I started this moc on a whim a few nights ago, just playing with some parts with no real idea in mind. Then I saw this torso from an older moc that never went anywhere and decided I wanted to make Lariska. So I made Lariska. It’s really as shrimple as that.
I don’t quite have all the pieces to make her look perfectly accurate to the render, but I ordered them last night and they are on the way, 12 parts in total. Also I realized after taking these pictures that the Skrall armor actually looks better pointed up, but I was just too lazy to take the pics again. Sorry.
Since this is Lariska we’re talking about, the one thing I wanted to make sure I got right is that she is taller than Toa Nidhiki (who, other than his staff getting greatly simplified, has not changed at all since the last time I showed him). She’s not quite as tall as I’d like, but I did get her past the threshold.
The head is actually where I struggled the most. I got the Bohrok eyes on Bohrok foot thing figured out pretty quickly, but figuring out how to top it off was a total nightmare. My first instinct was a Metru foot, but I don’t actually have any of those in dark blue. Then I tried Vamprah’s and Gavla’s masks, thinking I could justify her silver toes, but neither of those worked either. In the end, I settled on a Visorak foot, which to be fair does look really sleek. The photos use an illegal connection to secure it, but the render uses instead a couple half-pins and plates and I’ve modded the actual figure accordingly (again, too lazy to take more photos rn).
There were any number of ways I could’ve made her mechanical left arm. I wanted it to look and function very different from the ball and socket parts we’ve come to know from other Bionicle characters, so I zeroed in on these ratchet pieces. I had to use ball joints at the shoulder and wrist simply because I could think of no other way, but it both looks and feels the part regardless.
Fun Facts
- In her proper, color-corrected form, Lariska contains 74 pieces, 4 of which make up her poison-coated daggers.
- The daggers are this part from 75529 Elite Praetorian Guard. As far as I know, neither Studio nor any custom part packs contain them, so the render uses a stand-in.
- The left arm can also be made in old dark grey and white. The primary reason I’m using metal blue is because I only have those parts in that color. I have a crazy amount of metal blue pieces from having acquired 3 super battle droids over the years.
- Elephant in the room, I went with the “blue-green” route instead of “teal” simply because of part availability. I have exactly 2 teal sockets hidden in storage somewhere, which is nowhere near enough for a Toa-sized character.
Had I decided to go non-purist and make one of her primary colors teal, here’s what she could look like…
Replacing dark blue
Replacing dark green.
I prefer the latter, but I don’t particularly like either of these. I’ll be sticking with my blue-green Lariska, thank you very much.
Get out of my sight and of this city. Get out before I kill you.
