Sand blue?
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Honestly, Iām really open to every any blue color, but I do think that metru blue would make her look better next to Lhikan, and would difference her from Helryx. Maybe something like medium blue as a primary color would be too clear for a Toa of water. I donāt think she need to have a metallic armor, but anything but gold should work fine (maybe metal blue).
Not really sure about the purple part. It would depend on the MOC. Same with the secondary color and if done well, she could even have a third blue tone.
One thing that would be handy would be the mask been blue, so one could paint it with the same paint than Helryxās mask.
Would that boob armor be allowed now? It could be considered a sexualitation of the character.
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Iām actually pretty satisfied with the final batch of contenders. Not all my favorites made it, but I think Iād be happy with any of the Kualuses or Bomongas that survived to this point especially.
If anyone got the short end of the stick, Iām a little disappointed with the final Gaakis we got. Theyāre all a little plain imo, but I think a nicely drawn new mask could compensate for that.
Congrats to everyone who made it to the finals! Looking forward to seeing some great artwork soon.
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It was allowed for Helryx.
As far as I know, it will not be allowed in next contest
Gigabomonga made it to the finals. Nice. Best of luck to everyone!!
Yes this is definitely what I would like her to be.
Iāve given mine, I think, about three colors. Metru blue, takadox blue (due to @KanohiReqi ās design having takadox heads and me borrowing that) and purple. Plus gunmetal (and some silver). I might have chosen to use to many but I think it still works.
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maybeā¦Sand Blue will be good second color.
wellā¦I think many people will choose red eyes, dark blue, and gunmetal to make Tuyet look evil.
itās okay. Itāll go with dark blue,
But technic and bionicle have extremely few purple color parts. even more(less?? poor english,) than turquoise.
so I donāt know how many good combinations there will be.
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Everything was allowed for Helryx, they literally didnāt have rules and the amazing trainwreck that followed was largely because of that.
Rules were instituted for Artakha, and have been refined and added-to where appropriate. Most recently, and probably in response to some of the entries they got for Gaaki, builds that would potentially be sexualised, including Nuvaboobs, have been banned for all future contests.
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Iāll give you a quick tip.
The reason Eljay hasnāt responded to you and your prior question of how badly youāve gotten on his nerves is because thatās a ridiculous thing for him to respond to, and I donāt think asking him any more is going to have any effect other than annoying him. He saw your question.
Honestly, itās impressive we got what we did out of that. I agree with Eljay that the Tuyet contest will undoubtedly not only be a return to form, but the penultimate example of how the contests should operate and the communityās preference on their form and function - every contest thus far has seen a steady jump in activity, with a notable difference in Helryx v Artakha and a huge difference between Artakha v Hagah. The popularity of the contests is increasing immensely, and Tuyet, with stricter entry rules and more efficient moderation, should be the best contest so far.
And now itās time for me to eat a little delicious crow and say that more efficient moderation is absolutely the way to go, and under such I would have absolutely gotten my rear handed to me on a silver platter. In this topic (and other related to it) Iāve been very immature in my dealings and I apologize, both to staff and to everyone else involved. I went about defending my opinion with the utmost disregard for board rules, and it would have not only been justified to have reprimanded me for such behavior, but it is only by Eljayās good graces that I was not.
That, I think, is another part of the problem - where are all the board moderators? Why is Eljay doing this pretty much alone?
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Thatās one of the things Iād hope would be refined were that MOC to be reentered. Not a fan of it personally, although it is comparatively not as egregious as what other MOCs have done.
For future reference, Iām also hoping the arms will be made to be symmetrical, and the silver will be replaced with a non-metallic color. The weapons as well would probably have to be changed to more resemble a āBarbed Broadsword,ā but that probably went without saying.
Iām definitely expecting a lot of red and orange-eyed Tuyets. I purposefully avoided those colors in making mine.
Agreed. In the sliding scale that is these contests, Tuyet is definitely the mean between comparatively āsimpleā builds like the Hagah, and big and complex builds like Artakha, the GSB, and Marendar. Itās the same space occupied by Helryx, and about 90% of the remaining contests.
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I donāt remeber how where the rules for Helryx, but for Tuyet contest should be mandated the use of only existing pieces (with expetion of the mask and maybe the weapon). That means no recolor pieces. It was fine for Artakha and the Hagah, but there are more than enough blue pieces to make a MOC without requiering painting.
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This is true, but there are some people that want to go the extra mile. Some people want to paint pieces for the sake of painting pieces, to produce a result that canāt be achieved with official colors. Sure, you can make a Toa of Water that looks āgoodā using official pieces, but to restrict people from building their MOCs they way they want is just as bad as trying to, say, require people to paint pieces for Lariska.
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That wasnāt a rule for Helryx, and I donāt think it should be a rule for any other contests.
Painted entries are unlikely to win, anyway, in my opinion (A majority of entries from the first 2 contests didnāt use painted pieces, and the winners didnāt use painted pieces either)
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plays taps for WholesomeGadunkaās Artakha
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Ack, my heart. Donāt remind me.
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Iād heavily favor Metru blue and no metallic armor. If there is a secondary color, I think black would work well. But Iām not exactly sure there is a ābestā color scheme for Tuyet. Iām interested to see what people enter in the contest.
It could be, but it could also not be. I donāt think itās terribly sexualized. Itās more body-shaping than anything on that MOC.
Please correct me if Iām wrong, but I donāt think Nuvaboobs have been specifically banned. Each potentially sexualized construction is supposed to be dealt with on an individual basis.
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This is technically true. Iām not sure Iāve ever seen nuva armor used ātastefullyā as you say, though. There are precious few feminine MOCs that Iāve seen that actually make use of the massive grey area between sexualized and androgynous, and those that do have never used something so exaggerated as nuva armor.
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I think the Helryx MOC that CMO linked is decently tasteful. Iād also point you towards this Helryx, which, if you ask me, is pretty much as unobtrusive as you can get with Nuva armor on the chest.
This is a big one for me. I really donāt like when metallics take away from the natural Elemental colour scheme, and it would be especially weird if we followed up determining Gaakiās āeliteā colour scheme with another Toa with the exact same colour scheme. I also agree with Metru blue.
As for secondary colour, my preferred choice for Tuyet is none. I canāt say why, but Iāve always imagined Tuyet as being absolutely pure blue.
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