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nocturneblight · 13 days

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(Home cookin)

He walked towards the kitchen, “She did say I could help myself to anything in here, I should only take a little though, no use in being a burden.”

He entered the room, looking around and identifying the drawers that held goodies in them.

“She has a lot of cabinets here, Maybe they’re organized-“

He opened one and saw the wide array of different goods in it, each neatly stacked in orderly fashion.

“My goodness this is a lot! Surely the other cabinets aren’t this filled up” he said out loud.

He opened up another cabinet,

“Seriously?!”

His maw gaped open when he saw even more food stacked together well, different bits and pieces, multicolored containers holding all sorts of meats and vegetables inside, it seemed like every drawer of food was stacked to nearly the brink with numerous amounts of alternating meals.

Many thoughts jumped inside his head, “Does she eat all of this? Her diet sure isn’t one way, How did she even afford this? is this why she towers over me in height and size?”

He stopped himself, realizing he was flinging drawers open left and right.

“I better close these”

He took his time, gently closing the wooden containers, making sure nothing spilled out.

“Alright then, I’ll just take a little from this one then” he thought, Grabbing at a yellow container that seemed to hold a piece of meat inside.

“Eeek!” He squeaked, putting the container right back down on the table after picking it up.

“That’s cold! What the heck even-“

He looked closer at the container, the see-through rectangle that held the slither of meat inside had chilled-air spilling around it, like it was frosted over.

“Guess I’ll need something to hold onto it then…”

He looked around, spotting a mitt to place on his hands dangling from the wall hangers.

“I’ll be wearing that”

He grabbed the mitt and slid it onto his left hand, it was quite plush with softness and it felt quite thick compared to his hand.

“This feels a bit overkill for a mitt” he thought to himself.

With his right hand wrapping around the glass of the container, he quickly put his covered hand over the containers lid, quickly spinning it off.

With a loud pop, The lid came off into his left hand, the cold hadn’t even grazed him through that mitt, although his other hand had the left over sting from holding onto such a cold object.

He flicked his right hand a little, attempting to flick off the cold feeling, he then placed the jar down onto the table, reaching his right hand inside and delicately grabbing the slither of meat out of it, making sure not to graze the inside of the chilled glass.

He pulled it out easily and dangled it before his own face,

“Even this looks pretty grand for such a small container”

He then looked around again,

“I could eat this as is, buuuuuuut….” He thought.

“She definitely has a cooking pit around here I bet”

He looked all around the kitchen, finding nothing to roast the meat over.

“Come on, I know it’s gotta be around here”

As he kept searching he suddenly realized,

“Oh the backyard!”

He went towards the door leading to the backyard of the house, it was fancied with a pretty, detailed, Glass window bearing multiple streaks of patterns.

He opened the door and walked out into the yard, smooth stone grazed his feet as he walked out, the yard was neatly made with well made stone paths leading anywhere he walked, it was quite the big yard actually, like, bigger than any shelter he presided in before.

Large wooden fencing surrounded the perimeter, completely blocking anything from seeing in or out of the square field, some flowers and vines naturally decorated the fencing, it was quite gorgeous in its own right.

He looked around the large yard, “Let’s see, let’s see, ah ha!”

The cooking pit came into view, neatly surrounded by slabs of stone and a single black steel chair.

He grabbed a poker that stuck out from the pit, a neatly fashioned one with a pointy tip encircled by a ring, with a soft thrust, the meat was skewered onto its tip, for being chilled for so long it sure went through easy.

He then placed the poker back into its original spotting, now raising his finger to his chin,

“How am I gonna start this…”

He looked Around the pit, with a quick catch of his eye he saw the slight gleam of flint beneath the previous charred rubble.

He reached in and yanked out the decently sized block of flint, then he grabbed the nearest metallic object that was positioned on the edge of the pits stone.

“Oh yeah, this’ll work” he said out loud.

The fire pit had a small amount of kindling wood left in it, not minimal but just enough to start a good flame.

