Gamzee Makara

Number 2 definitely wasn't a hard choice to go with. Very simple and creative.

Quite the tough choice between some of these. Numbers 2 and 5 were a couple favorites of mine. In the end, I went with #7. Very well designed and an excellent fit for the theme.

Difficult choice here. Eventually went with the Cerebral Spider, perhaps out of the sheer creep factor. Cordyceps was definitely a unique entry as well.

I read about ten posts there before I started praising creation for the BZPower community. I wish luck to Greg in finding the good, solid questions in between the emoticons and the overzealous abundance of exclamation points. Regardless, it's great to know we still have opportunities to hear from the great guy.

A lot of creativity in this batch, quite a hard choice to make. The Macaw immediately popped out among the rest, being colorful, rather realistic, and quite the ingenious build. The Hero Factory decals and slightly blocky legs are unfortunate, but easy to look past. Russel was also very likable, in agreement with what Sumiki noted about difficulty of such a small scale being surpassed so well. Not to mention it was simply cute. Arpy's Ludwig was a rather unexpected take on the theme, being rather unique and hilarious as an entry to a contest on its own. Past that, it was also just a great build, and not too far off from looking like the real thing. Even the Jhintro Bird had my interest for a bit. Seems like it would be fitting as a largely robotic animal, and almost seems like it would be appropriate as an actual Bionicle set. Those claws in particular impressed me, not to mention its ability to balance on one foot. All aside, I went with Russel. It's simplicity and excellent design were just too hard for me to not give it credit, regardless of the wonderful build of the Macaw. Well done, and good luck to all!

For sheer number of outstanding qualities, I went with the Chestnut Winged Cuckoo. I'll admit, Popeye had me for a minute, and the Purple Martin was very well shaped, as Arp mentioned. However, I couldn't deny that I definitely admired the cuckoo more, and thus my choice.

I had a hard time between the Hummaera and the Terror Bird (and let's face it, you loved the penguin too), but the Hummaera won me over with its wonderful aesthetic and realistic look. Wonderful entries from everyone this round, best of luck to all!

I read the dialoglog after I clicked Nic Cage after chasing the replay button around on the latest update.I may have laughed much harder than I should have.

That scorpion that is definitely not a Nui-Jaga is adorable.

Although all the entries in this poll are simply beautiful, and I wish I could vote for all of them, I again went with the Tigermann. The theme clearly called for an anthropomorphic animal warrior, and aside from fitting that category perfectly, it was a wonderful MOC. Eris and Kuma-Akuma were both fabulous examples of this as well, and Sectoid Mantodea and Elebot were fearsome warriors to behold. Perhaps I would have gone with one of those first two, if Tigermann hadn't sold it to me with that so excellently crafted head. Gila Monstrosity was also fantastic in its own right. However, with all due respect to Lolo, aside from being a biped, it simply looked like some brutish animal, and simply that. While I could rave about it ad nauseum for its own admirable qualities, among which I could include a remarkable likeness to its namesake, and the triple jointed legs I can never get enough of, I simply can not see such a creature as part of a proud and intelligent race. Rather, it seems more like a war beast that you would contain, starve, and let loose on the enemy forces to wreak a merry havoc. And Simicarid Warrior... I have to say that's one of the most unique and unexpected entries I've seen make it to finals in a while. It's quite a fun MOC, and I'm happy to have seen it make it this far! Congratulations to all for making it, and good luck!