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In lugnet.build.minifigs, Jared Burks wrote:
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Well here is a little guy I have been working on that I thought you guys
would like to see:
Enjoy!
Kaminoan
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This is really cool! The trans fig can also be used for Tron figs, if
underlit...or if they were compatible with LEGO minifig parts, there could be a
Star Trek transporter effect done with a blinky light.
Joe
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In lugnet.build.minifigs, Jared Burks wrote:
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Well Bob,
Here is where I posted it:
lugnet.build.minifigs It is a Minifig
lugnet.parts.custom It is a custom
lugnet.parts.mod It is made of modified Parts
lugnet.announce Hey LOOK what I made
lugnet.announce.moc Hey, this is My Own Custom, check it out.
lugnet.starwars This is a Star Wars Ghost for Obi-wan
Hope you liked it.
Kam
I actually built this figure. So I placed in the catagories where I thought
it belonged.
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From what I took from this post:
http://news.lugnet.com/announce/?n=3809,
MOCs should not be placed in the “lugnet.announce” group, but just in the
“lugnet.announce.moc” group like you did. I’m afraid that I’m not seeing any
resemblance to Obi-wan, but that may just be because I don’t grok Star Wars Lego
much :^)
BTW, how was this made? What did you use for the molds? I’ve seen Lego bricks
used to make the walls of the mold when plastic modelers cast resin parts for
instance.
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In lugnet.build.minifigs, Jared Burks wrote:
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Well here is a little guy I have been working on that I thought you guys
would like to see:
Enjoy!
Kaminoan
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Well Bob,
Here is where I posted it:
lugnet.build.minifigs It is a Minifig
lugnet.parts.custom It is a custom
lugnet.parts.mod It is made of modified Parts
lugnet.announce Hey LOOK what I made
lugnet.announce.moc Hey, this is My Own Custom, check it out.
lugnet.starwars This is a Star Wars Ghost for Obi-wan
Hope you liked it.
Kam
I actually built this figure. So I placed in the catagories where I thought it
belonged.
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In lugnet.build.minifigs, Jared Burks wrote:
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Well here is a little guy I have been working on that I thought you guys
would like to see:
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I’m curious about your choice of all the newsgroups you posted this in...could
you please enlighten us? Thanks!
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In lugnet.build.minifigs, Jared Burks wrote:
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Well here is a little guy I have been working on that I thought you guys
would like to see:
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Very nice! If you’re going to sell copies of these, what would the price be?
Also, could you do them in other trans-colors, including just plain old clear?
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Well here is a little guy I have been working on that I thought you guys would
like to see:
Enjoy!
Kaminoan
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Adam Reed Tucker kindly allow me to use his buildings to show case my turtles.
In the second photo they are battling one of Nannan Zhang’s Monsters.
Brickworld was tons of fun. By the way, the photos are links to Flickr
galleries where more images can be found.
Enjoy
Kam
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Well I made my Hellboy figures for Brickworld and figured I would share them all
with you. Here is the clan, enjoy:
Hellboy Figures
Photo is link to Flickr Gallery where all can be found!!!
Just waiting on the hair piece to complete the main character.
Kam
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In lugnet.build.minifigs, Bruce Hietbrink wrote:
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Hey Barbara,
Another great painting recreation. I really love these. The attention to
detail here is really impressive, like that little box thing down at her
feet, the blue cuffs on her sleeves, etc. I hope you add more to this
“paintings” series very soon.
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Thanks, Bruce. I hope so too. I have another painting in mind, but some other
things rank first. Every year one painting seems to be enough to stay busy until
I will retire. ;-)
Best regards,
Barbara
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Hey Barbara,
Another great painting recreation. I really love these. The attention to
detail here is really impressive, like that little box thing down at her feet,
the blue cuffs on her sleeves, etc. I hope you add more to this “paintings”
series very soon.
Bruce
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In lugnet.build.minifigs, C. L. GunningCook wrote:
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Barbara Werth wrote:
I love this Moc, especially the little touches like the old printed one by
ones used to represent delft tiles, old capes for her skirt, and the
interesting ways you used technic elastics for detailing.
Well done. Look forward to your next “painting”.
Janey Red Brick
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Hi Janey,
Thanks a lot!
Since I built these little
goats I know how handy
those little elastics are.
