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Re: Toa Nuva Posters
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Mon, 16 Jun 2003 23:25:11 GMT
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In lugnet.technic.bionicle, Todd Kubo wrote:
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Will Do. I painted some other dupes as well. I don’t think I have a good flat
Dark Grey base paint for the main color.
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My base of choice is Testors Model Master Acryl “Aircraft Interior Black”.
While it doesn’t have the semi-metallic glitter to it, it is about the same
shade as the Infected Hau basecoat.
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But I am pretty happy with the dry brush paint I used for the “Rusty” parts.
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I discovered that Citadel Colours “Vermin Brown” is almost an exact match for
the rust on the Infected Hau. It’s just a teensy bit darker, and it’s not
glossy (since when is rust shiny?), but it’s close enough that you need to get
the two next to each other to tell them apart.
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Well, typical that fans always point out the flaws in storylines of any comic
book. I believe at one point in the last comic #10 one of the Toa Nuva
actually points out that they have to look out for more masks since they have
lost the main source of power of their own masks.
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All that aside, it really seems more like they think that the metallic Kanohi
should become significantly more powerful during the Protodermic dunkage, when
the actual effect is that a whole bunch of varied minor and medium powers were
fused into one really huge power. As for what you just said, I hadn’t really
taken the time to consider any potential story paradoxes, but Tahu was recently
sporting the Mempo of Time, and he didn’t really clarify whether he received it
before the Nuvafication (in which case it should have been consumed along with
all of the other Great and Minor Kanohi), or if Vakama handed it off to him
after he got his Darth Vader helmet.
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Again Agreed. The Gold colour from the New set is much nicer than the
“coppey” gold from the Kanohi run. The proto Silver is nicer too. Not as
grey.
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I’d have to say that it’s not as green, actually.
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Something will have to follow, since I’m wondering aboout the Kraata.
Seriously 3 Kraata per can.
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And 252 to collect...
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I don’t think I’m rushing out to collect slugs. (Got enough here in the
yard.) But the can is kind neat. (again typical, the packaging is neater than
the product.)
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I’m reserving judgement on the Kraata until after I see all of the various color
combinations. They sent me one free as a teaser for the next press kit, and
it’s in Blacktron I colors (black & yellow), which I find to be rather amusing
since it’s been sitting on my desk the entire time I’ve been working on the two
Blacktronicle MOCs, but I wasn’t able to figure out a good way to incorporate it
into those designs (they actually would work reasonably well as giant claws on a
hand, or heads for Skeksis or vulture-ish birds).
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But maybe metallic mask colors to come...
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I hope so. They did a better job releasing the Protodermic Kanohi Nuva than
they did with the gold/silver Kanohi as well. I’m not joking when I say I’ve
completed at least a dozen sets of the metallic Kanohi, but even after
completing my Krana-Kal set, I’m still one short on my second set of
Protodermics, and that’s after trading my thirds and fourths to fill in some of
the gaps in both of the other sets.
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Only following what came out first run way back when. Chrome silver Hau, and
then the contest Gold Hau.
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Got it. You know, there was a lot of confusion about all of that since Akamai
is always clearly shown wearing a Hau-shape, and Wairuha always wears a
Miru-shape, but we were told that the chrome Hau belonged to Wairuha. There
were some people who even speculated that the TNG Miru belonged to Akamai (which
made no sense at all, since it’s Lewa’s eye color). To this date we still don’t
have an official explanation as to the purpose of the TNG Miru, but at least the
whole gold/silver thing has been fully explained. Of course, that’s another
thing that prompts a bunch of yeah-buts from people who don’t believe the Toa
are capable of wearing silver Kanohi, and who think the officially released
silver Kanohi are actually unclaimed Kanohi (since they always appear greyish
before someone starts wearing them).
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But the Gold looks good on any of them.
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I kinda prefer gold for the red/brown/green group, and silver for the
black/blue/white group, though all of my original Toa are wearing gold-tone
Kanohi and Exo-Toa.
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Interest comes and goes. Will probably wane in light of collecting Kraata.
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Might not in light of collecting the Rahkshi. Even if you don’t like the
Kraata, you surely must appreciate the idea of getting ten socket joints in one
of the primary Toa colors and one in trans-neon orange for a measly nine bucks,
and getting the ultra-posable legs to boot. The Rahkshi “Kanohi” is also pretty
cool looking.
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| (...) Hmm...I'll try that, shot a little flat Steel from testors, and it should give a little flake into it. (...) Most browns seem to work pretty well, since it kind of "fades" as the streaks get longer. (...) Come to the Dark side...Toa of Fire... (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, FTX)
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| (...) Well, You know Everybody always knows better! LoL (...) Will Do. I painted some other dupes as well. I don't think I have a good flat Dark Grey base paint for the main color. But I am pretty happy with the dry brush paint I used for the (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, FTX)
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