Wow I can’t believe after all this time there are no actual instructions on this thing. I say just build the rest how you think it is probably be better than what it was originally anyway.
The Kanohi Dragon is one of the most complicated Rahi in the book so it seems that its instruction priority was not high. I could easily build a body for it, but I am trying to make it as accurate as possible for my collection. This is the last Rahi I need to build, so I want it right.
Hey I gotta respect that.
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Hi. This is my reverse engineering take on the Kanohi Dragon. It is obviously not accurate and there are things that may not be in place (specially the lower neck) but, as unclear as the picture is, this is the closer I could get to the original. You are free to make any corrections that you deem necesary so we can work on the instructions, do some cool renders and send it to Tammy’s BDSM and DuckBricks.
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That is incredible dude! Absolutely great work! This will be a huge help. Once I build this and make some modifications, I will post pictures so the model can be updated/ debated. I have never used Stud IO, so I can’t update it myself. Thank you so much for sharing this file.
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So I’ve got a first version started. It is not perfect and I did give it 2 articulation points in the body. I have not fully finished it and still need to test some other ways. I am not sure if it is suppose to have the joints in the body, but the way I have it now, it is actually pretty posable. I will do some more major work over the weekend and update again after that.
The model was a huge help, but there are some areas on it that aren’t sound and a piece in the foot that did not exist at the time. But overall it was a huge help and I just want to say thank you again.
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Amazing, will you share instructions or breakdowns in a Flickr gallery or here in TTV?
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I absolutely will. I’ll get some good pictures of it once I finish it up and post them so you can update your model. It will be a couple weeks though since I have to order some parts and well finish it lol.
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Such an elusive MOC. Even all these years later, not a single person has been able to recreate it or produce exact instructions. Can’t believe the original creator never did that.
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Well there has got to be some others out there who have done it. Like ToaVidal who has a very good model of it and me trying to build it too. After I get to a point where I think it is good enough, I’ll make instructions and maybe a cad model of it made by someone else.
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I also started to recreate it, with the help of TuragaNuva’s higher res scan, that’s on BS01 for some months now, but I haven’t gotten that far, I’m looking forward to see the breakdown pics when you feel like it’s done. It’s really impressive how far you’ve gone with it.
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I’ve made some modifications to the model, it has become a mix of Toa Vidal’s render, TLROsborne’s screenshot of his render, and my own ideas, but I’m kinda happy with the result.
yes, it’s still missing some pieces, like the orange onua claws and some bohrok shields, but those don’t take away from the actual size of it
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Hi, it’s me again. I uploaded an updated version of the Kanohi Dragon studio file. The main corrections are located in the middle torso, where I placed the missing Kraahkan and pushed it one pinhole backwards. I still have troubles with the front torso and the rear torso. I also added some optional hypothetical extra-kanohi.
EDIT: New version. I corrected the back of the head. It is still a mess, but I just realized the lewa katanas are supposed to be placed closer together and the angled liftarms aren’t connected to the bohrok head pieces the way I thought they were. I also added an hypotethical extra black mata torso to the hips, as I didn’t like the gap and it fills it pretty good.
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That’s looking great actually, but I believe the hips with the liftarms would be around the mata torso, which would make them 2 unit wider.
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Interesting. Also, one extra mod to my model is that in his “crown” the piece that keeps together the gear, the Tohunga skull and the orange claws is a 4L pearl dark gray rigid hose and not a 3L axle.
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Interesting idea, but I don’t know if physically it’s possible though, the 4L sounds a bit too long imo.
I’m leaning towards a 3L black axle or a 3L old dark gray hose like this:
BrickLink - Part 75c03 : LEGO Hose, Rigid 3mm D. 3L / 2.4cm [Hose, Rigid 3mm D.] - BrickLink Reference Catalog
The 4L rigid hose fits in the disk slot in the back of the head. I tried it with real pieces and it works better than a 3L one.
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Wow, lots of improvements in the recent IO models. I’ll update my IRL build once I get my parts back out in a couple weeks (I’m moving so need to get everything reset up). Thank you all for trying to get this model finished!
The double joint on the hind legs seems to be too stiff irl. I think this is a more accurate build for the joint, as on the image, the black ball joint socket seems to be on an angle, and this allows it to be on the same way.
sorry for the cat hair, I have six and they were all around the place, as always
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Has anyone made any furthur progress on the dragon? (Sorry for the double post, but I didn’t know how to revive the topic without doing that.)
Funny you should say that! I was going to post these tonight, but here we go. I spend the weekend tinkering again finally (kind of got my parts set back up). I went off the studio model 2.0 and it feels a lot better than the first. I did do some changes to the butt, like move the black mata torso back since you can see a second red hand connecting like the first there. Also tried the neck and got it to fit together, but still need to work on the upper connection. Very happy with it still. Will update again in the future once the neck is done.
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