicer's chain-grappler thing today to see how it works. This gif about sums it up. The only thing that's gonna grapple is his bony shins. It's a neat idea, but I think it'll be too frustrating to play with. It does look cool though, and it can hold Lewa's mask alright.
Those 90 degree axle pieces are new to me, and I've been itching to do something interesting with them. Here's what I came up with. It's really easy to build, and works wonderfully - the claws snap open and closed, and have enough force to lift medium-weight Bionicle parts.
I was forced to take a hiatus from producing music, but as of a couple days ago I am able to make stuff again! Here's the first thing I've made in eight months. When I first got my computer set up, I started producing immediately, but it was awful. I couldn't do the most basic things. Fortunately I wrapped my head around everything pretty quickly, and right now I am working on a Bionicle song that I've been wanting to start for a month or so. It uses samples from the webisodes, and there are s
I got my signed LoSS like half an hour ago (https://www.flickr.com/photos/129809225@N03/16391291235/). I'm reeeaaallyy tempted to open it. I think I'll keep it sealed for now, and if that trans-orange Hau promotion comes to the US then I'll buy LoSS online and keep this one closed. The guys at LEGO have some neat signatures. MATT is the best I think
Are your 2015 Gold Masks sitting at the side of your desk serving no purpose whatsoever? Perhaps you should build this simple rack out of common pieces to put them on display! Front Back Posting this here since I don't think it belongs in BBC. The bonus with this is that they have eyes, and you can pretty much use any color you'd like!
If you're struggling to find the new Bionicle sets (like me), then you'll be happy to know that Barnes and Noble is selling them. My local B&N has all of the Toa, but none the Protectors. Also, if you order online, you get free shipping on orders over $25, and unlike the LEGO store, you don't have to pay sales tax.
I have to have blood drawn every month to get it tested, and I learned three months ago (the first time that I had it drawn) that I'm totally prone to passing out. Tomorrow I have to give blood for the third time, and I'm dreading it. Here's what happened when I passed out: -was blind for 3+ minutes -the nurse kept putting ammonia in my face and it took a few seconds for me to smell it -couldn't talk -my hearing got...weird It was an interesting experience...but I hope it doesn't happen agai
Long story short, I had to leave most of my possessions with my brother when I flew down to FL. So for the past ~6 months, I haven't even had my own computer! Well a couple of days ago he said he would go ahead and ship one of my PCs to me, so in a couple of weeks I'll finally be able to produce music again. After I set it up and start a project (because I've had an idea burning in my head for weeks...), I have a fun music-related activity planned that I will host on my blog. He can't ship my n