Toa Nidhiki

[BionicleBean]

 

made for a goofy funny lil contest

[Master Inika]

Personally, I've always found Toa Nidhiki a weird basis for a MOC, because we basically already know what he looks like: he probably has Lhikan's armor style, just green and silver instead of red and gold. Whether you're Team Volitak or Team Kualsi, that's still only two mask types that even remotely fit the character. Even his weapon is just a scythe. There's only so much you can do with that concept. (At least the Hagah, if you include custom pieces, have potential for cool new mask, weapon and armor designs.) It's a similar problem to the buildable Darth Vader LEGO figure. Vader's just a humanoid, so what the set ended up being was a bunch of parts to make a mundane shape. Grievous was a much better use of the CCBS style.

That being said, given those criticisms, I like how experimental your figure is. He does have a lot of pieces you wouldn't expect to find in a Toa Nidhiki MOC, but it does not feel forced. I can buy that this is really just what Toa look like on the Tren Krom Peninsula. Even his weapon, I like what you did with it. It's no scythe I've ever seen, but it's still believably a scythe. Plus, I like his waist articulation, and it uses the G2 friction joint, so he doesn't look like he's flopping around like Pridak. He really does look sneaky and agile.

Excellent MOC, sir. I approve.

[BionicleBean]

On 6/4/2023 at 9:49 PM, Master Inika said:

I like how experimental your figure is.

lol glad someone liked it, the contest voters didn't 

i wanted to make a Nidhiki that wasn't a metru build (personally i  don't like the metru building style too much) and was visually different

On 6/4/2023 at 9:49 PM, Master Inika said:

It's no scythe I've ever seen, but it's still believably a scythe.

I read the words "air scythe" (i think that somewhere his tool is referred to as that) and thought "boomerang", because a scythe cuts, and a boomerang cuts through the air

and it looks cool to me

On 6/4/2023 at 9:49 PM, Master Inika said:

Excellent MOC, sir. I approve

Thanks for the praise

oh and technically i wouldn't be called "sir", because i'm nonbinary but um thanks anyway