User blog:Stormjay Rider/You might as well know something about me

Per title above.

History
I've made BIO-MOCs with various degrees of quality since 2007. Until last year, none of those MOCs were a part of the BIONICLE universe -- they instead ranged from drones of a criminal mind to hi-tech racer drivers to inhabitants of the earth's elemental core. I took a hiatus from BIO-MOCing in 2012, focusing instead on my system creations (mostly mecha). I returned to BIO-MOCing after seeing the more complex varieties on MOCpages, and signing on for a contest for split design BIO-MOCs (not exactly the best way to ease back into the genre.) Since then, most of my building as been with BIONICLE, and I have advanced from the Inika-build MOCs of ages past to primarily custom models.

Style
I like to keep multiple BIO-MOCs together at one time, for comparison (and for those moments when I play with them like I did as a kid. :P) For that reason, I'm unable to use very large amounts of pieces on any one MOC. Hence I use Hero Factory upper limbs to provide kneejoints, Inika lower arms as bulky shoulders, and the like. I do use a rather large amount of Technic connection elements to hold the armored shape together, but sometimes have difficulty making it all look really good.

Stories
Unlike most builders I know, I keep my stories within the prime universe -- and keep them unknown to most in that universe, to explain their lack of appearance in the canon. My selfMOC, Jethryn, is the leader of a vigilante band of misfits and exiles, called the Outcast Toa. I haven't given much information on his backstory up to this point, but I do have it mostly complete, and should start revealing it in my first story serial.