“Gonna need something to kickstart this though…”

He went back inside and came out with a small canister like the one that held the previous meat, except this one was filled with an opaque liquid. The canister didn’t foam off chilled air though, instead it was somewhat lukewarm.

He walked over to the pit of kindling wood and gently coated the remains with the gooey substance, drizzling the sticky liquid down the branches evenly.

Suddenly, *SPLAT*

“NOOOOOOOO”

The gooey substance balled up inside the container and plunged out at devastating speed, slamming into the kindle pile and exploding onto the rest of the branches, the entire container was now empty in an instant.

He took a moment, Looking down at the pile of liquid coating the branches and back at the jar.

“Well, maybe it’ll be better this way, Right?” He coped to himself.

After a couple seconds he recapped the lid on the canister and placed it on the floor, making sure to put it further away from the pit. he then kneeled down next to the pit held the rocks in each of his hands, the flint in his left and the barbed metal in the other, both hovering above the mesh of slimy animal fat and branch.

*SMASH*

He collided both materials together at a skewed angle, scrapping off the substance from the two and onto the pile of kindling, The spark that erupted from the two compounds shot off into the heap, its bright orangish-yellow ignite trails smothering into the pile.

The flame died down inside, seemingly burying itself in the load of fat and wood.

He looked down at the disappearing light as it sank into the garbled mess.

“Oh no, Was there too much liquid fat in there!?” He panicked, realizing he just wasted a huge amount of fat for nothing.

“I don’t think I can-“

*FFFWUSH*

The flame SOARED upward from the pile, a loud wind whipping noise lashed his ears in that instant, causing him to lunge back from the searing heat.

He looked at the large flame, His body shook a little from the sudden burst but he was happy.

“Alright! It worked!” He exclaimed happily.

He then got himself up and went over to the pit, grabbing the skewer and extending it towards the flames so the meat could roast in it.

As he sat there waiting for the meat to cook, his mind wandered again.

“I wonder what the next few days will be like…” he thought, contemplating on the current situation.

Here he sat, cooking meat over a pit, resting at a guards house, somehow going from a street infesting nobody to a high-tier guards friend, or well, at least he thought so, If he denied her the previous deal she probably would’ve killed him there.

“About that… I haven’t made the habit of picking on a target and keeping them alive…”

Edward became discomforted, “Was she really planning on killing me if I didn’t accept? Surely not, I mean, we were just laughing together moments ago, she smiled at me and even gave me new clothes and is even letting me stay at her house, she’s gotta trust me… right?”

He kept his gaze on the meat being devoured by the flames, twirling it a little as he thought.

“She wouldn’t lead me on only to murder me… would she? What does she gain by doing so? I mean, I’m about to kill that town hero enthu for her and… she’s going to be out of sight… she’ll be completely safe and if I’m caught…”

He thought deeply for a moment.

“I’ll just be another random thug that went crazy, there would be no problem with taking my life, I saw how many guards were immediately on my tail the moment I stole one thing…”

The meat was done cooking, he pulled it out and looked at its charred body, it was well done, after all that time on the streets he still could make a hell of a meal.

As he stared at its baked remains he waited for it to cool,

“She’s using me, isn’t she? Why else would she be this nice, I’m going to go to that hero’s house, kill her, get caught, die, and then jenecis will return from her break and be clear of both me and the hero… we’re just another bandit to her, she doesn’t care about either of us…”

Edward clutched the poker and thought harder, attempting to find a solution to his debacle.

“NO, Your just being negatively biased all over again! It’s always like this with you Edward! The moment something good occurs you think the next thing will be terrible! Enough! Enjoy the fact that you are being treated well for once.” His mind screamed.

The meat cooled off, He used his sharp claws to pull it off the poker gently, making sure not to slop it on his fur, as he pulled it off, he gently placed the poker back on its stand and looked at the slither, making sure it was good enough for him to eat.

