MOC: Helel

[Shine]

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William Turnier's mobile aggression platform possessed by Lucifer.

Edited June 10, 2011 by Shine

[Aanchir]

Very nice MOC, although the color scheme and the small size of the photos makes it difficult for me to make out details in the upper body. I can see that it uses an Av-Matoran torso, a Knights' Kingdom shoulder pad, and some teeth and horns, but beyond that it's hard to distinguish the details of the design.

My least favorite aspect is the use of exposed wedge plates on the thighs. Their flat, boxy shape fails to "mesh" with the shape of the foot pieces they're attached to, undermining their usefulness in closing up the gaps those foot pieces are designed with. I do like the lower leg and knee designs, however simple the former is. The tentacle arms are also very nice. And the inner thighs do a great job where the outer thighs fail, using a creative piece choice that manages to fit the curve wonderfully.

Overall, a very unusual MOC that's hard for me to judge. I can tell it's sort of going for a "cosmic horror" aesthetic, but at the same time the white parts of it resemble a more refined mecha design that has been perhaps "corrupted" by more organic black areas. While this is a wonderful concept, the end result doesn't seem as dark or terrifying as it should, instead having an almost humorous shape that (in terms of overall impression) reminds me of Dr. Stinky Head's alien form.

At the same time, I'm not too knowledgeable about mecha, and thus my opinion isn't based too strongly in background knowledge. It's possible that I'm interpreting the MOC totally wrong, in which case my comments shouldn't be taken as representative of the MOC's quality.