So as some people might’ve guessed, I’ve recently acquired a good sized supply of Bionicle parts (as shown by the recent mocs). Funny thing though is that while I was going through them I found two very similar, partially built, simple builds (I’d gotten two separate supplies of them at differing times). Both with the same feet.
So I chose to finish them up and then had the thought of how evil minion like they seemed. That combined with an also large amount of the same feet I somehow acquired prompted me to build even more of them, necessary for if I ever get that stop motion series started, ending up with these fellows being made!
So I’m kinda thinking of having them be made from experiments to create a loyal (and disposable) sentient rahi/Bionicle servants, done by my main villain, a Makuta (and I know it’s cliche), that I’m also working on.
Kinda thinking of having him be this semi-incompetent/lower ranked one, sure he’s dangerous but not the most, and having these guys be from his failed/beginner experiments, his ‘successful’ ones having been mainly distributed to other, more important Makuta. Of course he’s kept at least one of his ‘proper’ specimens (which I’ll build) but for the most part he has these guys, all with some kind of defect, from possible plans of their own to mental/physical deficiencies and otherwise.
Of course they’re dangerous, just a touch more incompetent than they should be and some may have… loyalty issues.
Problems other Makutas will not stand for (not that he really does himself).
So here they all are! Simple little builds, but effective enough for what they’re needed for!
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Minion No.1: Thresh
This guy’s more of a bruiser/guard/worker than anything else despite his… odd choice in weapons and bodies build.
Minion No.2: Pen
She’s also more of a guard than anything but she does have skills in stealth and combat, mainly just for handling multiple enemies at once and keeping them busy basically, less so with killing or defeating them, combat wise.
It’s why she’s usually used for guarding with Thresh
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These two are actually the first two that inspired the rest. Also, does Pen remind anyone else of a penguin or is that just me?
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Minion No.3: Shard
This guy is going to have been one of his later attempts at modifying them, having been attempting to increase loyalty and such by rebuilding their brains… lets just say he failed for Shard.
They’re strong, fast, can pretty much tear through enemies. Unfortunately they’re a complete and total, easily sidetracked, idiot.
I mean, they’re looking at a tree and saying ‘pretty flower.’ instead of posing like they’re supposed to.
Minion No.4: Fel
One of the most loyal of the defects, but unfortunately also one of the weakest. O’ course she’s pretty speedy and can climb virtually anything but her own strength and frailty pretty much cancel out the benefits even with her claw gauntlets, both of which are bigger and sharper than Thresher’s.
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All henchmen/minions lined up
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Also, for some reason while I was doing this I had this random thought while messing around with the first two.
‘What if I put these two in a relationship of sorts?’
Oh sure, it’d never really come into play or or be that noticeable in the animations but I had this funny thought of just having it be a little background thing. So every now and again they might be seen sitting near each other’s in the background, holding hands, yada yada, and they’d never really be that far apart but other than that, not much, Oh sure, some stuff might happen in the animations, such as the Makuta starting to yell at them for sitting around and not doing their jobs during these breaks they’d be taking or, hey, might be highly protective of the other.
It also does allow for me to give them possible development and basically have them have their own plans for the future besides working for said Makuta.
I don’t know, but hey, there’s a picture, so, whatever.
If you guys’ve got any ideas/thoughts let me know.