“Jenecis won’t harm you, she appreciates your company and trusted you with so many things already! Take a look around you, She gave you that dagger, the poison, let you hold them, her house is completely defenseless at the moment and you’re in it! Would you have trusted a random nobody at your house? Didn’t think so, Just relax, things are going right for once and maybe, just maybe they’ll continue to be.” He repeated to himself.

Edward then dropped the slither into his mouth, eating the well made meat quickly, it was GOOD, just the right amount of charred and burnt for his liking.

He gave himself a little arm pump as he devoured his cooking,

“Still got it!”

He recuperated himself and stood up, getting his mental state psyched up.

“Okay, okay! Let’s not dismiss the good that’s finally happening to us! I have to do my best to be positive!” He said aloud, readying himself.

he looked down at the still burning fire, it’s flame was still great, enough to cook more food on.

While he was already satisfied with what he ate, an idea popped into his head.

“Oh I bet jenecis is going to be hungry when she comes back, I know! I can cook her something! That would be nice!”

He walked back into the house, looking through the pantry and finding multiple items of jarred/canned meat, he grabbed multiple and went back out to the campfire pit.

“Hmmm, jenecis is quite the big girl, I’m sure she would like a lot to eat, I mean, she did have her pantry filled with this stuff all at once.” He thought to himself.

Edward popped open numerous jars, partaking of the meat in them and skewering them each on the poker.

“She’s gonna love this, I just KNOW she’s a foodie for meat, I can’t wait to surprise her”

He continued to cook multiple bits of meat over the pit, as he readily made more, he recalled what he spotted in the pantry before.

“Salt! That would perfect these!”

He made his way inside, came back out with a canister of sea salt and decorated the slithers of meat with its contents.

The meat had become magnificent with its new appearance, Blackened around the edges, glittering with salt stuck to its grooves, and absolutely stacked with hefty amounts of thick fat.

He rhythmically removed each slither from the pokers and held them in his hands,

“Wait a minute, What time is it”

He looked up and stared at the sky, seeing how the sun was almost halfway down but not yet reaching dusk.

“Crap! These are fresh! I didn’t even think about how long until she got home-“ he stopped himself, now intently staring at the heated jars that once supplied the meats in their raw form.

“Yes” he mumbled to himself.

He quickly capped the charred meats into each canister and lined them up, the fire had died down and he now had 6 containers of well made meat all in his range.

“Let’s get back inside”

Edward grabbed the jars and marched back inside with pride, he just made a whole course for jenecis!

As he walked back in he planted the containers down on the counter and stood in the kitchen.

“I should probably put the condiments back too…”

Edward then took his time placing everything he used in his crafting back, neatly placing them in their original spots and organizing them together. As he closed the last cabinet he looked around.

“She had a clock this whole time!?” He shockingly stated, now looking at the hands on the clock in her kitchen room.

Putting everything away took lots of time, the clock now read: “6:15”

“Woah six! That means she should be back-“

*KNOCK, KNOCK*

The door rustled as hefty thuds slammed against it.

“Edward! Come on out! We know you’re in there!” Yelled a deep voice.

His fur stood up, his breathe hitched, his stomach filled with anxiety.

Edward replied “W-what? Who’s there?”

The banging became more loud, “We’ve already apprehended your friend jenecis Renauld, She spilled everything about you, Your location, your name-“

Edward interrupted quickly “What!? Why!? What did we do??”

The door handle jostled around, whoever was outside was attempting to get in.

“Did you actually think you could steal something and get a slap on the wrist? Your friend had been breaking the law’s rule repeatedly for their own benefit! Come out now! You’re going away!”

He panicked, unsure of what to do, he looked around the house, looking for a hiding spot.

“Yes! I can hide in the basement!” He thought to himself.

As he went to dash to the basement doors, the voice sounded off again.

“OPEN THE DOOR AND COME OUT OR JENECIS WILL BE EXECUTED!”

Edward’s heart sank, he stopped going for the basement and turned around.

“Stop don’t!” He yelled, now rushing towards the door.

“That’s it, GUARDS! Rip off her head!” Screamed the voice.

Footsteps sounded off, they were heavy, like steel on the stone.

