Legoman ha construido un rinoceronte blanco y azul. Nos gustan especialmente los colores y la configuración de la parte superior. Él escribe que "no es difícil de comprender." Estamos de acuerdo.

Aaron Dayman has ventured into the uncharted (for him, anyway) waters of Bionicle/Technic building, armed only with a seed part (the long gunmetal panels), and created this Scrapmetal-Bot Scorpion. I like the combination of gears and tubing, especially on the tail.

Flickrite Pate-keetongu has built a rendition of, well...Keetongu. The colors could use some work in that the secondary one should be all black or all gray, but I like the use of Bohrok headplates. They give this revamp a Juggernauty sort of vibe.

BBCC Winnerview #3: Bundalings

Better late than never is a maxim by which we proudly live here at TBB (Though if we really cared we'd blog about those BBCC54 entries. Maybe later.), and so we are pleased to present an interview with Bundalings, winner of BZPower's 51st Bionicle Based Creations Contest with his Batterfly.
TBB: Congratulations on getting a BBCC win all to yourself for the first time! Anything you'd care to tell us about your winning entry? Perhaps how the building process went, or any obstacles you encountered?

Thank you! And thanks for interviewing me. It makes me feel all special inside. Ah, the MOC. Well, when I heard about the theme, I instantly gravitated to Eisley's music. It's very visual, at least to me. And then I instantly gravitated to their most bizarre and possibly demented song, Marvelous Things. So yeah.
At first I was a bit (read: a heck of a lot) worried about making a bat... with butterfly wings. But then I randomly (but pleasingly) found that tentacles make wonderfully skeletal shapes when looped, and Nuparu Mahri armor makes great ears. The rest just kind of fell together...
Except for the legs. Is it safe to say I still hat them? I do. I really hat them. I spent lots of time on them and they still aren't eye pleasing. Icky.


TBB: How do you start work on any given MOC? Do you usually have a good idea of what you're aiming for, or do you make it up as you go?

That depends. Usually I have a vague idea, like I see a picture and think "oh, that would make a cool MOC," and other times I just sit down and mess with parts. I'm sure it happens with everyone, but more than half the time you end up with something unexpected.


TBB: What genre, if any, of MOCs do you most enjoy building?

I like building a variety, but Rahi are always fun. You can build all sorts of crazy things and just pass it off as a Rahi... with rockets on it's back...
I've been dabbling in Mecha some lately as well.


TBB: For this entry you obviously were inspired by the song Marvelous Things. From what other sources do you derive inspiration whilst building?

Inspiration comes from everywhere. Movies, books... but a lot of times I'll see another builder do something crazy and I think, "can I imitate that and get away with it?" Usually the answer is yes, since what I end up with is usually pretty mutilated. Sometimes in a good way, sometimes in a bad way, but I just keep messing with it until it either: A] Works. B] I get sick of it. C] Another BBC contest starts and I have to pirate the pieces. Arrr.


TBB: Any bunniful advice for your fellow MOCers?

Don't be afraid to be a copy cat in the privacy of your own home. By imitating other people, you can find out how their style works, and so refine your own. But it's probably not a good idea to post the exact same MOC as someone else... without credit... yeah, someone did that to me. I am still really ticked, 'cause they didn't give credit--

BUNNY TRAIL

Back on topic. If you DO copy someone's design, give credit. Also: If at first you don't succeed, give up dramatically, and someone will probably shove you hard enough to get you back to work.


TBB: Which summer sets are you most excited for?

Mata Nui looks kk, Stronius and Ackar look awesome... and who could hat the rickety Thornatus and hugimongus (but still red ;_;) Skopio? Summer has a pretty good lineup, really, bar the Baranus and Titan Mata Nui. It's hard to just choose a couple.

TBB: Anything else you'd like to say?

Thanks for interviewing me... LONG LIVE LAPRAS.

Words to live by, those.Thanks to Bundalings for his interview, and watch this blog for interviews with the winners of BBCCs 53 and 54, hopefully coming soon. Hopefully.

