#kaukau

[raspberry-sam]

Bonkle.

Bonkle bonkle bonkle.

[pyrorptrs]

Awhile back I did my own redesign of the Toa Mata from Bionicle. Mostly just trying to find a way to draw them without having to keep the toys permanently on hand for reference and a bit more streamlined to make them easier to draw in general. As far as universal details go, I gave them a segmented body template to lean into the biomechanical aspect of them, I also tried to find a consistent way to draw some of the more common limbs they had. I also tried to play with the gears on the back by giving each of them something unique and tried to give them unique kneeguards. I also tried to incorporate the orbs they had their chest by incorporating their elements matoran symbols into them

Tahu - Tahu served as kind of the template for the others, so he's probably the most standard out of them. I wanted to stick primarily with his original colors so made the bright red and orange the most prominent colors on him, but I also used the dark red he sported later as an accent color for more color blocking. His sword is based more on the Bionicle Heroes interpretation of it, though I may change that if I ever redraw this design. His left arm was never really stated to be anything, so I tried to purpose it as a sort of Aegis; it still matches his more aggressive personality, but also gives it a more utility. I also modeled his back gear after exhaust pipes to relate towards his element. Though it probably won't be seen that much, I did try to define his head too, making it kinda broad; specifically basing the heads off a combination of the originals, the glatorian heads from the end of the original line, and the heads from the reboot.

Kopaka - Since Toa of Ice tend to stick around cold places, I incorporated a bit of a coat into his armor for insulation. His sword also draws some inspiration from the Heroes version, but it also still works like his toy. His left arm was a bit awkward so I limited the armor to mostly just his bicep, I also tried to make the shield look like a snowflake on top of the radar dish look it obviously was piece wise. Kopaka was also one of the few toa consistently depicted is hauling around the McGuffins for whatever saga they're directly involved in, so I gave him a satchel to call back to that. His back gear is directly modeled after a snowflake like his shield, but a bit more obviously. I also tried to make his kneeguards resemble icicles. I tried to give his head a sharper look to call back to his cold and distant personality.

Lewa - Tried to make Lewa look a bit more lanky compared to the others since he's supposed to be the resident tree swinger. His axe leans more towards the original, but I still tried to incorporate aspects of the heroes version for fun. I tried to make his left arm a big grabby arm since most people turn it into a gun or something, but BlazeTBW thought it looked like a machete so I incorporated a fold-our arm blade to help him cut up vines and foliage as he swings around. His kneeguards are supposed to look like palm leaves but I'm not satisfied with how they turned out. I also gave him a few pouches since I figured he's want to keep a few snacks on hand or maybe even swipe a souvenir here and there.

Onua - Tried to make Onua look pretty broad since he's supposed to be strong even without his mask buffing him. Unfortunately his monochromatic color scheme can make things hard to color block, so I threw in some purple from his G2 version in order to help highlight some parts of his body. obviously made his claws his actual hands. I also did something a bit different with his legs sinw his original toy had them flipped around to bulk them, so I tried leaning into that while also making it look like a heavy duty hinge. I also tried to make his head particularly broad too.

Pohatu - Pohatu was pretty different from the original toa in that his torso was flipped around to make him more bottom heavy, so I tried to call back to that with his body shape. I also took inspiration from the toys arms to make them bigger than the others. I did include the two orbs on his shoulders, but recolored them to make them different from the chest one and included the extra pins on the leg. Since Toa of Stone live in the dessert I gave him a scarf to wrap around his head for sandstorms and gave him a decently sized backpack since he's also been happy to regale his own adventures (so it works for holding souvenirs). His kneeguards are based on boulders. I also inlcluded the orange his Phnatoka version sported to highlight parts of his armor

Gali - Obviously Gali's body is mostly just a female version of the standard one I came up with. I did call back to the pins her original toy had in her hips and I incorporated the mata hand into the chest orb I try to include on all of them. Her hooks are intended to slip onto her hands more-so than replace them. Her back-gear and kneeguards are also based on a bunch of bubbles. finally I incorporated her Mistaka colors as a highlight to add more color blocking.

[angryraptor13]

Do you think the Kanohi Kaukau (underwater breathing) would also allow the user to speak underwater?

[coldgoldlazarus]

Since I already had Kaukau designs sketched up a while back, I've decided to start with those; specifically the generic "factory" model, before moving on to the custom variants.

