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Okay, so I have this new project. Back in 2001, the Toa Kanohi all came in six different colors. I finally completed my collection of the original 36 Toa Mata masks a while back, but what to do with them? Well, I plan to make a MOC for each of the 36 masks. And to give it a theme, I'm going to use the original six masks to recreate the Toa and use the rest to build various Rahi. This is my Thirty-Six Masks Project.I've built all my Rahi now. Sure, some of them could use some tweaking before Convention Season, but I want to post them online now so that I can get feedback and such. There are too many Rahi for one topic, but I don't want to make individual topics for each MOC (especially when some are lackluster). So instead I'm going to group them by the Kanohi mask they use.Today's are the Pakari Rahi (Click for larger image) This batch of Rahi is about half and half again, some hits and some misses. The Pakari is actually an excelent mask to add to Rahi; it works well as a shell, and has a decent shape that can blend in, ext. It was an easy mask to add to the various Rahi. White Swan Click for Gallery The Swan is probably the worst of the bunch. I wanted to utilize the white panels and make them into wings, but overall the build doesn't flow as well. (That, and I didn't really come up with a good head design.) This was a filler MOC to be sure. Man-Bird Click for Gallery Yes, I went there with the name. This one one of the final MOCs I built, at by this time I had seriously depleted my supply of mata green pieces. But I had a bunch of teal stuff left, so I used that as my primary color source. I do love how the wings turned out, and the balance and mobility for them is pretty decent. The rest of Man-Bird is a little plain, but I wouldn't say it's the worst thing I ever built. Head could still use some work, but at this point, all the MOCs are packed up for transport. Maybe later. Giant Spider Click for Gallery This was the very first Rahi I built, and also one of the largest. It's clear that I used a lot of Hero Factory elements on this giant spider, and I think the limb pieces worked excellently for the legs. The body is also built from HF elements, and then the abdomen (in brown) is basically just two Toa Mata torsos connected together... but it works! The head does feel a little off, mostly due to the burnt orange Bohrok teeth. But overall I think it represents a decent spider. My one main disappointment is that the brown Pakari mask in the center of the back is just a little too small and doesn't stand out. In retrospect, I could've used a different, brighter color to make it stand out. Kapura in an Exo Suit Click for Gallery I decided to make a bunch of the official Matoran to go along with the Toa and Rahi I was building, so the red Pakari was always destined for Kapura. However, I thought he would look a little bland with a topic to himself... so it was time to build him some armor. Kapura himself is based off my classic Matoran design, only this time I added the smallest HF limb pieces to his arms and legs to give him some better mobility. The armor is clearly based off the Exo Toa, but I designed it to fit around the Kapura model. And Kapura sure fits in there snugly, so I'm happy with that. I ended up double-jointing the legs for extra stability, and while this limits movement, it keeps the Exo Suit on its feet. The arms were pretty basic (and I gave him a claw and blaster, like the Exo Toa) but what I like most is the used of Toa Metru heads for the shoulders. Overall, the Exo Suit is a little clunky, but it's still imposing and I could see it as something built out of a scrap pile like the original Boxer model. And as seen in this pict, Nuparu wasn't completely forgotten. I guess the idea is Nuparu designed it, but since Kapura was representing the red Pakari, he gets to wear it into battle. Fish Rahi Click for Gallery I suppose this could be called some sort of Takea or Makuta Fish, but I'm not bothering with official names for it. Still, I love how this design worked out. The body uses a plethora of technic liftarms, which are then nicely hidden by the Rahkshi foot armor. Even the Pakari mask has a better flow with the model compared to some of my other Rahi. And the blue wings from that one Ben 10 set really make it for the tail. (In the official review I wrote, I said I wanted to use those pieces for a fish model, and here we are.) The one issue I have is the lower jaw, while functional, looks a little bare. But I didn't find a decent way to bulk it up without it getting in the way of the rest of the body, so it is as it is.And for grins, here's a bonus Rahi!! Mahi Click for Gallery Officially, this is the last Rahi I made. I ended up giving a Matoran from the other five Koros a Rahi steed (Rhino for Hahli, Elephant for Matoro, Kahu for Kongu, Ussal for Onepu, and Exo Suit for Kapura) so I felt that the Po-Matoran were unrepresented. As such, I began to design a Mahi based off the ones seen in the MNOLG. The biggest design portion was the body, which uses traditional Matoran bodies, tan liftarms, and the giant tan shield found in the Thornatus. The Vorox limbs in tan helped too. Overall, I think I pulled off the design okay. This is also the only Rahi that uses a noble mask instead of one of the 36 Great Masks. Perhaps if I had felt really inspired, I would've attempted to use all 36 noble masks on Rahi too, but I was running low on useful pieces, especially in noble mask colors. As such, only the Mahi gets the tan Ruru.Anyway, that's it for now. Comments appreciated. I finally took pictures of the rest of my Rahi, so now I just need to edit and upload the photos. And I'd better get working on that... Bricks Cascade is only a month away, and I'd like to get opinions on these before then. Thanks for looking!
