Yeah I agree haha 
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Here are two of my favorites:
http://www.lego.com/en-us/rebrick/view-entry?c_id={00A66255-0F67-490B-97E3-3FCD9CF12314}&a_id=ac02c94b-276a-45f3-899d-e17ce42ee036&sortEntry=false
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Theyāre cool, but they donāt seem to have an resemblance to Makuta.
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Thanks @DraikNova as the contest said, itās to come up with a new form for makuta which was why the contest had so many submissions as people got to come up with a new aesthetic for the big bad makuta @E-Matt 
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Yeah, Iāve always been more interested in seeing what sort of cool new aesthetics people could make while still making them seem like they fit with the character rather than having the same boring old aesthetics copied from the official version.
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Very well put
A good point.
So, should we talk about what inspired our MOCs in this contest?
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Yeah sounds like a good idea
I got the idea for mineās tentacle arms after seeing a drawing of an anthropomorphized meat grinder. My decision to watch the original Dracula movie was what resulted in him getting his cape, and his wings were based on pterosaurs.
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for my entry, I had this idea for a series that there would be this very powerful villain that cam in at season two. He was supposed to have some sort of spider legs, like in my entry. I guess part of it was originally, unknowingly, inspired by the Scopio XV-1 set. Never have gotten it but I definitely want to get it because it looks so cool.
Originally mine was going to have a crown and have a sort of āfalse Kingā sort of look, but the crown idea didnāt turn out, so I just made him lookā¦corrupted, slightly more bestial, having parts of his body be a jumble of elemental energy left by the MoUP, this being his right arm.
Inspiration for my Makuta came from multiple sources. The layout of gold armor and hammer came from his original form. The build of the body is a bit of a mix between Umarak the Destroyer, and Play Stipplingās Mocs, which I loved. Nearly all my trans orange pieces (representing elemental energy) went into the build too. The belt of skull masks was the first idea I had for the moc 
I always like contests, because it gives every builder a challenge rather than having it being totally based upon their own ideas.
Inspiration for mine arenāt really clear. I enjoy creepypastas and I guess thatās where "Makuta, Corruption from within " came from. Not really any specific stories, though.
My second entry āMakuta, Lurker in the darknessā was came from a kind of pose that several animated characters have. When a character has several blades that arenāt held in the hand, they tend to all line up on one side of the character and move in a more fluid motion. Kind of random. Also sort of a spiritual successor color scheme wise to an entry in the Battle for the Golden Mask contest.
My third entry was just based on the galidor parts that were going to be used. I wasnāt originally going to enter him in, but it ended up looking evil enough.
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Yup:
cutesy version
creepy version
Not completely sure how āamorphous mass of flesh with claws in itā turned into ālarge mass of tentacles with claws on itā, but eh, I was sleepy, and as far as things Iāve done while sleepy go, thatās relatively logical.
I actually was planning on doing the color scheme with trans yellow but
- purple blended better with black, allowing me to use colors like silver, darkish gray, and white as small details.
- There were more pieces in trans purple than trans yellow in the pieces used in my entry
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Well Iām not sleeping tonight
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Sorry. It was either that picture or an extremely cutesy version of the same. Iāll replace it for the sake of everyone else.
If weāre talking about inspiration, mine was Conan the Barbarian
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