Project Nuva :: Onua Mistika
Onua Mistika à la ToM. He actually has the bulk that Onua mandates, a hunch (neck socket plugged into the topmost hole in the redesigned Nuva armor), and also actual armor. None of which the real set has, except for the bizarre pauldron. Actually, it was looking at that thing that gave me the idea for the legs – I liked the idea of using the Bitil wing piece somewhere on Onua, and it occured to me to put it on his legs, since I had already decided to use Vahki legs. It resulted in awesome armor.
Some notes, which you absolutely must read:
- The Matoro claw/jetpack contraption is acceptable here because my version of Lewa does NOT use them as his means of flight, so it's not reusing a winter set design. I considered using the new jet engine pieces from the Mistika (a pair of them to each shoulder) for the sake of using new pieces, but I decided that they looked far inferior to the Avotoran jetpacks.
- I chose green as his accent color because A, it works perfectly with his trans-green eyes, and B, it's a bright color without being vivid like the set's red is – therefore, it doesn't look peculiar at his back the way the red does, but fulfills Onua's bright-color-requirement. With the neon green lightsaber blade in his blaster.
- Dark grey Metru thigh armor isn't listed under "recolored pieces" because my version of Lewa uses them, so they technically aren't recolored on Onua.
- I've been debating giving him claws. The new Mistika claws would attach to the outermost pin hole on the Vahki legs he uses as arms by means of a perpendicular axle joiner. This lets them hang over his hands, but leave him with plenty of room to hold his blaster – because the claws can go upward if he needs more flexibility. Think he'd be better with them, or would they add too much clutter while holding the blaster?
Now that you've read those notes and hopefully had some questions answered, what do you think? Any suggestions? Claws or none? (Remember that he has to hold his blaster two-handed.)
I'll post some real life stuff and that MOC I mentioned soon, I swear – I've had a much busier week than I had anticipated...
~ Mona Lisa
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