Here be my entry -
She was not Makuta, but she was indescribably ancient and disturbingly frail in appearance.
“I am Helryx, leader of the Order of Mata Nui.”
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Yup, throwing my hat into the ring as well.
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Bit of info - given her design as the first toa, and some things Greg has discussed, I went with a build heavily influenced by early ('01) Bionicle, at least in appearance. As seen, I at least kept the 01 hand and feet, used an 01 color scheme which includes reserving metallics for the weapons, and I even used a Slizers part for the upper torso.
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The build was made in Stud.io and is purist - every part was made by Lego in those colors, so this could be built for real without painted or custom parts. The only issue is that I had to use a custom Metru …
Also, I really implore the team to use a bracket vote or a ranked voting system. If we just used the typical “most votes wins,” that’ll probably mean the most voted entry won’t get anywhere near 50% of the vote with as many entries as we have. This is the first time in a long time for the fans to see what some of their favorite characters will look like, so it’s only fair that as much of the fanbase agrees on the winner as possible.
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Likus
June 11, 2020, 5:59am
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Helryx was an ancient, war torn Toa who carried a mace and a shield. She was to the BIONICLE universe what Judi Dench’s M is to the James Bond universe, a fierce and capable leader willing to strive for her vision of the greater good, no matter the cost.
On to the moc, this project started by emulating a Mata torso with the Town Jr. trike element. The small fenders do a good job of faking a gearbox housing. The mask is structured around an inverted and reversed triceratops head to give it an emaciated look. The gray pieces represent worn armor. Mata limbs were chosen to represent an organically decomposed, mechanical look like the original Toa. This moc fits in nicely with those characters, being the same height as Onua. The hunchbacked design is a stylistic choice I made, since I always …
Here is my entry, good luck to all contestants.
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Hello everyone.
I’m quite excited to show you my latest MOC: the Toa Helryx.
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I was trying to make toa which does not look like a typical G1 toa. As we know, Takanuva did have some troubles with recognize Helryx as a toa, so I’ve decited to make her with as minimum number of G1 armour pieces as it is only plausible with parts I have.
Here’s the front, back and side:
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As a build it is quite durable.
For mask I did use preexisted one, the only non-G1 blue mask I did have, maybe it’s not the best look but, I’ve added some minor details to it to make it look more ‘finished’.
The way she has been built makes her rather poseable, easy to get into dynamic poses:
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Here’s my entry. Hope you like it. Most important to me was to stay within inika scale with as interesting build as it’s plausible and as big range of motion as it plausible.
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So we’re including Bricklink Studio files for custom masks that someone has given permission to use,
But what about canon pieces that had to be homemade by someone because they don’t appear in bricklink studio? Generally these are posted with the intent to be shared freely.
kotu
June 12, 2020, 5:40pm
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this is the link for my entry in the contest.
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Sparky
June 12, 2020, 7:15pm
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Here is my entry
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My entry for the Helryx contest.
Her “frail” appearance and “fought a thousand battles” didn’t really work together in my opinion so I gave her some armor that might look different to some Toa. Some chainmail like we used in older times, perhaps the first Toa also used different types of armor than current ones. While underneath all that she still looks thinner than other Toa. Her armor is also easy detachable in the model as well in case you’re wondering.
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I don’t fully understand the mask/art portion but I used the trans-blue transparent mask of water from the LEGO Inside tour. It leaves the option open to even make it the canon appearance of her Mask of Psychometry without conflicting with other G1 masks. I’m fully aware it’s up to the next portion of the contest …
Best of luck to all participants
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Khib
June 12, 2020, 10:44pm
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Here’s mine!
First time using the messgage board… hopefully I get it right.
This is my take on Helryx for the contest:
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My hope was to make her build frail and spindly without looking like she could be blown over by a gust of wind.
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Though her build is unique, I added a couple of visual parallels to the Toa Mata build, giving her a recognisably Toa-like appearance. I felt that Mata blue was a must over the darker blue of the later years so that her appearance felt more (nostalgically speaking) early Bionicle. Additionally I wanted to convey her power through the build somehow, so I gave her large, bulky weapons in contrast to the more modest toolsets o…
Pls let me know if I’ve done anything wrong so I can fix it. Thanks in advance
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Finally got mine done. Best of luck everyone!
Presenting my rendition of the long unseen first Toa.
Helrix.
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Im quite proud of how she turned out. The torso is mostly the result of wanting to build something around a slizer head and ended up shaping similar to a mata torso (in the waist and shoulders) by coinsidence.
The colour scheme isn’t exactly what i had planned either. Alas Im still (after nearly 2 months) waiting on those bricklink orders. Overall Id say she has benefited from the tweaks made as a result of the delay.
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(not the best back pic but I’ve redone these photos thrice already.)
The mace design was borrowed from a Turaga I built a couple years …
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Here is a link to my Helryx entry
https://board.ttvchannel.com/t/bionicle-canon-contest-1-the-first/51869
https://board.ttvchannel.com/t/the-first-entry-list/51870
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how to build the backplate
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I made this a few weeks ago, but depression hits hard man.
This is my build of Toa Helryx.
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I decided to make her look as set like as possible, while still being unique.
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For the “frail” look, I used plenty of light blue joints, because they crack easily.
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I also elected to use much gray for the “ancient” look, because logically her color would wear down over time.
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Her armor uses pieces that Takanuva would not have seen. (Other than the wrist armor, but when he saw them, it was on Makuta, and as Pohatu’s toa tools.)
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The lower arms are the same as Makuta, because Takanuva was reminded of him upon seeing Helryx.
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GX_05
June 17, 2020, 7:41am
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MAFOL
June 17, 2020, 6:46pm
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Now this is my entry!
Best of luck to all!
PD: I can only upload 3 images and put 2 links because I have a new account, Is there anyway to change that? I had to put a link to another gallery for appreciation.
EDIT: Manage to get my Level 1 trust upgrade, now you can see full photos directly on the post!
Greetings, everyone,
As my first post on the TTV boards, I woould like to share with you my entry to the Toa Helryx CC#1 ‘The First’. When I read about Toa Helryx in the B lore, I’ve always pictured her as someone short of height, blue and medium blue color schemed (I tried to avoid the silver one, because there are already many silver pieces used in a lot of official MOC’s and sets, and the Glatorian wave showed us that return to the old solid colors make everything better), always serious or angry and all of her armour and Kanohi covered in spikes, you know, this kind of character who is strong in personality despite it’s fisical “weak” appearance. Helryx must represent “the Sea” more rather than water, and from all water bodies, seas are the oldest ones. Although I did not managed to d…
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