I'm going to miss the classes of 07 and moreso 06. *sigh*

I know how you feel.

I like Gali's arms how you drew them in the prototype drawing. (IMO, Toa limbs shouldn't be 8 studs long. Well, maybe a Hordika leg if done right.)

What do you mean the "new Nuva armor?" Are you referring to your own drawings and new Nuva armor?

Good luck with drawing and pix.

-CF

I think the prototype upper arm assembly is fine, personally.

-Rho-

I like Gali's arms how you drew them in the prototype drawing. (IMO, Toa limbs shouldn't be 8 studs long. Well, maybe a Hordika leg if done right.)

 

What do you mean the "new Nuva armor?" Are you referring to your own drawings and new Nuva armor?

(Length isn't the question... though I do like Inika legs as forearms, they're way too bulky for Gali anyway. But that's still not the question.)

Both? Since my own drawings have the redesigned Nuva armor (chest and shoulders) in them...

I say leave Gali that way, and give the new armor to Tahu.

 

BtB

Um ... QFT?

It's not about where the new parts are, it's about how many there are. A non-clone series should have between 21 and 24 new pieces. The Makuta Phantoka already have 11 new parts, allowing you 10 to 13 new parts for the Toa Nuva Phantoka. These include three masks and three tools, as well as the new torso armor piece and the acknowledged new arm piece for Pohatu. You have the potential to make two to five new molds besides those acknowledged.

If you make a new shoulder piece, by all means make certain that its style matches that of the torso you design. If any set should have stylistic consistency with the torso or shoulder armor it already has, try to include as much stylistic consistency in the new molds, if not in the same places.

The Makuta Mistika have eight parts laid out for certain-- the masks, the Nynrah Blaster, the ammo, and the tools (let's call Krika's front legs a tool, shall we?). Add Bitil's wings (which, being part of what defines Bitil, are probably keepers), Gorast's wings (again, keepers), and Gorast and Bitil's shared foot piece, and we have again that magic number of 11. As before, this allows 10-13 more new molds. But wait! Krika's torso and Krika's rear legs, the latter of which I deem important but you might feel otherwise about, are also new molds for the Makuta which you may want to keep. So for safety I'll calculate from an allowance of 10-11 more new molds.

Of these 10-11, three need to be masks and three need to be tools, bringing us to four or five available parts for means of propulsion. If you do as I would hope and give each Toa a different piece for their propulsion means as was done on the Mistika that leaves one or two new pieces to use as you please, but obviously based on your Gali and Onua designs this is not a plan you share. So use these four or five parts as you wish-- obviously the small wings and jets would be two of these, leaving a three-piece leeway.

Didn't realize until this post you had designed Onua, so let me give him a review. It'll be a bit harsh, so be warned.

I'm with Bunda here...

I'd like to see gali like that.

I think I agree that the armor by itself would be better on Tahu, and I like what I have for Gali now, but here's what's causing me trouble. As my designs currently stand, Tahu already has a whole bunch of new pieces: four boosters, fins, and leg spikes, plus the Nynrah assembly and his Hau and fireswords. Gali has much fewer than that, with only two boosters, fins, the Nynrah assembly, and her Kaukau and the blades of her staff. Also, Tahu has a distinctly new feature to his construction, the boosters on his body, while Gali lacks any such innovation.

Thus, I feel like Tahu has plenty of new stuff going on, but Gali has so little that new shoulder armor would benefit her greatly. (Mind you, I would buy the Gali I designed in an instant as-is, but to stand alongside the rest of the Mistika I feel like she needs something more.)

Now, Aanchir and his long post: Yeah, I had been including the total-new-molds-per-group factor already, which was part of what made me want to give Gali new shoulder armor to begin with. The Phantoka are set in stone already – 23 total new molds, split 11/12 between Makuta and Toa*. So they're not important here. The Mistika have, as I've designed the Toa, 22, split 10/9 between Makuta and Toa* with the three for the Nynrah Ghost blaster.

So I realized a few days ago that Gali would be using fewer new molds than her official set had, the way I had designed her, and that the presense of new shoulder armor did look pretty swell on her real set. That combined with all the other factors I've listed elsewhere, as well as that empty slot for a mold, made me want to make a new piece for her.

* (Since you're interested, the Toa Phantoka's are 3 masks, Lewa's sword, Kopaka's blade and wings, Pohatu's arms and claws, the skyblaster, the Nuva chest armor, and the left and right Nuva shoulder armor. They're mirrors of each other; I'll put up a picture some day... And the Mistika are 3 masks, 3 tools, the boosters, the fins, and Gali's shoulder armor.)

Your friends have too many names. You should assign them numbers instead! Easier to keep track of that way.

"Hey Friend #43, me and Friend #6 are going to meet up with Friend #12 and Acquaintance #9 at the movies. You want to come? We're seeing Indy #4!"

I liked your Gali the way it was just fine, personally.