Arikas, Toa of Fire

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So, since the Gender Boundaries are dumb, and people ignore them anyway through backstory, I figured I’d join them.

So yeah, Arikas is another result of the experimentation of the Scientist Junkier. She has no knowledge of her past, and grew up a relatively pleasant, if a bit boring life on a remote section of the Southern Continent. People questioned her about her element, and she didn’t know what to say. It never bothered her, though.

She became a Toa later on, and now serves to protect those of Spherus Magna with Fiery Passion and Burning justice!

Name: Arikas
Gender: Female
Species: Matoran(Toa)
Race: Ta(Fire)
Alignment: Neutral Good:
Abilities and Traits: Arikas, as a Toa of Fire, can Create, Control, and Absorb Fire. When using her Toa Powers with 5 other Toa(provided that Light and Shadow are not in the same usage), she can create a Toa Seal. Her disposition is quite sunny, if making her rather eccentric and unpredictable. She believes in justice and the right thing to a strong degree, but she has been known to go overboard with her passions about it.
Mask and Tools: Arikas wears the Kanohi Sanok, the Great Mask of Accuracy but forged in the shape of a Noble Kanohi Ruru. She also carries her Toa Tool, formed from a hatchet she carried as a Matoran. She calls it the Flame Feather Hatchet

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Now, before you say things about the legs…I thought the mismatched look was kinda cool, and it totally wasn’t because I couldn’t find the other red or the other silver ones of that HF armor
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Really happy with how everything above the knees came out, though the lower legs are kinda messy.

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Back could look better, though.
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But hey, she an still get in some pretty cool poses.

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I really like how the side silhouette of the torso came out, just with the Ackar Armor and the HF Paw.

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My Inika Build, which loses pieces almost every time it shows up these days

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With Danu, my last attempt at a female MOC

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With Knightpriest and Orikad(my Horribad MOC), who are both pretty important to her story.

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And for funsies, here she is with Nyran.

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I will comment, since people have not commented on my Toa Karhi article yet and I don’t want to look like a Hypocrite. :confused:

Anyways, I also don’t like the gender boundaries, but I abide by them anyways.

She is a wonderful MOC. She has a feminine shape that is not to skinny and not too bulky, so I applaud you for that. I’m not a fan of the Rau, but you chose it, not me, so there is nothing wrong with that.

I do like the color placement, and the color scheme is excellent.

Overall, she is a well-made MOC.

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Hair is always tough to get out in a nice way in mocs it seems, and I like the way you’ve used the rahkshi armor as hair. Looks great Nyran! :slight_smile:

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I notice you used a Furno-Foot for this moc. Nyran you’re Fired.

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I absolutely love this. I might have to use this for a style reference the next time I make a female build.

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Minor/major update or whatever.

I fixed the silver leg, and made it exactly like the other one.

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Here’s a look from the side.

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Also I gave her Feather Flame Hatchet another Razar Piece up top. I think it looks better.

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Eh, I think it was better with the one silver leg, but your call.

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Nice job Nyran. The color scheme is consistent and looks pretty good.
The only thing I would work on is the build of the lower legs. I have a couple techniques for using HF 1.0 armor on lower legs. I may post them in the howto topic eventually, but right now I’m reorganizing my parts so that might take a while.

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I would very much love if you could do that, as I feel the armor itself is quintessential to her overall silhouette.

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Here’s a simple yet effective method that I am using on one of my MOCs.

I’m pretty sure you can figure out where to attach the armor from there. You’d have to find a new way to attach the blades on the side of her legs.
Edit: It is not as hideously bent as the skeleton makes it seem. Trust me.

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It’s a Ruru, BTW.

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For clarification:
rau

Rua

Ruru

I used to make the same mistake myself. Don’t beat yourself up for it

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Sorry. Just hard to remember all the mask names. :S

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Great moc. Anyway why not give her a red ruru?

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Because I don’t own one.

The Black was the best I had.

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Yeah, I really only know the mata’s masks and a few others. I only see knowledgeable because of BS01.

I actually like it better than if the Ruru was red. It makes for good contrast.

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@ToaOrrel, isn’t that “Rua” a Miru?

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The Miru is the model they used for the Rua.

In canon, they look identical.

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(meso voice) Exactly! (end meso voice)
But yeah, it’s a Rua when it’s on the kaita that Lewa’s in. (I’m too lazy to look up the name)

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Wairuha I believe.

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