This is utterly amazing, a perfect interpretation of Marendar. The only thing I’d suggest is connecting his floating limbs fully to his body - no reason to expend excess energy on that when all it does is look cool. I love that this is a beautiful protector, not a terrifying murderer, as many in the fandom seem bent on depicting him as.
Man, there really isn’t anything inherently wrong about executing visions that convey either of the concepts. Note that even the Sentinels from X-Men were also seen as a ‘salvation’ for humanity, despite looking like weaponized murderers. Both can look utterly fantastic when put effort into, very much like @Pakari 's art here-- be it a mechanical living weapon, an angelic godlike sentinel, or even a raging beastly Vault monster.
All we have to work with is “biomechanical humanoid sentinel with specialized weaponry”, and this iteration does just that and more.
Also @Pakari do you have an art page somewhere? I am highkey loving your clean, intricate art style, and your depiction of Marendar seems like a prime testament to that. Would like to support ya with a follow if ever
Did you have this in mind as a very liberal artistic rendition like the Miramax movies?
For example, did you have real/custom parts in mind, or purely as as a drawn form
But also it can be really hard to make something identifiable as Bionicle unless you include recognizable pieces.
Or slap pistons everywhere.
Some of them, very clearly. The arms in particular are CCBS shells, albeit more detailed and stylized. Some of it wasn’t meant to represent any particular piece, but could easily be represented by some (i.e. his shoulder pads/mantle could very easily be made with some overlayed CCBS shells or maybe a ribcage chest piece, and his legs could probably be made out of smaller System pieces).
But at the same time, there are Mirimax sensibilities in it too, like the muscle strands on his shoulders. In general, though, my Bionicle drawings lean more into stylized depictions than literal LEGO piece ones.
Thanks!
I actually don’t think it’d be impossible to build, but not by me, for sure.
