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Hello everyone.
My name is Norbert Black (I’m posting via Deborah’s account while my Lugnet
authentication goes through), and I’ve been painting and otherwise modifying
minifigs for about a decade now. I’m a member of ParLUGment, the Ottawa AFOL
group, and I’ve been showing my work at our meetings for some time now.
As some of you may have noticed, Deborah recently dragged me into the spotlight
on Lugnet in a posting about my work. Well, she’s got me trapped in her home
office at the moment, and I’m not getting out until I post something about some
of the work she just photographed...
Now on Brickshelf are a pair of images of a custom minifig I created to be the
driver of my Edwardian-era Hansom cab.
When I brought him to the November ParLUGment meeting, there were questions
about where I’d located a source of tartan paint - hence the title of this post.
:)
Actually, there’s nothing special about the paint involved - it’s just a matter
of knowing something of how the colours of a tartan are place, and then painting
(by hand...) a whole collection of lines, rectangles and squares in a variety
custom-mixed colours of craft acrylics. The work of painting the tartan on the
brown minifig elements took about 8 hours. Obviously, sanity and a sense of
proportion are optional in this sort of work.
One other thing of note about this figure is the custom hat piece - a bowler.
This was made by reducing the width of the brim of a standard Lego cowboy hat,
and reshaping its crown to a hemispherical shape. A small amount of epoxy putty
was used to give the crown the necessary height. Once reshaping work was done,
a coat of dark brown paint was used to make everything the same colour, and a
hat band painted on.
I’d be interested in any comments people have about this MOC. If you have
questions about the techniques I used, I’d be happy to try and help.
All the best,
Norbert Black
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| (...) You're keeping me in suspense. The folder is not public yet. I didn't get to the meeting, but that picture is awesome. (URL) still can't believe you spent 8hrs on a single minifig. That's dedication. Or obsession. Or both. Either way, your (...) (20 years ago, 13-Nov-04, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
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