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Plague-Doc-Matteo — Bionicle MOC: Arachne 1

Published: 2011-04-28 09:43:38 +0000 UTC; Views: 11951; Favourites: 106; Downloads: 0
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Description This is my 2nd and main entry to 's Return To Scrapworld Contest.

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Arachne is a reincarnation of The suffering It is unclear to the survivors what exactly happened but it is known that a more resilient mind took over The collective," transforming the male suffering into a female queen. Shortly afterward Arachne assumed control of all scrap zombies in scrap world. Any scrap being that has not broken free from the collective is under her control. Absorbing all six of the piraka gives her the abilities of each element and their powers which reside in each her legs. Like with the suffering, her consciousness resides through out her body by having more than one mind to transfer to. Arachne traded raw power for more speed and sharpened her mind beyond that of the suffering. Upon constructing herself she found roodaka's old body, liking it, she absorbed it and recreated it. Some say that it is Roodaka that took over the suffering, Some say that it was krikka seeing as how there are traces of him, but most survivors are skeptical.
Warning to all survivors Contact with Queen Arachne, while isn't automatically lethal should be avoided. Only toa or titan class survivors should approach Arachne. While dangerous, she is a valuable source of information, and alliances. Your death could mean the salvation of your village.

About the MOC I am submitting her as she is now because I wanted to get something in before the dead line, and will be heading out of town before the deadline. She's not done, but if this is what has to be judged for the contest so be it. The initial concept came from as ~MapleMaster puts it" staring too long at one piece," in this case, the toa Lhikan Mask from the Battle for Metru Nui play set. The bottom of her abdomen features the black Dume Mask from the Tower of Toa playset, then her thorax is built mostly off of the blue Thock mask from the Piraka strong hold set. The initial concept was to use these large masks somehow on a MOC. I'm happy with how those all got used. When I finish her I will add a lot more masks and other faces to really flesh out this "mask" theme. With her human body I took special care to make the color scheme consistent. As stated above it is a slightly modified and recolored Roodaka body. I also kept the back mandibles from the suffering. That was a very important element of the MOC to retain. This was a very tough MOC and I've still got a considerable amount to go if I want to finish her to satisfaction.

Update I added a little more armor to her legs, plus put a Lantern(Modified from ~wolfbossx 's version ) and "Matteo-nette" in her other. I made the puppet Matteo for no real reason, other than that's how it worked out as I built him. I wasn't able to get her to stand on her legs so I put makeshift stands under her to raise her body off the ground. This is my final version of her for this contest.

Thanks for Faving, commenting and what not.
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Comments: 178

Plague-Doc-Matteo In reply to ??? [2012-02-14 04:44:05 +0000 UTC]

Its head is the dark red rahkshi head with pincer like things on its face.

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makuta-of-chaos In reply to Plague-Doc-Matteo [2012-02-14 05:45:18 +0000 UTC]

oh wow thats outstanding work u did

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Plague-Doc-Matteo In reply to makuta-of-chaos [2012-02-14 06:47:00 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. This isn't even my best work. This is just a junk MOC I cobbled together over the course of a few days for a contest.

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Proto-Kardas In reply to ??? [2012-02-11 21:05:17 +0000 UTC]

Hey, do you mind if I make a creation to go with Arachane and the Scrap Legion? They're called Scrap Maidens; think of basically a smaller Arachane or the Zerg units known as Queens from Starcraft 2. They serve as generals of the Scrap Legion so Arachane doesn't have to micro-manage everything. Most used to be toa or titans before they were assimilated.

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Plague-Doc-Matteo In reply to Proto-Kardas [2012-02-11 21:39:45 +0000 UTC]

Sure, go right ahead. That sounds like a great idea! I can't wait to see what you pull off.

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Proto-Kardas In reply to Plague-Doc-Matteo [2012-02-12 01:02:33 +0000 UTC]

Hey, it's done, but which gallery folder would I submit it to? Which one is Arachne in?

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Plague-Doc-Matteo In reply to Proto-Kardas [2012-02-12 01:33:40 +0000 UTC]

Ummm I think she's just in Misc. If she's even in the BML.

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Proto-Kardas In reply to Plague-Doc-Matteo [2012-02-12 01:34:34 +0000 UTC]

Nevermind I checked, she's in titans.

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Plague-Doc-Matteo In reply to Proto-Kardas [2012-02-12 01:42:22 +0000 UTC]

Ah okay. Well I don't know of yours fits there. And honestly, I'm gonna leave judging whether it gets in or not up to the others. I feel I can't objectively say yes or no.

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Proto-Kardas In reply to Plague-Doc-Matteo [2012-02-11 21:56:48 +0000 UTC]

Awesome! I got the torso done, just got to do the spider-body.

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Plague-Doc-Matteo In reply to Proto-Kardas [2012-02-12 00:46:07 +0000 UTC]

Cool.

