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Bionicle MOC: Lt. Premod

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About the MOC
Lieutenant Premod was a MOC I had roughly conceptualized when I first saw series 1 of the Star Wars Planet series. I have the Sebulba's podracer and Tatooine variant. Charade from the Soul Calibur series of video games was a big source of inspiration for Premod. He is where I got the initial "eyedea'(:iconpunfunplz:) to use the planet sphere parts as a big eyeball. The rest of Premod is simply my own take on the "giant eyeball monster" concept.

P.R.E.M.O.D. was his working title, it stands for Punk Rock Eyeball Monster Of Death. His actual name is just "Premod" The acronym was me being humorous about what to call him when explaining what he was to friends and family. First he was just an eyeball monster, once he got spiky he became a "punk rock eyeball monster," then to make the acronym more pronounceable, he became a "punk rock eyeball monster of death."

A couple of interesting facts.
Premod uses a design I tried to make work for Lord Gweeb but couldn't get to work. The main element of this design is the Hero Factory 1.0 torsos as shoulders. :iconsuccess-plz:
Premod's photo collage is made exactly the same as Gweebs, except the orientation of the photos and therefore the layout is flipped(gweebs were portrait, Premod is landscape). :D

Also, the photo of Premod chasing his eyeball is just for laughs, he doesn't actually have a problem with his eye coming out, both IRL as a MOC or hypothetically as a character. its really just to show the eye not in his body. It does pop in and out relatively easy though, which is convenient when working on the MOC. :P

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Premod is an officer in Lord Gweeb's army and serves as Gweeb's right hand man. While his ranking is officially only that of a Lieutenant, Premod is a trusted ally of Gweeb's and has far more tenure and clout than even those exceeding his rank. He chooses not to be a higher ranking official because he prefers to be a combatant more than a member of the millitary and political councils. He much prefers to be be Gweeb's "will on the battle field." This is not to say that Premod is a dumb brute, he is a decent tactician and a skilled fighter. Premod prefers basic strategies and contingencies over meticulous plotting and calculating like his lord.

Premod and Gweeb came to know each other in The Pit as they were contained in adjacent cells. Besides the maintainers of the Jail, Premod is the only person to know of Gweeb prior to Gweeb's mutation by the Pit Mutagen. However neither warriors ever saw each other as they were never released from their cells and could not see each other through the walls. After the Cataclysm both prisoners were freed. In the franticness Premod escaped unharmed, while Gweeb was horribly mutated into a small stubby crustacean like creature. It wasn't until many years later after Gweeb had been found by the Barraki and rose through the ranks, eventually assembling his own army and notoriety that the two were reunited. It didn't take long before they recognized each other as their former cell neighbors and quickly allied with each other. By this time Gweeb was already establishing his on territory with its own military and government. But because Premod was still a newcomer to the organization, he wasn't made a high ranking official just yet. Premod remained content with his position and simply chose to control a small territory within Gweeb's and command what is known as the first legion-a group of highly regarded warriors loyal to Premod and Gweeb who are called upon for missions of high tactical importance.

Premod's body is very similar to Gweeb's in that it is an external mechanized suit constructed by Gweeb himself. However, Premod did not need a new body after being injured or mutated, he opted for the transformation in order to be an amphibious creature and reside in the underwater territories along with Gweeb, while still being able to traverse land. Premod is more acclimated to land and therefor land combat than Gweeb is and spends far more time on land than his lord. All of his body except for his eye which was the main part of his body was replaced. Premod communicates via a vocalizer in his mechanical body where as in his original biological form he could only communicate through a mild form of telepathy. This telepathy is only slightly enhanced so that his biological component(his eye) can operate his mechanical body. He does not possess any telepathic or telekinetic abilities strong enough to be used as attacks.

Premod's main weapons are his dual "rotary Axes." These axes are especially useful for throwing. Premod will often throw one axe one way(i.e clockwise) and counter throw the second(i.e counter clockwise) and the two axes will meet up mid flight and connect together, creating one counter rotating weapon that when struck with is a devastating attack. Besides his axes he has sharp claws and his armor on his back is incredibly thick and jagged, making it good for ramming attacks. Like most fighters, Premod can channel energy through his weapons, though he does not have any particular traits or skills with this power. He mostly relies on his axes and melee attacks in combat. Premod has no elemental energies.

MOCs featured in this Deviation.
Lord Gweeb
Image size
8450x8000px 15.01 MB
Make
FUJIFILM
Model
Fujifilm A220 A230
Shutter Speed
1/181 second
Aperture
F/2.9
Focal Length
6 mm
ISO Speed
100
Date Taken
Feb 4, 2009, 3:36:06 PM
Sensor Size
6mm
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:star::star::star::star::star-half: Overall
:star::star::star::star::star: Vision
:star::star::star::star::star: Originality
:star::star::star::star::star-empty: Technique
:star::star::star::star::star-half: Impact

Mike Wazowski!
Before your premium membership expired, I wanted to give you at least one critique buddy. So I went through some of your more recent stuff, and found one that I don't often hear about, but I'm a big fan of.
Vision: His vision is very good (pun intended), A rotund spiky warrior. The concept is certainly a 3rdeye. However the concept comes across clearly. Humorously according to you he's a punk rocker, and I see spikes and a mohawk <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/l/l…" width="15" height="15" alt=":lol:" data-embed-type="emoticon" data-embed-id="384" title="LOL"/>
Originality: THIS is where Premod shines. Both in build and conceptually. Using one of those "useless" planet pieces as a giant eye is brilliant. And while most humanoid builds follow a very small range of morphologies, Premod does one that I've yet to see anywhere else. Lacking a head entirely.
Technique: This is where Premod falters a tad. A couple of spots bug me, namely the dual Mata feet look a bit strange. However on the whole the technique is great. You made great shapes using a lot of blade pieces (which I have trouble doing). The planet eye is actually handled well and doesn't stand out as weird looking as I would've expected. Even the feet aren't too bad, you made it look like he has toes.
Impact: Well, it seems that Premod doesn't get brought up alot (Possibly due to being superficially similar to the much larger Gweeb) but despite this, I love him. He looks like no other MOCs, he has an immediately recognizable texture, and he reminds me of Mike Wazowski! If I haven't already mentioned that. In one final bout of awesomeness, he has a poseable eye, which is unusual and very cool.
So there ya go Dave, I wanted to leave you with one more before you lose your premium membership. It was a toss up between which to critique, but I thought Premod was just about perfect. It's been a good run
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