Wairuha Nuva redesign

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

Sharing a thing I did in 2015

I love the Toa Nuva, but good grief was the official Wairuha Nuva design an afterthought piece of rubbish. I mean, just look at this:

That is just BAD. Wairuha Nuva is shorter than the non-Nuva version, doesn't integrate Kopaka's weapon or shield, doesn't have as good legs, doesn't make as much use of everyone's parts, and doesn't really show off the fancy armor that was one of the main features of the Toa Nuva. Akamai obviously got all the effort this go-around. I just couldn't stand it. So I decided to redesign Wairuha Nuva:

Much more impressive, I think. Properly tall, integrates the weapons of all three component Toa, has Kopaka's shield, takes advantage of all the limbs, and makes real use of the Nuva armor. And the best part? It still only uses parts original to the sets.

[Antak]

Nice job. I actually liked the old wairuha nuva, it didn't seem as gappy or weird to me as the other early combo's. But I forgot about that height difference... he really doesn't fit in with the other toa kaita at all.

Edited September 14, 2016 by Antak

[Banana92]

I quite like your model, I get why they made him short, by this time they were starting to go away from the clone look of the 01, early 02 combiners, like with the bohrok kal, where they made they much different, started that trend in a way, but that doesn't make it a great design, love your input though!

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

Thank you both very much.