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In lugnet.belville, Damien Nesbit wrote:
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Leo,
Sorry to have been away for so long. There have been a few things
keeping me out of the loop, but its mainly been a new job and much less free
time. Shortly after our last series of postings, I finally got to work on
customizing some pieces to work towards the goal that you mention above. I’m
at my job now, so I can’t post flicks immedeately, but I’ll get ‘em up on
brickshelf & post a notice here ASAP. I think that you’ll like what I’ve
been able to accomplish so far. Anyways, keep your eyes peeled.
Cheers,
Damien
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Hi Damien,
At first ,congratulations with your new job. And I too have that problem of
having not much free time. But I am looking forward to see more of your
wonderful creations. They are very inspiring, and I like them very much.
It amazes me that, seemingly, only a few people can use this Belville figures in
an interesting way. Well, maybe some good pictures will change that a little..
Leo..
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In lugnet.belville, Leo Vermeulen wrote:
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My greatest wish; Belville scaled knights, soldiers, and so on. ...With all
movable limbs...
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Leo,
Sorry to have been away for so long. There have been a few things keeping
me out of the loop, but its mainly been a new job and much less free time.
Shortly after our last series of postings, I finally got to work on customizing
some pieces to work towards the goal that you mention above. I’m at my job now,
so I can’t post flicks immedeately, but I’ll get ‘em up on brickshelf & post a
notice here ASAP. I think that you’ll like what I’ve been able to accomplish so
far. Anyways, keep your eyes peeled.
Cheers,
Damien
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Nothing soft and pink with these Belville ladies. Here, they are laying tiles on
the floor of the Chapel of Sokenniwell Castle. Why is it, that always the girls
do the hard work in the Belville society?
Simply, TLG forgot, and still forget, to give us enough males to do the job.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=207175
Enjoy...
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In lugnet.belville, Manfred Moolhuysen wrote:
Some of these examples show us that Belville figures can be used in a non-pink
and non-sissy way. The problem is that TLG has decided to make this theme only
for girls. And almost automatically, boys don’t like them. But for the adult
builders, they have lots of possibilities, because of their flexibility and
better proportions. In my opinion, it is almost a shame that the newer ones has
rigid arms and feet, but undoubtedly this is due to cheaper production costs.
What a pity.
My greatest wish; Belville scaled knights, soldiers, and so on. ...With all
movable limbs...
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In lugnet.belville, Melody Brown wrote:
> In lugnet.belville, Leo Vermeulen wrote:
> > What has happened with the good old Belville theme? It isn’t even mentioned as a
> > shortcut on the home page of Lugnet anymore. I like this figures simply because
> > they have exact the right scale. And what is more, they have movable knees and
> > elbows. That is to say, the older ones.
> > Their proportions are better than the standard minifig, so you can make your
> > models in a better length/width ratio.
> > I think, Belville don’t need to be all pink and sissy. My belvilles, for
> > instance, are building Sokenniwel Castle, maybe not the biggest, but certainly
> > the most powerful castle in LEGO-history.
> > Is it really only me who like this Belville figures more than the standard
> > minifig within this whole LEGO-community?
>
> I like them too, I think some of them are rather cute ;) I think you will find
> a few more who also like them, maybe they are only reading this and not joining
> in with their say or they simply do not read lugnet at all, or even have seen
> this post :) But I am sure they are out there!
>
> I love the food too (they share with Scala and system) and lots of the other
> goodies and colours.... mmmm :)
>
> I am looking forward to seeing your castle, sounds neat, do you have any
> pictures of it so far?
>
>
> Mel
May I invite you for a grand tour to Sokenniwell Castle?
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=legomaat
Building time; 5 years and still going..
Finally, it will be a tourist attraction, with a terrace,and so on, and full of
all kind of Belville figures..
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In lugnet.belville, Leo Vermeulen wrote:
> What has happened with the good old Belville theme? It isn’t even mentioned as a
> shortcut on the home page of Lugnet anymore. I like this figures simply because
> they have exact the right scale. And what is more, they have movable knees and
> elbows. That is to say, the older ones.
> Their proportions are better than the standard minifig, so you can make your
> models in a better length/width ratio.
> I think, Belville don’t need to be all pink and sissy. My belvilles, for
> instance, are building Sokenniwel Castle, maybe not the biggest, but certainly
> the most powerful castle in LEGO-history.
