LOOK UPON MY ENTRY AND DESPAIR
This entry will be both for my MOC & my custom kanohi volitak (relevant links at the bottom of post).
My entry is almost fully legal, and yes that includes colours. The only recolouring you’ll need is her pink eyestalk! Only custom pieces are my custom volitak and an optional variant of the mata foot (you can just use the vanilla mata foot), all modelled by the hardworking @iylv , who is myself, (once again, revelant links at the bottom of the post).
Instructions & stud.io files available with the relevant links at the bottom.
Special thanks to @Minethuselah & @TotalMaddness for helping with the build. Also, special thanks to @Synnova32 for feedback and inspiration (yes, I finally managed to tweak your pelvis design enough it’s not a 1:1). And again, special thanks to @Rothanak & @Pakaru_builds for the feedback.
The whole design is just downstream from my custom volitak (link at the bottom). Cause of that, I played around with several variations on her look. First, centurion Chiara (yup, got that variant of a volitak), then a reference to Exo-Force stealth hunter… but the version I finally landed on?
Well kids, it’s time for the big key word for today.
GUNDAM TECH FAIRY
Process is heavily documented here.
Oh, and BTW, if you want to try cen-Chiara-ion, links at the bottom and happy 810 day.
Now for the serious stuff, my lore interpretation of Chiara.
Chiara uses her ion thruster to deliver fast & hard hitting attacks. Combined with her agility, she relies on quick hits and taking down her target before they even begin…
Her ion thruster transforms into her ion spear, leveraging her quick acceleration to pierce enemy armor.
However, lock her in a prolonged battle and her hit and run tactics quickly become futile.
But that’s why she uses her Volitak - it gives her the element of surprise when initiating combat, and creates an escape should the enemy try to lock her in combat.
Speaking of her volitak, you know who modelled this volitak?
ME!
And you could use it too!.. just after I place the other renders, cause I worked hard on them.
Included png versions too!
FAQ:
- Why digital? - because living abroad & having lego collection don’t exactly go hand in hand. Still made this MOC have 99% legal colours (I’m throwing a bone to the casters who do fancy eyestalk colours).
- Why does Chiara have a boring hand? - I tried to give her a fancy hand with posable thumbs, but her arms were already long, and that made her misproportioned. So I just swapped it to regular hero factory hands and that save her proportions.
- Why so much CCBS parts? - 1. because it’s got the elongated hexagon look I need for GUNDAM TECH FAIRY Chiara, & 2. because I’m new to CCBS (I’ve only touched 1 CCBS piece and that was for GWP Pouks), so it’s an excuse to experiment with it.
- Why is my MOC so similar to Pakaru’s entry? - because I encouraged Pakaru to use my custom kanohi, Pakaru just klept a couple of ideas from my work in progress. I am NOT complaining about this. I borrowed some ideas from Synn myself, with credit of course.
- Can I use your custom volitak? - yes! But the real question is, will you use my custom volitak?
And now we get to the relevant links, happy 810 day, y’all.
CUSTOM VOLITAK (includes all variants)
CUSTOM VARIANT ON MATA FOOT
INSTRUCTIONS