Best regards,
Barbara
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In lugnet.build.minifigs, Kyle Beatty wrote:
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Nicely done. The window with the muntins is especially nice and the use of
the rubber band and hydraulic tubing is effective and imaginative. Neat!
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Thanks, Kyle!
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Barbara Werth wrote:
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Enjoy!
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I love this Moc, especially the little touches like the old printed one by ones
used to represent delft tiles, old capes for her skirt, and the interesting ways
you used technic elastics for detailing.
Well done. Look forward to your next “painting”.
Janey Red Brick
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Nicely done. The window with the muntins is especially nice and the use of the
rubber band and hydraulic tubing is effective and imaginative. Neat!
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You don’t see many minifigs that come wearing a Dark Tan outfit. In fact I can
only think of 2...and what a pair they make!
Aunt May and Henry
Jones I
Neither the minifigs nor the house in the background are MOCs, so I can’t take
any building credit. I just thought of a fun way to make them interact and
added a word balloon.
David
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In lugnet.build.minifigs, Eric Druon wrote:
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Jared Burks wrote:
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Think the title says it all, here are the pics:
Pictures are links to larger images
Better pictures to follow, this is the initial go round.
Kam
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EXCELLENT and very cute! Maybe a little too much??? Not sure, will you paint
it or ad some deco? Anyway I like it and wish you could have it product in
quantities, some guys do that ;>)
Bravo.
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Because people have asked and asked again I have cast my tauntaun and listed the
first one on ebay, starting at $1.99 because I don’t know what to charge. So
good luck to all if you are interested:
LINK: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300150314339
Kaminoan
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Barbara Werth wrote:
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Enjoy!
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Hi Barbara,
Nice job. Im also a fan of this scale, looking forward to see what else you come
up with.
Janey “Red Brick”
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Ahoy mateys!
NWBrickCon is pleased to present a new theme this year: Maxifigs.
The idea is simple. Take your favorite minifigure and build it at ten
times the normal size. For most minifigures this is pretty
straightforward: take the instructions for set 3723
http://media.peeron.com/pdf/3723-1/1/
and adapt them to the coloring and patterns of your particular minifig.
Examples:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=814498
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1528286
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2483902
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=919869
Of course, there are other ways to make maxifigs:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2613982
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2356933
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1345178
(Note that the above examples are what I could quickly find on BrickShelf,
and I have no idea, for the most part, who the builders are. . .but it
would be nice if they came to NWBrickCon 2007.)
This year at NWBrickCon there will be a prominently featured table in the
Expo Hall for Maxifigs. Let's see if we can fill a table or two with 'em!
After you've built your maxifig (but by October 4th, please) e-mail me so
I can ensure room. Any registered attendee of NWBrickCon 2007 is welcome
to display a maxifig.
A word of caution: making a maxifig in the style of 3723 is not terribly
hard, but it does take time and a goodly supply of brick. I urge anyone
interested in making one to start early so as to ensure plenty of time for
completion and, if necessary, additional materials---an experienced
builder can adapt the instructions for the legs and torso to use most any
2x brick, but head and hands show the Lego set designers' love of L-bricks
and L-plates, and some normal collections will require creative use of
existing materials. The arms (in the official instructions) require lots
of plates or time-consuming optimization.
NWBrickCon is a annual Lego convention and exposition in the Seattle Area.
NWBrickCon 2007 will be October 5, 6, and 7 at the Seattle Center
Pavillion. For more information, visit
http://www.nwbrickcon.org
--
TWS Garrison
http://www.morfydd.net/twsg/
LEGO: CA+++ SW++ GA+c #++++++ LS+++ P+++++ YB77m
Remove capital letters in address for direct reply.
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Jared Burks wrote:
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Think the title says it all, here are the pics:
Pictures are links to larger images
Better pictures to follow, this is the initial go round.
Kam
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EXCELLENT and very cute! Maybe a little too much??? Not sure, will you paint it
or ad some deco? Anyway I like it and wish you could have it product in
quantities, some guys do that ;>)
Bravo.
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In lugnet.build.minifigs, Jared Burks wrote:
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In lugnet.build.minifigs, Ted Godwin wrote:
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Really great! Is that based on a Triceratops body or a T-Rex?
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Glad you like it. Isn’t based off the dinosaurs. I seriously mauled a Kaadu
for the skeleton sculpting all the parts I needed. Took quite a while to get
everything right.
