Quote Originally Posted by Tzardok View Post
Edit: Some people apparantly think modrons are goofy and stupid. Such poor deprived sods...
Modrons are supposed to be geometrical shapes, but that idea of geometrical perfection is ruined by all the eyes and gears and limbs and greebles. They're supposed to be clockwork automatons, but by being confined to vaguely geometric shapes, their mechanical plausibility is lost. They don't look like celestial geometry or diligent automatons, they look like children's toys.

Modrons are a mashup of two non-complimentary aesthetics. Maybe they can be mixed harmoniously, but that hasn't been achieved in any official D&D art, or any fanart I've seen. Say what you will about inevitables, they pick an aesthetic and stick to it. (Maruts excepted; they look more stone-golemy than clockworky.)