I made a moc of Zaktan compensating for his overall lack of protodites with a robotic body.
Sorry for the weird shadows. I was lacking natural light when I shot it, and the way my lamp is positioned cast shadows on the protruding bits.
Before you tear this monstrosity to shreds with your unrelenting criticism, I figured that Iād share the story of how it came about. Recently Iāve been rereading the Bionicle Legends book series, and after that scene with the Piraka turned snakes in Downfall I came up with a cool idea. I decided that I wanted to make one of the Piraka with a robotic body to compensate for the lack ofā¦ limbs. I decided on Zaktan 'cuz heās my favorite Piraka, but way into the building process(as I formulated my backstory) I looked up what happened to Zaktan. As it would turn out, I needed to revise my story a bit. So the revised story goes something more like this: After being scattered by the Sonic hum, Zaktan finally pulled himself together enough to function. Mata Nuiās life rays reversed his need to breathe water, but Zaktan still couldnāt recover the protodites lost to the golden skinned beingās creation. What was left was not much more than his head, spine, and a makeshift tail for the sake of mobility. He needed a new body. Fortunately or not, his powers remained intact, so it wasnāt too hard to āconvinceā a nearby settlement of Nynrah Ghosts to get to work on his powersuit. Their work was magnificent, and they even provided him with a new tri-bladed scissor. Regardless, it was not like Zaktan to leave any loose ends, so the unfortunate Matoran were the first to see their handiwork in action.
Alright, thatās all. Comments, constructive criticism, etc. is much appreciated. Iād like to know what I did right and what I didnāt.
I think itās cool, with the simple and clean HF Bones used to good effect, and the mechanical feel coming across. Torsoās pretty epic, but the feet are kinda weird. I think they could be done with a different combination of feet pieces, or maybe lose one of the sets, either the HF or Piraka feet.
Oh! I forgot to explain the feet. I really wanted to use the Piraka feet, but the axle connection on one of them is broken, so I used the HF feet to connect them, but thatās kind of temporary. Iām still looking for another silver piraka foot to fix it.
This is amazing! A very unique and cool concept, I kinda wish this actually happened, it sucked what happened to the Piraka XD.
In addition, you should read the books, I havenāt read downfall, but Iāve read all the 06 books recently, so many funny moments in them, even if theyāre not intentionally funny.
Well, if Bionicleās return is a continuation or a āfar flung futureā reboot, they may end up retconning the gold skinned being. In other words, who knows? Might be changed!
I thought spoilers were ok here as long as it has been 30 days since the source of the spoilerās release. Even if thatās not the case, spoilers that have become such great memes are probably exceptions to the rule. Also, #vaderislukesfather
