#The Biowave Project: Turaga Rebuilt
Utilising the boundless resources of their new home of Valda Nui, the Matoran and Turaga have been rebuilt into larger, more capable forms.
During the development of the MNOG Project, I also decided to create new designs for the Turaga. These later became a part of the Biowave Project, a community initiative which you can learn more about below.
New vs. Old Turaga (Height Order)
#Build
These designs take great inspiration from the Turaga’s appearance in the movies, and their builds and colour schemes have been made to match their movie counterparts as much as possible.
However, to imply their upgraded nature, they have been made taller.
A recreation of the ‘two-part torso’ of the movie Turaga.
The liftarms covering the body represent the Turaga’s cloaks worn in the movies.
The cloaks and arms for most of the Turaga are attached to the torso using these pieces.
Variations in how the head is connected account for how hunched each Turaga’s neck is.
#Vakama
The means of head attachment used by Vakama and Onewa makes their heads less hunched.
#Nokama
This means of head attachment used by Nokama, Matau and Nuju makes their heads more hunched.
#Onewa
Due to his longer cloak, Onewa’s build is slightly different.
The legs used by Onewa and Nuju make them slightly taller.
#Matau
Matau’s body is made shorter by the different orientation of the torso connector piece.
Like Onewa, Nuju’s build is slightly different due to his longer cloak.
#Whenua
Whenua’s head is much more hunched due to it’s completely different means of attachment to the torso. Like Matau, the different orientation of the torso connector piece makes his body shorter.
#The Biowave Project - a Community Initiative
I and a few other members of the Bionicle community are currently developing content for an expanded G1 storyline, which includes MOCs and a webcomic series covering events following the defeat of Makuta Teridax.
###The Biowave Project Website
All of our work for the project will be archived on the site.
Along with project and set overviews, you’ll find several entries into the Story section:
- Learn more about the Story.
- Learn more about the Webcomic Series.
- Learn more about the Island of Valda Nui
- Sneak peek of the webcomic’s first episode (a movie-style introduction by Turaga Vakama).
Follow the links below to see more entries into the project:
###Looking for Artists
We recently decided to have multiple artists working on different sections of the first episode of the webcomic.
If anyone is interested in producing a small section of the webcomic’s first episode (i.e. drawing each panel), please contact me.
Whether you’re completely set on fulfilling the role or not, please don’t hesitate to ask about the project and the work required.
It is highly desirable that you:
- Have existing artwork to show to us,
- Can work on the first webcomic with some degree of regularity during its development.
It would be useful if you:
- Can utilise an art style that resembles the following:
Our previous artist’s style: inspired by the movies’ aesthetic, and by the MNOG art style.
#Next Time: The Toa Takha