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Okay, so I have this new project. Back in 2001, the Toa Kanohi all came in six different colors. I finally completed my collection of the original 36 Toa Mata masks a while back, but what to do with them? Well, I plan to make a MOC for each of the 36 masks. And to give it a theme, I'm going to use the original six masks to recreate the Toa and use the rest to build various Rahi. This is my Thirty-Six Masks Project.I've built all my Rahi now. Bricks Cascade is starting tomorrow, so I wanted to get the last of them posted up. There are too many Rahi for one topic, but I don't want to make individual topics for each MOC (especially when some are lackluster). So instead I'm going to group them by the Kanohi mask they use.Today's are the Hau Rahi (Click for larger image) This is one of my better Rahi batches. I didn't intentionally try to save the Hau, arguably one of Bionicle's most iconic masks, for the best Rahi, but it seems I did. And it helps that the Hau is one of the masks that is easy to add in on a design, compared to some of the other masks. Anyway, here it is, my last batch of Rahi for the Thirty-Six Masks Project! Frog Rahi Click for Gallery Okay, so the Frog here is the worst of the best. I'm pretty cool with the body, but the legs aren't quite perfect. It's a little hard to pose too. I kind of blame some of the design on the fact that this was one of the last Rahi I constructed, so useful pieces were starting to become rare. Lizard Rahi Click for Gallery Strangely enough, this was the only Rahi that I used a bunch of dark green elements on. I really like how the body for this lizard came out; the various spiky pieces makes it work. And the dark green limbs on the back legs worked out better than I expected... front legs could use some tweaking, but they're fine. The head design is a little odd, and the eyes could be redesigned, but the Hau-nose worked out. One nice change I would like to make would be to replace the light grey elements visible with something green or lime... but I didn't have those pieces in those colors, so not happening. Nui Gimlit Click for Gallery This is a redesign of a Rahi concept I came up with years and years ago. It's basically a tunneling Rahi that utilized Whenua's drill as a head. I took the concept and make it larger this time, and I'm pleased with how it worked out. The head and body have a decent flow to them, and it turned out very solid, so there aren't any crazy gaps. And the overall appearance is what I imagined the Rahi to be... so it might look odd to others, but it fit my imagination, so I'd call that good. Tan Nui Jaga Click for Gallery This was one of my earlier models, but it went through quite a few redesigns. I got it into my head that I wanted to recreate a Nui jaga... and hey, I had tan pieces and the Rahi is a desert creature, so why not? First I tried to just replicate the Nui Jaga design in tan... didn't work. (The changes I made due to color availability made the proportions wacky.) Then I tried making smaller versions of it, and went through quite a few designs before I finished with this. The body is designed around connecting the tan Av-Matoran arms on, but I managed to squeeze in the mask nicely, and the tail, head, and "claws" worked out too. I'm fairly pleased with this remake. Elephant Rahi Click for Gallery I'll come right out and say it; the basic idea for this model is based off DV's Hero Factory elephant, but the main design was all my own. (Besides, it's not the first time that I've ever made an elephant model.) The body is big and well armored, and you can hardly tell that the inside is basically just a frame. The head and neck connection also turned out better than I was expecting, with useful but stable mobility on the neck, and articulation points for the tusks, ears, and trunk. (The eyes could be better.) While I put some effort into making all four legs identical le and tough looking, they could be beefed up a bit. (And also better stabilized... this thing is kind of a pain to stand up.) This was initially supposed to be an evil elephant, but I liked it so much that it became a steed for Matoro and the forces of good. Woo!And for grins, here's a bonus model!! Makuta Matoran I had an infected Hau mask, so I decided to add it to my Matoran design and make Makuta. Then I decided to give him a partial vortex on his back. I used up most of my black tail and spike elements, and it's not quite as cool as it was in the game, but it's something. Now Makuta can actually lead his Rahi into battle... even though he's still just a puny Matoran. ;)So that's the last of my Rahi. I'll be putting them on display at Bricks Cascade, in full out battle mode with my Toa and Matoran. I'll probably take a few pictures and post them in my blog... and heck, some might even end up on the front page. (You know, with the rest of the Bionicle table.) Thanks for viewing!