Rawr rawr rawr

Never mind that Kraata are little more than invertebrates (though admittedly superpowered ones), Distorted's Kraata skeleton is great regardless. The curvature and parts use combine to create a bit of a menacing aura about the thing.
Additionally, Peguo's "Cypris-Morpho" has a nice look, as well as an interesting hand technique.

More than meets the...oh, zark it.

Frequently features builder Kawazu2110 has a sharp little transformer here that has beast and humanoid modes:

Marvelous things

I think I'd be quite remiss if I didn't mention Bundalings's Batterfly, for BBCC#51. This animal hybrid has the head of a bat and the wings of a butterfly.

Crustaceantastic!

Neaku's Homarus Mantidae is one of the best Rahi MOCs I've seen in a while.

Ruki! *wubs*

Bundalings made a delightfully cute little Ruki fish whose design I'm afraid I might have to copy.

Vakatu & Krukoa

Roa McToa/Archinto has posted a MOC in a size to rival those of Cajun. The tail flows wonderfully, and I like the little mandibles surrounding the beastie's mouth. Also of note is the technique used on the rider's flamestaff. Impressive, no?

*ribbit*

Ca'gerrin/Cortana/Aethisyl//Anathame/Ihu/Venomess/Talon_X/Kabal's (I'm sure I forgot some of his various names) frog needs more pictures, but the parts use is excellent, and the prosthetic limb is a touch of mad genius.

Me Grimlock eat puny MOC!

Well, whatever. But there's no denying that mikeusa9's "Ratali" bears more than a passing resemblance to a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Carapar armor continues to find interesting uses...

Bionicle at BrickCon 2007!

BrickCon 2007 was held in Seattle this last weekend, and Bionicle had an excellent showing:


BZP members from all over the country sent in their MOCs for display, and "that chick with all the Bionicles" came down from Alaska with a great deal of MOCage in tow:
The public hours on Saturday and Sunday saw lots of people ogling the MOCs, asking questions, and screaming things like "Those are so COOL!"
Judging took place Saturday evening, and here are the winners: There were four categories: Best Micro Bionicle, Best Small Bionicle, Best Medium Bionicle, and Best Large Bionicle.

And, most especially:

:happy:

Of beetles and hellaciously awesome mechs

This is the first decently original attempt at a cute MOC I've seen in ages. For that, Jaller345's Ki Beetle gets the bloggage:

1 x 3 liftarms as legs? Woot.
While I'm here, I'll use the presence of Bionicle parts on Wintermute's hellaciously awesome mech as an excuse to blog it:

And the finalists are...

Well, for those few of you who haven't seen them yet, I'll post the finalists from BZP's latest BBC contest. In addition to Roa McToa's entry (shown previously), there are three rather excellent MOCs in this poll:

What?'s rendition of munkeymunkey, which refuses to show up so I have to link it.

Shine's version of lovable yet lethal eel Swimmy:

And ToM's coelicanthoid:

Apathetic bloggers must be shot!

Except of course for me and a couple of my comrades.The usual inter-BBC doldrums have set in, but here's a MOC to keep whatever readership I have happy:

Intermission

There will now be an extremely long intermission while Tufi gets the polls up, during which we hope to display more of the entries for this contest. Not that we are bugging her or anything. Oh no.

Makaru's Deep-sea Fanglyfuss:

Roa's Pit Scourge:

Shine's Grunth (love the retarded look):

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?

These MOCs sure don't. BZP's latest BBC asks builders to build an aquatic Rahi that might serve in a Barraki's army:

E-T's Kizimaki:

jaller 345's Kalmah's War Squid (yay for radially symmetrical Rahi!):

And my own entry, flying (or should that be swimming?) in the theme's face:

blarg!

Moer bbc etryes!

First is Seranikai's strangely strange Mr. Shrimp (and his Miniature Ussals):

and also gifboy99's Mata-Nui Canister Crab, resembling a cross between an Ussal and a Fikou:

*bzzzzzz*

BCBoy has an insectoid entry for the BBC contest, employing some excellent parts usage: