My self-moc Rukah has received a massive update!
Specific changes and modifications: 
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First and most obvious of all, the addition of dark blue to the color scheme. The silver and trans-light blue did look good on their own, but I just felt something (likely contrast) was missing. All the changes upped his piece count from 194 to 270, so hopefully those bricklink orders aren’t too expensive
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Added some heel supports on the backs of the feet. This was done to counteract the weight of the wings on the physical model so he won’t fall over as often. In-universe I’d say it’s a gripping claw (kind of like a bird’s foot) that allows Irusians to perch on things.
- I put these little bits on the legs to have a place to store the swords when not in use. Small change but good to have
- The connection point for this bohrok eye used to be an axle pin, but now it’s a normal axle so it won’t move around on the physical model when I pick him up.
- The shoulder connection was probably the weakest point originally; although the inverted slopes looked good, they popped off constantly whenever I moved the arms. I replaced them with a more robust technic connection to avoid this.
- Rukah’s lower arms and hands have been completely redesigned with the intention of allowing jointed fingers instead of the one-piece hf hand element. I daresay I succeeded very well on that front and hopefully it isn’t too unstable in real life. It also lets the swords be taken off as one section without having a separate pommel axle, so that’s neat as well
Last but not least, here are some renders!
(These are all possible without clipping, that’s pretty cool)
(Nota knows what I refer to)
