Color wise, given the nature that the canon entry is ultimately the artwork, not the MOC, I think it’s more than reasonable. These set of contests don’t really have direct MOC replicability to the art as a criteria. And for Studio MOCs, they can be any color available in the program, whether that color exists in a LEGO set at all. Model would not need to be recolored, but making the set yourself requires recoloring. Hard to get around when characters in these contests use colors that are virtually non-existent in conventional constraction pieces.
As for discontinuing, I’ve read enough to see that TTV is not going to do that. And I agree. I put this in my (lime) entry post, but I’ll echo it here. All the negativity that rose up from the Helryx contest was disappointing and upsetting. The fact we even have these contests at all is a miracle. Its a great chance to celebrate BIONICLE’s anniversary and bring life to characters we haven’t truly seen, in a year where official recognition of the theme has been non-existent. It should be fun, exciting, and a chance for members of the community to express their creativity and care for something that means alot to all. Constantly saying to end the contests really goes against the spirit of them in the first place. Not meant as a call out to anyone, I just want to see these be fun and exciting, and try to shy away from previous contests pitfalls!
The extra week is a blessing and so is reestablishing the list, thank you Eljay
Still trying to decide if I should gamble on getting that resin mask or just go for building my own. Seems as though the KhingK mask is popular enough already though
You can’t just not support the contest anymore because you didn’t like the winner. That is far and away the worst reason I have ever heard for wanting to stop the contests.
If you didn’t like the controversy that was generated, that is fair, but I think you need to give it a few more contests to see what happens.
But I interpreted your comment to mean that you supported the contests, but now want to stop them because you didn’t like the winner for Helryx. Am I correct?
But I interpreted your comment to mean that you supported the contests, but now want to stop them because you didn’t like the winner for Helryx. Am I correct?
I voted against the contests originally.
“Giving it a few more contests to see how it goes” would be fine if the results of those contests weren’t permanent.
One issue I have now that while contesters are required to give a minimum of three photos, three photos are not actually enough to tell anyone how to recreate the moc. I think the minimum of breakdown photos should be higher due to the builds being more complex.
I thought the breakdown photos were for the staff so they could determine whether or not the build breaks the rules. I don’t think the participant are required to provide how-to’s for their mocs, that’s not what these contests are about, and never have been - it took years for fans to recreate the Melding Teridax, for example.
The light is probably too harsh bare. Look up diffuse light, you can make simple stands with waxpaper or fabric and position them in front of your lamps to make the light softer and more even.
you can look up some basic three point lighting techniques and some simple ways to diffuse your lighting systems. I suck at it but when I find motivation to set everything up I usually get good results.
I think the problem is I’m using two different types of lamp and one is far brighter than the other. The setup is very slapdash, using what lighting sources I already have. Trying to fix it digitally.