User blog comment:UkantorEX/Monthly Update: May 2013/@comment-2026417-20130522140318/@comment-5028662-20130522155419

Thanks for your compliments and criticism! It's much appreciated. ^^

I can tell now that I'm gonna talk to much...-_- Ah well.

I've made Anathema shorter since these pics were taken, jtlyk. This design was just so it would look better in the grim reaper-esque standing poses. The current/proper model is about a third shorter, and the bottom half now has a silver tube covering it so the density is more uniform. I'm not particularly worried about how well the modes work or not, mainly because the whole multi-purpose thing is just a gimmick inspired by the Switch Axe from Monster Hunter. I'd actually like one of the Phantoka Lewa swords attached to extend the length fo the scythe, but there's no way to do that that I can think of. Nevermind. :/ At least the axe mode looks better with the shorter staff.

Honestly? Mourne has a few balancing problems. Without her tail to support her, I have every faith that she'd fall over like a domino. In fact, she did the morning after I built her. I jogged one of the bladed tips of her wings ever so slightly and she fell over sideways. Her legs snapped off, one of her wings nearly fell out of its socket and her veil tisted over her face like Takua's mask in the first BIONICLE film. It took 10 minutes to put her back together and revert her to her former position. Anyway, it's tricky to changer her pose sometimes; when fiddlign with the wingbones (speading/relaxing them, moving then forward or backward, changin the angles on the ratchets, etc)

But yes, you're right, Mourne is a little awkward. In fact, her build is pretty raw, so without her veil, arm bandage and skirt to hide her head, lower arm and back/legs (respectively), she'd look pretty "meh". Although she'd look ridiculous without her veil anyway. It'd just be a black inika undermask on a stick. XD

That reminds me, I've gotta put up some new pic(s) for her and provide a MOCpages link (just for the hell of it :3)!