Jared
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Beautiful piece, but aren’t you afraid of the PETK (People for the ethical
treatment of Kaadu)?
Scott
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Ah, of course. That would be a better platform for this beastie and some fantasy
beasts.
It looks good enough to be a production piece!
Sorry for the double post by accident while editing before.
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In lugnet.build.minifigs, Ted Godwin wrote:
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Really great! Is that based on a Triceratops body or a T-Rex?
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Glad you like it. Isn’t based off the dinosaurs. I seriously mauled a Kaadu
for the skeleton sculpting all the parts I needed. Took quite a while to get
everything right.
Jared
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Really great! Is that based on a T-Rex body?
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Really great! Is that based on a Triceratops body or a T-Rex?
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VERY nice - don’t keep it a secret, tell me how you did this :)
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Think the title says it all, here are the pics:
Pictures are links to larger images
Better pictures to follow, this is the initial go round.
Kam
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In lugnet.build.minifigs, Scott Costello wrote:
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Brendan, I have been a huge wrestling fan for many years, these are great.
Rick Flair is my personal favorite, perfect face for him :).
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“The Oldest Player in the Game” as we like to call him. My girlfriend and I
always sort of cringe when he takes the cape off these days.
Of course I used to cringe when any of the steroid-pumped musclebound wrestlers
came into the ring in the equivalent of bikini briefs. But somehow that seems
almost normal to me now.
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And I just love your version of ring ropes in the background, you always show
an amazing attention to detail.
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I wanted to be a bit more elaborate with the ring, but I didn’t have enough
matching “ropes” on hand to construct more than one decent corner. If you look
closely at these photos, you can see that one of the “red” ropes is actually
translucent orange. It would be fun to stage some actual wrestling moves with
these characters though. Who wouldn’t want to see The Pedigree acted out with
figs? But the Bible beckons...
-Brendan
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In lugnet.build.minifigs, Adrian Drake wrote:
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Haha, these are awesome! I haven’t been an avid fan of Rasslin’ for a few
years, but I was still able to identify a good percentage of these. Mick
Foley’s is my favorite. Love the Socko.
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Thanks, Adrian. Glad you enjoyed these.
Maybe I should also build Mick a collapsible folding table that is on fire.
-Brendan
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Brendan Powell Smith wrote:
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I’m not too proud to admit that over the course of the past year my
girlfriend and I have gotten pretty into watching WWE wrestling. Last
weekend we spent a day creating minifig versions of a bunch of our favorite
WWE superstars and other wrestling personalities. I’m not sure how much of a
cross-over there is between AFOLS and WWE fans, but for anyone interested,
here’s a page showing off our creations:
We’ve left the wrestler’s names off the index page so that you can try to
guess who is who before clicking the thumbnails for a larger view, the
wrestler’s name, and a reference photo.
OK, now back to the Bible... :)
-Brendan Powell Smith
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Nice work. Now let’s see the classics.... Iron Sheik, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Jimmy
“Superfly” Snooka, “Macho Man” Randy Savage, Danny Davis (the corrupt referee),
and my favorite, George “The Animal” Steele.
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Brendan, I have been a huge wrestling fan for many years, these are great. Rick
Flair is my personal favorite, perfect face for him :).
And I just love your version of ring ropes in the background, you always show an
amazing attention to detail.
Fantastic job.
Scott
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Brendan Powell Smith wrote:
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I’m not too proud to admit that over the course of the past year my
girlfriend and I have gotten pretty into watching WWE wrestling. Last
weekend we spent a day creating minifig versions of a bunch of our favorite
WWE superstars and other wrestling personalities. I’m not sure how much of a
cross-over there is between AFOLS and WWE fans, but for anyone interested,
here’s a page showing off our creations:
We’ve left the wrestler’s names off the index page so that you can try to
guess who is who before clicking the thumbnails for a larger view, the
wrestler’s name, and a reference photo.
OK, now back to the Bible... :)
-Brendan Powell Smith
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Haha, these are awesome! I haven’t been an avid fan of Rasslin’ for a few
years, but I was still able to identify a good percentage of these. Mick
Foley’s is my favorite. Love the Socko.
