Just recently I saw my first ever "Bionicle Steampunk" MOC. I wasn't entirely impressed as mostly the whole reason it was being called steampunk was because it was brown and grey.* Your job is to fix this problem.

Your goal:

Build a Bionicle Steampunk MOC that actually looks steampunkish by function and not (solely) by color.

More info:

*Steampunk on Wikipedia

*You will see that most MOCs are brown (for wood) and grey and/or metalics (for metal), but no one is limited to those colors! In fact, there have been colored steampunk MOCs out there, because, really, inventors probably had a can of paint lying around.

I can not stress enough of having it look functional instead of just fitting in. (This doesn't mean it actually has to move with the turn of a gear though.) The really good steampunk MOCs actually look like they do something.

Basic BBCC rules apply. (Especially the 75/25% ratio, as I really want to see what can be done in Bionicle terms.)

What to MOC: Toa, sure, because I like humanoids. Manas strike me as something that are already machine so would look cool steampunkified. But hey, go ahead and make something up that could be thrown into the Bionicle universe.

Yes I realize that the Mata Nui saga characters were already more machine than muscle/etc, but that's what helps so much. Simply re-imagining Bionicle with a steam feel.

Size? I don't want anything HUGE, but I don't want to limit you too much. I hear the Axalara was 2 feet long, so let's keep it under that. A reasonable sized MOC.

I'm talking too much aren't it? (If I seem to have too many rules/limits tell me what you want me to be more lenient on and I'll try.)

Prizes! First, second, and third place winners get to choose, in that order, between an orange Vahi, a poisoned Hau Nuva, and a Free the Band patch. (I'll ship out of country.)

Deadline: MOCs must be submitted in this blog entry by Thursday, November 12, noon EST. Voting will start soon after and conclude in time for me to ship out the prizes during Thanksgiving break.

Form of submittal:

Your Name

Your MOC's Name

Link to primary MOC picture (no changing midway)

Questions here, of course. Happy building!

-CF

*Yes, I realize that there are some really good steampunk MOCs that are more color than visible function, and I'll probably do that myself, but still...

PS: If you upload your MOC to Flickr and send me a PM with your link, you also get one free Internet.