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Okay, so I have this new project. Back in 2001, the Toa Kanohi all came in six different colors. I finally completed my collection of the original 36 Toa Mata masks a while back, but what to do with them? Well, I plan to make a MOC for each of the 36 masks. And to give it a theme, I'm going to use the original six masks to recreate the Toa and use the rest to build various Rahi. This is my Thirty-Six Masks Project.I've built all my Rahi now. Sure, some of them could use some tweaking before Convention Season, but I want to post them online now so that I can get feedback and such. There are too many Rahi for one topic, but I don't want to make individual topics for each MOC (especially when some are lackluster). So instead I'm going to group them by the Kanohi mask they use.Today's are the Miru Rahi (Click for larger image) This time I provide a more decent batch of Rahi; I'm not too upset over any of these models. One issue is that the Miru mask is such an easy mask to use; it's among my favorite mask designs ever. It was easy to fit into designs. Also, an unintentional thing happened when 3 of these Rahi ended up with Matoran riders... I did not plan it that way. Also, almost all of these are based on official Rahi designs... yay for creativity on my part. Fikou Spider Click for Gallery I almost just remade the Fikou in a new color, but then I got a cool idea. I used the new claw pieces I got in the Ice Dragon set from last year, and then used Exo Force arms and 4L beams from HP wands as legs. After that, the trouble was building up a decent body that incorporated the right bulk, mobility for the head, and the mask. The connections on it are a bit loose, and it still has some gaps to fill in. But for a small MOC, i think it works. Fire Nui Rama Click for Gallery This is such an excellent design. A perfect action function, good proportions, an overall insect-like look. And it is mostly not mine. Yeah, I basically rebuilt the original model in new colors, and the only big change was adding some Hero Factory arms, which I think work out better for it. See, I never got the Nui Rama sets, so I was intrigued to finally build the set myself. Another bit of originality was adding the eye pieces into the Miru masks... a little trick I learned a while back when I tried to make additions to masks. It works and it doesn't warp the mask! Puku Ussal Click for Gallery Another revamped Rahi design. I wanted to build a Ussal in non-standard colors like in the MNOLG, but the Onua claws limit color choices. So I threw out the claws and built my own legs, using hinge elements and those spikes from the Hero Factory sets. I also tried to pay homage to the original model with the arm designs (and mobility) and the eyes. Plus, I added in a connector for my Matoran riders. This Ussal is supposed to be Puku from the MNOLG (before she got all big and ugly in the Mask of Light movie) and Onepu is riding her into battle! I'm highly pleased with this, although the legs are somewhat tricky to pose right. Rhino Click for Gallery This turned out to be a mix between a rhino and a wolf. I worked to make the body sleek but powerful looking, but then I came up with this awesome head that kinda utilized the Miru as another horn. (And it's kind of hard to tell, but that's a prototype white Miru with a dark blue swirl in it... but it's not as obvious as some of the other prototypes out there.) In the end, the body seemed a little too slender for the head... but the color scheme worked, so I kept it. In retrospect, it almost resembles a Kikinalo, and that was totally unintentional. Finally, at the last minute I decided to give it a rider, and now Hahli can race to the rescue on her very own Rhino / Wolf / Kikinalo Rahi! Kahu Click for Gallery This was one of the first Rahi I started building, and again it is based off the combo Kahu build from the Nui-Jaga sets. I never really liked that model (I built it once before) but I loved the bird in the MNOLG, so I decided to revamp it. For the most part, I kept the wing design, and added some more color and mobility to it. Then I built out a custom body and head, and threw Kongu on the top. Overall, I love the design. Furthermore, the ball-joint movement on the wings works wonderfully. Unfortunately, the same can not be said for the legs and neck, which are horrible weak joints. In particular, I would like to reinforce the head, but there's just no way to make any additions to it without completely revamping the body. But while these weak joints plage me while I try to pose it, they still don't keep it from looking awesome. Kongu can surely ride this bird into the Rama Hive.Anyway, that's it for now. Comments appreciated. I finally took pictures of the rest of my Rahi, so now I just need to edit and upload the photos. And I'd better get working on that... Bricks Cascade is only a month away, and I'd like to get opinions on these before then. Thanks for looking!
