Citadel of Orlan

Dark_Avenger · Post by **Dark_Avenger** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 9:44 pm

I’m pretty sure this is the first expanded Citadel of Orlan. I modified mine at the end of the school year to fit the storyline. I actually took these photos a month and a half ago, but never felt energetic enough to put in the speech bubbles. I wrote a script combining largely the online episodes they have at the KK2 website, and a little extra of my own to incorporate the crumbling floor room and change around how they enter the staircase. Hope y’all enjoy.

Before you go clicking all these links, check if the folder is public yet. It’ll be more convenient to view the comic. Please excuse any typos you happen to find. Doing 48 panels in a row gets kinda of tiring. For the time being…

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(Inform me if any links don’t work.)

As always, I’d love to hear what you guys think of it. Good? Bad? Inconceivably terribly? Speak your mind!

Sir Terrance · Post by **Sir Terrance** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 11:05 pm

Looks great! I haven't read the comics so I can't comment if they are accurate or not, but they are very nicely done. Too bad the set wasn't like that.

The shadow of the snake is a very nice touch. Thanks for writing the story out, now I sort of understand the KK2 plot.

~Chris Perron

lil Jon · Post by **lil Jon** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 2:44 am

Nice comic, I just finished reading all of it.

Is everything in the comic inside of your MOC? I couldnt tell.

Dark_Avenger · Post by **Dark_Avenger** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 3:12 am

Every shot is taken from within the model. However, I cheated on the serpent corridor; I rearranged the hall segments to give myself a longer path to shoot on.

The Hordesman · Post by **The Hordesman** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 8:04 am

lil Jon wrote:Is everything in the comic inside of your MOC? I couldnt tell.

Chapter 7, if I remember right.

Awesome MOC! Its really huge! Will you be working on the tournament too?

Dark_Avenger · Post by **Dark_Avenger** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 8:12 am

No, Hordesman, I most certainly will not be working on a tournament arena now. It would be a foolish model to even think of spending time on. Why would you even suggest that when I already have one built since the end of May?

But seriously, yeah, my workplace (AKA, the basement back room by pumps, pipes, and air conditioning) is literally flooded with Bionicle stuff. I have a slew of it on the table, and two big spills of pieces on the floor. So once I finish what I'm working on with those, I can finally clean up and take some pictures of my tournament arena. I really doubt I'll do another comic thing (I did it with this one because the Citadel is naturally full of traps and contraptions and what-not, and I thought it would be the best way to present everything), but we'll see. What's most likely is that I'll take some shots of the model alone, then I'll stick in Jayko, Vladek, and an audience, and photograph a fight. Dialogue isn't likely, and I know I won't be following the web comic like I did with the Citadel. I'll be taking several liberties so I can work in some more jousting, some more down-and-dirty swordplay, and maybe some axe-on-pike action.

Graynar · Post by **Graynar** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 4:17 pm

Hi guys!

I happily await the next exiting episode of your story! Well done!

One thing, how come you didn't give our colorfull friends their mighty sheilds?

Dark_Avenger · Post by **Dark_Avenger** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 6:38 pm

The shields are mondo, and as you saw, some of those shots required squeezing the knights together as tight as I could. Didn't want shields there to clutter it up.