Toa Tuyets Kanohi Ekore, Mask of Intangibility

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This is my interpretation of the Mask of Intangibility, the mask worn by Toa Tuyet. When i was designing this mask, i had two main motivations; since the main character in the story that wears the mask is a toa of water, i wanted it to read convincingly as female (something that not many official masks do). I feel that i have achieved this reasonably well. Secondly, i wanted the mask to fit stylistically with the traits of the character - namely, the fact that Tuyet managed to hide her evil intent from her teammates thousands of years without rousing suspicion. The first thing i took from this idea is that, logically, she can't have looked very evil, and so her mask must have looked fairly normal. I feel i managed to achieve this quite well, while still including some features (the narrow face with high "cheekbones", and the stylised pointed eyes) that lend the mask an air of menace. The second idea i took from this was the idea of Tuyet hiding her true self, which gave rise to (what seemed to me a funny idea) of her wearing a little mask on top of her actual mask, like a robber or a super hero. Earlier versions of this mask had a kinda of bizarre goggle motif, so for this newer version i morphed that into a kind of Masquerade mask. The other elements of the masks, namely the ridges and the holes, are simply meant to invoke other Bionicle parts, such as Gali Nuvas axes, Galohks weapons and Gen2 Gali's first mask (which, if you can't tell, i love). Some of the holes, however, allow for a special mirror universe crown to be attached to the mask. Finally, i should clarify that the reason why this mask uses an old-style stud connection instead of a pin is because, since the pin is longer, i found it MUCH easier to break by accident (by, for example, dropper your moc). If you don't have a 3D printer, have a 3D printer but can't get it to print smooth, or just feel like wasting £10, you can find this design on my Shapeways store. The only version i've marked up the price on is the 14K gold one so please please please buy that one thanks xxx. https://www.shapeways.com/designer/hermaeus_jackson If Alexander Richard is reading this, im comin' for ya