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Okay, so I have this new project. Back in 2001, the Toa Kanohi all came in six different colors. I finally completed my collection of the original 36 Toa Mata masks a while back, but what to do with them? Well, I plan to make a MOC for each of the 36 masks. And to give it a theme, I'm going to use the original six masks to recreate the Toa and use the rest to build various Rahi. This is my Thirty-Six Masks Project.I've built all my Rahi now. Sure, some of them could use some tweaking before Convention Season, but I want to post them online now so that I can get feedback and such. There are too many Rahi for one topic, but I don't want to make individual topics for each MOC (especially when some are lackluster). So instead I'm going to group them by the Kanohi mask they use.Today's are the Kaukau Rahi (Click for larger image) I love the Kaukau masks because of their transparencies, but that presented a problem with MOCing... and making other portions of the Rahi go with the transparent color. Some of these turned out brilliantly, while others were not so much. Silver Dragon Click for Gallery I'll again start with the worst of the bunch, and also the largest. First off, the Kanohi was the last thing added to the Silver Dragon, which is why it doesn't quite flow as well. This was one of the first models I started to build for this project, with the idea that I could make a cool slanted body using the Hero factory limb pieces. Then I decided to give it a silver color scheme, and started adding silver weapons / armor all over it. It's big and bulky, but lacks a flow and general appeal to it. I certainly got better as I went on. Lava Dragon Click for Gallery The next dragon was inversely one of the final Rahi I built... and it went through a couple of major design changes. It uses the orange Kaukau, which was apparently the stand in for a trans-brown Pohatu mask. As such, I wanted to make an orange creature, and perhaps utilize some of the trans orange Hero Factory armor pieces. I built a couple of varieties before I settled for this one, where the simplicity worked better than the other stuff I was doing. My favorite design is the head, which has a mouth that can open and "breathe" fire. The slanted tail is also cool, but a little too large for the rest of this thing. I suppose what really hurt me on this was that I was running low on useful pieces (not to mention useful orange pieces) and as such it's not one of my greatest. Giant Wasp Click for Gallery This one just turned out weird. Again, it uses a different color (yellow) because the mask itself is mostly colorless, so I was able to experiment out of the main Toa colors. You can't quite see it in the picture above, but I started on this MOC by designing the clear, round abdomen in the back, made up of two round windscreens from Alien Conquest sets, and then built a small 3D piece that fit perfectly inside. The clearness was supposed to compliment the transparent clear Kaukau mask, and I liked how it turned out. It was always supposed to be a wasp-like model, but I initially planned to make it smaller. I was doing to use streamline Gorast wings... until I realized I only owned one transparent wing piece. The body got expanded, the arms and legs were added, and then the head. It's a far cry from what I was originally aiming for. But... I like it. It has a strong appearance, with a highly technical body with some simplified Hero Factory arms (using the large supply of yellow armor that I collected last year.) The face itself isn't solidly built, but it has character, so I can't say I'm disappointed. Fire Tarakava Click for Gallery First of all, I always thought that the Tarakava Rahi should've had Kaukau masks, because they were underwater Rahi. But I guess Lego didn't want to produce more Kaukau masks in new colors for the set. (But think about it... some sort of trans teal Kaukau... that would've owned!) As such, I decided to design a Tarakava to use my trans red Kaukau. First what I did was design the arms to use the ball joints but still have a boxer feel to them like the original set, and I think I pulled it off. (The dark red panels from an Exo Force set also helped.) Since I wasn't in the mood to build treads, I just gave this Tarakava a few wheels to ride around on, and while it's not the most solid design, I like it. I had some trouble getting the face design right, and while it doesn't quite have the same appearance as the original sets, I'm okay with it. The coolest thing about this set is that I utilized the Hero Factory extender joint found on Waspix and Toxic Reapa, among other sets. It allowed for an easy connection for the arms and head, and really worked out. Green Moose Click for Gallery Alright, this is one of my favorite Rahi designs... it's just so cute! The design originally started when I got Rocka and got the trans green armor pieces. I initially thought they'd make good wings, so I built a mini-green wasp, but the design was horrible. (Proportions were awful, since I couldn't build a decent body that could match the small wing size.) At some point, I realized that the shield pieces could also look like antlers... and thus the Moose was designed. I tried to use a variety of trans bright green elements, including the launcher piece from