MOC - Hero Factory - TOA Factory: LIAM POHATU

[pocketmego]

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[DraikNova]

Very good attempt at recreating Pohatu with HF. Actually, I think he's pretty much perfect. I like how you used the paw piece as chest armor.

[pocketmego]

I knew starting this project that Pohatu would be the biggest challenge. Turning an Ultra Build torso upside just fails on so many levels. So the trick had to be in creating Pohatu's silhouette via a basic skeleton. I stumbled on some of the tricks for that while I was making Insechnic. I'm proud of this one. The Paw was born out of a need for more brown. It was a major bonus that it helped give it more of a Pohatu shape.

[Aanchir]

This design is very innovative and does a good job replicating Pohatu's unusual proportions without him feeling too awkwardly bowlegged. You did a very nice job with his arms and hands. However, one thing greatly bothers me about this design, that being that it's so much taller than your other Toa designs, while Pohatu himself was among the shortest of the Toa in every series he appeared in.

[pocketmego]

This design is very innovative and does a good job replicating Pohatu's unusual proportions without him feeling too awkwardly bowlegged. You did a very nice job with his arms and hands. However, one thing greatly bothers me about this design, that being that it's so much taller than your other Toa designs, while Pohatu himself was among the shortest of the Toa in every series he appeared in.

That's the only problem I couldn't solve. The problem is proportion, any changes, even removing the friction studs in his knees, and the whole thing looses its natural "Pohatu" look.

Edited May 15, 2013 by pocketmego