-Adrian
http://www.brickfrenzy.com
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I’m not too proud to admit that over the course of the past year my girlfriend
and I have gotten pretty into watching WWE wrestling. Last weekend we spent a
day creating minifig versions of a bunch of our favorite WWE superstars and
other wrestling personalities. I’m not sure how much of a cross-over there is
between AFOLS and WWE fans, but for anyone interested, here’s a page showing off
our creations:
We’ve left the wrestler’s names off the index page so that you can try to guess
who is who before clicking the thumbnails for a larger view, the wrestler’s
name, and a reference photo.
OK, now back to the Bible... :)
-Brendan Powell Smith
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Brendan Powell Smith wrote:
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Now that LEGO has moved away from its all-minifigs-are-yellow policy for
their movie licenses, “white people” are depicted with pink minifigs, and
“black people” are depicted with brown minifigs, but what will LEGO do for
depicting Asian people (Shanghai scene in Temple of Doom), Indians (rest of
Temple of Doom), South Americans (opening of Raiders), and Arabs (Raiders)?
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The Asian issue has been neatly postponed for a later date by the simple fact
that they are not going to be releasing any ToD sets in this batch. Three sets
will come from Raiders (two of which are unlikely to feature any minifigs
besides Indy, Marion, and maybe a skeleton or two), one from Last Crusade (just
Indy, his dad, and some Germans), and four of undisclosed nature from the
upcoming Indiana Jones IV movie.
Middle Eastern people will probably be featured in the truck chase set from
Raiders, the South American tribesmen will probably be left out of the boulder
set (I’m guessing this one will be limited to just the section of temple
interior where the boulder was located), and for Indians, the same reddish-brown
color used for African skintone would be perfectly fine. I mean, when you think
about it, there’s a wide range of brown skintones found among people of African
descent, from nearly black at one extreme, to pale enough to appear more
Mediterranean at the other. The same holds true for Caucasian skintones, which
range from those who are unable to tan at all to George Hamilton. And yet
there’s only one LEGO skintone for each. I’d not be surprised if they do a
median skintone (and not the horrible dark-pink they used for the NBA minifigs)
to cover the bulk of Asia, the Middle East, Northern Africa, Latin America, and
the Pacific islands. Neither of the two current skintones would work for much
of those regions, but as far as minifigs go, the issue has never been forced
based on the casting of the current licensed properties. Star Wars was
primarily white, some black, and lots of funky makeup. Harry Potter was also
primarily white. Avatar is Japanese (which is a lot closer to Caucasian
skintone than what would be needed for the aforementioned regions). Spongebob
is irrelevent. Batman and that other superhero property are largely white with
a bit of black thrown in for background characters. And that leaves one
property that can give any clue what they’d do for a median skintone. Dora.
Oddly enough, both the Dora and Diego Duplofigs have their own unique skintone,
with Dora being somewhere between the two white skintones (current and NBA), and
Diego being perhaps a bit darker than halfway between the two current skintones.
Between the two, I could see Diego’s skintone being more useful than Dora’s, and
given the recent policy to trim down the color palette I wouldn’t expect to see
both used.
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And of course: will there be an official LEGO Hitler minifig?
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I think it’s safe to say “no” on this one. The only two confirmed sets that are
likely to feature any Germans at all are the truck chase (Raiders) and the
motorcycle chase (Last Crusade). The only appearance of Hitler in the entire
trilogy so far was when he inadvertantly signed the Grail journal in a heavily
crowded street. There wasn’t exactly a lot of action in that scene, so all that
a set based on it would be is a section of city street and a press of minifigs
around them, and the only point in releasing that would be to release an
official Hitler minifig, which, hopefully, isn’t high on their list of Things To
Do.
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P.S. New element watch: if that CG Indy minifig is an accurate representation
of the final product, looks like we’ve got a new minifig whip, and new
minifig hat, and a first-of-its-kind over-the-shoulder minifig accessory: the
satchel.
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I’m sure it is accurate. I mean, look at the Star Wars line and how many
special pieces had to be crafted just to do it justice (aside from the
regretable 8-year delay on reasonably Star-Wars-y guns). Indy just wouldn’t be
Indy in either a standard cowboy hat or a campaign hat, the old whip looks
better when used in its original purpose (a vine) or looped back on itself for
some sort of wagon/carriage driver, and as you so rightly pointed out, there is
no possible substitute for the satchel, aside from just painting it on the
minifig. I wouldn’t expect to see many new weapons, though, since Indy always
uses a revolver, the scimitar already exists, and the tommygun (while entirely
inaccurate for a German soldier to wield) is likely to be used for any soldier
toting a submachine gun. This does bring up the interesting possibility of a
broom-handled mauser, which would be useful for both any German troops used in
this theme, as well as for Han Solo and Rebel pilots in the Star Wars theme.
