Moar Inika Designs!!!

 

Me realizing while drawing this that this year would mark 20 years passing since 2006 for Bionicle. OvO

Anyway, I've been meaning to draw more Inika bonkles as humans and since I've done Jaller, Hahli, and Kongu already, might as well doodle the other 3~ So here's what I came up with for Nuparu, Matoro, and Hewkii. I'm not really pleased with Hewkii's get up so that'll be subject to change in the future I think. (I really just ran out of ideas, but it never hurts to make another pass later on lol THE NECKLACE STAYS THO. NONEGOTIABLE) 

I've stated in previous posts that I wanted to take a more "street style" look with the Inika designs - it just felt like that was the direction Bionicle was going for in the year's overall look. I'm not quite comfortable drawing them yet, but I also take a different spin with each of the Toa Inika's weapons. I have vague ideas of what they could be so for the curious, here's what I imagine (yes they all keep their zamor sphere launchers in some way):

- Jaller: Duals swords with a small zamor launcher (still debating this)

- Hahli: Harpoon mixed with a launcher

- Hewkii: A long chain weapon with a blade/launcher at the end of it (Don't look at me like that, it's hard to explain)

- Matoro: Sword and launcher that can be combined to become a sniper rifle

- Nuparu: BIG EFFIN ZAMOR CANON

- Kongu: Dual Daggers that can shift into launchers

Does that sound excessive? Good. One day I'll have to draw them o<-< Still, what I'm kinda hoping to do with this is give a little more variety to the inika BEYOND just a sword and a launcher. And I know not all of the inika have the same weapons, but I think a lot of people can tell that compared to the years before, the sameness between all of the toa was kinda strange. I'm sure it was to cut down cost (for god sakes, the swords light up and the balls glow in the dark), but it's a bit disappointing at the same time. BUT.... that's my opinion. Bionicle never really did that again in the coming years for the Toa, so I think the Bionicle team at least listened.

... Hold up, after reading on biosector about the inika weapons, apparently they ARE different. They just happen to look all like swords... Still, I'm gonna change them up.

Anyway, please enjoy these designs and I hope you guys like them~