Hey, remember those Slizer revamps I was showing off?
Yeah, neither do I.
[quote=āCreep, post:79, topic:5519ā]
I still would prefer dune miner guyā¦ mabey in future?
[/quote] Itās the future today!
Remnants
Part 3A: Kaus
(Granite)
Relevant Music: 1
Story: Another survivor of the Sehran Cataclysm, Kaus is one of the most sociable of the group - he may not be your best friend, but heās always your second-best. He gets along with pretty much everyone; even Dubhe will give him the time of day. A tinkerer and scavenger, he enjoys searching the Polar Cityās more intact regions for salvagable parts and mechanisms that he can use, and his current project is to try to invent a force field generator of sorts, something still seemingly beyond the bounds of possibility.
His family originally came from the mountainous region of the southwest continent, not far from Menkarās hometown. Heās got a pair of mechanized pickaxes that he uses to dig about in the city, though he someday hopes to put them to work in a proper mountain.
While I wouldnāt say his build is bad, neither is it really that great; I wonāt do a full redo like with Menkar or Heze, but he could probably use some touching up.
Back and side views.
The arms are probably the worst parts of him IMO. My younger self wanted to make it look complex, but it just comes out awkwardly, with a ton of exposed axles and pins that would likely give Eljay a migrane. They give me a migrane.
The legs, by contrast, are probably my favorite parts of the MOC. Simple and elegant, they utilize the tan technic plates from a Life On Mars set (Thatās Life On Mars, folks, not its crappy successor Mars Mission) in a way similar to Omega Tahuās huge shin pads. I did this two and a half years before catching the faintest whiff of Omega Tahu. Also, Carapar feet.
Iām also fairly happy with the tail; it has a nice curve to it, it allows me to use pieces I thought would remain uselessly sitting in my lego drawer until the end of time, and it continues the mixture of smooth and somewhat greebly textures from the rest of the MOC.
Side view of the body to show off the build. Itās honestly pretty simple, though I really donāt like how his shoulders ended up. They look pretty awkward when heās standing like this, though they work better inā¦
Four-legged mode! Here we see the waist articulation come into play.
The legs transform Vahki-style to allow for this, and the big armour plate swivels upside down on a balljoint to keep things looking good.
His pickaxes also come into play here; while the original could barely swing past the shoulders, here he has a rather impressive reach. I may modify them to have adjustable lengths, but even just this I am absurdly happy with.
Speaking of the original, hereās a comparison!
And the obligatory disk shot.
Interactions!
As mentioned before, Kaus is pretty much everyoneās friend. However, he is particularly close friends with Antares, the two having bonded over their shared technological interests, and they frequently work together on various inventions and whatnot.
He has a massive amount of respect for Meissa, and she is rather fond of him as well.
No group shot today, for completely arbitrary reasons.
@Creep I hope you liked this guy!
Next Time: One of the things I loved about Slizers was the presence of nonstandard elements, and nonstandard colorsā¦