well, this took me a long time. maybe about 10 hours total, but spread that out over a month... i got stuck at the arms and didn't really know how to make them look right. they still look crappy to me, but at least they're there.

this will go down in the long history of lego creations i've made as the most delicate. by far. i made it by combining my brothers bionicle kits with my standard and technics sets. i was really upset to discover that the joints weren't stiff enough to hold the weight, so even though it's FULLY pose-able, i had to keep it on a stand. i edited out the stand in a few photos for the effect. gun turrets in it's chest behind the movable armor. i thought that was quite a trick!!

i never bothered to measure it, but it's quite tall! i started with the base plate in the hip and built onto it the legs and waist armor. then i built a cockpit on top of a strong base to hold the weight of the torso and started working on a frame for the arms shoulders and wings. originally, the arms shoulders and wings could all move independently of each other, but the individual components were too heavy for the weak joints, so i reinforced them by adding a sort of ball joint matrix in the back which connected the shoulder arm and wing pivot points without making them completely immobile. the only downside is that now, when the arm moves, the wing and shoulder move along with it. not so bad when you consider it's so delicate i can barely move anything anyway without all the armour peeling off it's skeleton.

i took a few pictures without any armour to show off the structure inside where i used all the bionicle bits. it was a tough build, but it's something I've always wanted to do, and since my last creation got destroyed when i moved, I've been itching to make something new! wish you guys could see this in person. it's alot more impressive when it's standing right in front of you!

lego maniacs forever! ^_^

for *LegoFanClub's contest

oh, does anyone know how to make a preview image?