I recently rediscovered TTV and found out about this project via the latest podcast. I thought it was pretty interesting so I started drawing this while listening:
I went with Medium Nougat as the main colour as sort of a mid ground between Pohatu’s past orange and brown colourations. The secondary colour is supposed to be a dark chrome as a nod to Hewkii’s colouration. Having dual molding on both arms and legs on the toa might be a little excessive in terms of potential price but I did it anyway.
Admittedly boomerangs probably make more sense as air weapons but Pohatu Master had them and I liked them quite a bit (ignoring their weird rocket boot mode), though I also threw in his G1 toe guard things as additional weapons.
Credit to JediTimeLord824 for the nuva symbol window on the breastplate idea.
That is some really solid printing; good mix between mechanical and tribal aesthetics (though more mechanical elements would be better). Also that Lego logo on the boomerang is
I agree, I just didn’t want to clutter it up too much.
Yeah, I’m not terribly fond of the mask myself but I couldn’t pinpoint exactly what I didn’t like. I think a smoother design might be better but I’ll have to experiment a bit.
