Mod: Kirop modifacations

[jifel]

i was looking at my kirop a bit ago, and decided to do a MoD

head on

arms out

comparison

gallery when public

it's not final, i'm going to change the red peices that hold the fingers into black or grey, but i think its pretty descent

sorry for poor pics

comments welcome!

jidel

[jifel]

um, why isnt any one replying it isnt THAT bad, is it?

jifel

[Piraka Hakann]

It's all right but seems overdone for a matoran.

[-Rho-]

Oh my god.

All I'm going to say is the actual Kirop is way better.

-Rho-

[Ecto]

Oh my god.

All I'm going to say is the actual Kirop is way better.

-Rho-

Rho, don't be a jerk like you are on BZP, because it won't be tolerated here.

EDIT: Boy, can I call 'em. See ya, little idiot

Edited July 3, 2008 by Ecto

[jifel]

Rho, don't be a jerk like you are on BZP, because it won't be tolerated here.

EDIT: Boy, can I call 'em. See ya, little idiot

that was fast.

anyway, i changed him a bit so the wings are on the back, but can move.

jifel

[Ecto]

I like your Kirop. Do the knees bend?

[jifel]

I like your Kirop. Do the knees bend?

as of now the knees dont bend, but thats next on the list.

jifel

[JINZONINGEN73]

um, why isnt any one replying it isnt THAT bad, is it?

jifel

Any new articulation added to some of these stiff-limbed sets is already a good thing.

The only thing to worry about after that is the aesthetic flow of the parts used to do it, as well as their color.

I know Lego's wing placement was awkward, but here it's even more so.

Why are the wings there? To fly.

Could this guy fly with the wings where they are? No, and he'd be in a constant state of conflicting air resistance every time he moved.

In other words, wings go on the back. A good thing to do when mocing is to put yourself in the moc's place, imagining how you'd actually move with the joint configuration and what the appendages hanging off would actually do.

When it comes to revamps of existing characters, a lot of people don't think "what makes this character this character?"

In Kirop's case, his head, his eye color, his approximate size, those 2 particular hand weapons, his black body and dark gray feet/lower legs... and 2 wings on the back.

Even though your moc has those bases covered it doesn't mean you have to stick to using those parts to do it.

More accurately, you could build a black body out of ANY Lego parts you have, be it other Technic stuff or System.

Same with the legs, as you've already started doing.