Almost certainly going to get hated on for this, but I’m so glad the winning entry wasn’t KhingK’s mask. Now, before you get your pitchforks, please keep reading.
I like KhingK’s version. It’s really neat. It looks very regal and I would say it’s well-designed. However, it’s so popular and so widely used, and I wanted to see another take on the mask get some recognition. I found myself voting for non-KhingK mask arts more than the opposite (I will say that I voted for every piece of art that made it into the final round at some point though, so I did vote for at least two KhingK mask arts).
This was my top pick of the final round. I’m happy to see it make it to canon.
Now that the contest is over, I wonder if someone will make a parts pack for Stud.io that has all the missing pieces needed to finish WombatCombat’s Artahka, with his mask included?
There really should be one sooner. After the Hagah contest at the latest. What have we gotten from these contests so far that we couldn’t do without? Is there actually anyone outside of the winners better off than before? Sure, that Artakha artwork is really nice and teh MOC also looks good (which is a drastic inmprovement to Helryx), but did we need them? Henceforth anything that doesn’t look exctly like ther artwork or the MOC will automatically be regarded as not canon. And that still is my key problem with the contests. They limit canon-accurate creativity. And if anything all those discussions in the main contest topic reflect that. Everyone has their preferences when it comes to individual characters and how they should look and be built. So why invalidate anything?
And why refuse giving the community the chance to decide if there should be more contests or not?
The way I see it, even if one’s favorite take on the character didn’t win, people have still been doing MOCs of their own takes on characters with already existing appearances (like the Toa Mata) for years, so feel free to make a customized personal version for yourself if that’s your preference.
I’m personally really glad that we’ve gotten canon appearances for these two legendary characters, and I look forward to going down the list all the way down to Chiara, Orde, and Zaria, and even beyond to Tridax and Kojol.
Yes. I can say that my life has been positively impacted by knowing what Artakha and Helryx look like.
That’s how canon works, if you want to look at it like that. If you don’t want to “limit creativity”, just get rid of canon altogether. Then everything is canon-accurate.
And anyone is allowed to retain their preferences. That is a personal matter that no one has any say over. If my preference is that Pohatu wears a Miru, then that’s up to me and no one else.
A few things in response to this.
1: You’re not asking for a chance to decide, you’re asking for another. We had one around 9 months ago and it was overwhelmingly in favor of these contests. Additionally, the numbers have not dwindled. I rarely ever see this consistency in participation in anything. The retention rate for voters and entrants is astonishing.
2: I didn’t say we won’t do the poll. But right now, yes, it’s an if. And it’s an if after we’ve had a greater baseline for how these contests can/will go. The first one was messy. The second one went way better. Way better.
3: We have had these conversations time and time and time again, and the numbers are simply not in favor of stopping. We are going to run a few more and then we’ll come back to this.
I’m not interested in entertaining this conversation any further in this topic. Everyone is welcome to move this particular conversation over here. Any further posts on this subject in this topic will be moved or deleted.
I didn’t know Artakha was Limbo Prime all along. The mask and duster truly captivate his Gentlemen persona. I love how his mask looks like a funny top hat. Artakha definitely looks like someone I would love to go out on a date with.
Made my brain think of this:
Well, it doesn’t show signs of stopping,