> Is it really only me who like this Belville figures more than the standard
> minifig within this whole LEGO-community?
I like them too, I think some of them are rather cute ;) I think you will find
a few more who also like them, maybe they are only reading this and not joining
in with their say or they simply do not read lugnet at all, or even have seen
this post :) But I am sure they are out there!
I love the food too (they share with Scala and system) and lots of the other
goodies and colours.... mmmm :)
I am looking forward to seeing your castle, sounds neat, do you have any
pictures of it so far?
Mel
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What has happened with the good old Belville theme? It isn’t even mentioned as a
shortcut on the home page of Lugnet anymore. I like this figures simply because
they have exact the right scale. And what is more, they have movable knees and
elbows. That is to say, the older ones.
Their proportions are better than the standard minifig, so you can make your
models in a better length/width ratio.
I think, Belville don’t need to be all pink and sissy. My belvilles, for
instance, are building Sokenniwel Castle, maybe not the biggest, but certainly
the most powerful castle in LEGO-history.
Is it really only me who like this Belville figures more than the standard
minifig within this whole LEGO-community?
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I have been lucky enough to see this belville vortex in the brick.
I also hope to see more photos as this pic realy doesn't do justice to the
detail of the peice. Stairwells, gallows, ect.
Well done Pete.
Perhaps if you post more photos, you might like to show the rest of it ?
Steve
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Pete White wrote:
> Not the WC, it's the Wedding Cake Tower (WCT) thanks Bob for the name ;^)
>
> This is a MOC from approximately 18-24 months ago, where I tried to incorporate
> as many Belville pieces as possible, in the end you can probably only see 30% of
> them and in the photo about 20%.
>
> Using light yellow, light violet, dark pink, white, yellow, orange and
> trans-pink in large dollops, it's an icecream vendors nightmare.
>
> Departing a great deal from the original plan while building, an outer facade
> covered up some things I wasn't happy with and concealed some problems with
> scale.
>
> The first storey is chunky and would have been reworked, if it didn't mean total
> demolition. Call it a work in limbo. I dont mind the top, where it reverted to a
> more traditional castley feel in white and trans-pink.
>
> Only one photo at the moment, I'll get some more that show design details in the
> coming week.
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1893136
>
> -pete.w
Nice work pete.w!
Any chance of inverting the tower and remodelling the bottom part while
preserving the top?
Spotlighted. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers
Richie Dulin
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Not the WC, it's the Wedding Cake Tower (WCT) thanks Bob for the name ;^)
This is a MOC from approximately 18-24 months ago, where I tried to incorporate
as many Belville pieces as possible, in the end you can probably only see 30% of
them and in the photo about 20%.
Using light yellow, light violet, dark pink, white, yellow, orange and
trans-pink in large dollops, it's an icecream vendors nightmare.
Departing a great deal from the original plan while building, an outer facade
covered up some things I wasn't happy with and concealed some problems with
scale.
The first storey is chunky and would have been reworked, if it didn't mean total
demolition. Call it a work in limbo. I dont mind the top, where it reverted to a
more traditional castley feel in white and trans-pink.
Only one photo at the moment, I'll get some more that show design details in the
coming week.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1893136
-pete.w
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I just wanted to make sure all you non-train heads out there were aware that one
of the catagories for the SNVT Build-a-Train contest is "Fantasy". We wanted to
allow everyone participate and this is were everyone can participate. Some
ideas...
Castle themed passenger train.
Space themed cargo train.
Pirate Raiders.
Viking Long "Train".
Etc. Etc.
I didn't think this part of the contest was given enough attention in my
origional post so I wanted to draw attention to it now.
For full contest rules please look here...
http://save.9vtrains.com/index.php?topic=contest
I hope to see some really cool "Fantasy" trains over the coarse of the contest!
FUT -> lugnet.general
Thanks,
Eric Kingsley
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In lugnet.belville, Damien Nesbit wrote:
> Um, Okay.
> Belville. Its so sissy. How do we toughen it up? Easy. Eliminate the
> pink, then add weapons.
> For those of you that have seen my "Redbrick Island" layout, I've
> constructed a swordshoppe to add to it. Whereas the rest of the island's
> buildings basically have 3 open sides and a detailled facade, this bulding is
> "closed" on two sides so that the proprietor can display as many weapons as
> possible. This will probably be rebuilt as I can decide how to display more
> weapons as without being too cluttered.