Rocka (used as an underbelly), the extender piece from Green Lantern (the tail), the star from Green Lantern (back armor), a round windscreen from the Alien Conquest / Atlantis sets (as a head covering), and the toxic buckets from Meltdown (the legs.) I actually reused the leg design from a turtle MOC I made last year. Then I made the best use of my green connector pieces to build a decent body that connected all these elements together. And somehow it all worked. Proportions are right, mobility is decent, and the flow is great. I suppose I could complain that the trans bright green is different than the trans dark green of the Kaukau, but that couldn't be helped. Overall, I would say this is one of my best, if not the best, Rahi I've made for this collection.Anyway, that's it for now. Comments appreciated. I still have some Rahi left, who used the Pakari and Hau masks, but I'm saving them for the upcoming weeks leading up to Bricks Cascade. Thanks for looking!
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Okay, so I have this new project. Back in 2001, the Toa Kanohi all came in six different colors. I finally completed my collection of the original 36 Toa Mata masks a while back, but what to do with them? Well, I plan to make a MOC for each of the 36 masks. And to give it a theme, I'm going to use the original six masks to recreate the Toa and use the rest to build various Rahi. This is my Thirty-Six Masks Project.I've built all my Rahi now. Sure, some of them could use some tweaking before Convention Season, but I want to post them online now so that I can get feedback and such. There are too many Rahi for one topic, but I don't want to make individual topics for each MOC (especially when some are lackluster). So instead I'm going to group them by the Kanohi mask they use.Today's are the Kakama Rahi (Click for larger image) I like the design of the Kakama mask, but some of the Rahi that got it weren't the very best. This is about a half-and-half decent group, but I've decided to psot all of them nonetheless. Mini Gorilla Click for Gallery I'm not sure if this is the very worst MOC of the bunch, but it has to be in the top three. The concept is alright; I was basing his design off the Muaka and Kane-Ra sets of old, which had wheels on their back ends (well, actually treads, but I decided to just use wheels) and then a head and arms. I pretty much just used the Raw Jaw head and gave him some Bohrok arms and fists, and decorated his body a little bit. The design isn't terrible, but it's a little underwhelming when compared to some of the other Rahi. Blue Cobra Click for Gallery I made two snake models, and this is the first and worst. It turns out snakes are hard to make! This originally started out as something else, and I was working on the head and got it to do this awesome snapping jaw movement. (You can see it in some of the pictures.) Thus, it turned into a snake, but then I tried to make a part dark red part blue body, and it didn't come out great. (Also, this was a case where I had to throw on the mask somewhere, and thus it looks kinda lame.) I like the head, but the rest of this could use work. Purple Ussal Click for Gallery Yes, this is a second Ussal design, and it's basically a recolor of the one in the other topic. The original idea was to rebuild the MNOLG Ussal using new color, and I always liked the Ussals in purple but was annoyed that I didn't have the parts to really make one. So I improvised, and used some of the purple spikes from Evo as legs and then some purple technic beams and ball joints where I could. Yes, there are three purple colors: traditional purple, dark purple (spikes), and violet (leg connectors). Still, I love how the design turned out, and you can never say no to having a couple of Ussal crabs in your Rahi army! Snow Muaka Click for Gallery I was remaking all of the traditional Rahi, and the last one I attempted was the Muaka. Since I had two White Kakama masks, I decided to build the Muaka with it's tradition side-pin mask holders. (They can be pulled out, but it won't make the arms fall off, so not quite like the original set.) I gave the Muaka neck and jaw movement, as well as some white Onua claws to match the new size, and then wheels on the back. (Again, I shied away from treads.) Overall, it's a ferocious looking little kitty. The head isn't quite perfect; it doesn't have the same elegant flow as the original. But it's okay. Kane-Ra Click for Gallery This is my favorite in this batch. As with the Muaka, I had two green Kakama masks so I used them on the Kane-Ra. I gave it wheels, movable legs, a neck, and everything. Overall, the flow works much better, especially on the head. I also bulked up the body with a Hockey set piece, which is new to me since I had just ordered it when I started building these. I also liked how I was able to incorporate the various spikey green pieces. I guess the one downside is the limited mobility of the hooves, but the double-joints help stabilize the legs, so that's the price I paid.Anyway, that's it for now. Comments appreciated. I have all the rest of the pictures uploaded and everything... now it's just a matter of posting them on BZP. And since I don't want to throw out the next three topics back to back, I'll stagger them out until Bricks Cascade begins. Thanks for looking!
