Wednesday, 1 February 2017

Photography Project Intentions & Introduction

For this photography project I ma planning on taking photographs of some of my Bionicle MOCs, and editing those photographs into videos. I have been producing content like this for a few years now, however I would like to use this opportunity to add a more artistic flare to the videos.


Below are some examples of some of these videos I've made in the past.

The MOCs I have selected are The Harbingers - Six MOCs which I have been working on for around two years now. During that time I've had the opportunity to consider their backstory and personality, which is something I do during the building process, as it helps me to refine the design.


The specific Harbingers and their personality traits can be seen below:


Kratos, Harbinger of Fire
The official leader of the Harbingers and the most skilled in close quarters combat, Kratos harnessed the element of fire via his Flame sword. While slightly arrogant, he was respected by the rest of the Harbingers for his leadership skills and fighting expertise.

Thrasos, Harbinger of Ice
Thrasos was the quietest and most laid back of the Harbingers, interfering only when required. His fighting style and use of the element of ice revolved around defense and preferred to stand guard rather that interfere with confrontations directly.

Polemos, Harbinger of Earth
Polemos was the most physically strong of the Harbingers, and also the wisest. Lacking any long range weapons, he used his claws to travel underground and ambush his opponents. While his power was unrivaled, he identified most with Thrasos, due to their shared reluctance to get directly involed with confrontations.

Phobos, Harbinger of Stone
Phobos was a close second in terms of strength, and, like Kratos, reveled in combat. Short tempered and easily frustrated, Phobos was often the cause of most confrontations, however, also quick to finish them.

Aidos, Harbinger of Air
Out of all the Harbingers, Aidos was the most feared and respected in combat. Outside of confrontations she would usually be found wisecracking and doing her best to annoy the other harbingers, however, while in combat her mastery over the element of air made her a truly formidable opponent, even though her melee combat skills were still surpassed by Kratos - who she had the most respect for, especially in combat.

Eleos, Harbinger of water
Eleos harnessed the element of water and was the only Harbinger capable of combat underwater without any additional apparatus. She had an additional two tentacle-like limbs sprouting from her back that allowed her to swim with great speed - as well as doubling as blades in combat.



All of the Harbingers names are inspired by Greek personified concepts, and all intentionally end with "os", which can also be read as the acronym "OS", which means "Operating System" (e.g. Windows, Mac, Linux). A play on the fact that they're robots.

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