>
> the link:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=145647
>
> After running a search for "technic figure" or "maxi-fig" or some other
> similar term through the brickshelf galleries, I discovered the aformentioned
> work of Brent (see previous posts to .belville). It inspired me to try to build
> a spacecraft for my little uglies. I'm not that impressed with it, and I hated
> it more and more with each added brick, but I really wanted to complete it and
> document it as an excercise. So I did. FYI: I still haven't disassembled it,
> though I swear that I'm going to.
>
> the link:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=145474
>
> However, the starspeeder is not the only thing that needs a tear down. I
> really want to pull it all apart soon and try to work on something big.
> Although I should mention that a large part of my motivation when working on my
> belville creations is an attempt to illustrate to TLG how to expand the line. I
> usually build with a "set mentality", thinking all the while of at least
> presenting a format for cool, affordable, belville sets. Either way, most of my
> parts are tied up in construction, and it was working within the limits of my
> collection that generated this building:
>
> the link:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=145651
>
> Finally, I've been reading a lot about brikwars and thinking about the
> general structure of incorporating belville combatants into the fabric of the
> games. So here are some of the weapons that we might see produced en masse when
> equipping your Belville Brikwarriors.
>
> Archers:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1388298
>
> Shields:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1388188
>
> Long Pole Arm aka 2 Constables man a checkpoint:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1388352
>
> sorry to talk so much, i hope that you enjoy it.
>
> Word.
>
> D.
Brilliant again, Damien.
I especially like the outpost of the archers. This is a good inspiration for
doing something more with these little ladies.
Till now I used them only as a sort of referential of the dimensions of my
buildings.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=972972
But that is going to change.......
Thanks for sharing.
Leo.
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Um, Okay.
Belville. Its so sissy. How do we toughen it up? Easy. Eliminate the
pink, then add weapons.
For those of you that have seen my "Redbrick Island" layout, I've
constructed a swordshoppe to add to it. Whereas the rest of the island's
buildings basically have 3 open sides and a detailled facade, this bulding is
"closed" on two sides so that the proprietor can display as many weapons as
possible. This will probably be rebuilt as I can decide how to display more
weapons as without being too cluttered.
the link:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=145647
After running a search for "technic figure" or "maxi-fig" or some other
similar term through the brickshelf galleries, I discovered the aformentioned
work of Brent (see previous posts to .belville). It inspired me to try to build
a spacecraft for my little uglies. I'm not that impressed with it, and I hated
it more and more with each added brick, but I really wanted to complete it and
document it as an excercise. So I did. FYI: I still haven't disassembled it,
though I swear that I'm going to.
the link:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=145474
However, the starspeeder is not the only thing that needs a tear down. I
really want to pull it all apart soon and try to work on something big.
Although I should mention that a large part of my motivation when working on my
belville creations is an attempt to illustrate to TLG how to expand the line. I
usually build with a "set mentality", thinking all the while of at least
presenting a format for cool, affordable, belville sets. Either way, most of my
parts are tied up in construction, and it was working within the limits of my
collection that generated this building:
the link:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=145651
Finally, I've been reading a lot about brikwars and thinking about the
general structure of incorporating belville combatants into the fabric of the
games. So here are some of the weapons that we might see produced en masse when
equipping your Belville Brikwarriors.
Archers:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1388298
Shields:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1388188
Long Pole Arm aka 2 Constables man a checkpoint:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1388352
sorry to talk so much, i hope that you enjoy it.
Word.
D.
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> Thanks for this useful information. The more I look at your work, the more I
> like it. I always build op a scale 1:25, so for me it was a small step to put those Bel-figs in.
Leo, Leo, Leo, the large model of yours (I believe that you referred to it
as "the ruins", but I'm not sure) that was photographed at brickfest was so
freaking awesome. I've been trying to find more pics of your work, but I have
not yet found any. Where do you keep it? I want to see more!
> Thanks to you, I got some ideas and I am collecting the figs.
I can't tell you how flattered I am to know this. Please try to share your
new work with the rest of us when you can.
I just posted some new pics to brickshelf, but I want to put a few more up
before I make an "announcement" about them.
Stay tuned, I'm gonna try to knock it out before I split for work.
-D
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In lugnet.belville, Damien Nesbit wrote:
> In lugnet.belville, brent skadan wrote:
>
> > Pardon my ignorance; are belville figures fully articulated like technic
> > figures? and if so are they difficult to acquire? I am getting bored with the
> > look of technic figures.