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Okay, so I have this new project. Back in 2001, the Toa Kanohi all came in six different colors. I finally completed my collection of the original 36 Toa Mata masks a while back, but what to do with them? Well, I plan to make a MOC for each of the 36 masks. And to give it a theme, I'm going to use the original six masks to recreate the Toa and use the rest to build various Rahi. This is my Thirty-Six Masks Project.I've built all my Rahi now. Sure, some of them could use some tweaking before Convention Season, but I want to post them online now so that I can get feedback and such. There are too many Rahi for one topic, but I don't want to make individual topics for each MOC (especially when some are lackluster). So instead I'm going to group them by the Kanohi mask they use.Today's are the Akaku Rahi (Click for larger image) I'll just admit it right here; the Akaku Rahi are probably my worst batch. The Akaku mask is just hard to incorporate on an organic creature. It works well on Kopaka, but the asymmetry and technological lenses just don't fit many Rahi. Instead, I tried to either put it on Rahi who were already a little messy, or I threw it on randomly just because the creature needed a mask. But, hey, putting the worst batch up just shows that I can only improve from here. Skull Monkey Click for Gallery The Skull Monkey is an awesome name for a not-so-awesome set. It's one of my few very-humanoid Rahi, and is also one of the tallest. The initial idea was to utilize all my Piraka skulls, which worked... but it's still a little messy. But, hey, maybe it's a creature of chaos so messiness goes for it... yeah, who am I kidding? I do like the head though. Gearbox Click for Gallery Yes, this Rahi makes no sense. Pretty much, if you take away the mask, arms, and eye-thingies, it would make for an interesting vehicle. The basic idea is that it's an underground Rahi who drives through caves and drills its own new tunnels, but let's be honest; the Makuta were probably a little out of it when they designed this. Still, the cool thing here is that all the gears work with each other, and there are like 26 gears too! When the wheels spin, it causes the front drill to spin, the side blades to twirl, and the mask to loop around. I love the functionality. There are even places where there are gears but the serve no real purpose. But if you ask why I put them there, my answer will be, "Because I can!" Yes, not the best Rahi, but I still like the design. Preying Mantis Click for Gallery Okay, the Mantis is an example of something that needs to be tweaked. I was trying to go for a mini look for the legs and body, but then the head turned out too big and proportions just went crazy. (And sadly, this is the second version... the first design was even worst!) I like parts of it (the head, and I liked the leg designs.) But all together, it's just... yucky. Plus, it's a horrible thing to pose. The mask on its back keeps popping off, and it's almost impossible to get it to stand on those legs... I should design something more sturdy. But for now, it's here to fill in a slot. Rainbow Snake Click for Gallery I'm fairly pleased with this. See, I had all this awesome Hero Factory armor (namely some in lovely purple and bright green from the Super Hero Constraction sets) so I decided to make a colorful snake. It all worked out brilliantly until I got to the head, and trying to incorporate a mask and snake-ish face at the right scale was tough. (And I wouldn't say I did it well either). So that could be fixed. (To note, the yellow bits beside the mask should be eyes... yeah, I know.) Vatuka Click for Gallery The Vatuka is probably my favorite of this batch. The build is a little haphazard, but I think the overall flow works, since the original Rahi is supposed to look like a jumbled pile of stones. The Ben 10 brown pieces worked well, and I added some system rocks and bucket pieces to add texture / more brownness. I really do like how the squat head turned out, even if the neck attachment is a little weird. The Akaku is actually on his back, and for once the asymmetric style of the mask fits in with the jaggedness look of the Rahi as a whole.Anyway, that's it for now. Comments appreciated. Will probably be posting more Rahi topics in the weeks to come. Thanks for looking!
