J6Crash

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This was a little side project while I worked on a bigger version at about double the scale. Some sacrifices were inevitable, but I think it turned out decent for the scale.

8 hours ago, Bioniclefan7782 said:

And also where did you get the yellow pieces?

Here and there, wherever. I think all of the yellow shells were ordered through Bricklink, and the yellow System parts are from 4404 Land Busters.

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I don't have a ton to say here, I'll just quote myself from Flickr:

Despite owning the 2010 Rahkshi, I completely forgot he was keetorange and not yellow. The canister lid is yellow, so not totally my fault.
Anyway, I like the head, the body was a fair compromise given the restricted gray/yellow palette, and I very much gave up on the limbs. Sorry.

On 6/23/2020 at 3:37 PM, That Matoran with a Vahi said:

Oh wow, this is incredible. I can see so many recognisable Bionicle parts on the surface, but I can't imagine how you attached them all together beneath the surface, so that they make such a single, solid overall form; the effect is astounding, though! Really great work ^^

Lots of connectors and a bit of a mess under there. This picture gives you an idea of what's going on underneath, basically just a dense lattice of axles going every which way, angled with fixed angle connectors when convenient but mostly with lots of pin connections (and a few ball sockets) allowing for the arbitrary angles needed. I didn't really realize what I was getting into at first so there isn't a strong central core that everything would attach to like there probably should be, instead everything just kinda hangs off the nearest axle I could get them connected to. If I had to do it all from scratch, I'd probably try to start with some kind of beam-based frame because all those axles hanging off one another are not really sturdy enough at this scale.

Thanks!

On 6/19/2020 at 4:23 PM, Xboxtravis said:

I'm pretty impressed, its neat to get such organic shaping from Bionicle parts! 

Thanks!

4 hours ago, MoarBotar said:

Me: "Oh yeah, that forehead is definitely gap riddled..." *nervous chuckle; glances at my own MOCs and cringes* 

Seriously that's pretty incredible. The sculpting is phenomenal-this is in a whole nother league!  

Definitely a loving tribute

That's the magic of choosing your photo angle and background color ; )

It's a bit more noticeable when placed on a white background and viewed from other angles, but like most of my builds it's grown on me. I just try to keep things real in my self-assessments.

3 hours ago, Endless Sea (Alaki Nuva) said:

I don't want to say "this terrifies me" because I'm pretty sure that's not something you want to hear...  but this kinda terrifies me.  It's beautifully complex and I admire the work it must have taken to make it so cohesive, but the uncanny valley is hitting me hard right now.

Haha, no worries. My brother had the exact same reaction when he first saw a picture. I do think it works a little better in real life, the extra depth perception helps... I think. Or I'm just desensitized after staring at it so much. I suspect the eyes are also slightly too round, and obviously the textures are all wrong. Ultimately there's not much I can do about it. Not that it's a perfect MOC, but the silhouette and shape is just about bang on (the nose is a touch low, I think, but that's all) so whatever is wrong is a bit too subtle for me to diagnose.

It's been a while since I visited these parts. Such is growing old, I guess. Anyway, this is my childhood cat, built for the Bio Cup redemption round 1.

I think you can pretty well see the three different phases of the build: the strong, simple shaping around the eyes from the initial table scrap phase, the more serious shaping and gap-filling around the nose and cheeks, and then the "Oh , do I have enough parts?" texture ignorant, gap-riddled forehead.
Had to finally take apart this guy after almost 10 years because I needed the parts.

That said, I am pretty happy with the overall result, probably because I hadn't really expected to be able to finish it. During the whole build I just kept waiting to run into some unworkable roadblock, but it never quite came.

There's a few more photos in this Flickr album, and a complete gallery on Brickshelf (when public).

Whoops, forgot to reply to these.
 

