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"Tell me, sister. What were you the Toa of again?"

Chiara, Toa of Lightning, was a challenge for me. The default colours for Lightning are blue and white, which is essentially the same as those for Ice. How, then, could I make a Lightning character distinct? The answer came in the form of Hela, who I've misquoted above. Chiara only clicked with me once I added all that lightning. I'm particularly proud of the electricity surrounding her fist.

She wields a big-ass glaive (based on Corvus Glaive's eponymous weapon) and wears a Kanohi Volitak. I didn't like the Volitak, it only comes in silver and only looks appropriate for underwater characters, so I just went with a different mask. It's not like Lego actually stayed consistent with mask shapes and powers anyway, so it's clear to me that shapes are a matter of convention and not directly tied to the powers. To stay consistent with the other members of Team Gelu, Orde and Zaria, she uses the same arm design as them. I've also continued my technique of filling gaps with small System pieces for detail.

Tune in next week for a very Mad Max-inspired Gelu!

Description
"Tell me, sister. What were you the Toa of again?"

Chiara, Toa of Lightning, was a challenge for me. The default colours for Lightning are blue and white, which is essentially the same as those for Ice. How, then, could I make a Lightning character distinct? The answer came in the form of Hela, who I've misquoted above. Chiara only clicked with me once I added all that lightning. I'm particularly proud of the electricity surrounding her fist.

She wields a big-ass glaive (based on Corvus Glaive's eponymous weapon) and wears a Kanohi Volitak. I didn't like the Volitak, it only comes in silver and only looks appropriate for underwater characters, so I just went with a different mask. It's not like Lego actually stayed consistent with mask shapes and powers anyway, so it's clear to me that shapes are a matter of convention and not directly tied to the powers. To stay consistent with the other members of Team Gelu, Orde and Zaria, she uses the same arm design as them. I've also continued my technique of filling gaps with small System pieces for detail.

Tune in next week for a very Mad Max-inspired Gelu!