Finished version of Tahu and Onua. Inspired by the issue 3 cover of the 2001 comic.
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Got my final batch of parts in, so now I’m pleased to present my custom Toa team, the Toa Tonga!
Broke out my old slap-dash light-box for some photos! So we’ve got:
Zejbek, grizzled Toa of Stone and leader of the team
Garehu, impulsive Toa of Fire
Kubu, jolly Toa of Plantlife
Neru, stalwart Toa of Earth
Tioka, bashful Toa of Ice
Both Garehu and Zejbek lost a limb in a previous battle, and both later acquired prosthetic limbs thanks to a group of Fe-Matoran. While Garehu opted for a standard leg, Zejbek decided to make his new arm a dedicated Toa Tool and was gifted the Wire Claw. It acts as a grappling hook, and Zejbek makes use of his Matatu to navigate it around obstacles and enemies. While intended as a climbing tool it can be used in combat as a long range punch or as a means to yank enemies closer.
Both Zejbek and Garehu carry a Kanohi Paraki as a secondary mask. Zejbek acts as a mentor to Garehu, reigning in his hot-blooded nature, but when the going gets rough these two are the front of the charge.
Tioka was a nomad wandering the snowy wastes before coming across the Toa Tonga, and is the newest member of the team. He seems distant, but really he’s just shy. Neru’s love of research and scholarly nature allowed the two to become quick friends, and Kubu’s out-going nature has helped Tioka come out of his shell around the team. For as long as the team has known Neru, he’s had specialty armor around his waist and legs that emits a low-light in darkness.
I took my lightbox down so I don’t have a photo of it but Tioka’s pavise also doubles as a snowboard, and Kubu tends to channel her plantlife powers as a vine blast from the tip of her staff.
This is the first time I’ve made a dedicated Toa team and I’m quite proud of the results! I’m particularly proud of Neru’s pickaxe, Zejbek’s Wire Claw, and Tioka’s pavise. Thanks for reading!
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Toa team more or less complete
Hey all, I finished off my Toa today, and I wanted to share.
This is Takitahi, Toa of fire. He is a veteran Toa, with many years of solo work under his belt. It is only recently that he has joined the team, where he acts as deputy and as a voice of experience. His mask of choice is a Great Isima, Mask of Possibilities.
This is Rakau, Toa of Plantlife. He is generally an easygoing sort, but please don’t comment on his height - he is a bit insecure about it. His mask of choice is the Great Faxon.
This is Ceana, Toa of Psionics. She is a kindly soul, and is especially protective of Rakau, who served with her on their previous team. Her mask of choice is the Great Kiril.
This is Delos, Toa of Sonics. She is incredibly loyal to her companions, often acting to draw enemy attacks away from the others. Her mask of choice is the Great Arthron.
These are Maunga and Toka, Toa of Stone. Before becoming Toa, they worked in the same carving shop, where they helped create the blades they each use. Maunga’s mask of choice is the Great Sanok, and Toka’s is the Great Garai.
Last but not least, here is Ahi, Toa of Plasma, and the team’s leader. She is hot-blooded, but strives to lead the team as best as she can in their duty to protect the Matoran. Her mask of choice is the Great Hau.
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Behold; all 14 of my daily holiday MOCs! This project was really fun, so I might do it again next year.
As always, parts used are here.
Elements and masks below.
Plantlife/The Green - Valtarshol's Mask 13 ("hair" is the '08 Avohkii)
Lightning - Godfyr's "Woosh" mask
Fire - KhingK's Mask of Intangibility
Air - Bigphan's Regreatened Matatu
Earth - Valtarshol's mask 16
Stone - default Pakari
Water - Rothanak's Kanohi Barasoot
Gravity - Rothanak's Nuhvok-Kal Garai
Ice - Bigphan's Regreatened Ruru
Psionics - Valtarshol's Mask 8
Iron - Galva’s Great Kiril V2
Plasma - Rothanak's Mask of Heat Vision (Proto-Toa version)
Magnetism - Default Kakama
Sonics - Galva’s Scoped Sanok
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The Toa Teams have different understandings and thresholds of “weird” from each other. What one group deems as workable or usual in their plans, they get stunned reactions for from other groups.
Miscommunication ensues. A lot.
