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I need to get Stud.io soon to start messing around with all the cool custom stuff people have made for it.....
Oh hey, a custom Bionicle/Hero Factory head pack
(cannot seem to find any on the web, or I'm bad at finding things, so)
There is mainly two head types in the pack, Matoran Universe head and Agori/Glatorian head. Had to differentiate them cause apparently they have different eye heights and the latter type is a lot less forgiving in space
The Matoran Universe head is compatible with Mata, Metru, Okoto connections (except Hewkii Mahri's Garai, rip, also prolly Teridax's Kraahkan). The Agori/Glatorian head is compatible with Agori/Glatorian, HF Breakout, HF Brain Attack (screw HF 2.0 and 3.0 heads)
Garai is incompatible due to space needed for the Okoto's mask connections, had to cut a bit of the bar from the HF Brain Attack to make the head fit into Agori/Glatorian helmets, Agori/Glatorian heads are smushed to make sure Brain Attack visor+helmet fits, also the heads are a little bit taller (half an axle/pin taller) for light pipings
Also bonus torso piece and foot, its articulated (why haven't they thought of this), also idk why but stud.io seem to make the parts ricochet wildly when inserted
Also apparently every rendering software I had broke when I tried exporting the stud.io model for render
File is here, idk what other free anonymous file hosting sites there is, remind me if you want it reuploaded since PixelDrain only hosts it for a few months
Hello
Hey, how's it going? It's been a long time since I posted anything, and my blog isn't the same blog it used to be. I used to just rant, but now, things are gonna be a bit different. I'm a massive BIONICLE nerd, and this is gonna become one of the places where I showcase that, starting with some old drawings and MOCs, and potentially advancing to current things, if I ever get off my butt to make said "current things." So, there it is. My rant blog has died, and "Do Matoran Dream of Electric Mahi?" has been born. And what an unholy birth it is. Expect bad BIONICLE memes and reblogs too.
My original draft for a natural Kanohi Calix, compared to my second draft of the Calix. With the second draft I trusted my gut and removed the mouth. I’ve never liked mouths on Kanohi, as they’re technically unnecessary, and there are plenty of masks without mouths, but I’m not as happy with the second one as I am the original. On the third draft, I’ll likely change the lower portion a bit, I kind of just threw it together here.
My first draft for the Kanohi Elda compared to my second draft. I've never liked it when masks that have powers unrelated to water have water elements, like breathing tubes, just because a Toa of Water wears them first. The Kanohi Elda is the grossest offender of this, because of its infamous "mustache tubes." I attempted to remedy the flaw, only to realize that no matter what I do with this mask, it looks silly. First, I accidentally added buck teeth, and in the second draft, I turned the mustache into full-on mutton chops. Hopefully my third draft can maintain the spirit of the Elda without making another silly facial feature.
My first draft of a natural Kanohi Kadin compared to my second draft. The only big change is making it better scale for a standard Toa head, and a couple extra spikes. I always enjoyed the look of the Kadin, even if the "punk rocker spikes" get a bad rep. As such, I kept the spikes, but made them blend with the mask a little better (or, at least that was the intent).
My first draft for a natural Kanohi Sanok compared to my second draft. I was pretty pleased with my first design, and didn't want to change much when I redrew it. As such, I got rid of the "cat nose" and cleaned up the scale, and the end result was a second draft that I refuse to make a third draft of. I can see potential changes in all of my second drafts except for this one, it's practically perfect in my eyes. It's odd, because I don't really like the Sanok that much, but I'm so proud of this second draft that I started using it as my profile picture on basically every site I could. I even got super giddy when one of my friends drew my Sanok completely out-of-the-blue (I'll post that picture some other day). I love love the Sanok now, and it's entirely because of this picture.
My first draft for a natural Kanohi Iden compared to my second draft. Honestly, the Iden translated almost perfectly to the older style of mask designs. I just got rid of some of the roundness, kept the general outline, added a texture or two, put holes in it somewhere, and viola, natural Iden. Might be the easiest natural Kanohi I made, to the point where I might actually change the design up a little in the third draft just to make it look less like the original.
My first draft for a natural Kanohi Suletu as opposed to my second draft.
If it isn’t obvious by my furious erase marks, this one was a massive pain to design. Eventually, I opted to go with a symmetrical design, focusing on the less organic half of the mask. My second draft is certainly cleaner than the first, but I still intend to redesign it a bit on a third draft.
The Makuta (and especially Teridax) are my favorite part about BIONICLE. Enjoy this.
Seriously though, probly don’t fight Icarax like it says, dude is the best warrior in the Brotherhood. Also not the guy who Shadow Leeched Takanuva, that would be Tridax. Fight him.
Which Makuta should you fight?
Teridax: you know what we’re gonna just keep coming back to him over the course of this whole thing to reiterate what a bad idea it is. for starters: don’t fight teridax
Miserix: Oh you’re just really on a great track here, aren’t you? Okay let’s start with some questions: what part of “turned into a dragon and swallowed another Makuta whole” made you think this was a good idea? Like, just asking.
Teridax: Did you miss the part where he took over the universe?
Spiriah: This man made Skakdis what they are today. Have you met a Skakdi? You’re talking to their grandaddy. Don’t fight Spiriah.
