My thoughts on this - the hammer really isn’t described…well at all in the canon. It’s just stated he grabbed a hammer in his forge that he took as a war hammer. This, to me, leaves it open for interpretation as to it’s look. Additionally, as has been stated, BIONICLE weapons (which pretty much are all called tools half the time anyways) and tools don’t really adhere necessarily to the conventions of items in our world. A forge hammer might be massive. It might be tiny. If it had more descriptors, It’d be grand and would narrow it down more. But it doesn’t :/. On the flipside, from a creation standpoint, it lets people be more creative on that area of the MOC - Some will be giant and complex, some smaller and more muted. Nice with a contest that does have a decent number of restrictions as is!
@Eljay
Obviously, the final shape of the Mask of Creation will not be defined until the Art Contest.
But what about the final colour? Can the artist recolour the mask, or must they keep the same mask colour as the MOC?
Because I want a gold Mask of Creation, so should I vote for MOCs with gold masks, or just vote for whichever MOC, and wait for an artist to recolour the mask gold?
Also on the topic of the Mask, this quote sticks out to me:
“The metallic protodermis from which it was forged was arranged in intricate patterns and designs, each reflecting one of the many cultures that flourished in the universe.”
What does this mean? Does it have a Skakdi grin carved into it, or perhaps a Xian headdress? Maybe the symbol of the Three Virtues?
Or course, there is no right or wrong answer. Just something to consider.
Has the rule regarding the use of only one shade of green changed? I’ve noticed that one of the accepted entries uses two shades, so I’m curious if such MOCs are now being allowed?
(Not trying to rat anyone out or anything)
Just a reminder that the Mask of Creation is canonically not gold, as far as Greg is “aware”.
I’m assuming the artists will be free to use whatever shape and colour mask they like in their art, since the MOC’s mask is essentially just a placeholder.
Still, it would be nice for that Greg quote to be in the Artakha description in the rules - it’s easily missed info (not on BS01) that may affect how people choose the colour scheme of their whole MOC.
In theory the mask should be gold, as that’s the colour that the Legendary Masks are. Yes, the Ignika turns silver and then black when it’s in Kill Everything mode, and the Vahi rusted, but their default state is gold.
It’s not like the Vahi and Ignika are the same gold either…
Edit: Hence why I feel copper would be a good colour - it’s already an existing “special” mask colour and is close to the Vahi and Ignika original colours without weirdly matching one rather than the other.
To be honest, I am interpreting that Greg quote to be an intentionally noncommittal answer. Just because someone is not aware of something does not mean it isn’t true.
At the time of that quote, he had no proof that the mask was gold.
Except this contest affects you even if you don’t want it to, because it alters the official canon, which goes beyond these contests. The contests do not exist in a vacuum. As such, ignoring these contests means more than well, ignoring these contests. It means ignoring the canon, which to some is fine. To others, not. Neither are bad takes.
Actually something I’ve been finding kind of frustrating is people saying the rules should be less strict also often being the same people who say you should just disregard the contests if you don’t like it, which goes against the point of the contests. They’re meant as canon contests, if anything, they should be primarily aimed at adhering to the canon, not satisfying those who’d easily push it aside for their headcanons. It is those that so easily disregard the canon that would also be those to disregard the contests anyway? Gearing a canon contest towards fitting people’s headcanons would be like Mojang taking feedback in the development of Minecraft from people who do not play Minecraft.
@TheJerminator That’s how I read it too. Just stating it’s not necessairly gold, which is why I didn’t put it on BS01.
@Eljay
Not everybody clicks the link. A single sentence in the description would be nice. I see too many entries making unnecessarily large or long hammers.
I myself have been stressing this poin tabout the hammer numerous times, but this small clarification would have a global reach.
TTV isn’t writing the contest rules/context for the characters as a recommendation. If you care to enter these contests, you’re expected to care enough.
Again, I’ll echo the sentiment - The hammer has no canon descriptor other that it being a “forge hammer”. In a universe like the MU, it could be small, or it could be massive. There’s no guideline for it, and so its up to interpretation. The contest already has alot of restrictions as is, the creativity in the hammer is fun!
And @Ghid, Agreed. If people are interested in the contest, they should be reading the rules before posting and should care to check them over.
All of this is true and I myself have been expressing the same thoughts. What I am saying here is not a desire for any kind of restriction, just a more readily available part of an already existing (the only) description.
