Cecilie Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 I'm currently battling it out in the Imperium der Steine MOC Olympics, and for the second round I was given the task of building something that blends Star Wars with Asian culture. Specifically, the theme was given like this: The Last Jedi Lotus flowers, katanas and a sensei who speaks comically. A touch of the Far East blows throught the Star Wars Universe It feels a bit weird to post this in the Star Wars forum, as the build itself looks more like it belongs someplace else. But the inspiration for the build is the scene from Petranaki Arena in Episode II, just reimagined in a Japanese setting, and with creatures from Japanese mythology. Here's my story about this mash-up: Obi-Wan, Anakin and Padmé have been captured, and are being presented as offerings to the animal Spirits of the forests of Geonosis. The Petranaki temple was built in honour of these Spirits, and used to be a place of worship. These Spirits used to be peaceful and would only punish the sinful, but with the raging wars of this era, powerful practicioners of the Force have managed to get the once peaceful creatures under their control, and is using them as a tool against their enemies. My opponent for this round is Markus1984, and here's his entry. Petranaki Temple by Cecilie Fritzvold, on Flickr I built the creatures in color schemes resembling those of the original beasts from the movie. Dragon by Cecilie Fritzvold, on Flickr My nine-tailed fox: Nine-tail fox by Cecilie Fritzvold, on Flickr For anyone who don't know what a Qilin is (I'm guessing a lot, I only found out about it myself as I did my research for this build), it's a chimera from Asian mythology, which is described as a hooved animal with scales and an ox or lion's tail. The head is in Chinese mythology usually more dragon-like, while in Japanese versions it's more like a deer. Both versions have deer like antlers though. Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qilin Qilin by Cecilie Fritzvold, on Flickr And because they can't be seen well in the back, here's a bonus shot of my ninja Jango and samurai Dooku. Ninja Jango and Samurai Dooku by Cecilie Fritzvold, on Flickr I know this is kind of untraditional for a Star Wars build, but I hope you like it anyway (If the mods feel this should rather be posted in a different sub-forum, feel free to move it.) Quote
GallardoLU Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 wow the whole build is amazing, but Samurai Dooku is awesome, I would go so far as to say he should have had that appearance in the movies. the Qilan looks great, the Dragon imposing, but the Nine-tailed fox that looks down right vicious, I can feel the dark side emanating from that one far more than the others. a continuation of this scene would be cool, when the point comes to send in the droids, a hoard of Oni would be perfect! Quote
HawkLord Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 Very creative build. The animals look great and you can tell its Star Wars. Plus very colorful. I think it's a winner. Quote
Lobot Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 Hi Cecilie, that's certainly a very usual combination, but it's beautifully executed and the splashes of bright colours make a nice change from the typical SW colours! Both the Dragon and Nine-tail fox look great, the latter is also very cute! Good luck with the competition Quote
Only Sinner Posted August 1, 2015 Posted August 1, 2015 Very well done! The arena scene with asian inluence really shows with this MOC! I see you absolutely nailed the focus of this contest. The creatures are obviously the focal points of this scene and very well researched to give the best interpretation in LEGO. The rest of the arena is very good, too and should not be overlooked. Quite a difference from the bleak earthtone setting in the movie. Quote
Cecilie Posted August 2, 2015 Author Posted August 2, 2015 Thank you everyone, I'm glad you like it For anyone who wonders, I won this round, so I'm now frantically building for the next wow the whole build is amazing, but Samurai Dooku is awesome, I would go so far as to say he should have had that appearance in the movies. the Qilan looks great, the Dragon imposing, but the Nine-tailed fox that looks down right vicious, I can feel the dark side emanating from that one far more than the others. a continuation of this scene would be cool, when the point comes to send in the droids, a hoard of Oni would be perfect! Thank you I'm particularly fond of the nine-tailed fox. It turned out a little bit too big compared to the other creatures, but I liked it's look so much that I didn't want to change it. As for Samurai Dooku, I'm not sure it would have made sense for him to wear Samurai gear in the movies . I'm most please with how I was able to pose his sword, so it looks like he's ready to draw it. Very well done! The arena scene with asian inluence really shows with this MOC! I see you absolutely nailed the focus of this contest. The creatures are obviously the focal points of this scene and very well researched to give the best interpretation in LEGO. The rest of the arena is very good, too and should not be overlooked. Quite a difference from the bleak earthtone setting in the movie. Thanks! Yes, the creatures are were I put the most of my efforts. So much in fact, that I didn't have much time to build the arena. I'm glad I was at least able to make it what it is in the time given. This whole thing is built in only 2 weeks (actually less, because it took me several days to decide what to build ) Quote
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