Bionicle Hahli Inika 3D Model Showcase

Gee, another blue-white Bonkle chick? This model wasn't made for any specific purpose. I had most parts of an Inika body already modeled from a while ago, and decided to complete it. Hahli with her infamous breathing-mustache, enormous block chin and big bald head felt like a good candidate for a redesign, coupled with the added challenge of depicting the peculiarities the Toa Inika have in Bionicle canon, like their glowing head and electric secondary powers. The Inika lend themselves very well to movie-style redesigns, the mask was the only part requiring some amount of creativity. This being a squishy organic mask allowed for more expressiveness, but that comes with the risk of making the face overly human-like. That is not a design choice I support in Bionicle character reimaginings, though some may argue that the Inika were deliberately meant to have an uncanny look to them. Whatever the case, I never liked how the mask looked on the toy, so I had to change it some way or another. Apologies for the janky walk-cycle, this video is kind of a rush job. Modeling, texturing, animation and rendering made in Blender. Music is the Vezok's Coastline theme from the Bionicle Heroes game demo.