MOC: Toa Ruki

[Pate-keetongu]

Toa Ruki is Toa of water who works at the reception of organisation called Bio-Klaani. She's never been a good fighter but rather talented curer.

I'm pretty pleased how this MOC came out. I know that Kaukau (especially trans blue one) is an overused mask for female Bio-MOCs, but it is one of the few masks that actually look even bit femine. Also, the guy who asked me to make this MOC liked to have Kaukau on it.

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Comments & Critism welcome.

[zero1312]

Well done, dude!!!

I especially like how the proportions turned out.

And that skirt, lovely....

Edited November 6, 2011 by zero1312

[Aethersprite]

Wow, that is amazing! Good job in making it look so feminine!

[ZORK64]

I'd rather go with Kiina's mask for female Bio-MOCs, since the Kakau doesn't look that feminine to me (it looks rather neutral to me). But hey, you wanted a Kakau in it, and it works well with the MOC either way, so yeah...

Anyway, great MOC! I really like the leg design!

[Aanchir]

I'd rather go with Kiina's mask for female Bio-MOCs, since the Kakau doesn't look that feminine to me (it looks rather neutral to me). But hey, you wanted a Kakau in it, and it works well with the MOC either way, so yeah...

Anyway, great MOC! I really like the leg design!

Well, I kind of agree that the Kaukau isn't suited to this MOC, and Kiina's mask would be more stylistically consistent, but let me point out a couple things:

• Kiina's mask leaves the mouth exposed, and there aren't really any especially feminine-looking BIONICLE head pieces. Unless you have a way to make the head custom at that scale, then Kiina's mask would be tricky to use for that reason.
  
• Kiina's mask is TINY. The Kaukau itself seems a bit small relative to the rest of this figure, and that leads to the overall figure's proportions being a distraction from the structural component of the MOC.

Overall, if I could make one recommendation for this MOC, it would be to either use the Kanohi Elda (although I know a lot of people disagree with me about it being feminine), to use a Kanohi Nuva (Either of Gali's Nuva masks are somewhat odd-looking, but IMO the Kakama Nuva is somewhat feminine if you have that in blue), or to attempt a larger, entirely custom face. I don't feel the Kaukau suits it.

Anyway, on to the strong points of this MOC. I love the design of the upper torso, the design of the legs and skirt, and the organization of the color scheme. The hands seem a bit small IMO, but the arms are at a very reasonable scale, even if being more custom might have aided their posability. The model really looks feminine, which can be hard to pull off in a BIONICLE MOC even at this scale. Great work!

[ZORK64]

I agree with you Aanchir. I actually only suggested Kiina's mask since it's blue. Another alternative from the Glatorians I'd suggest for female MOCs would be Vastus' helmet, but this would be also too small regarding Ruki's scale.

[wokajablocka]

As soon as I saw this creation it was instanly reconisable as a female figure. They way you've have made curvey legs, thin waist and that skirt is just awsome. Also noticed that she is wearing heigh heals, another nice touch.