Aanchir Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 A fearsome, curvy LEGO Bionicle/Hero Factory villain I built this week. She stands 42 modules/33.6 centimeters/13.25 inches tall and has 26 points of articulation. Her name means "poisonous rose". Check out the Flickr album for more photos! Feedback welcomed! 5 Quote Latest MOC: PAIGE (Prototype Artificial Intelligence, Gynoid Expression) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taria Pakari Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Always nice to see parts like that being used so creatively. Seriously, when those pods showed up I thought it would be almost impossible for people to incorporate them into their creations, but so far I've been pleasantly surprised. Excellent work, Aanchir! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katanga Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 The model looks great. The use of those pod pieces to make a curvy figure is very clever. However, I do feel like the model might have benefitted from using different colored pods on the legs. I'm not a big fan of the blue pods in particular as I think they clash with the character's name. But that's just me. Quote My Bionicle Tumblr. New photos are uploaded daily! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Invisible Handman Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Unique colours, unique parts. This is pretty much excellent. I commend your creativity. Quote {Brickshelf Page - BZPRPG Profile - HFRPG Profile - Project Protodermis Profile} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millennium Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 You build MOCs very rarely, Aanchir (as far as I know, at least) but the time between your creations is totally worth it.It's hard to find a good use of those...what are those exactly? I'm not familiar with later Hero Factory so I don't know, but I'm talking about the half-black/half-trans petal-like piece you used here as, well, petals. That's great. You managed to amazingly blend the looks of Hero Factory, G2 waves one and two. Waiting for your next piece! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aanchir Posted November 21, 2016 Author Share Posted November 21, 2016 Always nice to see parts like that being used so creatively. Seriously, when those pods showed up I thought it would be almost impossible for people to incorporate them into their creations, but so far I've been pleasantly surprised. Excellent work, Aanchir! Yeah, those pieces are sort of a mixed bag. On the one hand, they're a great shape, they intermesh really well at lots of different angles, and their flexibility makes them pretty versatile. On the other hand, their texture and blend of black and translucent colors don't match a whole lot of other pieces, so it's hard for them to "fit in" on a MOC unless it uses them as one of its defining motifs. Glad you like it! The model looks great. The use of those pod pieces to make a curvy figure is very clever. However, I do feel like the model might have benefitted from using different colored pods on the legs. I'm not a big fan of the blue pods in particular as I think they clash with the character's name. But that's just me. One of the things that sort of stymied me with this MOC is I only have 16 of those pieces: six blue, six red, and four green. Perhaps with a BrickLink order I could improve this MOC's color distribution, and maybe even spread some more color to the arms, but for various reasons it's not a convenient time for me to place an order. With that said, the MOC came before the name, so if they don't match that's more a fault of the name than a fault of the MOC. I struggled for quite a while to come up with a name I was happy with. Perhaps Hydrangea, a well-known color-shifting flower, might have been a more appropriate name? But while blue roses don't exist in nature, they're a common enough concept/symbol in fiction — for example, the Pokémon Roselia and Roserade carry red and blue roses. Unique colours, unique parts. This is pretty much excellent. I commend your creativity. Thank you! You build MOCs very rarely, Aanchir (as far as I know, at least) but the time between your creations is totally worth it. It's hard to find a good use of those...what are those exactly? I'm not familiar with later Hero Factory so I don't know, but I'm talking about the half-black/half-trans petal-like piece you used here as, well, petals. That's great. You managed to amazingly blend the looks of Hero Factory, G2 waves one and two. Waiting for your next piece! Thanks! Hearing this means a lot. To be honest, I'm pretty self-conscious about how few MOCs I make these days, since I aspire to be a LEGO designer but to do so I know I'd have to be able to generate new ideas and designs a lot more reliably. This is only the second or third non-digital MOC I've built this year that I've liked enough to post. But it's good to hear that the MOCs I do post are worth the wait. The petals are this piece, and were used as cocoon segments in Hero Factory's final wave. The black bottom part is the same sort of softish plastic used for Bionicle weapons and 2003–2010 Bionicle masks, while the translucent upper part is a springy rubber. As I mentioned above, the shape and materials make it an interesting part to build with, but the colors and texture can be limiting. Quote Latest MOC: PAIGE (Prototype Artificial Intelligence, Gynoid Expression) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToaTImeLord Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 Just amazing.9.5/10The blue pods are clashing a bit with the others. Quote Hey I got a Flickr because I like making LEGO stuff. https://www.flickr.com/people/toatimelord/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toa of Ice - 1987 Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 This thing definitely has a fresh design and innovative use of parts. But i'd recommend switching the blue pods for green ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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