Bionicle MOC: Valtias, The Blizzard Tyrant

About The MOC

WHOO Finally got this MOC done! This is a MOC of "Finally's." Finally built an ice themed MOC, finally used the technique where I used netting with parts for hair, finally got THIS hand design in a MOC(for the most part). Finally build the rest of the MOC to go with that head design that I've had lying around for months. Finally built an antagonist for Bionicle MOC: Paleltuma Battledwarf.
This MOC was a long time coming, its been waiting in the wings as just a head design for months, and as a concept for years. I've always wanted to build some kind of ice titan/frost giant, but never had that many of the "icy" parts from Bionicle to make that work, but with Hero Factory and Chima contributing to that aesthetic, I finally had enough to work with.
The head was the initial spark of the build, but I could have gone with a smaller build. While tinkering around I came up with the central part of the chest that uses the Straxx armor and that's when I knew it was going to be a large build, and therefore filled out the head more. The rest just came along as I built him up. That chest was a nightmare to build shoulders around and as a result he's got probably the worst shoulder articulation ever.
However he's quite limber everywhere else, including having pretty good torso/waist articulation. And ironically he's super stable on carpet because he can dig in his toes, but on the surface of the backdrop he kept sliding around, which meant I couldn't get as dynamic of a pose as I was able to playing around with him in the Office(where I build my MOCs). If he has traction, he's actually pretty stable.

"Valtias" is Finnish for "Lord." After using the Finnish word Paleltuma which means "Frostbite" for my ice dwarf, I wanted to motif that yet again by using another Finnish word for this character since he is the antagonist to Paleltuma. Its good to have friends who live in other parts of the world who can share their culture and give unique ideas. Thanks Monarth for your help with both characters.

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Bio
Valtias is a brutal king of various mountainous dwelling tribes. The majority of them are Ice Dwarves like Paleltuma, but he also rules over other Ice Trolls like himself. While he is a powerful being who can use brute force to inflict his will, Valtias rules mostly through fear and intimidation. Being quite sadistic, he has been known to do the dirty work that being a tyrannical ruler requires himself. He very much enjoys getting his hands dirty, which doesn't bother his servants at all. Most of his subjects are too afraid of him to defy his horrible treatment, but there has been one who has risen against him. Only time will tell what the outcome of this defiance will be...