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Mytatsur [2012-02-05 16:35:27 +0000 UTC]

It's like if Metru Nui was a disguise for this incredible thing.Good Job

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Plague-Doc-Matteo In reply to Mytatsur [2012-02-06 17:37:56 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

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Nazgul4 [2012-01-30 11:18:57 +0000 UTC]

Even though this one does not have a main color, but many different mixed together it still looks great.
Mostly because you can find similarities here and there (for example in the construction of the legs).
Great work!

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Plague-Doc-Matteo In reply to Nazgul4 [2012-01-30 21:37:16 +0000 UTC]

Thank you again. Yeah the idea with the legs was to group the six elemental colors together. The rest was just kinda "I need this piece" and I didn't worry about what color it came in. Though I would like to reapproach this idea and do it "seriously," not as a junk MOC.

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Nazgul4 In reply to Plague-Doc-Matteo [2012-01-31 08:13:20 +0000 UTC]

You call this "a junk MOC"? This is amazing!
I can't even think of anything useful with my parts, what the main reason is, why I never started MOCing myself.

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Plague-Doc-Matteo In reply to Nazgul4 [2012-01-31 21:22:29 +0000 UTC]

Hehe yes I do. It was a Junk MOC, but that I mean I would just grab parts in what ever color and not really try to coordinate it. That and it wasn't very well built. I know I could do better than what I did with this.

Hehe I know how that goes. I'm that way with system parts. Well I say give it a try. My advice is "be very observant," look at what other MOCers of skill do with their parts. "Be creative and innovative," do things with the parts that aren't "typical" of the sets or that seems obvious. But to do something that's worth seeing you do have to be invested to a certain degree. Most of us have the MOCs we do cause we have the parts to do so. Most of us are limited by what parts we have available, and a lot of times that holds otherwise good MOCers back.

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Nazgul4 In reply to Plague-Doc-Matteo [2012-02-01 09:35:22 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I know what you mean. Alex's room (especially the floor) is full of parts. Another reason why I never started MOCing is because all my parts are still built in their original sets. I have never really taken them into pieces.
Maybe I will try MOCing once my Exams are over.

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Plague-Doc-Matteo In reply to Nazgul4 [2012-02-01 20:42:19 +0000 UTC]

Hehe I could imagine. My room is the same way. MOCs on shelves, big piles of parts on the floor. You're lucky. I wish I could meet with alex in person and talk bionicles and MOCs. Hehe I could see us sitting around dissecting each other's MOCs all day.

Well you've got a friend that can give you great advice, in person if needed, so give it a show.

How do you know Alex?

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Nazgul4 In reply to Plague-Doc-Matteo [2012-02-02 11:54:41 +0000 UTC]

Well, we've been to the same school and he was a class below me. He lives in another town, but we only need 20 minutes to get to each other, so that's no big deal.
The last year before I finished, I met him be accident. I was sitting in our "school-club" (a room where you go to when you have a free lesson) in front of a PC, when he and some classmates of him entered. He borrowed one of them his DS and then explained, why his Hippowdon gained so many Attack during a Level up. So I was like "Hm, this guy knows is definetly not a noob when it comes to Pokemon". So I started talking to him and we found out, that we have a lot more interests that we share, like Bionicle, One Piece (Manga and Anime in general), Yu-Gi-Oh!...

And that's how big luck (and destiny^^) brought us together.

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Plague-Doc-Matteo In reply to Nazgul4 [2012-02-02 19:00:25 +0000 UTC]

Ah I see. That's kinda how I met my best friend Stefan We met in biology class, got partnered up, then realized we both liked anime and a lot of the same TV shows. We slowly started hanging out more and more, and we've been friends for 8 years now.

That's pretty cool though. It just goes to show its really common interests that kindles a friendship.

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Nazgul4 In reply to Plague-Doc-Matteo [2012-02-02 21:51:31 +0000 UTC]

Yup!
That's the true magic of friendship!^^

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Proto-Kardas In reply to ??? [2012-01-18 01:36:14 +0000 UTC]

She's all mismatched colors cause she's the product of the assimilation of scores of creatures right?

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Plague-Doc-Matteo In reply to Proto-Kardas [2012-01-18 05:25:22 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, pretty much. She's a junk MOC scraped together from dead or mutated bionicle creatures. The mutagen mutates most things into mindless zombies, but some gain or keep their intelligence or regain sentience. She's I guess what you could call "selective mutation." Meaning she put herself together, but also mutated into this as well, like both make up her composition.

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Proto-Kardas In reply to Plague-Doc-Matteo [2012-01-18 05:57:48 +0000 UTC]

Soo, can you critque my Zamboa Colossus please? You are a MoC'ing god so I highly value your opinion.

