Just a few notes: The contest states that the head is just a placeholder, but FYI, this head is intended to be a custom mask (Hordika Rau + Kiina Helmet)
Also, fins are canon! Just because her appearance doesn’t describe her having them, doesn’t mean she couldn’t have had them!
“She was not Makuta, but she was indescribably ancient and disturbingly frail in appearance. Her mask and armor were pitted and scarred from a thousand battles. She looked like a Toa, but her armor and mask design didn’t resemble anything Takanuva had ever seen before.”
— Narrator, Swamp of Secrets
I don’t know if I’d describe her weapon here as a mace, let alone a spiked mace. She also seems maybe comically buff for a character described as disturbingly frail.
I guess I can let the buff/frail thing go, because the frailty is implied in the Ask Greg thread to be due to battle damage, and this design might be Helryx in her prime, but that weapon just doesn’t sit right to me.
So Takanuva and the Toa Hagah just had no idea that she had wings? Seems like an odd design choice for a character the predates all other wingless Toa.
Fantastic build, but the stature, weapon, and wings aren’t very… Helryx.
My favorite posted so far, and of course I’m going to support the creator of KONKS! Very much the design that comes to mind when Helryx is pictured. Best of luck Connor!
This is awesome! Out of the entries posted so far, I really, really like this one from both a canon and pure aesthetic standpoint - although the weapon designs haven’t convinced me and the “frail” build is a slight concern.
Personally, I will almost definitely be entering the “mask design” part of the contest (the artwork) - the way you’ve used Kiina’s helmet in particular is really cool and makes for a great inspiration.
I also love the blue pieces around the legs that almost look like cloth - if anyone in the Bionicle universe is going to have access to something as fragile and ancient as that, it would be the first toa. The fins are a bit weird, but they’re not too jarring and I could grow to quite like them.
This is amazing. It feels complex to look at, but it’s simple enough to be easy to build, on top of it looking great. Unless something really blows me out of the water, I’m rooting for you!
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What an amazing entry, you managed to improve the build with new post G1 pieces, yet keeping the overall outlook of a G1 titan. The build is quite complex, but doesn’t look like the mishmash of different pieces. The weakest part feels to be the shield, however, I can not express how much I adore the use of Hordika Mask (I know it’s not the final form), however it’s an excellent representation, for those who don’t have a 3D printer at their backyard. Looks feminine enough, yet not over exaggerating.
I wouldn’t say they had no idea, per se. Perhaps they just weren’t mentioned in the description? Or you could say she had them folded behind her back, and thus, weren’t visible at the time. Like I said in the post, it’s possible in canon for Toa of Water to have fins. (Hahli Mahri) Use your imagination!
This is the best Helryx I’ve ever seen!
even if you don’t win I think when I make a Helryx I’ll base it off of Yours!
the only thing I would do differently is that I would leave out the fins and make the wepon look more like a mace.
But other than that I think its great!