Hmm, I've never been fond of fragile models on general principle. It's hard to have fun with something that falls apart easily. The design very much carries over the lady robot look, though the weird mass of tubing within her head feels very alien compared to the rest of the body. The hero factory panels on her lower leg's also stick out quite a bit. Still, the model is shaped very well, and outside of he lower legs everything flows very well from one piece to the next. This very much helps give the model and effeminate shape. The silver and orange colour scheme also works well so for that I 'd say this is a good model.

I used to agree with you, but as I MOCed more I kept using more and more illegal/exotic connections because they simply allow so much more to be done with the parts. After the photo shoot, I don't handle my MOCs until it's time to part them out, so aesthetics are king to me. It just has to look good in pictures and on my shelf. And I may have exaggerated the fragility, there's only a couple parts that you really need to be careful about which are easy to avoid once you know how to handle her. The bigger issue is stability while posing which is a combination of being a fairly tall and heavy MOC with only single-jointed knees, ankles, and hips, and the small contact surface area of the feet. Plus I was trying to pose her with her feet close together, which didn't help with the balance.
As for the knee caps, in general I think they improve flow, especially when she's standing straight. I think it would help if the larger HF armor on the shins were orange, as well. I think I'd need to order one more of those, though, so for now it's a no-go. I would have liked to make the entire lower leg and foot orange, but some parts don't exist in orange.
Thanks.
 

Looking at her I can see parts that look as if they are held in place by nothing but luck.

The design is wonderful.
Basic color scheme but you make up for that with the creativity in her design. Every part of the MOC catches your eye. Once you think you understand it something else is revealed.

Just fantastic.
10/10

Not luck, just skill

Thank you.

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Apparently It's been five years since I first put together the feet. Although she has been finished for about a year now, I just never got around to taking pictures.

I wouldn't be surprised if there were more illegal connections than legal, and I'm not entirely kidding when I say that. As a result, and also due to her size and unstable foot design, posing her was somewhat challenging. And when I say "somewhat" I mean "very."

This is probably my last MOC for a while, so I hope you enjoy it.

Wow, this is really impressive. This could pass for an official set, something like a UCS Arcitecture set. Also, your parents must be loaded.

Thanks. I won't comment on the financial situation of my family, but I will mention that this house was built up to its current state over the course of 25 years, largely personally by my father's own hands. That's part of the reason why this house is particularly special to my family.

You say you don't do much of the system thing, then you show up with one of the best system MOCs BZP's had in a long time?

 

Keep up the good work, man. You're very good at this sort of thing.

Haha, thanks. The issue is that the vast majority of my collection is Bionicle sets, so I don't have much system to work with. Every part of this house was specifically bought for this model. I would like to build up more of a system collection to get into more architectural and spaceship MOCs when I have a bit more time and money to blow on this hobby.

Reminds me of Lloyd Wright. Which is a compliment, I guess.

It's really impressive and must have taken a lot to build. I too don't really browse this forum here, but the totally uninteresting title got me interested!

As Master Inika said, it looks like an official set, and one I'd totally buy (if I could afford it).

My dad would love to have his house compared to Wright, thanks.

I think this is my first foray into the system-based creations forum. I don't do much of the system thing. I'll just go ahead and copy/paste what I wrote up on Flickr below the pictures because it's pretty long and I think it covers just about everything. The pictures link to their Flickr pages, and there's a couple more pictures in my photostream there, and there's even more pictures in the linked Brickshelf gallery once it goes public.

Many many years ago (middle school, I think), I decided I wanted to build my [parents'] house out of Lego. I put it together in LDD, but that version, built over about 5 years, was about three times the size of what you're looking at here with a full interior. Unfortunately, I forgot to back up that particular folder when I upgraded my computer and lost it.

This past summer I decided I wanted to give it another go, but I wanted to build it for real. So I spent my summer designing this in LDD at a scale that I thought would be more doable as a poor college student. Still ended up a bit on the large side, though, so I asked my brother if he would help fund this project as a Christmas present for my parents. He agreed, so I spent another couple weeks designing some proper foundations for it and figuring out the most economical way to build it. Ordered parts in early October (cleaned out the dark orange plates and black 2x4 brick lots of a few Bricklink shops), and finished building it sometime in November.

