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Hello!
When I got my first Viking the first vague thought looking at those horns was
something like “....goat....”. So I built one. I quickly made several designs
for the goat’s head and for its body.Then I faced the problem: Hot to attache
the head to the body? I wanted it angled at - possibly - 45 degrees. And I
learned: That’s not too easy with LEGO elements. At least not if the creation is
too small to stand regular hinges. Even creative hinges (hinges that are not
made with *hinges* but with other elements) turned out to be too big. What we
need (well, what I need) are hinges with 1×1 bases.
I was close to despair, I even considered rasping some parts.... But no, I
didn’t rasp anything. (I repeat it: I did not rasp anything!) Finally, in my
last attempt, I simply tucked the head on a 1×1 plate with horizontal clip. It
doesn’t clamp too firmly, but it works, somehow.
It’s still too big, though...
Bye
Jojo
My Homestead
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Johannes Koehler wrote:
> Hello!
>
> When I got my first Viking the first vague thought looking at those horns was
> something like "....goat....". So I built one.[...]
> <http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Jojo/Eigenbauten/things/goat.jpg
> <http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Jojo/Eigenbauten/things/goat02.jpg
>
> It's still too big, though...
lol! That's adorable. The head is particularly fine. I love how the ears, if
viewed on diagonal, look as though there may be heavy, bushy eyebrows. The udder
is very clever. Butt, you do know that goats have only two teats, right? (^^) I
can't think of anudder solution. Have you tried using skeleton legs? I know they
have "toes" and all, but...
Do you think the whole animal is too big? or, did you just mean the head
compared with the body? Because pygmy gooats really do look about that goofy.
Here's a link to a drawing of one:
http://www.ics.uci.edu/~pazzani/4H/PygmyParts.gif
-Suz
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Hello!
Thanks.
> The udder
> is very clever. Butt, you do know that goats have only two teats, right?
Hehe, yeah. But only when I had uploaded the picture and was looking at it I
realised that, hm, goats have merely two teats....
> Have you tried using skeleton legs? I know they
> have "toes" and all, but...
The problem with everything that small is: How to attach it?
> Do you think the whole animal is too big? or, did you just mean the head
> compared with the body? Because pygmy gooats really do look about that goofy.
> Here's a link to a drawing of one:
> http://www.ics.uci.edu/~pazzani/4H/PygmyParts.gif
Cute... Actually I meant the head in comparison to the body, AND the whole
animal. It's too big to possibly pass for a pygmy goat :-)
Bye
Jojo
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Johannes Koehler wrote:
> When I got my first Viking the first vague thought looking at those horns was
> something like "....goat....". So I built one.
And a nice (or should I sey menacing?) one!
Play well,
Jacob
--
Bunden og Kanden:
http://lego.jacob-sparre.dk/By/Huse/Bunden_og_Kanden/
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Johannes Koehler wrote:
SNIP
Have you considered using technic flex straw? It just might work.... or even
pneumo tubing.... although I’m not sure that exists in white. I like the model
otherwise, especially how you did the udders :-)
Legoswami
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HAHAHA! Awesome!
Cute lil’ guy too. Now you just need the Designer Set T-Rex chomping on one or
two of these. :D
“The goat? He’s going to eat the goat?”
“Excellent!”
-Stefan-
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Johannes Koehler wrote:
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Hello!
When I got my first Viking the first vague thought looking at those horns was
something like “....goat....”. So I built one. I quickly made several designs
for the goat’s head and for its body.Then I faced the problem: Hot to attache
the head to the body? I wanted it angled at - possibly - 45 degrees. And I
learned: That’s not too easy with LEGO elements. At least not if the creation
is too small to stand regular hinges. Even creative hinges (hinges that are
not made with *hinges* but with other elements) turned out to be too big.
What we need (well, what I need) are hinges with 1×1 bases.
I was close to despair, I even considered rasping some parts.... But no, I
didn’t rasp anything. (I repeat it: I did not rasp anything!) Finally, in my
last attempt, I simply tucked the head on a 1×1 plate with horizontal clip.
It doesn’t clamp too firmly, but it works, somehow.
It’s still too big, though...
Bye
Jojo
My Homestead
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Hi JoJo,
I keep meaning to comment about this goat but getting distracted. It is great,
fantastic, wonderful and funny. It doesn’t look like its too big and
besides,Minifigs are too big in there own way anyway. Perhaps its a Chernobyl
goat and that is why it is so large.
I’m a big fan of the cloven hooved ruminant so perhaps you can add some friends
like a llama, alpaca and camel since you seem to be good at it.
Thanks for posting this,
Tim
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