A Golden-Red Horizon

That quote is about Roodaka, not Lariska, so you lost me after a while. I think you're trying to say that Roodaka should not have a vahki head, not a Toa head.

 

as I'd like to think people agree in that it is always a plus in an MOC to ascribe to the norms of part choice of sets in the time period of the character in many situations

Hmm...I never thought of that, especially given the wide variety, I would have thought you should just use what looks good. The Piraka and Rahkshi legs were around, storyline wise, long before the Inika legs. The Toa Metru and vahki legs came about before the Matoran knew of the island of Mata Nui.

Personally, I'd pick what looks good.

 

-CF

True, true, but likely no one knows how to make a feminine face. I don't see why she couldn't be Vortixx-like, ya know?

But yes, I think most of us know she isn't Vortixx.

-Taipu-
(really Bunda)

True, true, but likely no one knows how to make a feminine face. I don't see why she couldn't be Vortixx-like, ya know?

 

But yes, I think most of us know she isn't Vortixx.

 

-Taipu-

(really Bunda)

Oh, yes, it's quite clear that she isn't Vortixx.

But you did such a nice job on her in your red and white version.

 

Feminine face, hmm....

Maybe focus on the chest and you won't have to worry about the face, too much.

 

-CF

That quote is about Roodaka, not Lariska, so you lost me after a while. I think you're trying to say that Roodaka should not have a vahki head, not a Toa head.

 

as I'd like to think people agree in that it is always a plus in an MOC to ascribe to the norms of part choice of sets in the time period of the character in many situations

Hmm...I never thought of that, especially given the wide variety, I would have thought you should just use what looks good. The Piraka and Rahkshi legs were around, storyline wise, long before the Inika legs. The Toa Metru and vahki legs came about before the Matoran knew of the island of Mata Nui.

Personally, I'd pick what looks good.

 

-CF

Yes, but note that no such repulsion occurred to Nidhiki upon meeting Lariska, while he found Roodaka's face strange if not completely grotesque

 

Anyway, concerning the statement about ascribing to a certain time period, I am referring mostly to MOCs that are intended to look like sets. For instance, a canister-set sized MOC typically should remain within certain piece count restraints, Toa should have Metru rather than Vahki hips, and of course I believe that Toa Hagah MOCs should rarely, if ever, make much use of post-2005 parts (though of course, even anachronistic parts are preferable in my eyes to certain explicitly non-Toa parts (in my eyes, at least) such as Hordika parts in general). Revamps especially should in my opinion adhere to a reasonable number of parts that would be "new" at the time of the set's release, though of course I have a major preference to set-style revamps so others need not necessarily adhere to this rule.