I arise from a slumber of literally years for this. I don’t think I’m legally allowed to not enter this contest.
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Genuine question here. I understand the “one green rule” exists so it can be recolored into sand-green in the artwork.
Can there be an exception if the MOC already uses sand-green alongside another shade, or is the rule set in stone?
Asking for a friend.
That friend being me.
… I don’t have friends.
:’(
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Here’s hoping that this contest goes smoothly
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That is a great suggestion, and one we will implement.
Real quick, as an update, we’ve reworked the guidelines pertaining to Artakha entries and what they should do and must do. We’ve been using the word “should” as a guideline suggestion, to indicate that your entry should probably be doing these things, but we won’t disqualify it if it doesn’t follow it to the letter. Your Artakha should do X, Y, Z because of the above canon descriptions. However, we made the error of mixing in some things that your entry must do to qualify. We’ve reworked the wording and added Sharnak’s suggestion as well.
As such, your Artakha should:
-Be approximately 60% outwardly green. This can be any green, lime is allowed.
-Imposing.
-Be tall. He is described as being 10 feet tall. Our best comparison would be Tobduk, who has a canon model and is also 10 feet tall. For reference, the Tobduk model is only slightly taller than the Brutaka set.However, your Artakha must:
-Be only be one shade of green. We will make an exception if the eye stalk is a different green from the character. This is because sand green (canonically the color of Artakha) is harder to find. However, one other exception we will make is that you can include one other shade of green if your entry already has sand green. As such, the green on the MOC will be recolored to sand green in the final artwork.
-Wield a hammer. He does not and never did wield the Staff of Artakha. If you include the Staff, your entry will be disqualified.
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I just finished painting a 3d printed mask green, perfect chance to use it! One question: as the creator wasn’t listed as already consenting to their designs being allowed, should I reach out to them to get permission to use it for the contest?
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I’m glad to see that we’re not restricted to sand green. Might try my hand at this, I haven’t had a build idea I’m confident with in a long time.
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Thanks, I appreciate the clarification.
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The artists don’t need that much help to interpret a color if that is the actual reason behind the rule limitation of just one shade of green. I still find it an unjustified concern…
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I think the one shade rule is reasonable. They probably added it because they didn’t want to risk turning a dark/mata green entry with sand green into a big blob, which is what would happen with Zaktan if you had to replace his dark green parts with sand green.
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I’m not in charge of rule decisions but I also have to question where someone’s head is at if they want to have 3+ shades of green on their moc. I understand that there is gonna be a recolouring happening in the art portion, but let’s face it - if your color balance is that far off, you aren’t making it to the final bracket anyways. 
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If the set designer knew about the limitation, then I pretty sure they will make a different ratio and use of the colors. The suggestion of a percentage of green avoids that problem.
Ah, I get it. That makes so much more sense. Thanks for that clarification 
I sure hope everyone sees that change though 
Absolutely yes. I believe its a disqualification to use a mask that isn’t on that list
Yeah, basic color theory applies here. There’s a difference between only allowing one shade of green vs two shades of green vs every green lego has released – all the greens!.
So as long as you don’t go overboard and distribute your colors properly, it should be fine.
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That’s more of a TTV thing, the crew have practically reached the consensus that the uniters and Pohatu 2016 are awfull, but that’s not the perception everywhere. Two shades of green sounds fair to me and TTV actually allow it… if and only if one of those is sand green ¬¬.
There is also a big difference between “let the fans choose” and a disqualification for breaking the rule.
Right now is a must in the rules, so is not fine because more than one green isn´t allowed, that’s the issue.
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It’s a very basic design thing, not a “TTV thing.”
And most of TTV like Pohatu 2016. Ketar is abysmal, though.
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Oh, I knew I remembered it wrong, I mean Ketar not Pohatu…
Like some users said before me, the use of multiple shades of the same color would propably be a bad thing, that’s true but that’s not the point, I would like to focus the discussion on just two, the thing that others and I have already expressed we were doing or planned to do prior to the disclosure of the rules. I think it can work (a fair amount of sets and Mocs prove it) and is something an artist can easily understand. I say it as a designer, MOCist and artist.
Anyway, I just wanted to express my thoughts.
I hope the MOCs have fingers. As a highly skilled creator, he need them to make everything he did
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Perhaps as a compromise multiple shades of green can be allowed, so as long the dominant color or whatever shade the mocist specifies is interpreted as sand-green?
For example, Gali is normally just described as being blue, not “blue and light-blue”. Or Lewa “green and lime”. Doesn’t mean their secondary shades aren’t canon. The same could be applied to Artakha. But again, color theory should be taken in account here or else you’ll have a puke colored mess.
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Imma be honest, the topic was calmer than I imagined
Really wanted to have ordered KhingK’s MoC before this began but due to the list being compromised I gave up on those plans. Welp, I’ll have to make due.
Yes, I’m actually planning to enter. No, I will not win. 
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