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Published: 2015-11-25 13:26:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 3313; Favourites: 76; Downloads: 0
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About the MOCYAY another MOC of another Deviant's drawn character!
This is Kaikoto, CrunchbiteNuva 's character. The original artwork can be found here . :thumb555317873: As you can see, the original artwork is pretty awesome and it inspired me to create this little guy for real. Though I think my version came out considerably "chunkier" than the way he's drawn. I'm pretty okay with this because if you look at Ekimu or Korgot, protectors can be pretty chunky sometimes. This guy is all armored up, so it stands to reason he's a beefy little bastard. I love him.
Also DAT BANNER! It was a bit of a challenge figuring out how I could make his banner. After messing around with a few ideas using cloth elements, none of which worked or looked ridiculous because they were too big, I opted for a technique I had seen on Flickr from other AFOLs and tried my hand at Lego pixel art. The banner sigil is supposed to be Ekimu. I hope it doesn't look too weird. I wish I coulda filled in those 1X1 round tiles with the same blue square ones but I don't have any 1X1 medium blue plates. Oh well if at some point I do I'll fill those in. For now I did the best I could without distracting from the eyes.
DISCLAIMER
He stand's perfectly fine on his own. I included the base for Photography reasons. I wanted a low shot angle of him as I thought he looked best that way, and given that he's such a short character, and with the lip on the front of my light box, there was no way I was gonna get a low angle like that. So I took the time to put 100 1X1 round silver tiles on some plate pieces and used the old rock baseplate from 2006. I think it looks pretty damn good and adds some flair. So I think I'll keep this as an official part of the MOC. Its not like I'll miss the studs, I got a crap tone of those off the Pick-A-Brick wall.
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I dunno what his story is, ask I doubt he has one, but I dunno maybe he could be like an ancient protector from when Ekimu was still kickin around, and various protectors had different cultural themes, and fire could be like chinese/Japanese cultured, and Stone is Egyptian and so on.
Character © CrunchbiteNuva
MOC © 3rdeye88
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Comments: 34
Gale-OneOfMany [2016-01-30 18:51:52 +0000 UTC]
Very cute little samurai. The banner is really quite clever. Nice work
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Plague-Doc-Matteo In reply to Gale-OneOfMany [2016-02-01 10:46:49 +0000 UTC]
Thanks, though the actual technique I can't take credit for. I saw someone else do it on Flickr, then decided it was the best way to get a banner for him without using custom cloth or paint, and not have something too small or too big. Plus it was a nice little chance to get some small form of pixel art in there. So if I scale it up for future MOCs I can do a higher "resolution" image.
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The-Dapper-Scrapper [2015-12-04 16:20:35 +0000 UTC]
Neat little samurai moc and great interpretation.
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Plague-Doc-Matteo In reply to The-Dapper-Scrapper [2015-12-04 21:05:35 +0000 UTC]
Thanks Aaron.
Hey, I just saw your announcement that you aren't MOCing anymore. That makes me sad cause you got quite good at it. But if you aren't interested you aren't interested. Can lead a horse to water I guess. Well you as a MOCer will be missed.
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The-Dapper-Scrapper In reply to Plague-Doc-Matteo [2015-12-04 22:30:20 +0000 UTC]
No worries.
yeah but stopping mocing is harder than it seems. I can't get Fen V7 out of my head even though I said I wouldn't anymore. Like a ghost with unfinished business to move on
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Plague-Doc-Matteo In reply to The-Dapper-Scrapper [2015-12-05 15:42:35 +0000 UTC]
Honestly dude, this is your cycle. You go through bouts of not wanting to MOC and you make a big announcement that you're packing it in and such, then some time goes by and you start MOCing again. You've done this several times. My advice is stop making a spectacle about it and just build when you feel like, and don't when you're not up for it. You have your other interest with action figures and sometimes one takes a back seat to the other. There's nothing wrong with that. Stop worrying about what you're doing and whether anyone else likes it, and just do what you feel like doing when you feel like doing it.
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The-Dapper-Scrapper In reply to Plague-Doc-Matteo [2015-12-05 16:27:03 +0000 UTC]
Nah I really am done this time but I had ideas and a design for him and all so it feels unfinished even though it all is.
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Plague-Doc-Matteo In reply to The-Dapper-Scrapper [2015-12-05 16:34:24 +0000 UTC]
Well then finish it.
So are you going to keep your Lego? I certainly hope so. It'd be pretty silly to get rid of it. You might want to come back to it a few years later. Lots of AFOLs have dark ages.
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The-Dapper-Scrapper In reply to Plague-Doc-Matteo [2015-12-05 17:05:53 +0000 UTC]
Trying to sell it all off in one go but it's proving a challenge.
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Plague-Doc-Matteo In reply to The-Dapper-Scrapper [2015-12-06 00:28:27 +0000 UTC]
Damn! Well how much you trying to sell it for?
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The-Dapper-Scrapper In reply to Plague-Doc-Matteo [2015-12-06 22:07:49 +0000 UTC]
Apart from triple digits I don't really know.