> >
> >
> > P.S.
> >
> > Thank you for listing me as an inspiration, that’s really nice of you.
> >
> > Brent (aka Brently Mills)
>
>
> Yo, B! You deserve the credit both for the scale and scope of your work, and
> for your humility.
> In answer to your question, yes, Original (pre 2004) belville figs are
> fully articulated with joints at the neck, shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips,
> knees, and ankles. The newer belville figs do not have articulated elbows
> (those bastards!).
> Belville vs. techfig in favor of belville? 2 sizes of figure (adult and
> child), and the hands can hold any "antennae-width" handle, just like a
> mini-fig, thereby enabling b-figs to use almost any minifig accessory (and
> usually looking more appropriate in terms of scale). The negative of belville
> figs? The color palette is limited, and so are the male figures. Oh, and there
> are no crash helmets for the belville figs. If you're looking to acquire
> belville figs, go to bricklink. Most of the rarer figs are located in europe,
> so shipping costs can get pricey, but you will find that the most common figs
> are readily available in the US, and sell for about $0.60. The rarer figs,
> however, can be as high as $5.00. Although I'm broke and i hate to have buying
> competition, i offer that advice freely. So shop well, killa B! I look forward
> to your creations and I promise to post pics of my own frustrated build attempts
> since viewing your work as soon as they are available.
> Cheers,
> D.
Thanks for this useful information. The more I look at your work, the more I
like it. I always build op a scale 1:25, so for me it was a small step to put
those Bel-figs in. Thanks to you, I got some ideas and I am collecting the figs.
Living in Europe, I have to say that most of my Bel-figs are ordered in the US.
As far as I know, I am the only one in Europe who like this figs. There are lots
of them arround of course, but most of them are more or less damaged by kids
playing with them. Here, it is unfortunally not a collectors item.
B.T.W, I was the builder of that ruin. It was one of the first attempts to use
lovely Flora.
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In lugnet.belville, brent skadan wrote:
> Pardon my ignorance; are belville figures fully articulated like technic
> figures? and if so are they difficult to acquire? I am getting bored with the
> look of technic figures.
>
>
> P.S.
>
> Thank you for listing me as an inspiration, that’s really nice of you.
>
> Brent (aka Brently Mills)
Yo, B! You deserve the credit both for the scale and scope of your work, and
for your humility.
In answer to your question, yes, Original (pre 2004) belville figs are
fully articulated with joints at the neck, shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips,
knees, and ankles. The newer belville figs do not have articulated elbows
(those bastards!).
Belville vs. techfig in favor of belville? 2 sizes of figure (adult and
child), and the hands can hold any "antennae-width" handle, just like a
mini-fig, thereby enabling b-figs to use almost any minifig accessory (and
usually looking more appropriate in terms of scale). The negative of belville
figs? The color palette is limited, and so are the male figures. Oh, and there
are no crash helmets for the belville figs. If you're looking to acquire
belville figs, go to bricklink. Most of the rarer figs are located in europe,
so shipping costs can get pricey, but you will find that the most common figs
are readily available in the US, and sell for about $0.60. The rarer figs,
however, can be as high as $5.00. Although I'm broke and i hate to have buying
competition, i offer that advice freely. So shop well, killa B! I look forward
to your creations and I promise to post pics of my own frustrated build attempts
since viewing your work as soon as they are available.
Cheers,
D.
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In lugnet.belville, Damien Nesbit wrote:
> First, Brently Mills, although he uses mostly Technic Maxi-Figs, he works in a
> similar scale, and his work rocks, so go and check out his brickshelf folder:
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=brentlymills
>
> Then go and check out Kezzart, whose minifig work uses tons of belville pieces,
> but who's belville work is incomparable:
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=kezzart
>
> Oh, and then go and check out my folder, I don't think that I've got anything on
> those two guys, but check it out anyway:
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=Damien27
>
> eagerly awaiting a martial-arts themed belville line (maybe along the lines of
> crouching tiger and hero),
Pardon my ignorance; are belville figures fully articulated like technic
figures? and if so are they difficult to acquire? I am getting bored with the
look of technic figures.
P.S.
Thank you for listing me as an inspiration, that’s really nice of you.
Brent (aka Brently Mills)
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