Some parts used for the roof don't exist in dark brown, so we committed heresy and spray painted the whole roof. Turned out pretty well.
A few minor adjustments were also made after these pictures were taken to make some parts sit better, so those sagging planks on the upper deck don't sag anymore, and same goes for the roof ridge on the highest roof. You'll also have to forgive the bed sheet background. I would have cut it out completely, but those folds in front would make that a bit awkward looking.

The roof hips on the eastern wing unfortunately do not mesh together as well as intended because I failed to account for the pretty significant bending that apparently happens when you put a bunch of 1x2 tiles on a single layer of plates (probably not helped by the paint). You'll have to cut me some slack on that; I'm new to system MOCing. Still looks okay, I think. You can see how they were supposed to come together in the renders in the Brickshelf gallery.

The most inaccurate part is the extension onto the deck on the eastern wing which is supposed to be a screen porch, but is as yet unfinished on the real house. Only the floor has been framed, so I just went ahead and did my best estimation within the limits of the parts.

I think I've rambled enough, so I'll end by saying that I'm pretty pleased considering it's my first proper system build since elementary school, and my parents seemed to really enjoy it. They just need to figure out where to put it.

Brickshelf gallery with a couple more pictures, WIP shots, and a few of the renders I used when proposing the design to my brother.

Specs:
I haven't gotten the exact number yet, but the total part count came in right around 5,000 parts. Dimensions of 17.5 in x 15.5 in x 8 in (44.7 cm x 39.1 cm x 20.5 cm). Scale is 1:72.6 (1 stud = 2 ft).

I think that just about covers it, let me know what you think.

Well, I can't say I've been active for the last few years, but it's still kind of a bummer. The 2015 Toa were awesome, even convincing me to pick up a couple despite my current lack of MOCing time just because they were so well done. However, I've disliked pretty much every set not part of that first wave and I haven't kept up with the story, so it's not that disappointing to me. I would like to take this opportunity to commend the team behind it for all the effort they put into trying to bring back the magic of Bionicle. I mentioned the first wave was fantastic (probably one of the best Bionicle waves ever, nostalgia notwithstanding) and I quite liked the art direction of the animated story last year and the return to its simple "magic robots on a mysterious tropical island" roots (not that I hated the complexity of G1, it grew with me, but there was a lot of unnecessary and questionable stuff there and nostalgia is a heck of a drug).

They unfortunately never really recaptured the mystery and spiritual nature of it entirely and the sets plummeted in quality after the first wave, so I'm not too surprised it failed to recapture the sales figures of G1. It seemed like, at least at first, they fixed a lot of my gripes with where G1 ended up going, and that was great to see, but they weren't able to keep it up.

I guess I'm now old enough to have seen my favorite childhood toy line be born, grow up, die, get revived, and die again. Almost depressing to think of it that way.

I'll be retreating back to my dark age now.

Man, the timing almost couldn't be worse on this one. My winter break starts the 18th. Maybe I'll do a marathon build session to get something in, but I'm not sure I'll be able to finish. Either way, I'm pumped for Star Wars, so this should be fun.

Good luck to everyone.

Kral

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We'll see iif this is answered in time.

By 12:00 PM, I assume that means noon rather than midnight?

I haven't been active on the forums in the years since Bionicle ended, and probably never will be again, but I must agree with pretty much all the previous responses in this thread regarding the future of BZP as a community. The front page needs an update pretty badly (it has needed an update for a while now) and the community needs to avoid the kind of irrationally aggressive schism that formed after HF replaced Bionicle. The forums weren't the most pleasant place to be during that time and we don't want that turning future members away. I wouldn't be surprised if much of the old guard will prefer the original line due to nostalgia at the very least (I probably will), but keeping the discussion civil needs to be a priority. And if I do come back here even as a lurker, I want to see this place in good condition; I have a lot of good memories of BZP.