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Give me a Percy Jackson who hates swim team. Who went to a public pool for swim lessons once when he was five and started to sob the second his skin hit the water
give me a Percy Jackson who is always just the slightest bit unsettled at pools because water is never meant to have the life sucked out of it and be divided into lanes or put in boxes in the ground
Water isn’t meant to be contained.
a percy jackson whose skin feels like it’s slowly beginning to burn when he tries to swim in chlorinated water, who hates any set swim stroke with a passion and can’t stick to one for the life of him
who doesn’t understand why you’d want to keep only to the surface of the water, when being cradled under the surface is everything
because swimming is supposed to be like the tides, maybe patterned, but never identical, it’s supposed to be flowing with the world around you as you please
Give me a Percy Jackson who loves the sheer nature of water so much that he can’t help but quietly despise our “pools” and their dead water with their constricted sides and restrictions on what it means to change with the world around you
A Percy Jackson who is the child of water in its most natural state, and who can hardly bear to see the way society has attempted to contain it and sterilize it and strip away its power
He hates swim team, but that’s only the half of it
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Okay actually like why does nobody talk about Leo and Echo bc that chapter is gonna make me cry.
“Leo closed his eyes, but the memory of her smile was already fading”
why don’t you just kill me now actually
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Never forget that fanfic in which Apollo watches Will heal Nico and he just snaps his boyfriend’s shoulder in place, both completely unfazed whereas Apollo screams absolutely terrified in the background.
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nico got banned from capture the flag after refusing to apologize for breaking percy’s wrist
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I’m building a team…
I’ve got five Toa built for this team, and I think that’s what I’m gonna work with. We’ve got
Zejbek, Toa of Stone
Tioka, Toa of Ice
Garehu, Toa of Fire
Ruta, Toa of Plantlife
and a presently unnamed Toa of Earth
I’ve got some vague ideas for their personalities but nothing concrete. Just wanted to pose them being goobers together.
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Turaga Nuju sat alone in the observatory of a Knowledge Tower. All the lightstones in the chamber had been doused. He watched the stars make their flight across the sky in silence. His exaltation over Mata Nui's revival had been replaced by grief over the Toa lost in the fight.
Many centuries ago, disaster had forced the Matoran of Metru Nui and their Toa to relocate to a wild, previously unknown land. That disaster had in part been caused by the pride and overconfidence of the Toa Metru, of whom Nuju was one. After the Toa became the village elders called Turaga, they had tried to put the past behind them—all but Nuju. He adopted the language of flying Rahi birds in place of Matoran, only speaking the common language in emergencies. It was his way of reminding the others of what they had been through and the dangers of arrogance.
Of course, speaking another language meant Nuju needed a translator so others could understand him. He chose a Ko-Matoran hunter/tracker with a real respect for the natural world. Matoro had seemed taken aback by the offer, but eventually agreed to be tutored in Nuju's language.
Over the next 1,000 years, the Turaga and the Matoran would be almost constant companions. Matoro had shown himself to be efficient and trustworthy, keeping all that he heard in the Turaga's councils to himself. Nuju came to rely on him, both for his skills and for his honesty. He was a reminder of the true nobility in every Matoran.
And now he was gone.
The cold, analytical side of Nuju told him this was an acceptable exchange—one Toa for the life of the universe. It was, in fact, a small price to pay for such a monumental event. Feeling regret or sadness was not logical. After all, what was the alternative—Matoro living, and the universe dying? Would that have been better? For reasons he did not understand and never would, Nuju suddenly realized that the answer might just be 'yes.'
What sort of Great Spirit requires the death of a brave, noble hero for his survival? If a being as powerful as Mata Nui could not thrive without demanding such a sacrifice, then maybe existence needed to learn to get along without Mata Nui, he thought angrily.
Nuju sighed. No, that wasn't right. If Mata Nui was not worth saving, then Matoro had died for nothing. That he could not accept.
He looked down from the observatory to the streets below. Most of the Matoran residents of the city had not heard about Matoro yet, only that their world was not going to end, after all. They were rejoicing. Nuju felt even more detached from them than usual, for in his Knowledge Tower there would be no celebration. There would be only memories of a good translator, an honest Matoran, and—Nuju finally admitted—a lost friend.
-BIONICLE Ignition, Death of a hero.
Old Matoro and Nuju fanart I made around three years ago and the first fanart I made in this style. It will never stop hurting 💔
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Four-armed Toa Team, inspired by a post made by @toainatreehouse as part of this reblog chain.
Stuff used is here, feel free to recommend more Studio packs to me if they're not on there.
(Also the weapons and masks, as well as the character-ordering, are based on the elemental strengths and weaknesses, respectively, from the Maze of Shadows JRPG.)
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