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Open commission!" ;D

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The greatest of heroes have humble beginnings...

By Iconicstills

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I made this gift for my friend @KidTrenKrom of his Bionicle El Cronista avatar, I really love his Bionicle videos, follow him on his networks! and I hope you like the drawing! ;D

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Vakama is a beautifully complex, flawed, dynamic character, but I can’t for the life of me comprehend how anyone ever thought he was suited for a leadership role.

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Tahu Mistika - Red Version

In my eyes, Tahu had the best visual presence of the Toa Mistika and was the real standout Toa of the wave. That said, the Metru red coloring always made it harder for me to see him as a continuation in the Toa Nuva of Fire’s proud legacy of sets. I would have loved to have added orange back to his color scheme but no BIONICLE limbs were ever produced in orange beyond 2002.

So instead I’ve opted to colorswap the Metru red elements for their brighter Mata red counterparts! This, of course, presented challenges with the mask and feet, but there’s an easy solution there.

There are a few further modifications to add the Nuva chest armor. I feel this was a necessary adjustment to fill in the shape of his armor. As well, I added the obligatory Roborider heads to his shins and added some further engine details to his thrusters. His hips now also feature a grated slope element (61409). This was a part first introduced in 2008 in Exo Force and Agents subthemes and typically only came in dark bluish gray or lime at the time. I always wanted to get the part in red for various creations back in the day, but it was never available to me. All these years later, I’ve finally found occasion to use it on a creation!

I’ve also paired him with Photok here to add a little of that missing orange armor to his color scheme.

Please consider leaving a thoughtful comment below telling me what your own experiences with Tahu Mistika have been!

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Tahu Mistika - Red Version

In my eyes, Tahu had the best visual presence of the Toa Mistika and was the real standout Toa of the wave. That said, the Metru red coloring always made it harder for me to see him as a continuation in the Toa Nuva of Fire’s proud legacy of sets. I would have loved to have added orange back to his color scheme but no BIONICLE limbs were ever produced in orange beyond 2002.

So instead I’ve opted to colorswap the Metru red elements for their brighter Mata red counterparts! This, of course, presented challenges with the mask and feet, but there’s an easy solution there.

There are a few further modifications to add the Nuva chest armor. I feel this was a necessary adjustment to fill in the shape of his armor. As well, I added the obligatory Roborider heads to his shins and added some further engine details to his thrusters. His hips now also feature a grated slope element (61409). This was a part first introduced in 2008 in Exo Force and Agents subthemes and typically only came in dark bluish gray or lime at the time. I always wanted to get the part in red for various creations back in the day, but it was never available to me. All these years later, I’ve finally found occasion to use it on a creation!

I’ve also paired him with Photok here to add a little of that missing orange armor to his color scheme.

Please consider leaving a thoughtful comment below telling me what your own experiences with Tahu Mistika have been!

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Thanks for everything, Toriyama

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Make up your damn minds guys

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Imagine Gali, Tahu, and Onua’s feelings when they see bohrok again after Karda Nui. 

Imagine Lewa remembering the krana not only when he sees the bohrok, but now also av-matoran.

Imagine Whenua’s conflict between his scientific curiosity and horror once he learns about the bohrok’s origin.

Imagine Nuparu silent thanks to the people that used to be, and whose remnants helped him protect his home.

Imagine Jaller and Hahli’s feelings when they learn that the things that destroyed their home were the mutated remnants of the matoran Takua belonged to.

Imagine Takanuva as he wonders if any of the bohrok he faced used to be friends from Karda Nui he has forgotten.

Imagine any of them, any other people close to him, realizing that it could have been little Takua’s fate.

Imagine Takanuva and some bohrok being in the same place, and nobody wants to think about it, but the What Ifs won’t stay silent in their minds, and talking about it is hard if not impossible for while.

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Being Ackar must be Wack at One Point

Imagine being Ackar, fighting battles on a regular basis for hundred of thousands of years (even moreso after Malum left to become a sand hippie), wasting away as he collects trophies as to not turn insane from the looming hopelessness of Bara Magna and being the only reliable fire Glatorian that Vulcanus has to offer. He'd prolly accepted his fate of being struck down by Strakk and finally relieved from his duties as it would mean the Agori would further lost faith in him, when a stranger with golden-yellow paint, with a beetle (basically unusual color scheme and idt it exists in any other tribes) intervenes and performs what can only be described as magic. The stranger then refuses their victory and sticks with him until he gets home.

Further down the line the stranger transforms your rusty sword to imbue it with powers that only the Elements Lords has wielded as of yet. The stranger then also proposes to link up all the villages and then do reckless quests, speaking of legends such as The Great Beings and Great Spirit Robots. Also spoke of how something akin to an evil god will make its way to the land. Then they brought a cube and transforms into a giant freaking robot.

Another freaking bigger giant robot arrives. With minions pouring out of its toes. What.

Another stranger with your color scheme wearing golden armor, possibly with nonsensical alien biology arrives and then blasts the yellow minions away into their empty shells. Your first stranger, now a friend, smashes one of the freaking moon (or a very big flying rock, depending on your preferred canon) into the second giant robot. Then they start to bring life into your barren world, plants that you don't even know of, water that both the Agori and Glatorian fights for bursts in unthinkable quantity, creatures chirping and making noises its deafening compared to the deathly silence that everyone is used to.

Also your yellow friend is now a talking mask and decided to be comatose.

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Going through the 2001-2003 Templar Studios games and animations again because of course, and something hit me

Vakama just uses the Sacred Fire as an excuse to share things he already knows from Metru Nui but make it appear like he's also only just hearing from it, right? Matoran or Tahu come to him with a question, he has the information but if he just gives it to them they'll be pissed at him for not sharing it sooner and also question how he knows in the first place, so he just gazes into this fancy fire and pretend he is also only just finding out, everybody happy

And I suppose the other Turaga do similar things: Nuju uses the stars (which isn't even a complete lie), Nokama probably consults the waves, etc.

And then there's Matau

And I'm sorry but there's only one way I can envision this happening:

Lewa: Turaga, what are those creaturethings coming from Makuta? Matau: Let's quickask the Almighty Kewa *walks to a branch on which a Kewa is just chilling* Matau: Mighty Kewa, what are the creaturethings coming from the darkgrounds of Mata Nui? Kewa: *caws once* Matau: they're namecalled Bohrok, and their dutygoal is to destroy. Their powerstrength is their Krana, and you need to quickfly and collect all their Kranatypes so the way to their nestlair will be opened Lewa: *confusion* Kongu: don't doubtask it

For added hilarity he always asks a different Kewa but insists that the one he's asking this time is The Almighty Kewa

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Commissions open! ^^

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Gracias por todo Akira Toriyama, tu legado siempre estará en nuestros corazones.

Thank you for everything Akira Toriyama, your legacy will always be in our hearts.

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happy birthday @blujarts!

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I’ve always liked the “Ussals are young Manas” theory

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Pancakes for Pewku (based on this @turagapohatu post)

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Toa Hordika pack sleeping together.

I had this idea when I remembered Matau saying something along the lines of "I better be with my pack-team!" And thought they would look lovely all snuggled together like actual rahi lmao

That was far from happening tho, they were very dysfunctional during that time 😵‍💫