“Saidon is best remembered as the easy-going Toa with the most fearsome appearance. Saidon opts for the colors of a villain, but is perhaps the most high-spirited of all the Vihagu, seeing the war as just another game to play.
Born on the island of Adan, southeast of Erkelon, Saidon and his mother migrated to Erkelon sometime after its initial colonization. After becoming a Toa, Saidon’s sole objective is to return to his homeland as its liberator from the Malevolent. He fights alongside the rest of the Vihagu until they elect to liberate Adan, at which point he plans to remain as the island’s guardian.
As he is presently fighting battles with little personal stake involved, Saidon treats the war as a game. He is strict on justice and follows the rules as a self-imposed challenge to prove himself better than most. This puts him at odds with the pragmatists Drainu and Jetera.”
Oddly enough, most of Saidon’s updates bring back elements of his first two versions. I experimented with blocking all the gold in his upper torso and shoulders on the last version, an illusion of one solid plate of armor that was lost on most viewers. While I went into updating this MOC intending to solidify that illusion, in the end I decided it worked better to return gold to the rest of him.
Additional changes include:
*Reworking his torso structure.
*Replacing all Metru red shells; which were to be used on Zerkah.
*Giving him a simple pair of custom thighs.
The cape; an element planned for Saidon before he was ever built, was added during the V4 photoshoot and just stayed on him ever since.
Comments and critique are appreciated.