[minirigby]

The next member of Orde & Spinner's Toa team was a Toa of Air mechanic who preferred fixing rather than fighting, but specialized in long range engagements when he had to. This Toa was equipped with a long-range laser harpoon, a head-mounted light, and a hook in place of a limb lost in battle. Only two Toa left before the team is complete, Orde & Spinner themselves.... These two have been updated quite a bit since the first iteration of this team, and I'm looking forward to sharing them. #lego #legomoc #legomocs #bionicle #bioniclemoc #bioniclemocs #toa #orde #spinner #kaukau https://www.instagram.com/p/CmKaV87p3Se/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[neopianfreshfoods]

𝙽𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚝𝚜 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚔 + 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚔𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜

𝙰 𝚝𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚢 𝙺𝚊𝚞 𝙺𝚊𝚞 𝙵𝚊𝚛𝚖 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚔𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎 𝚊 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚍𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚕.

[terrinakamura]

Do you celebrate Lunar New Year 🎉? Tonight, I zipped over to Kau Kau 🥢, the best Chinese BBQ joint in Seattle’s Chinatown. It’s a family favorite that @rikiyamada4 & I enjoyed last year when he was in Seattle. While waiting for my takeout order 🥡, I remembered that the restaurant might have a copy of the final print issue of NW Asian Weekly 📰. The free paper, founded by Assunta Ng, has been a source of information to the Asian community for 41 years. It’s going to be completely online next month. The cover illustration spotlights the coming Lunar New Year Does your city celebrate Lunar New Year 🧨? Lunar New Year 🧧, also known as Chinese New Year 🇨🇳, marks the beginning of a new lunar calendar. 2023, the year of the rabbit 🐰, the fourth animal in the 12-year Chinese zodiac. People born in the year of the rabbit are said to be gentle, friendly 👋, creative & are good at building relationships 🤗. Are you a rabbit 🐇? Does this sound like you? Seattle celebrates the Lunar New Year in the historic Chinatown-International District neighborhood ⛩️ with cultural events & lots of family-friendly activities 🐉. I remember first going with @peggyyaplee when we were kids. She turned me on to deep-fried prawns. They were amazing. IN SEATTLE, CHINESE NEW YEAR: 🌜Showcases cultural diversity & community celebration 🌜Brings people together & encourages engagement 🌜Boosts the economy & attracts visitors 🌜Provides educational opportunities But it’s also a chance to get out with friends & family. If you live in the Seattle area, you can Google  🌜 “Lunar new year activities in Seattle,” & a list of events will appear. I’m sad that NW Asian Weekly will no longer be in print, but I get it. We still receive print editions of the Seattle Times & Bloomberg Businessweek 📚. As a graphic designer, I think I’ll always love print 🥰. Do you subscribe to print publications? . . . PHOTOS: #nwasianweekly #Chinatown #lunarnewyear #internationaldistrict #seattlechinatown #yearoftherabbit #hinghaypark #taitung #kaukau . . BOOKNOTES: Warm ((HUGS)) to @LoriMcNeeArtist @MartyMcPadden @Mistygirlph @FiorenzaMella & @mitchmitchell_lpool 🤗 . . . (at Kau Kau BBQ Restaurant) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnq37Leu1w8/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[randomwriteronline]

In some of his few restless dreams, Whexie forgives him.

He forgives him for his betrayal.

He forgives him for his weakness.

He forgives him for his cowardice.

In some of his dreams, Nidhiki kills him. In some, he doesn't.

He doesn't know if Whexie really would forgive him for doing what he did - for almost selling the city to the Dark Hunters to save his own skin first and foremost: he likes to think he would, because he knows Lhikan won't.

Lhikan will never forgive him.

He will take this grudge to his grave, clinging to it as hard as he can.

Because they were brothers before they were Mangai, and Nidhiki abandoned him when Whexie was torn away from them.

Oh, what an actor his brother is.

He is the leader of the Toa Metru, protector of the City of Legends, as they call it with no shortage of mockery in the peninsula; as he surveys the Matoran his Hau shines golden like the twin suns, as splendid as the Great Spirit himself; he is stalwart and stoic, sure of himself, a steady guide like a burning torch through the dark.

But Nidhiki remembers the other him: the bright shadow hiding away behind a white Calix, quiet and fearful. The Toa so shaken by the loss of his brothers that he could not run away from even the worst fights, fixated on trying to save anybody he could.

They were a team, the three of them. They were brothers.

But Whexie left and never returned.

He left, with a worried smile and reassurances of coming back.

They knew they would not see him again after the first decade.

Lhikan mourned him. Each day, after living as though nothing could affect him, he locked himself in his small, squallid home, and grieved where none could find him.

Nidhiki decided he would not die, or go missing, or disappear without a trace or a warning, and betrayed the whole city along with him.

And for that, Lhikan will never forgive him.

Yet in his dreams Whexie forgives him, because Whexie was his brother, and he would have understood.

In some way, he might have understood.

Mahtse would have kept him around, sullying the air with the bitterness between them as he covered the whole thing with a layer of professionalism, like geological eras piled on one another.