A familiar voice sounded off further back from the door,

“Edward help! Please!” Yelped Jenecis’s voice.

Edward’s pupils became the tiniest slits possible, everything in his body urged him to tear the door open.

“STOP DONT DO IT! IM COMING OUT!” Screamed Edward, bashing into the door and spinning the knob, forcefully opening it and whipping the door unlatched.

As he tumbled out, the door flung directly into the stone wall of the house, the knob on the other end crushed into the stone with a resounding Clash, Edward nearly fell over as one foot fell in front of the other, his arms splayed out as he went to meet whoever was behind the door.

“I SURRENDER, DONT KILL-“ he came back to his senses, the only person standing outside the door was jenecis, with a bastard grin across her face.

“Jenecis! You Fucker!” Roared Edward.

Jenecis slapped her thighs armor as she keeled over in laughter, repeatedly wheezing.

“Pppshaha! Oh my god your face!” She laughed.

Edward clenched his fist and gritted his teeth, “Your an ass! You know that!?”

Jenecis continued to laugh, picking herself up now.

“My my, you got a mouth on you don’t you? I don’t think I’ve ever seen this side of you before” she said, still chuckling.

Edward shyly realized what he was saying, now releasing his tension and becoming embarrassed.

“Ughhhhh” groaned Edward, cupping his face and sliding his hands up and down it in exhaustion, now calming himself after such an upstart in emotion.

Jenecis grabbed his shoulder, he lowered his hands and looked at her after feeling her gauntlet touch him.

“Gotcha” she said, smirking directly at him.

Edward squinted at her, “Yeah yeah”

Jenecis patted his shoulder with her hand, “Let’s go back in, shall we? It’s getting dark.”

Edward nodded, noticing how shadowed it got the moment it hit dusk.

They both walked back inside, jenecis issued him first to get in, then following behind him she flipped around and closed the front door, locking it behind her.

“Anyway, now that that’s all out of the way… How was today for you?” She asked, now resuming her normal expression despite what happens moments ago.

Edward looked at her, befuddled by how quickly she changed again.

“Is this normal for her? Sheesh- oh!” He remembered everything he made for her.

He motioned with his finger for her to follow him into the kitchen.

“Got a surprise for you” he said.

Jenecis’s eyes widened, “Ooooh! Do show” she excitedly stated.

She followed him into the kitchen and he presented a jar of cooked meat, slathered in salty goodness.

He uncapped one and handed her the container,

“I made them just for you, I hope you like it” he said, sounding as if he was giving a gift to her.

Jenecis reached inside, grabbing the slither of meat from the heated jar and gazing at it, she held it in front of her self and identified it intently.

Edward became nervous, “I-is it bad?”

*SNAP*

Jenecis large maw instantly gorged the meat in one bite, annihilating any trace of the cooked meat.

“Mmmh! Edward that was awesome!” She said, her voice escalating in delight.

“You made that yourself?”

Edward smiled, baffled by how quickly she ate it. “Yeah, I just used the cooking pit and some salt-“

“Is there anymore?” She interrupted.

Edward was taken back by her enthusiasm, “Oh yes! Right here”

He said, reaching behind him and handing her the rest of the containers.

She grabbed each of them and uncapped them, just as she was about to reach for another she held herself back.

“Oh! I’m being selfish, would you like some?” She questioned, holding the jar out to him.

Edward waved his arms back and fourth, putting them to his chest in a dismissing motion.

“Oh no no, I made these for you! I already had my fill earlier, go ahead and eat them.”

Jenecis tilted her head, “are you sure? I mean-“

Edward swiftly interrupted, “Oh yes, Go right at em, you aren’t declining my gift to you, are you?” He jested with a smirk.

Jenecis smiled, “hehe… no sir”

And with that, jenecis one by one devoured the rest of the delectable meats, Savoring each one and enjoying them.

As she finished off the last one she looked at Edward again,

“Dude, you’re amazing at cooking! I haven’t had such a good meal in forever!” She remarked, in a grand mood.

