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Lol-Pretzel โ Lord Tolus
Published: 2013-07-13 12:27:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 7932; Favourites: 175; Downloads: 9
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Wise, calm and patient, Tolus the Waterlord commands the Water aspect of the Weave. From the shining marble towers and walkways of the Great Port of Korrothis, and the Sunken Palace, he keeps his element in balance with the others, trains new toa of water, acid and poison and commands his own team of Arcons; specialist toa whose mission is to promote stability across the known universe.Tolus is an Ehlyus, and served in Ehlek's legions in times long past. He carries the traditional staff of office with the Weave's symbol upon it, and a set of living, ceremonial armour over his old and faded protodermis cladding. His mask allows him to breathe on land, and keeps at bay otherwise fatal injuries to his neck and chest inflicted by one of the Dark Hunters long ago.
Original page on MOCpages: www.mocpages.com/moc.php/35342โฆ , for more pictures, storyline, MOCs I haven't posted here on DA yet, etc.
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You, my friend, have talent.ย
I hail you, oh Lord Lol-Pretzel.
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He does!
He's meant to be the same species as Ehlek was, and Ehlek used those foot parts too.
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for the contest
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Ahh, alas, I never could get around to that. My studies at university got in the way. I'd left this for over a year without changing that, sorry. :I
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Very nice, just the perfect amount of resemblance to Ehlek.
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I strongly recommend reading the description.
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nice use of those vahki heads! A very unique moc
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Great work, but what does the Ga-Nui in Matoran mean?
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Translated literally, it says "Water Great". Tolus is the equivalent of an archbishop for water-elemental characters.
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Oh, okay. I'm a little lost on Matoran euphemisms these days.
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Euphemisms? O.o
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Sayings. Lingo. Non-treespeak.
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I think you've got the wrong word for it then.
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Maybe so. I just never heard it, did you come up with this yourself?
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Well, yeah. It's not a great stretch of the imagination to stick "Ga" and "Nui" together, but I quite often try and name characters/creatures using actual Matoran words. The Krahtorak (Shadow Dragon) and Levohkah (Air Spirit) for example.
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Coolio, man. I may wanna do something like that.
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I used to be a sculptor like you....then I bought a tablet. X3
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I found the matoran writing and officially became interested.
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This is really awesome looking 
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Ahhh I vaguely remember seeing this guy. Marvelous job once again, and as always Gringat, My favorite part of this guy is definitely the color scheme. However, I feel that such a prestigious character could use a little bit better executing. I feel a MOC as awesome as this deserves at least one bricklink order to get a few specialized parts. Lego makes green cloth elements , I think those would suit him far better for the draping effect you have going on on his lower torso. Beyond that he has a wonderful build. The simplistic limb structure actually works to make him look a bit frail, and that the armor that goes over top makes him appear stronger and more regal.
Overall a wonderful MOC and my only nitpick is the Vahki heads. I personally think you can do better.
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^^
Unfortunately, Tolus here was a struggle to build because I was at University while he was under construction. I started him at the end of the Bio-Cup 2012, realised I couldn't finish him in time, picked him up occasionally over the next semester, and finally finished him in January. And despite taking 5 months to make, I didn't have enough time to make him that complex.
I have never made a Bricklink order. D: And also, I don't think that green cloth would work. I wanted a translucent green, like kelp. His armour is living after all.
I may or may not make custom robes for some of my characters in future, though. I'm pretty good with a sewing machine, surprisingly.
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Oh I see. Wow, that would drive me nuts. I've got one MOC that's been on Hiatus because I need more parts to make the wings, and I'm working on a new MOC that's temporarly on hold because I have an order coming, and just that is really irksome.
That surprises me. I thought you of all people mighta been a regular BL user. You should give it a try some time. Its quite an efficient way to spend your money getting parts you need. See for yourself Some of the quantities was what that store had left. They were having a sale. 
The kelp thing makes sense yes. Kelp is also flat and bendy, so that's kinda a way you could explain using the green sail parts. They have the holes in them so maybe you could string through some translucent pieces over top of it for that effect.
I wish we had a Sewing Machine, I'd like to learn to sew just enough to get by and maybe mend together some basic stuff. lego still doesn't have any hooded cloaks for large figures, and I'm thinking I might have to do something of that ilk with that Chi Razar head. I know the Plague doctor thing has been done a lot by me but since its its own story arch I feel more characters would help make it more interesting.
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I think I shall make some orders this holiday, possibly.
And, go for it. The ravens are the most badass of them all IMO
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Nice. And if you need any assistance with BL I can help you out. I've used it enough to be familiar, but learned it recently enough to know why its utterly confusing and know a good way to begin. Its a confusing site at first. Kinda like math, confusing, but once you know it it makes sense and is easy.
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I'm actually really familiar with the site. It's a great way to find out where a certain part comes from when the inevitable question arises about any NPUs in my MOCs. The reason I haven't bought anything from there is because I don't have a PayPal account set up yet.
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Aaahhh I see. 
I currently don't have a linked paypal, so I use a friends. It doesn't necessarily matter which Paypal account you use, you just have to instruct the seller to ship to the Address on file for bricklink instead of Paypal. That's what I do. It is so much simpler when you can pay for it directly though.
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'It's the moustached alien aquaman with the rainbow staff, run!'
Nice one!
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Proof that simplicity isn't always bad.
Nice moc, no complaints.
I don't know much about toa's and the like, but I can say that this MOC is giving a swampy plant vibe, and doesn't immediately strike me as being a "water" elemental. I think that it has something to do with those shoulder pads.
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Water in the Matoran Universe is mostly fresh lakes, rivers and streams, since the ocean is all silvery metallic and that. Tolus' palace is at the bottom of a lake. Imagine him swimming between the plants with those fins of his
The outer armour is removable, as well.
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I'd think that all these parts would be removable, bein' LEGOs and so forth. <:'s
Great MOC as always, and I commend you for having found a good looking and sensible use for those crazy vahki heads. Normally I would complain about colors, but this palette works and blends quite well.
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i would love the see som detail on how you make bodies and limbs, from what i can tell you use parts in an untraditional way to get their full potential
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I do sometimes make instructions, and Tolus' torso design is one I posted up on MOCpages a while back. You'll need a program called Lego Digital Designer (LDD) to view it though.
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lovely cus i do have that program and have been trying to learn some new stuff by trying to replicate parts of your builds. so far i've been able to make your small hands
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Alright then, when I posted a character of mine called Tenum to MOCpages, I included an LDD file containing his custom head, hand and torso design. The download link is under "Building Instructions" at the bottom of this page: [link] Tolus' is pretty much the same.
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