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February 23
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Fujifilm A220 A230
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Jan 13, 2009, 5:00:44 AM
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About the MOC
I felt like doing another Mini MOC to distract me from the current MOC(as of writing this) that's giving me all kinds of problems. So I figured what way to vent MOCing frustration than to build a Mini-MOC, and also continue to prove that its not just big MOCs I can build. :dance:
Nekhbet came about from tinkering, and attatching the claw piece onto the Hero Factory armor part and saying to myself "Oh hey, that looks like a Vulture, neato!" That then lead me to build the rest.
Nekhbet's name is taken from a Predynistic egyptian Goddess who is the patron of the city of Nekheb. I was struggling to find a name I liked and I just came across it, and Egyptian mythology is one of my favorite sources for inspiration. They hieroglyphs in the bottom right hand corner are "Nekhbet" written in hieroglyphics.

Bio
Nehkbets are small scavenger rahi that pose little threat to just about anything, will befriend any sentient being willing to feed them and not treat them with any hostility, and generally reside in arid regions such as Po-koro or Po-Metru. Most Matoran don't bother them since they help keep pests away. Some do if their business or trade are small animals or insects as Nekhbeks will boldly fly in to a home, shop, or the bazaar to swipe a quick meal.
Handling Nekhbek's can be difficult to weaker entities such as Matoran since their outer bodies are made of protodermis that can get scorching hot from being perched in the sun all day. Po-Matoran like to kid that Nekhbeks would be a Ta-Matoran's best friend if they preferred to live there. :P
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~123-Kitsune May 8, 2013
Just goes to show you don't need to make something overly complicated to be awesome. Good job :)
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*3rdeye88 May 9, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Thank you Kitsune. Man, a comment, watch and fave, I got the complete package from you. :hug: thanks man. :D
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~123-Kitsune May 10, 2013
You're welcome mate :D
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~Haotaus Apr 2, 2013  Hobbyist Artist
Mind if I borrow the design I will change some things but I really like how it looks like a bird.
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*3rdeye88 Apr 2, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
No problem Todd. You wouldn't be the first. :D
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~Haotaus Apr 3, 2013  Hobbyist Artist
Okay cool, and I will give credit. ;)
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*3rdeye88 Apr 3, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Nice. :D
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~4450 Mar 20, 2013
nice, i might try to make something like it in the colour of the ibis we have in australia

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*3rdeye88 Mar 20, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Very nice. That'd be cool. You wouldn't be the first to recreate this MOC. :iconwdenniz: remade it. He showed it to me. :P I think this one's going to get recreated a lot actually.
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~GoldenArpeggio Mar 17, 2013  New member
The same things I said on MOCpages. Love how simple it is, and how functional and beautiful at the same time. Is pretty hard to make a decent bird which can extend and fold its wings, and look good in both ways. One of my favourites from you!

(P.S: I know you have better creations like Matteo or Kutumah, but ah, I love simplicity <3)
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