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Plague-Doc-Matteo In reply to Proto-Kardas [2012-01-18 17:21:54 +0000 UTC]

Hehe thanks. I'm not a MOCing god, I'm just a guy who's spent a lot of time, and his teenage year's worth of allowance to get where I am. I think anyone can achieve great things with lego and/or bionicle if they work at it enough. I've been meaning to get to your colossus. But hey, I see Jake voted it in. Congrats! Hopefully you get some other feedback as well. But its in my inbox. I've been working my way through Devs to it. But let me initially state that its a good effort, needs a lot of cleaning up and tightening, but there's a lot going on that are interesting parts. I'll go into more detail when I comment on it.

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DarkSpireProduction In reply to ??? [2011-12-03 05:04:44 +0000 UTC]

Mini Matteo FTW.

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Plague-Doc-Matteo In reply to DarkSpireProduction [2011-12-03 05:43:11 +0000 UTC]

Yes! I actually should go throught and remake that. I'm sure I could do a better job with it. His name is Matteonette(Matteo+marionette).

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wolf-knight-1 In reply to ??? [2011-10-30 12:58:57 +0000 UTC]

I think she looks cute

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Plague-Doc-Matteo In reply to wolf-knight-1 [2011-10-30 22:21:25 +0000 UTC]

Ummmm thanks?

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wolf-knight-1 In reply to Plague-Doc-Matteo [2011-10-31 21:21:41 +0000 UTC]

ok

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superpika293 In reply to ??? [2011-10-16 01:10:59 +0000 UTC]

i wish i had that many parts...

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Plague-Doc-Matteo In reply to superpika293 [2011-10-17 07:48:46 +0000 UTC]

Yeah. She was pretty big. I've got a lot of parts, ironically, not the right kind though.

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Sandwich97 [2011-09-27 17:40:27 +0000 UTC]

WOW
How many Bionicles do you have ?!

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Plague-Doc-Matteo In reply to Sandwich97 [2011-09-27 18:29:41 +0000 UTC]

Ummmm a lot? I don't know exactly.

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Zragnard In reply to ??? [2011-08-29 18:18:11 +0000 UTC]

I,m doin an overdose of creativity now!!!

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Plague-Doc-Matteo In reply to Zragnard [2011-08-30 01:20:26 +0000 UTC]

Ummm good? Okay? I don't know why you commented that but creativity explosions are always good.

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Wretched--Stare In reply to ??? [2011-05-11 05:56:43 +0000 UTC]

That is one big , colorful and complex creation.

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Plague-Doc-Matteo In reply to Wretched--Stare [2011-05-11 10:32:51 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Greg. Its fun doing the scrap MOCs cause then I can just build with relatively no concern for colors.

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Wretched--Stare In reply to Plague-Doc-Matteo [2011-05-11 18:57:33 +0000 UTC]

go wild, I would love to see them.

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Plague-Doc-Matteo In reply to Wretched--Stare [2011-05-11 23:19:03 +0000 UTC]

Nah, got some other things to do first.

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wolfbossx In reply to ??? [2011-05-08 15:28:33 +0000 UTC]

This is the most clear picture so far, i really think it shows off everything on the MOC, <3 lantern xD

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Plague-Doc-Matteo In reply to wolfbossx [2011-05-09 01:28:12 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. It shows off most everything. I need to make a second detail picture of here turned around and to show the bottom of her. But I don't know if I can with the contest or what not. I'll ask Chris, and if not I'll just wait, keep her together till the verdict is in then post those pictures. I may continue to work on hher...I really don't want to take her apart now. *hugs the prickly evil looking MOC* Yes I modifided your lantern...made it better with a chain to.

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Rahiden In reply to ??? [2011-05-08 10:58:13 +0000 UTC]

That matteo-nette is adorable XD Love the concept.

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Plague-Doc-Matteo In reply to Rahiden [2011-05-08 11:29:27 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. Now you know what that was in my contest poster. TA-DA!

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Draakoraith In reply to ??? [2011-05-08 02:24:57 +0000 UTC]

Definitely looks quite zombie-ish...

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Plague-Doc-Matteo In reply to Draakoraith [2011-05-08 06:26:14 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.

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TakuaTheAvrahk In reply to ??? [2011-05-01 04:40:24 +0000 UTC]

Holy jumping saints riding sidewise from a candy-pink fatboy, man!

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Plague-Doc-Matteo In reply to TakuaTheAvrahk [2011-05-05 09:44:10 +0000 UTC]

What you just said doesn't make any sense. But I'm glad I got you amazed like the others. So far Aidan is the only one to really comment or critique. Everyone else was too busy picking their jaws up off the floor.

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TakuaTheAvrahk In reply to Plague-Doc-Matteo [2011-05-06 01:40:45 +0000 UTC]

Is that so? Anyways, I like the underused dridder build you used to her.

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