Sutau would have refused to have nothing more to do with him: he would have sunk briars in his arm in the hopes he would have to live with a painful reminder of his mistake forevermore.

Naho would have stared him down appalled with her frighteningly bright eyes, and her silence would have stung through his armor.

Tuyet would have killed him. Consumed him without remorse, another worthwhile stepping stone for her design.

Pyea would have simply gazed into him, blankly, a little sadly.

Tumul would have watched the Dark Hunters tear him apart.

Mackari would have encased him in the Archives, for stasis was the closest thing to death he could sentence him to; he would have left him as the highest exhibition of punishment, his only way to get revenge for something none of them were guilty of.

And Eyini...

He preferred not to think of Eyini.

(Nidhiki had met Eliminator a few times - he had been eyed by him, heard his horrible gargling laugh, his insinuations that he could feel himself back on the hunt for him soon.)

(Nidhiki had wondered, each time, what the fear in his eyes would have looked like if he had stolen the air from his lungs, leaving only droplets of humidity to fill them mercilessly until he was left agonizingly drowning on land.)

(Nidhiki had wondered, each time, how it would have felt to lean down on the dying bastard and ask him if he could feel around his many limbs the liquid protodermis of the Ga-Metru canals - where the body of his youngest brother had been thrown to be discovered, lifeless, as he floated face down, in a desecration and insult to the Kaukau he bore.)

[morethansalad]

Coconut Kaukau (Vegan Papau New Guinean Baked Sweet Potato)

[rorytait]

Mount Kaukau

On a slightly overcast day, I took the train up the Ngaio Gorge to Khandallah and walked up Mount Kaukau. From the summit you get expansive views over the Wellington Harbour, and also out over to the wind turbines in Makara.

[25 September 2022]

[medaknight4]

I know matoran cant use mask powers but it would be funny if the kanohi they wear messes with them a bit. An onu matoran with a kaukau catches the scent of the silver sea deep underground every so often, even though the last time they were there was thousands of years ago. A ta matoran guard with a ruru swears they see things in the night during their rounds when nothing is there. A le matoran with a huna always manages to find the perfect place to hide, whether it was in the treetops or the nooks and crannies of the testing track.

the idea that there’s non-ga-matoran that might wear the kaukau is ridiculous. Imagine seeing your fellow onu-matoran in some weird goggles and you ask what the mask does. Your only natural response is to call them a dumbfuck because the last time you two saw water was like four years ago and there wasn’t even necessarily enough to submerge oneself in.

[mask-of-prime]

Absolutely maddening to wake up from a Bionicle Dream™️ where the Lego Store was selling huge bins of newly-made Kanohi masks, including yellow Kaukaus in acknowledgement of their popularity

[rahiwatching]

I had the BIONICLE dream last night, but with a new twist on it than what I’ve had previously.

I’ve been slowly collecting the Toa Mata masks and displaying them on their Suva (I’ve got Gali’s and Kopaka’s full collection now and working on the others) and this evidently bled into the dream.

I dreamt that I actually had Pohatu’s orange Kaukau already just hidden in my parts bin, which was a huge relief as I meant I didn’t have to spend £60 on the thing on bricklink.

Then I woke up, Kaukau-less.

[mysquirrelfriends]

Oh we're going to a hukilau

A huki huki huki huki hukilau

Everybody loves the hukilau

Where the laulau is the kaukau at the luau

[tiredspacedragon]

Just in general, y'know? Feels like every other thing is a can of worms sometimes.

What prompted this specifically though was the squabbling on BS01 over the canonicity of the Earth Tribe of Spherus Magna and their associated Element Lord. Specifically, whether the pages on them should be left as-is, labelled non-canon, or deleted entirely.

One person suggests deletion, others disagree, the possibility of labelling them as non-canon comes up, feet are dragged, a well-argued case is made as to why it contradicts established canon in several ways, holes are poked in the case, explanations are offered for the contradictions on both sides and all are unsatisfactory, disagreement is interpreted as personal attack, up to and including dictating to other people what their own intentions must have been.

It was mostly the same guy coming back again and again, but even so, it was ugly and above all disappointing. Because I actually think the situation with the Earth Tribe is interesting and deserves to be talked about, I'm tempted to make a post about it laying it all out just to see what people think. It would probably be fine here, just because the point of the discussion wouldn't be about making a firm decision about canon based on sparse, contradictory Greg quotes that will then be seen and scrutinized by the community at large. But it still gives me pause.

Nothing plagues the BIONICLE Fan like the unbearable tension between wanting to bring up ambiguous aspects of canon for the sake of discussion and to hear other people's opinions, and the dire risk of reigniting vitriolic, unproductive, years-old debates

[carnelianfoxx]

fun bonkle question: does the kaukau work in space?