Bonjour tout le monde,
This is my take on Toa Tuyet, which I intend on submitting in the Duckbricks Headcanon Contest. She took me months to refine into a design I concretely liked as a moccist and set, and I’ve broke past iterations of her down to build back up to where she is now. Without any further ado, here she is:
I’m a big fan of the Mata Head Nui Stone idea that StudentScissors started.
To get into some of the nuts and bolts about her, first off, I wanted to try and achieve as much functionality with her build without compromising aesthetics.
I hadn’t seen anyone add white to a Tuyet before, and Hahli Inika’s marbled pieces gave me an idea for this gradient look that would meld up from white to black, with spots of trans red within her.
She has weapon storage for her barbed broadsword, through a pin on her back. It does not interfere with the gear function. On that note, her sword can be removed without disassembly, just move the minifigure blade to the side and then remove.
You may wonder what her battle skirt connects to - she has a custom hip build, which also gives her waist articulation.
I am particularly proud of her shoulder connection, which took the longest for all the ideas I was trying to work into it. I wanted to have arm articulation, but have a flusher technique than the ball joint to connector mod, which made shoulder armor (especially flush shoulder armor) very difficult to get down, but I was able to make something work.
Her arms also do not fall under pressure if above her head or are tilted on the shoulder, as I used a technique created by SubParFauxPas to press additional friction against the gears.
I hope you all enjoyed this moc! She’s one of my favorites I have, if not my favorite of mine so far. Here are some additional action poses to wrap up the post
Flickr Post:
Toa Tuyet | Flickr