Teridax: Like, remember that time he enumerated all the ways he could destroy someone?
Krika: Okay you’re finally getting somewhere. Krika’s still a Makuta so he’s gonna put up a fight. But you can probably drop some knowledge on his deep, unfulfillable longing to return to the days when Makuta were heroes and not villains and seize him with existential angst. Then like, kick him or something. Fight Krika.
Teridax: To be clear, the good version of him carries a giant hammer. The _good_ version.
Gorast: She has a stinger. When is fighting something with a stinger a good idea? Okay, look, think of it as fighting a giant bee. Unless you’re Donkey Kong, don’t fight giant bees. Don’t fight Gorast. If you are Donkey Kong please fight Gorast, actually please fight any Makuta, that’d be pretty good.
Teridax: It took a moon to kill this guy. A moon.
Antroz: Antroz wants a fair fight, which, hey, that’d probably be a good sign if he didn’t talk about “spice of destruction” and all that. Actually, like half of his quotes on BS01 are awkwardly reworked existing phrases. Fight Antroz and hit him over the head with some Agatha Christie.
Teridax: Think of all the other things you could be doing with your life. You could paint landscapes. You could fall in love.
Icarax: This dude shadow leeched Takanuva. What a dick. Fight Icarax, he deserves it.
Teridax: He used to be called just, “Makuta”. If someone is able to represent their entire species, maybe don’t fight that person?
Mutran: This dude is the Dr. Frankenstein of Bionicle, even counting the fact he came from an entire race of Dr. Frankensteins. Probably don’t fight him? He’s gonna bust out a bunch of weird experiments and some of them will probably be slimy. Just let this nerd play with his chemistry set and call it a day.
Teridax: Consider the following: no
Bitil: Fight Bitil. At first you might think that’s a bad idea with how he can summon duplicates at all, but think about it: if you kill one of his past selves, it means he was never able to fight you in the first place, which means you never could have killed him, which will cause a paradox and the entire timeline will collapse putting an end to reality as we know it. That’d be pretty sweet, right? Why are you looking at me like that?
Teridax: Sure, fight Teridax. Go for it. No, are you stupid?
Vamprah: Fight Vamprah. When it seems like he’s got the upper hand bust out his old LiveJournal entries. Ask “xXx_bl00dsuck3r_xXx” if he ever asked out that girl he liked. He’ll probably kill you but you’ll go down laughing, and really, isn’t that the best any of us can ask for?
Teridax: Really, what do you gain from this? Do you want to wind up a bloody smear on the ground?
Chirox: I’m gonna be honest, I forgot this guy existed until I went down the BS01 list. Fight him, or not, whatever.
Teridax: Do you ever wonder if, in his final moments, Makuta Teridax felt something like regret? I mean, think about it. He’d been given the title of brother of Mata Nui. Surely he took that as a kind of compliment, an acknowledgment that he was something more than a Rahi-maker. True, his intentions were cruel and his heart lost to evil - but in his mind, surely he thought himself to be only claiming a birthright of sorts? He never had the chance to rule, so he took it by force - but what if he never had to? Could there have ever been a world in which he assumed the role his brother once held, not by force, but by loyalty? A world where the title “Makuta” was not a curse? He must have had access to Olmaks, and the knowledge they held. In his last moments, did he see the worlds where he was not a demon, but rather one deserving of the respect he so craved? What would it be like to die knowing - not just suspecting, but knowing - you were outdone by what you could have been? Anyway don’t fight Teridax
Makuta of Stelt: Oh my god, he doesn’t even have a name. You can’t fight someone who doesn’t have a name, that’s too cruel.
Teridax: I mean, give him a wedgie or something if you get a chance. But don’t fight him. He’s got a dumb name anyway.
Seriously underdeveloped time period, ripe for exploration. Go follow BionicleChicken, if you aren't already, he's good people.
Completely forgot about this.
I’d like to think I actually improved in both the writing and art department from when I first made these pages.
I should probably continue this sooner or later but might as well share these in the meantime.
This made me sad about the state of animation, but then I got to the end, and became immensely uncomfortable.
Have I ever mentioned that Time Trap is my favorite BIONICLE book and that BionicleChicken is an amazing artist? Because I should have.
“There were memories here for him that the other Turaga did not share. Another tale had taken place here, one that he had never told his friends or the Toa Nuva.” - Time Trap
I mean, we're not dead so much as we're all over the place. The BIONICLE community is not an accurate term anymore. Now is "the BIONICLE communities." You can still find plenty of love for bonkle, you just gotta look for it and accept that most fans don't hang out in the same place.
Also, Tumblr's BIONICLE community is worse than Reddit's. Let that sink in.
Any BIONICLE fans out there?
I’m thinking about writing my own BIONICLE story but I see no fun in doing it unless I have others to share it with.
I've seen this post at least three times, and it cracks me up every time.
it is 1000+ years later.
The MU inhabitants have migrated to Spherus Magna.
Turaga Onewa is sitting in his hut when there is a knock on his door.
He opens it to find all six Toa Hagah standing tall on his doorstep.
“Where’s the statues?”
"Ope, just gonna scorch right by ya there, bud."
Ta-Metru is based on the Midwest. Discuss.
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