Oh man! Good Ol’ Captain Oerstus, Toa of Magnetism. Yeah he was my transitional Self-Moc for a time. I like to think he represented my time sailing as a Merchant Marine. Them days is long past. Barafu and Best-Color-Akaku is now! That being said, I’ll scrounge up a few pics of the salty Captain… if I can find them anymore.
EDITED FOR DOUBLE POST - Spiderus Prime
It’s always great to see self-MOCs being celebrated and recreated like this. Reminds me of the old days.
Edit: Just fyi if you put the entries in the main post in reverse order, the image of the most recent MOC becomes the thumbnail people see, because the messageboards always uses the first image in a post. That’s what I do with the chibi self-MOC project.
Yes but then Ghid won’t be the star anymore
Alright, Batch 2 is done. Let’s see who’s here.
Zero was an interesting case because the closest he’s ever gotten to an actual self-moc was a WIP from 2016. I based this model off of that unfinished one, so he comes equipped with shoulder-mounted rifles, glow-in-the-dark armour pieces and a random arm-mounted sword. Admittedly, the original had a dark green head, but Zero has described it as being a “bulked-up Lerahk”, so I went the whole way and just slapped Lerahk’s entire spine section on top.
Renner was a fairly quick build, save for the lower limbs. Super-greebly isn’t usually my style, so I had to experiment a bit to get the detail right.
Artillery took a while to get right, and I’m still not entirely satisfied with the end result. I originally tried to use the Black Pearl’s sails to make his coat, but I ended up having to cut a custom one for him. Getting the epaulettes attached was equally difficult, until I managed to use one of those 1x5 things with an axle hole in the centre.
I’m not too proud of this one. The main problem was that, if I’m being honest, the original build was really generic: A sorta lanky silver dude with an Avohkii and a giant sword. I went with the giant sword and tried to go for a knight aesthetic by using some KKII armour pieces, but the build is super simple and not that impressive. I just couldn’t think of anything to do with the concept. Maybe I’ll go back and redo him later, but here he is for now.
Jethryn was another fairly quick one, but the hood gave me a lot of trouble. The original uses a Furno XL cape for the hood, but I’d already used that as Hunter’s waistcape. I tried using some other capes, but they were all too wide and ended up making him look like his shoulders were wider than he was tall. Like Artillery, I eventually just cut a custom hood for him.
Cordax, surprisingly, took quite a while to get right. My main goal was to make him as small as physically possible, so I engineered an entirely custom build for him based around a Vahki waist piece. The final model unfortunately leaves him with no eyes, but it was a worthwhile compromise in order to capture his diminutive size.
Batch 3 will be:
Dadertrix
ProfSrlojohn
The_Blue_Panda
SomeBionicleFan23
TheCobaltCorsair
Barafu
Oh.
That was fast.
I’m dying.
I will always cherish metru build Hornet Artillery.
I especially like how you managed the mask.
10/10
Also you somehow made cordax even smaller so props for that as well.
These are all great. Love tiny Cordax.
i’ve never wanted a second evo mask more
yeah, these are great!
Yep. That’s Jethryn alright. Good job. I’m surprised you were worried about the shoulders making him look wide when you’re using the savage planet armor for shoulder plates. (also, the hood’s a consistently difficult part to get right for me as well.)
(I know I don’t sound like I’m impressed by it, but it’s mostly that, right now, I don’t like the last design I gave for Jethryn.)
The rest of the batch looks solid as well. Except Cordax.
Cordax is perfect.
This is incredible! Quite the feat!!
So me fully reviewing Batch 1+2:
Ghid:
Nice. Gets the Suit vibe across. should have had some anime style sword
Best weapon of all time.
Hunter:
Nice redesign of the original looks really solid. Maybe the upper arms are a little thin.
Senit:
Already talked about her
Also my version now has a more consistent white. And I gave her a customised Kakama. (after seeing this)
Whatiri:
Really big boy. A big improvement. But I think a bit more lightning could work.
Radrix and David:
They fit with each other. And creating a selfmoc for a different person is a great feat.
Nekidax:
Purple.
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Looks nice overall. And he’s really smooth.
Entropy:
Thatsareallysmooththiccbugguy. The original was great already. But this one somehow improves on it.
Jimbob:
20/10 perfect
Ok he’s really funny. And he gets better articulation compared to the original.
batch two review comes a bit later
I- it’s…
perfect
Also instructions please
Frick that was a quick turnaround! Great job once more. Can’t wait to see how the third batch turns out!
Holy crap these are amazing. Idk how you made that wip look halfway decent but wow. Let it be known I did not ask for this. Mr monopoly just likes to torment me.
Also Renner came out great. Those are some snazzy looking legs.
And of course Cordax is a masterpiece.
Conspiracy theory: Monopoly is the one who shoved Zero in a closet in BOR.
did you like
even read the book
also finally, a scale accurate Cordax
I was never satisfied with the legs, sword, or mask of the original either. Those all came second to the custom torso.
Renner is defintely my favorite of this batch.
