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About That Armor


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A couple possible designs for the shoulder armor I mentioned two entries ago... The one on the left is much more finalized and is Bionicle-stylized (note the practical pistons, Aanchir), but some of the other stylization is bugging me. For instance, the rectangular indentations on the upper half – I'm not sure if they look so great where they are. I might get rid of them and leave the top smooth, or they might migrate to the middle section of the top rather than the sides...

The one on the right is an earlier sketch that I included because I like the general shape, though it's less Bionicle-y. This one's wider than the other; the top half would be four studs wide from side to side. Both stick out a stud and a half from where they lie on the upper arm socket.

I'll probably end up combining them for the final thing, but... what do you think?

Oh, this is also pretty definitely for Gali now. I'd like to put it on Tahu, but he has a ton of new molds and new ideas already, while Gali has fewer of both and thus could do with the added interest of new shoulder armor... much though I liked the Inika thigh armor/Nuva shoulder armor combination I had given her.
~ Shipwreck

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Get hired at bionicle now!

 

Those are so sweet!

You so have to use them on the toa remakes.

 

Are you gonna do the makuta too?

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im going to be honest here... those are AMAZING! the one on the right seems less bionicle(y?) but the one on the left is almost perfect. i say almost because it isn't a real piece on a real set. but i like how it combines the look of metru shoulder armor and the usual armor we see today. i wouldn't be surprised if this gets used on an actual set someday!

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im going to be honest here... those are AMAZING! the one on the right seems less bionicle(y?) but the one on the left is almost perfect. i say almost because it isn't a real piece on a real set. but i like how it combines the look of metru shoulder armor and the usual armor we see today. i wouldn't be surprised if this gets used on an actual set someday!

 

To bad Bionicle can't use the idea <_<.

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Aye, it is sort of a fusion of Metru and Inika, with a definite influence of what actually isn't hockey but looks like it ought to be. ^_^ Your comments are very nice, but would anyone be so kind as to talk about the two designs in relation to each other...?

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The one on the left looks more like a shoulder armor piece, mainly because of the pistons and stuff. And 'cuz the one on the right looks like Carapar's chest armor…

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Very cool. Though I would try to change the bottom of the armor a bit so that like Takadox, Kalmah, and Carapar armor, it can fit both like Inika thigh armor and Inika shoulder armor. Not sure if you get what I mean.

 

It would like great on Tahu, with the bottom bulked up a bit and used like Inika thigh armor on his thighs and like Inika shoulder armor on his upper arms. Gali, I still feel that she should use Inika thigh armor, but it's fine.

 

I prefer the on on the right. The indents are quite awesome.

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Awful attractive molds though they are, I'm having a hard time tearing myself away from your enhanced Nuva shoulder armor molds used on the original Gali sketch and Kopaka.

 

This part could be used elsewhere, though... even on the Makuta.

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Cool, but in my opinion not Nuva-ish enough to go well with your other designs. I'd say keep the shoulder armor you've got for the rest.

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...this is for GALI. And ONLY Gali. As I said right in this entry and two entries ago. I'm not sure where this notion of "this is ToM's redesigned Nuva shoulder armor" came from.

 

Lewa, Kopaka, Pohatu, and Tahu will have the tweaked Nuva shoulder armor as drawn on Kopaka Phantoka and the prototype Gali. Gali will have this. And Onua has the jetpacks. Is everyone clear now?

 

 

Edit: By the way, the reason I mentioned the texturing in the entry was exactly what Aanchir questioned – I'm not sure if the rectangles on the upper half of the left-hand design would work with the other textures on Gali. Anyone care to answer that?

 

Edit again: Oops, forgot to thank Master of Ice and Sonic. Comments noted and appreciated, though I still think Gali is in more need of the mold, even though I think Tahu would look splendid with this for shoulder armor...

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Hmm. . . I'm not sure about the rectangle question, but I do believe this would be awesome on Tahu.

 

Why? Well, Tahu is more of a square, where Gali is graceful, and the circular Nuva armor fits her perfectly. If both Tahu and Gali were new sets, I'd buy both [if they were made by you] and switch the armor. And, Tahu being the leader deserves some new armor, looking different from the others.

 

Well, that's my two cents.

 

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