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Mocing Do's And Don'ts


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A little list I thought up:

DO: Build a lot. Build when you have an idea. Just build.
DON'T: Build the same thing over and over and over. Repition of a design only works for so long, and isn't impresive.

DO: Be creative. Use pieces in a neat way. I don't care what piece, just use it well.
DON'T: Be a "niche" MOCer (i.e. only toamods, only rahi, only small stuff, only matoran).

DO: Try multiple different MOCing styles. Try out weave style, fusion, make your own style. Take a style and make it your own. Be unique. Always do something fresh.
DON'T: Stick to only one style. You can't grow as a MOCer if you only build in one way.

DO: Stick to a color scheme. Colors are your friends. A MOC isn't good if it has no color scheme.
DON'T: Make excuses. Ever. I don't care about your lack of parts. Change the design if you have to. Innovate. Make do with what you have.

DO: Make Toamods. Everyone has to start somewhere. Start out with toa, and work your way in other directions
DON'T: Post your Toamod and expect everyone to like it. That's just foolish.

DO: Learn proportions. Proportions are a key part of a MOC.
DON'T: Say "it's supposed to be disproportioned." If it looks good disproportioned, people won't complain about it.

DO: Review other MOCs. The more you review, the better you make yourself and others.
DON'T: Ignore other reviews. Unless it's spam. Then you can ignore it.

DO: Learn color layering and color grouping. Kinda goes hand in hand with sticking to a color scheme.
DON'T: Mix colors. Most of the time, it just doesn't look good.

DO: Build smoothly. Have flow. People like smooth. And people like flow.
DON'T: Build blocks with legs. Just don't.

DO: Copy other's designs. Learn through this copying. Learn what works.
DON'T: Call these copies your own. That's just mean to the origional designer. Also, don't be repetitive with these designs. Oh, and don't use instructions. There is no growth with instructions. Use pictures and make details that you can't really see up as you go.

I may add more.

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So sad, too bad. If you really care about the black pins that much and ultimately making amazing non blue and red MoCs, then you would convince your parents to allowing you to spend your money on what you want on the internet.

 

And Kaji, two of those are still humanoids and the other only has digitigrade legs. =/

 

It's not whether I care about blue pins.

 

It's whether people say "It has blue pins and isn't blue!! FAIL!"

 

Because, no matter what you say, I'm not going to sign up for some account just to buy pieces I don't need.

 

I'm no noob. I have plenty of black pins. But even black pins stand out on a white MOC. You think I should go buy a bulk of white ones? Too bad. If you want to judge my MOCing based (even a little bit) on me not buying parts like you do, then I consider that spam. You're not judging creativity, you're judging perfectionism. Have you ever made something that's perfect?

 

 

The world needs MOCs that aren't limited to red and blue. If you don't like MOCs with unmatching pins, then I can only suggest that you go to a different website, where everyone shares your views on the matter.

 

 

If you were a 'white supremacist', I'd tell you to go somewhere only white people live instead of abusing others, and this is the same premisis. We don't need people telling us we're wrong because we don't do the same things they do.

 

Have a nice day, sir.

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