Toa Hagah WIPs

[Jathru_Cranli]

Wow, quite the compliments indeed.
Thanks so much, @TheChronicler!

As for Bomonga’s mask, @Kodiak was the one who first came up with the idea to use the Nuparu prototype for it, as seen in his awesome MOC,- and after seeing it, I wanted the canon version of Bomonga to look like that amazingly-built design, and thus, even though I’ve been making these Hagah MOCs in a slightly more simplistic style closer to that of the Norik & Iruini sets, I’ve still tried to incorporate enough elements from Kodiak’s build that Bomonga maintains that same overall aesthetic.

Also in these MOCs, I’ve taken pointers such as the Earthshock Drill Pauldrons and the Hordika Foot Chest-Armor from these amazing MOCs:

Toa Hagah V1

For varying reasons, some 3-D modelers banned their masks from being used in the contests. Because of that, only modelers that gave their permission may be used. 6d. At this time, the only 3D modelers who have expressly allowed the usage of their pieces are KingSidorak, Galva_, GX_05, KhingK, Vahki6 (for him, check this post), D-S-Creation-Forge. I don’t know who made these masks, so I can’t confirm.

Toa Hagah

Hello everyone. I want to introduce you my Toa Hagah. I’m south korean and this is my first topic. So even if my english is terrible, Please forgivingly understand me. Thank you. Because mask and spear 3D print design is unreleased, I think that I can’t entry canon contest. It may be so, But l want to show my arts independently. [20200830_1607341] [20200830_1611501] This is my Toa Hagah. [20200830_1512381] Gold ones. Gaaki, Bomonga, Iruini [20200831_1853501] Silver ones. Pouks, Norik, Kualus [20200830_1457331] Norik, Toa Hagah of Fire, Leader [20200830_1458381] Pehkui, Mask of Diminishment [20200830_1459061] Lava Spear [20200830_1716171] “Unity, Duty, Destiny… It starts with Unity.” [20200830_1513391] Bomonga, Toa Hagah of Earth, Deputy Leader [20200830_1513…

As for the subject of Gaaki having gold armor, while it would wind-up giving her the color-scheme of a Toa of Psionics, we do have precedent in canon of characters having the color-schemes of elements they are not affiliated with, such as Onu-Matoran Taipu sharing Po-Matoran Hafu’s color-scheme to the point of the two of them being mistaken for each other, and Toa Mahri Hahli having the color-scheme of a Toa of The Green.
As I’ve thought it through, it seems that swapping Gaaki’s color-scheme with a different Hagah would mean that either:

1. Pouks would get gold armor, and I’m not imagining that going with his aesthetic as well as a grey metallic color does.
2. Bomonga would get the gold armor, which, while I do believe it could work with his color-scheme, would make the overall look of the MOC less like what I was going for (which is the main reason I’m using gumetal for some of the Hagah’s armor in the first place).
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3. Kualus would have gold in his color-scheme, which would copy the color-scheme of a Toa of Light, and, given that the only Toa of Light in the MU is very “chosen-one-y”, I feel less comfortable about that element’s color-scheme being misplaced than I do about that of Psionics, which was a much-more commonplace element for a Toa to have in the MU.

Thanks again for the compliments, and for all the input (including the info about the Avohkii Pauldrons,- I’ll have to take a look at those).