Now we can skip the art portion. This is great as it is.
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Easily the best so far!
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This has my vote. Also, I love the title!
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“CCBS bad”
there’s barely any CCBS in this moc
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Sorry, sorry I’ve mistaped. I meant system pieces of course. There are plenty of them, and while I do not “dislike” using system pieces, but in large numbers they break the G1 aethstetic. And, actually, there are those CCBS shoulders…
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It seems that everyone really wants Artakha to be gun-metal instead of his canon green.
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Ah, we’ve reached the part of the contest where the MOCs are ridiculously detailed. Nice job. Wouldn’t say it’s the best way to greeble, but impressive nonetheless.
Speaking from personal experience, I don’t have enough of one green to make a workable Artakha MOV, so if I do enter (which is unlikely at this point, all I have is a hammer) I would have to lean on secondary colors to give him the proper size.
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Besides, we can use the art portion of the contest to “fix it in post”, can we not?
Then again, “fix” is far too strong a word for a MOC as close to perfection as this. We’d just be re-coloring it a little, is all.
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The 60% thing seemed to mostly be to make it easier for the artist to color correctly - whatever is green should be sand green on the final art work. Since this already uses sand-green, I don’t think any recolouring would be warranted, despite it not being the primary color. Tricky subject though.
-Solaris Magnus
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Ok, I need to be honest with myself. The moment I saw this, it has skyrocketed to the number 1 spot!
I even approve of your excuse for making a big hammer. Nice workaround!
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You stole my vote, well done.
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I think two CCBS parts and the amount of system parts are the least of your worries. The color blocking and large amount of painted parts probably won’t do Gadunka any favors when it’s time to vote. It might’ve been best if the sand green system parts were layered on top of grey/gunmetal technic, and just about all of the system parts used on this come in sand green.
The moc still looks like a titan at the end of the day, regardless of it having some system parts.
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The more I look at it, the more I get lost in the intricacies of the build and creative usage of parts! 
I would buy this as a set any day.
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Ya I’m rather confused on where the CCBS = Bad thing comes from. I agree that for a G1 aesthetic, overuse of system and CCBS is a knock and may make the MOC not look like a BIONICLE, but it seems for some just using the pieces at all is an instant negative. They’re useful pieces and do have good synergy with G1 pieces and aesthetics.
As for the color blocking, I could see it being a negative. Construction and silhouette wise, this is near as perfect as it gets, but the color distribution could be a sticking point.
-Solaris Magnus
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Indeed. It’s a different story with Artakha though, since he has sand green armor and there’s only so many parts in that color. If the system parts are implemented properly then I don’t see the problem. For example, I really like how these look on the forearms.
Agreed. You can apply system parts on something and it won’t prevent the creation from looking like something you’d see in G1.
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@Kodiak, @Solaris_Magnus And I agree with both of you. System and CCBS are okay (look at my own Artakha MOC - it uses both) as long as they do not break the aethstetic. In my, absolutely personal, opinion, they really break the aethstetic in this very MOC (For examle, his forearm is almost fully covered with sytem). There are only 2 (or how many?) CCBS parts, but they are bretty big and really well seen, so they are kinda ± thing. Also (personal opinion time) I think that with rules given (sand-green as main color), there, most of the time, will be recolors from one green to the sand-green, and I wouldn’t count it as bad - it is just how it works. But in this MOC parts are recolored not into the sand-green, but in silver and gold (as far as I see) and I do count it as a cone. All I wanted to say, is that I do not like how (and how much) system used in this MOC, I do not feel the G1 and Artakha-ish aethstetic in it, and it is not enough green for my taste. In all other aspects (stability is unknown) it is a good MOC.
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Thanks for the explaination, I understand and can agree with you there. I quite like this one, but in equal measure can see some flaws with it. The CCBS comment was more in general, just saw alot of people getting instant distaste seeing it, wasn’t directed at you!
And ya, I can agree, their are alot of “greebles” and different textures here!
-Solaris Magnus
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This is far and away the best entry so far. Nicely done man.
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I’m utterly blown away by this. This is a piece of art.
I’ll be honest, with Artakha being described as covered in runes and representing various cultures across the universe, I thought that would be something basically impossible to include in a MOC. You’ve clearly proven me wrong. The amount of detailing put into it is astounding, and not least of all because it doesn’t interfere with the possibility.
And the coloring! You include (from what I can see) at least 5 different colors, but it doesn’t doesn’t come out into a cluttered mess. Each one perfectly balances out the other, and helps contribute the overall flow of the MOC. And your hammer design is ingenious, full stop. Outside of just the mechanics of it, I personally like the inclusion of the UDD symbol on it. Just another fantastic detail on a majestic MOC.
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