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Very interesting news! It raises all sorts of interesting questions. Besides
the WWII vehicles/weapons issue already brought up, and the question of how
these sets will deal with the swastika symbol so ubiquitous to the 1st and 3rd
Indy movies, here is what I am wondering:
Now that LEGO has moved away from its all-minifigs-are-yellow policy for their
movie licenses, “white people” are depicted with pink minifigs, and “black
people” are depicted with brown minifigs, but what will LEGO do for depicting
Asian people (Shanghai scene in Temple of Doom), Indians (rest of Temple of
Doom), South Americans (opening of Raiders), and Arabs (Raiders)?
Will each get their own new appropriate realistic skin tone? Will some be
lumped in as “white” (ie. pink) and other “black (ie. brown)? Or will LEGO
not-so-subtlety dodge these issues by not avoiding making minifigs for
significant characters that would force this issue (as they did with Lando and
Mace for so long in the Star Wars line)?
And of course: will there be an official LEGO Hitler minifig?
We shall see.
-Brendan
P.S. New element watch: if that CG Indy minifig is an accurate representation of
the final product, looks like we’ve got a new minifig whip, and new minifig hat,
and a first-of-its-kind over-the-shoulder minifig accessory: the satchel.
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In lugnet.general, Ross Crawford wrote:
Although “Missy” has been very silent the past couple of months.
LEE
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In lugnet.build.minifigs, Paul Sinasohn wrote:
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Well, I don’t rememebr minifigs ever doing a virtual tor, but at least 2 sets
have done an actual tour. Do a search on “Colin” and “Wanda” and look for
messages in 2000. Also search for “Brad” and “tour”
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There’s also “Missy”
ROSCO
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In lugnet.general, Matthew Crandall wrote:
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At Brickfest 2007, someone asked me if I had knew where to find pictures of
Minifigs that had made the ascent to the top of Mt. Everest. I told that
person to do a search online for it; I hadn’t heard of such a thing.
However, that gave me an idea…a crazy idea. Crazy, but fun.
Never before have Minifigs gone on tour!
Never before had they been seen at the base of the Gateway Arch, nor had they
been seen riding a buffalo (statue) in Wyoming. Never before had they been
seen at the Sioux Trading Post, nor had they been caught working out their
stiff little joints after a long day on the road. Never before had they
reached such heights (8,640 feet, to be exact)!
Until now.
Deena and I took pictures of Minifigs on a business trip to a conference in
St. Louis, MO.
See how they tried to catch a thrown roll at Lambert’s Café! Check them out
riding bareback on an ape (statue)! See them in the Precious Moments gift
shop, and the LEGO stores in Denver, CO and Schaumburg, IL!
Most of all…see them here:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=250669.
Play Well and Prosper,
Matthew
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Well, I don’t rememebr minifigs ever doing a virtual tor, but at least 2 sets
have done an actual tour. Do a search on “Colin” and “Wanda” and look for
messages in 2000. Also search for “Brad” and “tour”
Paul Sinasohn
LUGNET #115
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At Brickfest 2007, someone asked me if I had knew where to find pictures of
Minifigs that had made the ascent to the top of Mt. Everest. I told that person
to do a search online for it; I hadn’t heard of such a thing.
However, that gave me an idea…a crazy idea. Crazy, but fun.
Never before have Minifigs gone on tour!
Never before had they been seen at the base of the Gateway Arch, nor had they
been seen riding a buffalo (statue) in Wyoming. Never before had they been seen
at the Sioux Trading Post, nor had they been caught working out their stiff
little joints after a long day on the road. Never before had they reached such
heights (8,640 feet, to be exact)!
Until now.
Deena and I took pictures of Minifigs on a business trip to a conference in St.
Louis, MO.
See how they tried to catch a thrown roll at Lambert’s Café! Check them out
riding bareback on an ape (statue)! See them in the Precious Moments gift shop,
and the LEGO stores in Denver, CO and Schaumburg, IL!
Most of all…see them here:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=250669.
Play Well and Prosper,
Matthew
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