I finally finished the base of the Toa Nuva, changed the masks a bit and I’m still working on the new torso texture, but I’m a bit lost on how to adapt their weapons as minifigures.
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Ooh! They look really good! The Praetorian Guard armor works surprisingly well for the Nuva.
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Wow! These guys are…
…Really hard to see. I can tell that the legs are the same to the previous versions, but that’s about it. I thought you would’ve changed up the decals some given the Nuva variants generally only share a torso in common with their prior iterations.
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I only Changed the Torso with the Armor as a Decal, The Legs are the Same as the Mata, since i think thats perfect to define the Style, also i dont think the new legs can translate better, Since the Mata Legs are just 5 Main Forms, and changing them into the Nuva it will have to be 6 or 7 more Shapes, i just like to keep it simple
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The render for the Toa Nuva is terrific and looking nice. Say will you do Terridax next?
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No, I will be doing the Matoran, then the Turaga, and then Takanuva with the Rakshi, and then Makuta Teridax
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I’d do ninjago-esqe weapons for them, just getting the general shape of the weapons, detail wouldn’t be appropriate at this scale.
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Spent a few minutes flipping through my collection of minifig tools to see what ideas i could come up with. Sorted by how well i think they work.
Onua:
Onua gave me the hardest time. His weapons are just so weird. This is what i came up with, but none of them really works.
Pohatu:
Pohatu was alo really hard. I came up with one idea that’s really small, one that’s really big, and one that’s not quite right. I’d go with the small one, myself.
Tahu:
I had many ideas for Tahu, but none of them really felt quite right.
Gali:
Gali was one of the few i had an idea for right away. Unfortunately, i could only find one axe half, and it is broken
! Hopefully still illustrates the point. I also stumbled upon another idea i think works really well.
Kopaka:
Using some pieces from the ninjago golden nunchuks from crystalized. A bit unorthodox, but i like it. And of course, the shield was obvious.
Lewa:
Sure, it’s cliche as can be, but i think the standard minifig katana is perfect for lewa. I also thought the meat cleaver piece works well.
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