Greg’s original character, Scope-nepu. 100% original, do not steal.
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Eyy what’s this its been a month now, since the entry period ended
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That sounds really cool. Another option maybe could be to use the two pinholes on the Pakari to give him two minifig magnifying glasses over his eyes, like a lot of MOCs with Pakaris have done.
And/or make Mavrah a different shade of purple than Onepu? E.g. the blueish purple from Hero Factory Evo 2.0?
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yeah, mask accessories would be a good way of differentiating him
Someone theoretically could do that, but I’d prefer if they didn’t for the sake of reproducibility.
Some assorted thoughts I’ve had over the past few days:
- I feel like the best way to quell Iruini’s color issue is to just make a general rule: no silver except for the weapons. A very hardline rule, yes, but nothing TTV hasn’t done before – look at the rules for the Hagah.
- The lack of a non-green secondary color is harder to be strict about, so perhaps just “no prevalent non-green/neutral colors”. Grey and black are fine, and stuff like a blue pin/yellow axle is fine. An exception can still be made for the weapons – for example, a yellow scythe is fine.
- also, the moc can use a placeholder mask, but the final art must have a Volitak in the same shape as Mazeka. This is because the volitak does not come in green, and the rules should not require painting pieces. The Volitak piece can also be used, it just has to be recolored to green in the fart.
- Same thing for Varian and Chiara, since the Calix and Volitak don’t come in their colors. However, they are allowed to use variant shapes. Varian’s mask must be azure.
- It should be stated upfront during the Marendar contest that he is not a robot, like lots of people seem to think. He is biomechanical, just like the Toa.
- Also, this is my own personal opinion, not something that should be a rule, but I don’t want to see Marendar as a completely silver titan. Give the guy some color.
- Since Artakha was allowed to be a different shade of green, Lariska should also follow the same rules. (moc can be any shade of green [but not blue*], must only have one shade of green [or teal and one other shade])
- *Why not blue? Two reasons. 1, teal is closer to green than blue. 2, the reason that the “only one shade of green” rule was around was so that it’s clear what is supposed to be recolored. Enforcing one type of color follows the same logic
- Also, Johmak should have a canon contest.
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Oof…
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True, but there’s not that much distinction between robot and biomechanical anyway. The 01 rahi had treads for legs, and does Maxilos really look any different form the other Titan sets from that era?
I personally want Marendar to be more visually interesting than “a big Toa.”
Eh, hard disagree there. She’s blue-green. Somewhere between the two hues. Allowing one but disallowing the other seems a bit arbitrary.
A better rule for substitution is that Lariska may be only one shade of green or blue, but not both (unless teal is already present in the moc, of course).
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There is when people try to make him a silver, robotic being.
There’s nothing wrong if your interpretation of him is silver and more robotic-looking (though I won’t vote for it), but people shouldn’t be trying to create Marendar based on a misconception. It’s a canon contest, people should be clear on the canon about the character before determining what he should look like.
Like I said, it doesn’t need to be a rule. Just something that should be clarified.
Blue-green may be, but Lariska’s official lego colour (Kongu teal) is more green.
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Im curious about your reasoning here.
Most of the brainstalks I offer are in colors released officially by LEGO, and when they are unlit, they look visually identical to the I modified part.
The only difference is that they can be lit up via the addition of a very low profile battery in the back of the head.
If someone were to strap a flashlight to their MOCs head to make the eyes light up while they took their photos would that disqualify them?
Obviously the official MOC appearance would not have glowing eyes, but I don’t see any reason that taking photos with lit up eyes should be a reason for disqualification.
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i suppose it’s just easiest to keep the rules consistent, because if they let there be one exception, everyone’s gonna want more of em’, y’know? if something’s a modded piece, they can’t let it through. hate to say it, but that’s just the way things are.
That’s understandable, but I return to the example of using a flashlight to make the eyes look like they’re glowing.
Would that be grounds for disqualification?
In reality, yes, that part would be modified. However, there wouldn’t be any difference in the actual appearance of the MOC that wouldn’t be replicable by extremely easy other means.