Edward smirked back, “Haha, it’s just something I’ve learned from being on the streets so long, Ya know”

“That was incredible Edward, thank you.” She said, getting more personal with him.

“Of course jenecis, From one friend to another, right?” He replied.

“Absolutely” she said, almost in a proud manner.

“Well, now that works done, I have the rest of the night off, I usually stay up to midnight so we have plenty of time to hang out.”

Edward looked around, “hmm, now that you say that, do you have any plans in mind?”

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boxturret · 2 years

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Toa Canister reproduction

In the same vein as the Mask Pack reproduction, I decided to next tackle the Toa Canister, this was much more complex as there was six of them. Luckily, dating back from 2001, I had all six canisters, and through a recent buying spree from me trying to complete my 2001 collection I had a Kopaka canister from Europe. This is what I based my recreation on, as it was cleaner and had a more interesting layout, though unfortunately I had to use the NA barcodes, as try as I might I couldn't find any photographs of the backs of the canisters online[Update: I now have the EU barcodes and everything has been updated accordingly].

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The process was composed of 3 main elements:

Inner Sticker

One thing that massively complicated the process was that the canisters were all really unique to the Toa, seemingly simple things like the order of the Toa on the sticker were different for each of them.

The instructions were more clear cut, but I had to scan all the instruction sheets used myself, as the ones online were super low quality. Also colour matching the different canister images was a pain, all the versions I could find online had wildly different hues.

The masks I was able to get away with using some scans I took from the instruction booklets.

Buying a Kopaka that came with the canister that still had the tabs attached and had a sheath loose enough to slide off was so useful, I wouldn't have been able to recreate everything as easily without it.

Outer Sheath

This was actually much more straight forward, the hardest part was making all the Toa specific elements. There are 7 parts of the layout that need to be switched out per Toa, 3 of which I had to make by hand. The parts layout was initially scanned from the instructions, but they proved to be much to low quality, so I recreated them, since I happen to have access to a large collection of 01 era Bionicle part 3d models, AND SO DO YOU!

It was fun to recreate them, especially the weird things like the extra ball on Pohatu or the weird green axels on Lewa.

The trickiest part was the shot of them sticking out of the canister, since the render required the canister itself. I had to get the model done and have everything set up for at least the front of the label to do these, then go back and finish the rest.

The bar codes also took some working out, each one is unique and should, if I did it right, be actual bar codes. I spent so much effort on getting them right.

Though unfortunately, this is wrong, as it's the NA version of the code, not the EU. If anyone has a full collection of the EU canisters and would be willing to photograph them or simply write down the bar code and item numbers I would be super happy[Update: I now have the EU barcodes and everything has been updated accordingly].

At the end, doing all the different images I needed became quite excruciating, as the files were so large that saving and exporting took minutes. I was originally planning on doing 12 layouts, 6 for the cleaner EU version, and 6 for the NA version, but the NA one really just cuts out the parts layout bubble, shifts everything around, and adds a ton of extra text, so I didn't really want to. You also miss out on this awesome arrow.

Here's a quick comparison between the regional variants

The Canister Mesh

A bit easier than the 2d parts, since I just had to do it once.

The lid was particularly hard, as the face part wasn't really built to be used in this way, hollowing it out for the top and then doing the inside was very time consuming.

The rest went pretty smoothly as I had already had some practice with doing the jar for the parts pack.

The mesh was split in to 4 parts, the canister body, the lid, the inner sticker, which had a variation with separated tabs, and the outer sheath. All decorated parts share one texture, but I made a pale version for the insides, even though no one will ever see it.

It was a fun project, I learned so many things about layer masks, and I hope to be able to do more packaging reproductions in the future, I have a couple Matoran bags and a Turaga box for this purpose.

I've uploaded the high res labels and the 3d rendered assets I made for this to Flickr.

As I was writing this a kind person on twitter gave me the EU bar codes, so I'm not done yet!

#Bionicle #Toa #Canister #Reproduction #Packaging #THE DREAM #2001 #Youtube

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