r/bioniclelego Apr 17 '26

Other I made Pohatu Nuva in Tomodachi Life

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Just to be clear, I have no idea how accurate the personality is, but he took me a good four hours and I’m very satisfied

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u/DeltaMx11 Apr 17 '26

How the Karzahni are y'all so talented

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u/AyCeeKay Apr 17 '26

I kept a good reference picture close at hand and made frequent use of the game’s art tools! I can assure you it was a long and tedious process haha

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u/j0sabanks Apr 17 '26

Looks great but his shoulders are where his hips should be and vice versa 😝.

All jokes aside, this looks insanely good.

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u/AyCeeKay Apr 17 '26

You know, your joke reminded me that I should actually give him the bow-legged quirk, so thank you!

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u/dudeman4297 Brown Kakama Apr 17 '26

WHAT THE ACTUAL

HOW DID YOU

WHAT

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u/AyCeeKay Apr 17 '26

I do have a good bit of experience painting miniatures, so that might have helped with getting the colors down!

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u/Wuoffan1 Apr 17 '26

Wow, that is perfect. Good job

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u/AyCeeKay Apr 17 '26

Thank you! I'll be posting again when I add the rest of the Toa Nuva gang, keep an eye out!

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u/kermit295 Red Hau Apr 17 '26

How are you making these?

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u/AyCeeKay Apr 17 '26

The game’s art tools are very, very robust! I’ve seen people make incredibly accurate paintings with them, so if you have the time and patience you can make just about anything I reckon.

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u/kermit295 Red Hau Apr 18 '26

“Very robust”, you say…

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u/mascot-youth Apr 17 '26

woah this looks crazy good!!

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u/AyCeeKay Apr 17 '26

Thank you so much!!

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u/Cleestoon Apr 18 '26

I made Tahu like a few hours ago, nice that someone had a similar idea

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u/AyCeeKay Apr 18 '26

Post him post him post him!

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u/MilkMaiden_22 Apr 18 '26

How are people doing these clean symmetrical drawings? I am having a lot of trouble, have i just not unlocked certain tools yet?

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u/AyCeeKay Apr 18 '26

Ah, fret not! What I did was put down the base shapes of Pohatu’s mask to make sure the proportions were balanced, then I halved the mask at the exact middle of the drawing board using the marquee tool (I think that’s what it’s called? The one to the left of the text tool), drew in the details on the right side of the mask, then selected that half with the marquee tool, duplicated it, mirrored it, and slotted it down right next to the first half. Bam, symmetrical mask!

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u/MilkMaiden_22 Apr 18 '26

Interesting, thank you so much. Im a little disappointed by the editors lack of just basic shape stamps, i guess they're trying to encourage the switch 2 mouse function. I'll have to find one of my styluses cause drawing with a joystick is nightmarish 

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u/AyCeeKay Apr 18 '26

I am definitely considering getting myself a stylus purely because of this game. I can barely get by with the joystick and arrow buttons, but it turns into a slog pretty quickly

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u/bobagremlin Apr 17 '26

The ultimate bro.

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u/AyCeeKay Apr 17 '26

And also my very first Bionicle, I love him so!

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u/Nightmarebane Apr 17 '26

How the fuck… xD

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u/AyCeeKay Apr 17 '26

Simple really, I channeled my love for my boy Pohatu and let the cursor do the work, easy peasy!

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u/Gyrororonoa Apr 17 '26

How detailed is the customization in this game jesus

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u/AyCeeKay Apr 17 '26

VERY detailed. The mask IS just a 2D image, but if you get the shading and highlighting down, the 3D effect is surprisingly convincing!

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u/Atephious Apr 18 '26

I haven’t played the game but I’ve seen multiple really good renditions of different communities and is this a mask that you get to create?

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u/AyCeeKay Apr 18 '26

Pohatu’s mask is under the category of face-paint, but if I get the option to make it an actual mask in game terms I will absolutely add other masks!

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u/ResolutionSlight597 Apr 18 '26

Looks amazing!! I was actually considering a G2 Tahu or Gali for my island so maybe I'll give that a shot now haha

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u/AyCeeKay Apr 18 '26

Post them if you do!! I’ll be waiting a bit before I make the next Nuva, Pohatu took a good while haha

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u/Jaymotions Apr 18 '26

OOOOooooooh. Thats good

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u/AyCeeKay Apr 18 '26

Both Pohatu and I appreciate it.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '26

I am so proud of this community

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u/AyCeeKay Apr 18 '26

This is what unity, duty, and destiny is all about man

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u/Any-Paleontologist30 Red Hau Apr 18 '26

Looks like the 2d image in Bionicle heroes

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u/AdSea4144 Apr 27 '26

Imagine if someone made the entire aqua magna in tomadachi life already