Not to mention that glowing eyes are an aesthetic thing and not necessary for anyone wanting to recreate the character.
If entries that have had their eyes digitally enhanced (Photoshopped) to look like they are glowing are legal, and entries lit up with a flashlight or other light are legal, why would a completely optional, purely cosmetic part choice (that has a mode where it is no different than a normal stalk) be grounds for disqualification?
Upholding a rule like that would just be legal semantics for the sole purpose of keeping out creative contributions from small shops like mine and ZiosCustomLego’s.
According to the current rules, the custom eyes wouldn’t be allowed. We’ll have to wait and see if TTV us willing to make an exception.
I doubt that TTV made these rules specifically to hurt modelers in the community
While discussing Marender… what colors do you guys have envisioned for it? I’ve always pictured silver for sure and blue as an accent/secondary.
Anyone have any visions of Marender they wanna share?
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I think any generally dark, generally warm color scheme would work well. I envision an agile, powerful silhouette, sleek but buff.
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You are absolutely correct.
I was referring to disallowing LED brainstalks specifically. I can’t identify any damage that would be done to the integrity of the contest by allowing them, and it seems like the only reason to kick them out is to adhere to the strictest possible definition of the “no modified parts” rule, despite the purpose of LED stalks falling into a completely different category than most other modified parts.
I completely understand and am on board with not allowing modified parts - like armor plating, weapons, or technic pieces - in order to prevent people from using illegal techniques, and to keep the build complexity average, so that a builder of any skill level can build the canon version of the character without having to damage their pieces.
However, modifying a brainstalk to allow for an LED light to be installed does not change the purpose of the piece, does not make illegal techniques possible, and does not present a barrier to someone physically building the canon version of the MOC.
In fact, when the battery is not clipped in, it is impossible to tell the difference between an LED modified stalk and an unmodified stalk unless you are specifically looking for it, and even then you have to turn the MOC around to look at the back of its head, an area that usually isn’t a prominent part of the display.
Funnily enough, I’ve always headcanoned Marendar as a large, hulking figure. Not monstrous like the Piraka or Barraki, but something so intimidating that you immediately want to get as far away as possible from him.
Since the only thing we know about him, really, is that he’s a humanoid biped, almost anything is fair game.
I also think the reason why so many people view Marendar as silver or grey is because is it also makes him elementary neutral, sort of contrasting BIONICLE’s main casts of color themed characters.
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For whatever reason, my young un’ brain at the time imagined him similarly to the green blocky robot from Robots. Couldn’t tell you how I came to that decision, but I’ve not really cared enough to change that vision either. Hence, circa 2012, I made a MOC based around that concept that I still have laying around and primarily use as my imagining of Marendar. If I remember I might post a picture of it tomorrow.
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Maxilos were created by Artakha.
Usually when creating robots GBs made them look beastial like Bohrok, baterra, Bahrag.
Biomechanical beigns with intelligence look like humanoids like Umbra, Toa, Artakha, Karzahni etc.
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In my visions, the Marendar is Silver and gray.(may has color on their eye, or black at somepoints)
because they are the “Toa Eliminator”, and I think that Toa’s most important point as characters is “Ability to use Elemental Power”.
Each Toa has his/her Element’s color on their armors. And If Marendar is “The Beings that denials Toa”, I think their armor should have “No color” - Silver and gray.
(Toa of sonics and earth has Gray and black, but Please forgive me because it is a color scheme as an image! 
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(When a Kanohi removes from their user’s face, they are “Lost” their colors, and turns into Gray, as a resalt. This fact is the reason for I think Gray may can be saw as “No Color” in MU, except Sonics)
ADD: Has Marendar been confirmed to have a color as canon?
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i’m not sure what i used to think of him, but now that my marendar moc is complete, he’s what i think of. grey and black.
i tried to give mine a humanoid look with a certain bestial quality to him, so i guess he could fall into either category
no, we know almost nothing about him
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