I like this version of the white Visorak. It really looks like a spider with the abdomen. Though can the rhotuka be launched?

 

Nice work on this revamp.

No, the spinner doesn't work.

Beautiful re-imagining. The body is quite spectacular.

 

Though I can't help but think you could really have improved the abdomen so that the Rhotuka spinner isn't just sitting there. The body is really cool and detailed, so it stand to reason you have the ability to do the same with the butt. Make it wickedly designed AS WELL as functional.

I briefly considered how to make it work, but what it comes down to is that this was a bit of a rush build and I am one of those that really doesn't care about functionality; I'm all about aesthetics with maybe some effort put into poseability (which ends up being aesthetics because I want to achieve good looking poses).

To go into detail: Accommodating the launching mechanism would be slightly more complicated and would not look as good, especially from the bottom. The Bohrok bodies would have to be separated by a unit, and as a result the Rahkshi back curve wouldn't be quite as pretty. And the underside armor wouldn't be as snug because it would have to account for the ripcord.

Everyone else, thanks.

This was first built in October of last year, but I recently got around to taking some proper pictures of it, so I decided it's time to post it.

Picture links to a bigger picture.

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I definitely like the smooth style you have.

The torso looks a bit big, though, proportion wise. The legs in particular look a bit small for it. Also, while talking about the legs, I'm not sold on the thighs. Putting two HF armor pieces end to end like that doesn't really work for me; the shapes just don't jive. You made it work as well as you could, but it's not super pretty.

Lastly, and this is a small thing, the right arm looks a bit skimpy in general.

Besides that, this is pretty slick and shiny. Very nice job.

HF first because I MOC with it, though I don't know anything about the story. I picked City as second because that seems to be the closest thing to the Modular Bbuildings and Architecture and those are pretty much the only non-HF sets I have bought recently.

Voted for myself 'cause that's just what I do, but the Terror Bird is the clear winner here. Probably my favorite in the contest, actually.

I absolutely love this. I don't know if it's the beautiful blend of light blue and silver or what, but it looks fantastic. I like how the front of the torso comes together so smoothly, with the silver whatchamacallits on either side and a blue stripe running along. An excellent use of pieces, for sure. The feet are also well done, but it would be nice if you could take some pictures of the underbelly.

 

The only complaints would be that the beak seems to be attached rather flimsily, and the wings seem a little messy. Otherwise, it's a great MOC. Good luck in the contest.

 

=)

Thanks. These two pictures should satisfy your curiosity about the underbelly. I've updated the entry pic now, and the gallery has more pictures as well, once it goes public.

About the beak: I see what you're saying, but it's one of the least flimsy connections in the head, to be honest. I really didn't want to attach it on the bottom as well because that would make the head to thick/tall, and this is just a simpler construction in general. In the end, there are many other parts of the MOC that you should be much more worried about in terms of flimsiness.

So, yeah, I made a bird for BBCC 65. It was a little rushed by my standards; concept to pictures in three days, so it's not as good as it could be, obviously. Legs in particular are pretty bad, as you might notice. Sorry about he BBCC 64 tag, I apparently was under the impression it was 64 not 65 now.

Picture links to a much bigger and better lit picture.

Gallery (when public)

Some comments about it:

Medium Blue is a nice color, though, so it was nice to use that in a MOC for the first time.

I've noticed as time goes on, my MOCs seem to have gotten rather unstable. Barely anything on the torso of this guy is legitimately connected; it's all just sandwiched in there. It could be that I'm just out of practice, though, because it has been a really long time since I built anything.

So I'm hoping I can update the entry picture later, but here goes.

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Changing the entry picture after the entry period closes is ok, right? I know it was allowed in the past, but I want to make sure because the weather today is terrible so it's unlikely I'll get a very good picture.