BIONICLE Canon Contest #3: Honor Guard, Part 2 (Art) + Part 1 Winners

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@Willess12

You gotta love how an entry that didn’t even follow the rules won.

@Eljay

Feature a shield. Art must render the specific Hagah Shield piece, and MOCs may opt for a custom shield. It must be either held in one hand or on a characters back.

@Voyager

It’s fixed in Double’s topic

@Willess12

Um, no it isn’t.
The main picture on Double’s topic still has the shield on the back of his hand. It always has.

@Wolk

We want them to be held, displayed, and posed in the same stature as Norik and Iruini. That’s the whole point behind the stipulation. I get that it doesn’t make sense to some of you, but there’s a precedent set for how the Toa in G1 wield shields and we want to follow it.

Keep in mind: there’s nothing stopping you from including alternative storage methods, action shots, slamming the shield down, etc. or whatever you want as alternative photos in your MoC topic. We love seeing cool stuff, and it could help sell your creation and show it off. Your entry photo, though, has to have the shield be held in the hand or stored on the back.

They connect to the hand via the thick throwbot foot, does that not count as being in the hand?

Unfortunately not. It’s the same way as wearing a watch on your wrist and having free movement in your fingers doesn’t count as the watch being in your hand. The fact that we can see their fingers automatically makes it a no-go. The type of connection we’re looking for is in keeping with Norik and Iruini and how they hold their shields; at least, for the entry photo.
Toa Hagah Canon Contest Ruleset Feedback - #437 by Mesonak

@Ghid

…Heeeeey, this is a good point. Is Double’s invalidated? That piece can’t be both the hand and the forearm. @Eljay @Mesonak

@Eljay @Mesonak We’re about half way through the entry period for the art contest with still no official word on the validity of Bomonga, and we need one sooner than later. If it’s not an issue, let us know. If it is, then temporarily delay the art contest until it is resolved. But letting this continue without a definitive answer could, at the very worst, entirely invalidate every art entry.