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ToaTiome โ Jungle Warrior
Published: 2009-08-20 16:56:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 11848; Favourites: 295; Downloads: 264
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I've always thought it would be cool if the Glatorian Legends were a bit more... legendary. In this case, Vastus is an ancient jungle warrior, covered in plant life, deep in the forest around Tesara...I sent a poster of this to Brickfair, but I'm going to need to print it again, because that one turned out really dark โ unless you look at it with just the right light, the green is really dull and really dark, almost black.
Which, obviously, it's not supposed to be.
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"Maยดam, I think we shouldnยดt be here. The forest seems... Angry." (slightly re-written line from a yet unpublished part of my main fanfiction, which can be found on my DeviantArt page. Warning, the only connection it has with Bionicle is that I borrowed some ideas and stuff. Also, Bionicle fans might quickly realize the similarities, since there are a lot)
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I like the plants on him, and the detail on his weapon.
Awesome picture!
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His expression is like: "You are sooo screwed..."
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kinda reminds me of mnog. but in high def...
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very nice! finally Vastus gets the spotlight!
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That idea for Vestus is quite possibly better than the canon one.
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Sadly the plants were not included in the Vastus set. (and the proportions were awkward)
Anyway, great job!
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Ssssoooo aaawwwweeesssooommmeee.... mmuusstt ffaavvoorriittee..
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For something in the not-so-distant, not-so-mysterious past, this looks like something from 2001. AKA: Awesome!
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O>O That is awesome! So very foreboding, and intimidating!
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If you worked for Lego in the Bionicle department, they would not be over right now...
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Dude I love vss. He's my fav Legend. Love your work!
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Hey, look at that, a Piraka minifig spine on the upper end of the shaft; oh and a Glatorian in what I would take as the Jungles of Bota Magna right now.
Gave Vastus the right amount of spikiness here, I say.
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I REALLY like this one. Probably the best piece I've seen in months *NOT exaggerating*.
Good job!
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This is incredible... If only the Story line last year was like this. They said that it was "returning to the roots", but it didn't have that... mystical feel. A feel which this piece is full of.
~Evex
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....Wow.
I'm sorry I know that's not much, but after staring at this for several minutes I'm just speechless.
So /wow./
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awsome looking Vastus!!! keep going i love your job!!
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um yeah the user of the accout just fainted just looking at this awsomme pic,but he might say a lot of cus word to discribe how awsome this is,for example, holy 
(lol)
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Amazing! ^^
You did the light and shading very well. The sunlight looks so realistic shining through the jungle leaves. The shadows make Vastus look very mysterious. Luv how his scythe-weapon turned out too.
Nice touch stylizing the Matoran font to look like it had leaves sprouting from it. It added to the whole jungle theme. It took me a minute with a decoder to translate the word though. (Not all of us are fluent in Matoran *lol*).
Have you ever considered making a tutorial for something like this? I'd love to see the process.
Well, keep up the excellent work! ^_0
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I can't believe I haven't commented on this yet, because I love it so much. I know I'm pretty useless, but I can't really find anything 'wrong' to critique...except perhaps that some of the slimy looking stuff on his scythe handle looks a bit bright in comparison to his hand, but then I suppose it's translucent, so lighting can do that sort of thing. Oh wait, one critisism - do more stuff please.
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WOW Vastus looks like the scariest thing in the jungle
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Dang it, ~TuanTaureo stole what I wanted to say. Definitely your best work yet, in my opinion.
Will you do the same for the other Legends?
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Wow--incredible job, man. The lighting is great, very dramatic, and the colors are awesome. I haven't been keeping up with the more recent Bionicle storyline, but whether it's more your design or not, this is pretty badass. Makes me want to find out more about him.
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If i'm correct. the bottom says: "Legends" right?
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ouhhhh, moody lightning, very nice ^^ And I agree with what ou imagine Vastus like.
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Amazing work, is like a hunter in the deep jungle of Tesara, Vastus is one of my favourite character
Good job!!!
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*faints*
Atmospheric, evocative, drop deap awesome. A warrior having been a warrior of his land for so long that he has almost literally become one with it. The way he is backlit by the sunlight filtering down from the canopy above really gives the impression that he's been into every dark, dank corner of the forest and come out alive - and that much stronger. His eyes are those of someone having transcended mere fighting experience. The badass-o-meter isn't pegged; it's broken the peg and gotten turned up another couple bajillion times. It's that awesome. "Legendary" just got a whole new meaning.
And the detailing on the font! Perfect finishing touch to make it scream classic Bionicle jungle setting.
... you and green, Tiome. It never fails.
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Rawr.
This is really good, Tiome. I love the contrast between the green and the black - there are no grays, just the greens (and a little bit of brown, which is a nice touch). The silhouette is very effective, as is, as mentioned above, the font. Really good work.
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Sah-WEET! Although I wish the snaky elements were more evident in his design. Could be just the lighting, but the plantlife seems to overpower those spiffy motifs that were already present in the set, which is a pity. And the removal of the snakehead from the head of the scythe further spoils the character's original appeal. The presence of two hornlike spines from the top of his helmet rather than a single tail stretching towards a snakehead on his forehead raises further suspicions that you deliberately eliminated this motif.
Yes, I understand that jungle is, in story, specifically oriented around the element of plantlife, but I still think it's an attractive notion that Gresh's armor should be inspired more by jungle flora and Vastus's by jungle fauna. Both, after all, are part of what defines a jungle.
The environment has a wonderful, MNOGish vibe, with expansive coverage but only a subtle, impressionistic level of detail. The text at the bottom completes the piece, and I love the flora growing from the Matoran lettering.
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Actually I just drew this back when it wasn't evident that Gresh's armor had anything to do with snakes. Like in February or so. And there's nothing particularly flora-like about his armor in this either. It's just... twisty and weird. For the sake of being such.
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Ah. Well, maybe sometime you can do an alternate version of this with the snakes and such. Of course, only if you have the patience to re-draw it, which I probably wouldn't.
The printout was beautiful at Brickfair, btw!
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Beautiful, I aughta say... just beautful. U gonna do some of this for the other Glatorian Legends?
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OMG this is AMAZING XD, he looks so mysterious
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