Corvus Posted May 30, 2008 Posted May 30, 2008 This is a fairly simple MOC, and I wouldn't be caught dead with it on my shelf, since I didn't have enough pieces to make a full rainforest ( ), so I hoped the camera angle would suffice, but... Oh well, see for yourself. A young howler monkey ventured out onto a thick vine. Well away from his clan, he is foraging for that loveliest of delicacies, the fig. Little does he know, his foraging has put him in the most dangerous of situations- he's been seen. Over half a mile away, a lone predator launches from her favorite Caeba tree perch. After sitting for hours, conserving energy and constantly watching, she is ready for a kill. The young monkey may have ventured from the safety of the dense foliage, but he is still behind a thick tangle of leaves, branches, and vines. As effortlessly as a dancer, the predator twists and dives through the maze with agile wings, the powerful Harpy Eagle bursts through the leaves, talons out, wings spread, hurtling at the howler at fifty miles an hour, four inch talons spread, ready to strike- - So the young monkey does the only sensible thing- he lets go, and plummets from the vine, to land in the leafy branches below. The monkey escapes into the lower canopy, while the eagle wings her way back to her perch. The monkey has won today, but the eagle needs only to win once. After I took the pic, I realized that it was pretty hard to tell that it was even an eagle. Of course, I'd already taken down my makeshift setup, so there was no way I was going to set it up again! The idea here was to mod my eagle so that I could pose the wings and talons, though with only mild success. Here's the original: As you can see, I only had the 1x1 cylinders and clip as legs. Quote
cyclone501 Posted May 30, 2008 Posted May 30, 2008 Not bad. Poor eagle, but if he had won, poor monkey. [i.W.D.] this world sucks. Quote
Asuka Posted May 30, 2008 Posted May 30, 2008 A very nice work.... the head looks very good, but perhaps the wingspan in flight should be a little larger, compared to the length of the body, and maybe a single round plate and plate with clip doesn´t work that good too, considering the really impressive appearance of its talons.... Quote
zero1312 Posted May 31, 2008 Posted May 31, 2008 I've got nothing more to say that this is a nice idea. Quote
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