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Okay, so I have this new project. Back in 2001, the Toa Kanohi all came in six different colors. I finally completed my collection of the original 36 Toa Mata masks a while back, but what to do with them? Well, I plan to make a MOC for each of the 36 masks. And to give it a theme, I'm going to use the original six masks to recreate the Toa and use the rest to build various Rahi. This is my Thirty-Six Masks Project.So I need to start with the basics: rebuilt the Toa Mata. That is what this topic is showing off. [/url] Just a general note: I tried to keep these Toa fairly simple and true to the original sets. While I took care to make the limbs in the right colors, they are all fairly simplistic... because the original Toa Mata had simplistic limbs that lacked armor. Most of the creative designs here were in the bodies.Gali The main idea for Gali's body was to use the two blue technic panels to act as her torso armor, and then use pieces behind that to hold everything else together. It took me a couple of tries to tweak the design, but I'm fairly happy with the end product. Also, I did not give her wrist movement, so her hooks are build into her forearms. While this restricts mobility, I felt that adding another socket would make them too long, and besides, the original set didn't have wrists either. (At least she got elbows.)Kopaka I really liked how Kopaka's torso turned out; unfortunately the design made him a couple of studs taller than I liked, and I was unable to shrink him down without completely changing it. So, in the end, Kopaka is the tallest Toa remake. For his shield, I liked the shape of his Mata disc better, but his Nuva disc was a better size. So I just put them together for this MOC and called it good.Lewa Lewa is my least favorite design, and this is mostly due to my lack of good green technic pieces. (Which is ironic since that is one of my favorite colors.) The green liftarms form the base of the body, and the Rahkshi foot forms most of the forward torso armor. It would be passable for an okay humanoid, but it's a little too bulky for Lewa. I was also planning on giving Lewa limbs similiar to Gali and Kopaka, but that would have meant buying a bunch of liftarms in lime. (I have some, but they were from the years of bad lime plastic, so most of them are broken or cracking.) Instead, I ended up giving Lewa Hero Factory limbs with lime armor, which again makes him a little too bulky. He could use some work, but I've built worst.Onua Onua is one of my favorite designs, and also one of the least original. Basically, he's a Hero Factory Modification. The only cool thing is that I connected a 2 clawed foot piece to a hunched Av-Matoran body, which created a perfect base for a hunched over Onua. I've used this design before, but I just updated the limbs with decent HF joints and armor. Onua works best mostly because his primary colors (black and dark grey) are very abundant in Hero Factory. So here he is; simple but effective.Pohatu Pohatu turned out to be my favorite new design. He went through a lot of different forms. I wanted him to have a distinct upside down-body style compared to the other Toa, but I had limited brown pieces, so I had to make due with what I had. A few of my earlier designs got sizes and proportions wrong, but this one nailed it, mostly. Pohatu does turn out to be a little too tall compared to what he should be, mostly due to the length of his legs (which I didn't want to switch up.) But I feel that his body has a nice flow to it, and the brown Mata heads certainly help. I also used the hinge elements on his hands, to give his "axle" fingers some movement. He may be a little off when placed with the other Toa, but on his own I think this Pohatu rocks!Tahu Tahu is also unoriginal, but not as good of a design. See, another color that's common in Hero Factory is red. So Tahu utilizes lots of those red pieces. His armor is a little nifty compared to standard Hero designs, but it's nothing exceptional. I tried to use orange armor on his legs, but since the orange armor only exists as the smallest types of armor pieces, his limbs aren't as well covered as I would have liked. Plus, in the end Tahu turns out to be quite short compared to the other Toa. I suppose I could actually build a custom body for Tahu... but for now, he's a Hero Modification.That's all for now. I have more Rahi to share, but that involves taking pictures, editing them, uploading them, ext, so it'll take a while. These MOCs and more should be at Bricks Cascade this June. Until then, comments are appreciated. :)Also, 6000th post!
