Decided to build a Tuyet to go with my Nidhiki.
She can also do a one-handed handstand.
Group shot: I’ve got a Lhikan by now, too, but he’s missing one piece on his back, so until I have that I won’t upload him.
As said, I wanted to build a Tuyet, too, to go with my Nidhiki. At this point I might actually build a full Toa Mangai team.
Challenges with this MOC were the sword and using gunmetal as the armor colour. Tuyet canonically wields a barbed broadsword, so of course I needed to incorporate barbs into it somehow. That went at the cost of having an actual blade, but if you imagine the barbs to not be rounded and instead sharpened on both sides, it would probably still yield a quite functional sword.
The knees this time unfortunately can’t bend full 90° since the Inika armor on the back of the legs is slightly in the way, but it looks good enough that 80-85° are justified, I think. While working on the shoulders, I thought that would be the toughest part to get some gunmetal incorporated, but it turns out those whatever-they-are-called work quite nicely.
The head design - if it isn’t obvious already - is the head design I originally used on my Helryx, but a little recoloured and slightly modified to look a bit different. Spent far too much time on that to simply scrap it. If anyone’s interetsed, I also uploaded instructions for it.
Otherwise, not much to say, hope you enjoy!
C&C as always appreciated.
