Power of the Forbidden Mask

[Endymion]

This is the entry I made for the Makuta contest, and the first thing i’m posting on the message boards! I decided to make something fairly simple, to give it the look of something that might be a real set, and keeping with the general aesthetic of Okoto. Keeping this in mind, I mostly focused on making sure the set was stable, and well articulated. Sorry if my pictures aren’t up to snuff, this is my first time taking photos of a MOC beyond an extremely basic level, and I lack a white room to take photos of it in, so I improvised.

As for a story reason: My idea was that this is one of the many forms Makuta could take, kind of like the shape shifting powers of his Generation 1 counterpart, so, why not take the form of a dragon? Its a pretty loose idea… But honestly, I just liked the idea of Makuta turning into a dragon, Maleficent style.

[Rockho]

nice dragon. Though perhaps adding some purple would really solidify Makuta’s presence

[Endymion]

Didn’t have any purple at the time of making this that wasn’t on an official set. Might do a V2 with some, though.

[Jack_Frost]

The neck is to long, apart from that this is quite neat

[Square]

Yeah, I can’t see alot of contrast toward Makuta. The structure of limbs are too long and need bulking.

[legomaster1378]

Really like the colours and foot design! Overall, this guy seems pretty solid (though it’d be much easier to see with a plainer background for some pics). I don’t really have a problem with the super long tail and neck, I just think you should try to use larger shells on the neck to cover up the bones more (if you have the right parts that is).

[Endymion]

Thanks. Planning on getting some 5 long Gunmetal shells for the neck for the V2, if I decide to do a V2

@Umarak

The neck is to long, apart from that this is quite neat

Actually, an earlier version of this had a shorter neck (Before I figured out how to make the jaw posable, even). I might revert back to it just to see how it looks.

@Square

Yeah, I can’t see alot of contrast toward Makuta. The structure of limbs are too long and need bulking.

Thanks. If I do do a V2, bulking up the limbs will be a thing for sure.

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[Brunamal]

Oh boy triple post I think this is a pretty decent MoC, but the neck kinda drags it down. Otherwise, it’s pretty cool.

[Endymion]

Thanks. Definitely hearing a lot about the neck. Will shorten it and take some pictures of that version tomorrow.

[HumbleAnonymity]

@Endymion remember the purple!!! Nice use of the Ninjago dragon head. I hope that counts as a Technic part

[Endymion]

It counts as Technic, since it only has technic connections (And the CCBS armor pin things)

[Hutere]

I think you should shorten the neck, otherwise, very good.

[Ekorak]

Well…wasn’t expecting that as an entry.

Is it kinda bad that I like this by default simply because it’s NOT a huge black/gold/purple titan thing?

Oh and the wings, those are pretty 10/10.

[Endymion]

To be fair, the only reason it doesn’t have purple is because I don’t have any spare purple pieces. Thanks, though.

[Ninja]

This is pretty sweet.

[legomaster1378]

@Endymion

Definitely hearing a lot about the neck. Will shorten it and take some pictures of that version tomorrow.

So, how’s V2 looking?

[Endymion]

I shortened the neck, but decided against taking pictures until I improve upon it a bit further. Not sure when I’ll update it proper, but it will be eventually.