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Plague-Doc-Matteo In reply to The-Dapper-Scrapper [2015-12-07 19:32:29 +0000 UTC]
Wish I had the cash right now. Cause I'd be interested if I did.
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Wretched--Stare [2015-11-27 03:57:52 +0000 UTC]
I like the Samurai of fire theme here , good job of interpreting the drawings.
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Plague-Doc-Matteo In reply to Wretched--Stare [2015-11-27 15:44:25 +0000 UTC]
Thanks Greg. I'm trying to get some practice in creating other people's stuff, and doing other Bionicle art is a good place to start because the way they're drawing the character is actually based on lego parts. Some of it's exaggerated and some things don't naturally fit together, but that's where I figure out how to make it work and translate it.
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Plague-Doc-Matteo In reply to FrancisJeremyXavyer [2015-11-27 15:44:49 +0000 UTC]
Thanks.
I'm glad I got to finally use that technique.
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Mata4NuiStudios [2015-11-26 11:55:14 +0000 UTC]
Wow, man, first Kalikiki, now Kaikoto... You are really progressing through the fanbase at a very rapid pace I ain't suppose you can make mine, he is too frickin' fat tall and piece-hungry....
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Plague-Doc-Matteo In reply to Mata4NuiStudios [2015-11-26 13:26:38 +0000 UTC]
Thanks. Well I happen to talk to them. Crunch I actually know in person because he only lives about an hour and a half a way and I see him every year at Bricks By The Bay. So doing this for him was a no brainer. Kali I did cause Megan is awesome and creates awesome characters. Honestly if I picked another person to do their OC it would probably be ToaJunie and either Meskii or Junie herself. In actuallity this is all a bit of a test run to see if maybe I want to warm up to the idea of doing commissions.
Do you have a drawn version of Eddie? Looking at the MOC I could maybe figure something out, but knowing what he's actually supposed to look like and then drawing on the comparisons between the drawn version and the MOC would be best.
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Mata4NuiStudios In reply to Plague-Doc-Matteo [2015-11-26 16:14:18 +0000 UTC]
Yeah, I see. So, if I'd live in America, then we could meet, I could tell you some of my plans, you could tell me a bit of MOCing in person... Man, that'd be great.
Ummm... I have a very very very old drawing of the guy, but I'll scan in a picture of my other guy, the secondary SelfMOC, Andrakis (the guy I've been asking your assastance). Tomorrow I'll post it, right now, I'm a bit too tired and focused on my German language axam...
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Plague-Doc-Matteo In reply to Mata4NuiStudios [2015-11-26 18:38:26 +0000 UTC]
Well we can still talk online. Don't need to see eachother in person to do that. Do you use Skype or Facebook? If you really wanna chat that bad we can use those channels.
Alright. let me know when you've got whatever you want me to look at posted.
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Mata4NuiStudios In reply to Plague-Doc-Matteo [2015-11-27 13:47:23 +0000 UTC]
I do actually use Skype, just, y'know, the 8-10 hours of difference makes it really hard for the normal cooperation
I'll scan the picture and upload it as soon as you can have lunch
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Plague-Doc-Matteo In reply to Mata4NuiStudios [2015-11-27 15:31:20 +0000 UTC]
Eh I talk to people overseas all the time. Its not that difficult. I'm up at all odd hours of the day. I'm a real night owl, so when it's nighttime here it's normal human hours there.
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Mata4NuiStudios In reply to Plague-Doc-Matteo [2015-11-27 18:06:16 +0000 UTC]
I meant that when there are the normal human hours, here are the extreme night owl hours
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Plague-Doc-Matteo In reply to Mata4NuiStudios [2015-11-27 20:11:46 +0000 UTC]
I'm not generally up at those hours though. I'm typically up when it's day time or early evening for you. I'm always talking to my UK and European friends.
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Mata4NuiStudios In reply to Plague-Doc-Matteo [2015-11-28 10:22:05 +0000 UTC]
Okay, then
I made a stash for the guy, here it is -> sta.sh/01evr2f2xzyj
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Plague-Doc-Matteo In reply to Mata4NuiStudios [2015-11-29 05:04:56 +0000 UTC]
Well that's not much to go on.
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Mata4NuiStudios In reply to Plague-Doc-Matteo [2015-11-29 16:56:44 +0000 UTC]
Sorry, it had to be done like this, my story for him demanded it like this.
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CrunchbiteNuva [2015-11-25 15:06:43 +0000 UTC]
Kaikoto looks awesome!
I really like how you tackled the lower torso/thigh armor, adding that crotch flap was a good choice on your part.
(also, Egyptian Stone Protector, that's an interesting idea.) *Crunch loves intermixing mythology and culture* If you or anyone else have any ideas for cultural inspirations for the other regions, I'd love to read them.
The banner frame is very well done. Proportionally, I think the banner could be more lengthier but I understand the limitations because you wanted to get Ekimu's mug on there. Too bad G2 hasn't expounded on the lore yet because perhaps we could switch Ekimu for the Nuva symbol of fire. While 2016 sets and the animations are making gratuitous use of those symbols, we haven't seen enough lore to suggest that the protectors/villagers made use of those symbols as well.
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